ASUS Strix GTX 960 stuck at 1227 mhz

[hengerecki]

My card wont lower downclocking on idle after i playing games.
Instead of 135 mhz is stuck to 1227 mhz

- Single monitor 60 hz,
- 5 driver in the last 4 week. ( cleaned properly with driver sweeper)
- No overclocking (ASUS,MSI AB etc, software installed,
- NV power management = adaptive


There is anybody who have a solution for this issue ?

 

[RastislavB]

What software are you using to check the clock speeds?

 

[hengerecki]

GPUZ , Aida64 ( I try 3 version of aida64 and 2 versions of GPUZ) all of them show me the same thing. 1227mhz core clock 1800 mhz v. memory clock

 

[Bossyfins]

Download MSI afterburner, and report the clock speed from there. That is live data.

 

[hengerecki]

I will install MSI AB but to be honest i think this have nothing to do with the real problem. I dont think as all my monitoring programs show me wrong data. Lets pressupose the frequencies are not real, ( what GPUZ and AIDA64 displaying), but the temperature is around 50C so is clear that my card wont idle. In idle the temperature should be between 36-40 C. (22C ambient )

Nvidia experience uninstalled.Nothing change,The same high clock on idle.

My buddy have a GTX970 EVGA and he meet exactly the same problem.

The strange thing is if I play in windowed mode, the problem disappears. On fullscreen every games act in the same way ( stuck GPU clock )

 

[hengerecki]

Checked with MSI afterburner , the same problem.( stuck GPU and Vram clock ) 1227 / 1800 mhz .

 

[Bossyfins]

can you take a screen shot?

 

[hengerecki]

http://prntscr.com/8k02op

 

[hengerecki]

I uploaded a screenshot GPUZ , AIDA64 and NVIDIA Inspector , all show the same result
MSI AB was uninstalled, but was the same.

GPU load 0%
Memory controller 1%
Video engine 0%
Bus interface 0%

And the core clock is still 1227 Mhz ( instead idle 135 mhz )
And memory clock 1800 Mhz
Temperature 52C

I saw a couple of people try to explain this with "virus infection"
No, I have no Virus !

My buddy bought a GTX970 and meet the same problem.
I think there is many more card in this situation just people do not realize because they do not monitorize the clock speed.
I find a lots of people who have the same problem, without any viable solution.

 

[Groza Adrian]

What powerplan are you using?

 

[hengerecki]

NV power - adaptive
PCIE - maximum power saving ( default - medium power saving- the same problem )
Win7 power options -balanced

GForce experience /shadowplay - not installed.
One screen (DELL2713HM) - 2560x 1440 / 60 hz - display port cable

 

[Groza Adrian]

What driver version do you have?

 

[hengerecki]

355.60

I try 5 driver version ,with every of them I meet the same problem .

 

[nikoli707]

first off turn windows power options from balanced to high performance, no use parking cores.

this sounds like an asus bios problem. the card isn't properly adjusting its power states. i would look for an updated asus bios flash.

you could try ddu to flush out all your video drivers and then install the latest nvidia drivers again.
http://www.wagnardmobile.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=118

 

[hengerecki]

Hi nikoli707.

Every time I change the driver I have cleaned the old driver with DDU.
If i turn on high performance on win7 power option, it will result higher CPU temperature?

A new/ fixed bios for VGA (ASUS Strix GTX 960 OC 2Gb) would be nice.

 

[nikoli707]

yes high performance will increase your average cpu temps but it shouldn't affect your peak temps. you just dont want windows parking your cpu cores.

 

[hengerecki]

To be honest, i dont understant what is the connection between my CPU core parking and GPU idle core clock problem.
My problem is the GPU consume more power ( idle ) than normal and my temp is higher than other ( properly functioning ) GTX 960.
A properly working GTX 900 family card should working without any problem to windows power option at the default "balanced" level.

The important question is why my card IDLE correctly if i playing game " windowed" but fail on full screen mode.
1900 x 1080 full screen = GPU will stuck to 1227/1800 mhz but if i playing windowed than will lower clock correctly (135 mhz) after I exit game.
The same situation for 2560 x 1440 resolution.

Monitor: DELL U2713HM / 2560 x 1440 / 60 Hz ( I check all DP ports with 2 DP cable without any result )

By the way the graphic card is brand new so was never overclocked or bios modded .Everything is at factory clock with original BIOS.

I check my PCI-express slot with 2 other graphic card ( GTX 460 and GTX 770 ) and both working well .Changing from full load to idle without any problem. Just this ASUS have this issue.

 

[Groza Adrian]

Attept to install a newer operating system just for testing(such as windows 8.1,or windows 10),and see if the problem persists.

 

[hengerecki]

If i will change my OS ( win8 or win10 ) without any succes , the next step will be to install a linux ?
Other people who using GTX960 ( or any other card from NV 900 series ) has no problem with win7...

 

[squashua17]

If i will change my OS ( win8 or win10 ) without any succes , the next step will be to install a linux ?
Other people who using GTX960 ( or any other card from NV 900 series ) has no problem with win7...

Did you solve this!??? I have a similar problem with my EVGA GTX 560 being stuck at 50mhz clock speed