[SOLVED] Asus TUF 3080 not performing. Please help

[Mystic Mango]

I finally got my hands on an Asus TUF 3080 and stuck it in my pc, and it has been underperforming majorly. Frames have not went up at all. I benchmarked on Borderlands 3 running at 2k before and after I installed my gpu. I am upgrading from a 1080. I am still getting around 65-70fps. My rig is as follows
-Ryzen 7 2700
-Asus TUF 3080
-16 GB Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB
-EVGA 750W gold PSU

I have tried all sorts of different things and nothing works. I used DDU to completely remove Nvidia drivers and did a clean install. I made sure to have 2 power connectors for the gpu. I ran tests using 3DMark and it said my gpu was at 99 percent utilization. I'm out of ideas. any help would be greatly appreciated! thanks!

 

[TwitchyTanner]

1. Disabling NVIDIA Overlay in games. I should have known something was off with it before; it would make my mouse extremely lagging after games when it would pop up with my replays and make it almost impossible to close. I might try to do a fresh install of GeForce Experience and see if that fixes that issue, but for now, it works a lot better and doesn't seem to have a large spike of FPS drops in-game as much.
2. BIOS Update. This is one people commonly suggest. This was a problem many years ago I had when I was much less technologically inclined than I am today. I had never updated my BIOS after I built my system for a whole year after I made it. I had never owned a gaming computer before so I just thought random frame drops in Rocket League were normal. Along with several other issues I had, I felt pretty dumb after I fixed it. Regardless, I was happier with my setup.
3. Chipset drivers. I had never updated my chipset drivers either. My AMD 2700x seemed like it was slightly underperforming out of the box and wasn't sure why. I did a User Benchmark before and after and the results were slightly better. I am not sure if this had anything to do with remedying my stuttering or not since this was done alongside me disabling NVIDIA overlay.
4. Graphics card drivers. This might seem like an obvious one to a lot of you guys but as a noobie trying to troubleshoot back in the day, I knew very little and this definitely was forgotten a few times until I wondered to myself why my games were sucking more than usual.
5. Windows OS corrupt files. I have seen a few instances of corrupt operating system files causing performance decreases in games, or even just general weird bugs in windows. A few of my games would randomly crash and one of my friends suggested checking my system files. You can run a command through command prompt called sfc /scannow. This has pulled corrupt windows files on a few occasions for me and has fixed them. You will have to run command prompt by searching for it in windows search bar, right click on it and hit run as administrator, type the command above and it should take about 5 minutes or so. Alternatively, you can go to your file explorer and check all your drives independently. Go to "This PC," right-click on the drive you want, click on the Tools tab, then click the "Check" option under "Error Checking." Any drive that does not contain the OS Windows will tell you that it doesn't need to check it but it honestly doesn't hurt.
6. Windows "Game Mode" This might be a big one. I might be wrong, but I think this is set to on by default. According to Techspot, this is a pretty substantial one and could be your golden ticket to better FPS... who knows? Try disabling by searching for Game Mode in Windows search bar.
7. HAGS or Hardware accelerated GPU Scheduling This setting can also be found on the same page as "Game Mode." This setting may or may not help but it seems to be on a case by case basis. It's a newer feature in the NVIDIA driver update. From what I have read online It may help gaming performance in CPU bound situations.
8. Windows 10 Power Plan This one might be less about fixing stuttering and more about getting better performance. Under "Power Options" you can change your system's power options. Go to your systems "Power and Sleep" settings and on the right side click "Additional power settings." Choose "Ultimate Performance." (would not recommend if on a gaming laptop)
9. Disabling Dynamic Tick A number of user's have been helped by this one and it seems generally a safe bet to help with stuttering frame rates. Right-click the Start menu and select Command Prompt (Admin). First, enter bcdedit /set disabledynamictick yes and press Enter. Then input bcdedit /set useplatformclock true in the Command Prompt, and press the Enter key. Thereafter, enter bcdedit /set tscsyncpolicy Enhanced in the Prompt and press Enter. Close the Command Prompt window and restart the system.

 

[sizzling]

Run userbenchmark and share the public link to the results

 

[LinuxDevice]

One thing I've noticed is that some games (not many) are more or less entirely CPU bound. Some examples might illustrate.

I just started testing a Xeon based dual RTX Titan system (really it is for scientific computing, but who can resist?). In Star Citizen, walking around in a particular place, the frame rate has absolutely no difference (around 31 to 35 FPS) compared to an AMD 3600x plus Titan Xp.

The monitor handles 165 Hz refresh. Most games which were hitting about 90 FPS on the 3600x plus Titan Xp all max out, pegged solid, at 165 FPS on all of those other games, even when I have only a single Titan RTX.

One thing which did make a major difference on the AMD 3600x was making sure the RAM had the XMP profile enabled. Changing RAM speed on AMD matters a lot. Not having the XMP profile on made that same 3600x run about 40% slower in many games, and especially slower in Star Citizen.

 

[Flayed]

I finally got my hands on an Asus TUF 3080 and stuck it in my pc, and it has been underperforming majorly. Frames have not went up at all. I benchmarked on Borderlands 3 running at 2k before and after I installed my gpu. I am upgrading from a 1080. I am still getting around 65-70fps. My rig is as follows
-Ryzen 7 2700
-Asus TUF 3080
-16 GB Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB
-EVGA 750W gold PSU

I have tried all sorts of different things and nothing works. I used DDU to completely remove Nvidia drivers and did a clean install. I made sure to have 2 power connectors for the gpu. I ran tests using 3DMark and it said my gpu was at 99 percent utilization. I'm out of ideas. any help would be greatly appreciated! thanks!

