FPS dropping to 30. Core clock goes down

[garretts43]

I was playing medal of honor multiplayer and my FPS dropped to 30fps for no entire reason. Just started a game and it dropped all the way down there. I have two 780tis with a 4960x processor so obv. this should never happen. Both clocks were stuck at 679mhz when this FPS issue was going on. I hit the windows key and returned to the game and they were back up to 1124mhz, and fps was back to normal. I have 780ti SC EVGA reference. this same thing happens when playing bf4. Its completely random.Also, i have seen my fps dip from 200 on medal of honor and it shoots all the way down to 100fps sometimes when nothing is going on, or just because it wants to. i know 100fps is still not bad at all, but theres no reason for it to drop 100fps for no reason. Could this be a motherboard issue with the SLI configuration? I tried changing out ram but that didnt help.

asrock extreme9 x79 mobo, 1500w psu EVGA supernova, 4x4 dominator platinum 16gb 2133mhz

 

[ruecklm14]

I was playing medal of honor multiplayer and my FPS dropped to 30fps for no entire reason. Just started a game and it dropped all the way down there. I have two 780tis with a 4960x processor so obv. this should never happen. Both clocks were stuck at 679mhz when this FPS issue was going on. I hit the windows key and returned to the game and they were back up to 1124mhz, and fps was back to normal. I have 780ti SC EVGA reference. this same thing happens when playing bf4. Its completely random.Also, i have seen my fps dip from 200 on medal of honor and it shoots all the way down to 100fps sometimes when nothing is going on, or just because it wants to. i know 100fps is still not bad at all, but theres no reason for it to drop 100fps for no reason. Could this be a motherboard issue with the SLI configuration? I tried changing out ram but that didnt help.

asrock extreme9 x79 mobo, 1500w psu EVGA supernova, 4x4 dominator platinum 16gb 2133mhz

Try reseating the sli bridge and make sure when your clocks drop the temp isnt rlly high. My friend has had the same problem with his 780 ti sli and my other friend with a 650 ti. They both have the latest drivers and i dont and im not getting fps drops. I think it could be the newest drivers.

 

[garretts43]

I reseated my SLI bridge, and I changed the slot it was in before. Still nothing. I reinstaleld drivers a tleast 3 times the clean way and still nothing. I reverted back to the 337.88 driver as well, and still nothing. Also, when it drops to 30fps it will remain there. I dont know how long because i hit the windows key to fix it, but it was on there for about 5 seconds for sure. probably would have lasted longer if I didnt do anything.

 

[ruecklm14]

Try disabling sli to see if it fixes it. Then it means theres an sli problem.

 

[photonboy]

Try going into the NVidia Control Panel and forcing Maximum Performance Mode either globally (not recommended) or per game.

I believe that forces the GPU frequency to not throttle down.

Start with "3D Management Settings"-> "Program Settings"-> Choose game (may need to ADD it)-> "Power Management Mode"-> "Prefer Maximum Performance"

If that works then it sounds like a software glitch related to the NVidia side of things.

 

[garretts43]

Okay. does it matter if the the second gpu is still in the computer when I disable SLI? or should I take it out. Im going to switch gpus eventually to see if either one is the culprit.

also too, whenever I disable or re-enable SLi both clocks stop at 549mhz and do not go higher. it happens often, but not everytime. and i have to restart to get them back to normal

 

[garretts43]

Try disabling sli to see if it fixes it. Then it means theres an sli problem.

alright so i disabled SLI. i played about 6-7 games on medal of honor. I didnt have any issues, though it still seemed funny, unless im getting paranoid. But, I enabled SLI (i had to restart because my clock speeds keep getting stuck when i enable or disable SLI) and well it hapened as SOON as I went into the game. It was stuck at 30-41, and it would go up to 100 if I look up into the sky and then back down to 60 or 70fps, then back to 30-40fps. It eventually stopeed after about 30 seconds and my clock speeds went back to normal and fps shot back up to 200fps. I was at 679mhz during the FPS issue again, and my usage was in the 20's and 30's. The uage went back up to the 50's and 60's after the issue had happened.

you think it could be bottom GPU acting up, or you think its a straight mobo issue

 

[ruecklm14]

Try disabling sli to see if it fixes it. Then it means theres an sli problem.

alright so i disabled SLI. i played about 6-7 games on medal of honor. I didnt have any issues, though it still seemed funny, unless im getting paranoid. But, I enabled SLI (i had to restart because my clock speeds keep getting stuck when i enable or disable SLI) and well it hapened as SOON as I went into the game. It was stuck at 30-41, and it would go up to 100 if I look up into the sky and then back down to 60 or 70fps, then back to 30-40fps. It eventually stopeed after about 30 seconds and my clock speeds went back to normal and fps shot back up to 200fps. I was at 679mhz during the FPS issue again, and my usage was in the 20's and 30's. The uage went back up to the 50's and 60's after the issue had happened.

you think it could be bottom GPU acting up, or you think its a straight mobo issue

My usage is in the 90's and i have 1 780 ti. I know that it should be higher than 20-30 and should at least be above 70. Have you tried any other games now. If the game is not optimized for sli then that could be causeing the problem. If you have crysis 3 or battlefield 3 or 4 then try it on that. Those games are fairly optimized for sli. also try what photonboy said.

 

[garretts43]

Try disabling sli to see if it fixes it. Then it means theres an sli problem.

alright so i disabled SLI. i played about 6-7 games on medal of honor. I didnt have any issues, though it still seemed funny, unless im getting paranoid. But, I enabled SLI (i had to restart because my clock speeds keep getting stuck when i enable or disable SLI) and well it hapened as SOON as I went into the game. It was stuck at 30-41, and it would go up to 100 if I look up into the sky and then back down to 60 or 70fps, then back to 30-40fps. It eventually stopeed after about 30 seconds and my clock speeds went back to normal and fps shot back up to 200fps. I was at 679mhz during the FPS issue again, and my usage was in the 20's and 30's. The uage went back up to the 50's and 60's after the issue had happened.

you think it could be bottom GPU acting up, or you think its a straight mobo issue

My usage is in the 90's and i have 1 780 ti. I know that it should be higher than 20-30 and should at least be above 70. Have you tried any other games now. If the game is not optimized for sli then that could be causeing the problem. If you have crysis 3 or battlefield 3 or 4 then try it on that. Those games are fairly optimized for sli.

well my usage fairs around 50-70 in SLI, also depends on how demanding the area is. above 70 without SLI for sure, typically in the 90's with a single gpu. BF4 had the same issue. it would drop straight down to 30fps at random and stay there, and thats when I had SLI on as well. So i can only think its a mobo issue

 

[ruecklm14]

Try disabling sli to see if it fixes it. Then it means theres an sli problem.

alright so i disabled SLI. i played about 6-7 games on medal of honor. I didnt have any issues, though it still seemed funny, unless im getting paranoid. But, I enabled SLI (i had to restart because my clock speeds keep getting stuck when i enable or disable SLI) and well it hapened as SOON as I went into the game. It was stuck at 30-41, and it would go up to 100 if I look up into the sky and then back down to 60 or 70fps, then back to 30-40fps. It eventually stopeed after about 30 seconds and my clock speeds went back to normal and fps shot back up to 200fps. I was at 679mhz during the FPS issue again, and my usage was in the 20's and 30's. The uage went back up to the 50's and 60's after the issue had happened.

you think it could be bottom GPU acting up, or you think its a straight mobo issue

My usage is in the 90's and i have 1 780 ti. I know that it should be higher than 20-30 and should at least be above 70. Have you tried any other games now. If the game is not optimized for sli then that could be causeing the problem. If you have crysis 3 or battlefield 3 or 4 then try it on that. Those games are fairly optimized for sli.

well my usage fairs around 50-70 in SLI, also depends on how demanding the area is. above 70 without SLI for sure, typically in the 90's with a single gpu. BF4 had the same issue. it would drop straight down to 30fps at random and stay there, and thats when I had SLI on as well. So i can only think its a mobo issue

either that or shitty nvidia drivers.