You still get 65 to 70 fps with the 3080 @ 2k?

 

[madchemist83]

What monitor are you playing on ? Any results from other games?

 

[Mystic Mango]

You still get 65 to 70 fps with the 3080 @ 2k?

Yes unfortunately

 

[Flayed]

Yes unfortunately

That is strange. Do you get higher scores in benchmarks like heaven or 3dmark?

 

[Zerk2012]

Fairly easy CPU limited n the games your playing / poor game engine, or slow memory, if you have like 3200 memory is XMP/DOCP enabled?

 

[Nemesia]

Run userbenchmark and share the public link to the results

 

[Mystic Mango]

What monitor are you playing on ? Any results from other games?

Run userbenchmark and share the public link to the results

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/36960459 here it is

 

[Nemesia]

Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg). Your CPU should be boosting to 4.1GHZ. What is your CPU temperature at idle and load?

Go in your BIOS and turn on A-XMP/DOCP profile to 3200MHz. If 3200MHz doesn't stick go for 2933MHz. Your RAM is running at 2133MHz right now.

 

[Mystic Mango]

Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg). Your CPU should be boosting to 4.1GHZ. What is your CPU temperature at idle and load?

Go in your BIOS and turn on A-XMP/DOCP profile to 3200MHz. If 3200MHz doesn't stick go for 2933MHz. Your RAM is running at 2133MHz right now.

In BIOS, XMP is enabled and it shows 2 RAM speeds. One is at 3000MHz and the other is at 2133MHz and it wont let me change it, not sure why. My CPU at idle is 36C, at load not sure. I ran 3DMark and the cpu never hit above 3.3GHz and the temp was climbing the whole test. Ended up in the mid 60s but might have went higher if the test continued. Thank you for the help by the way

 

[Nemesia]

In BIOS, XMP is enabled and it shows 2 RAM speeds. One is at 3000MHz and the other is at 2133MHz and it wont let me change it, not sure why. My CPU at idle is 36C, at load not sure. I ran 3DMark and the cpu never hit above 3.3GHz and the temp was climbing the whole test. Ended up in the mid 60s but might have went higher if the test continued. Thank you for the help by the way

On the XMP profile at speed where it says auto change that to 2933MHz. The XMP profile you took did not stick since you're still running at 2133MHz.

I don't know what is your motherboard but make sure the RAM is in slot A2-B2.

 

[Mystic Mango]

On the XMP profile at speed where it says auto change that to 2933MHz. The XMP profile you took did not stick since you're still running at 2133MHz.

I don't know what is your motherboard but make sure the RAM is in slot A2-B2.

On "load XMP setting" it is set to XMP 2.0 profile.
On "DRAM frequency" right below that it is set to DDR4-2133 and DDR4-2400. My DRAM voltage is 1.35W. On the BIOS homepage though, it shows my memory in A2B2 at DDR4-2133 8GB. It wont take anything higher 2133. Also, after booting from Bios, the pc powers up and cuts out 3 times before finally booting slowing with a couple quieter power surges. Could that mean low power?

 

[Nemesia]

On "load XMP setting" it is set to XMP 2.0 profile.
On "DRAM frequency" right below that it is set to DDR4-2133 and DDR4-2400. My DRAM voltage is 1.35W. On the BIOS homepage though, it shows my memory in A2B2 at DDR4-2133 8GB. It wont take anything higher 2133. Also, after booting from Bios, the pc powers up and cuts out 3 times before finally booting slowing with a couple quieter power surges. Could that mean low power?

The 3 reboot your computer does is called Memory Training. It does that every time you change the frequency of the RAM and it's normal.

What is your motherboard and the model number of that RAM?

You should be able to switch DRAM frequency to 2933MHz and leaving the rest on auto and it should stick. You could even try 2666MHz and it should work with that CPU.

What is your PSU model and how old is it?

What BIOS version are you on?

 

[Mystic Mango]

The 3 reboot your computer does is called Memory Training. It does that every time you change the frequency of the RAM and it's normal.

What is your motherboard and the model number of that RAM?

You should be able to switch DRAM frequency to 2933MHz and leaving the rest on auto and it should stick. You could even try 2666MHz and it should work with that CPU.

What is your PSU model and how old is it?

What BIOS version are you on?

My psu is an evga 750 g3 gold. It's an asrock x470 master xli/ac. My bios is updated as well, just did that. Dont know the ram model but its corsair vengeance pro rgb. All was bought in mid 2019.

 

[Mystic Mango]

The 3 reboot your computer does is called Memory Training. It does that every time you change the frequency of the RAM and it's normal.

What is your motherboard and the model number of that RAM?

You should be able to switch DRAM frequency to 2933MHz and leaving the rest on auto and it should stick. You could even try 2666MHz and it should work with that CPU.

What is your PSU model and how old is it?

What BIOS version are you on?

That is strange. Do you get higher scores in benchmarks like heaven or 3dmark?

Yes 3dmark says I should get 150fps on 2k for certain titles based on my hardware