 

[garretts43]

could be drivers, i but i changed the drivers to 337.88 and still have issues. i cleaned my drivers, the good way, and well nothing has happened. All things point to motherboard. But, could it be my bottom gpu acting up? I cant imagine, but what do you think?

 

[ruecklm14]

could be drivers, i but i changed the drivers to 337.88 and still have issues. i cleaned my drivers, the good way, and well nothing has happened. All things point to motherboard. But, could it be my bottom gpu acting up? I cant imagine, but what do you think?

Make your bottom gpu the main gpu then disable sli and see if it works. If it does then its probably the mobo 🙁 thats the worst case and you should try everything before getting a new mobo.

 

[garretts43]

could be drivers, i but i changed the drivers to 337.88 and still have issues. i cleaned my drivers, the good way, and well nothing has happened. All things point to motherboard. But, could it be my bottom gpu acting up? I cant imagine, but what do you think?

Make your bottom gpu the main gpu then disable sli and see if it works. If it does then its probably the mobo 🙁 thats the worst case and you should try everything before getting a new mobo.

alright i turned off my comp, switched gpus, and turned it back on, and SLI mode was disabled. Started the game and it happened again! 😀 then i hit the windows key and went back into the game and now its normal. So i guess I can conclude that its this GPU. Though I want to see it happen one more time before I return it

 

[ruecklm14]

could be drivers, i but i changed the drivers to 337.88 and still have issues. i cleaned my drivers, the good way, and well nothing has happened. All things point to motherboard. But, could it be my bottom gpu acting up? I cant imagine, but what do you think?

Make your bottom gpu the main gpu then disable sli and see if it works. If it does then its probably the mobo 🙁 thats the worst case and you should try everything before getting a new mobo.

alright i turned off my comp, switched gpus, and turned it back on, and SLI mode was disabled. Started the game and it happened again! 😀 then i hit the windows key and went back into the game and now its normal. So i guess I can conclude that its this GPU. Though I want to see it happen one more time before I return it

Great. when you get your new gpu, if this problem still occurs its most likely the mobo. Also when you get your new gpu, try the sli bridge that comes with it. I hope that the problem gets fixed and remember we're here if you have any problems/ questions.

 

[garretts43]

Yup yup i sure will let you know what happens. maybe a week or so before I get the new one. gives the other GPU time to act up too, just in case I didnt test enough. then I really know. thanks for your help

 

[ruecklm14]

Yup yup i sure will let you know what happens. maybe a week or so before I get the new one. gives the other GPU time to act up too, just in case I didnt test enough. then I really know. thanks for your help

NP

 

[garretts43]

Yup yup i sure will let you know what happens. maybe a week or so before I get the new one. gives the other GPU time to act up too, just in case I didnt test enough. then I really know. thanks for your help

NP

okay, so I changed the ram to make sure it was not the ram, and thanks goodness its not. I got stuck at 60fps-80fps right when i started. i hit the windows key, and clicked back into the game and i was right back up to 150fps and higher virtually the entire time. Also, the gpu was still acting up. the one I thought was good is "not good." I think this is something else and not gpu or ram related. Maybe dimm slots? Idk, but maybe it is a motherboard issue.

 

[ruecklm14]

Yup yup i sure will let you know what happens. maybe a week or so before I get the new one. gives the other GPU time to act up too, just in case I didnt test enough. then I really know. thanks for your help

NP

okay, so I changed the ram to make sure it was not the ram, and thanks goodness its not. I got stuck at 60fps-80fps right when i started. i hit the windows key, and clicked back into the game and i was right back up to 150fps and higher virtually the entire time. Also, the gpu was still acting up. the one I thought was good is "not good." I think this is something else and not gpu or ram related. Maybe dimm slots? Idk, but maybe it is a motherboard issue.

yeah maybe its the mobo. You can get a new mobo and test it then but why would you think its not the gpu? When you were just testing what gpu was the main one or was sli enabled?

 

[garretts43]

Yup yup i sure will let you know what happens. maybe a week or so before I get the new one. gives the other GPU time to act up too, just in case I didnt test enough. then I really know. thanks for your help

NP

okay, so I changed the ram to make sure it was not the ram, and thanks goodness its not. I got stuck at 60fps-80fps right when i started. i hit the windows key, and clicked back into the game and i was right back up to 150fps and higher virtually the entire time. Also, the gpu was still acting up. the one I thought was good is "not good." I think this is something else and not gpu or ram related. Maybe dimm slots? Idk, but maybe it is a motherboard issue.

yeah maybe its the mobo. You can get a new mobo and test it then but why would you think its not the gpu? When you were just testing what gpu was the main one or was sli enabled?

I got little mixed up which was which, so i decided to test out the GPU's indivudually. I took one out and tested the other, and so on and so forth. So both seemed to be having the same issue. the new ram i thought would work, but like i said above, i shot down to 60fps-80fps and then went back up to 150fps and higher after hitting the windows key and clicking back into the game. Lol, i just returned the card too, oh well, i'll get my cash back and buy a mobo with it.

also, i just entered a new game on medal of honor just not, and once more, right when i started I was at 50fps, then went down to 40fps, then went back up to 60-70-fps. Stayed there for a bit, and yeah eventually it shot right back up to normal fps. this is still with the differnt ram i put in whihc is gskills rip jaws 2133mhz. So, i know its not gpu or ram now.

 

[ruecklm14]

Ok, I got confused about the gpu. since both gpu's are having the problem then its most likely the mobo. Which sucks. If you can still RMA your mobo then do that and try out the replacement. If you want a completely new mobo I can give you some suggestions for good mobo's. Also, just to make sure its not the cpu try running heavyload for about 10min.

 

[garretts43]

Ok, I got confused about the gpu. since both gpu's are having the problem then its most likely the mobo. Which sucks. If you can still RMA your mobo then do that and try out the replacement. If you want a completely new mobo I can give you some suggestions for good mobo's. Also, just to make sure its not the cpu try running heavyload for about 10min.

i ran prime95 on two tests for half hour each and it barely hit 70 at 100% load. prime95 is how i found my instability for my overclock XD. but yeah, i ran it non-oced and did the test that does heavy on ram, and the other test, i think its ssfft or something weird like that, but it does a little of everything. nothing happened. I was actually looking into an asus board. most basic one is the sabertooth x79 one to me. i just need to know if corsair dominator platinum 2133mhz 4x4 16gb ram will be okay in there. i see it only goes up to 1866, but i hear other people of getting higher with there ram

 

[ruecklm14]

Ok, I got confused about the gpu. since both gpu's are having the problem then its most likely the mobo. Which sucks. If you can still RMA your mobo then do that and try out the replacement. If you want a completely new mobo I can give you some suggestions for good mobo's. Also, just to make sure its not the cpu try running heavyload for about 10min.

i ran prime95 on two tests for half hour each and it barely hit 70 at 100% load. prime95 is how i found my instability for my overclock XD. but yeah, i ran it non-oced and did the test that does heavy on ram, and the other test, i think its ssfft or something weird like that, but it does a little of everything. nothing happened. I was actually looking into an asus board. most basic one is the sabertooth x79 one to me. i just need to know if corsair dominator platinum 2133mhz 4x4 16gb ram will be okay in there. i see it only goes up to 1866, but i hear other people of getting higher with there ram

Good to know that its not the cpu. heres my suggestions for mobo's (I've personally never have built with these) Ive never built with any 2011 mobo's actually.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128532&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= this one has 4 slots for sli and has only 4 slots for ram.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128562&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= this one is the same as the one above but has 8 slots for ram.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131855&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= I just had to throw in an intel board as there my fav brand for everything. this board has 8 ram slots too but also only has enough for 3 way sli.

 

[garretts43]

Ok, I got confused about the gpu. since both gpu's are having the problem then its most likely the mobo. Which sucks. If you can still RMA your mobo then do that and try out the replacement. If you want a completely new mobo I can give you some suggestions for good mobo's. Also, just to make sure its not the cpu try running heavyload for about 10min.

i ran prime95 on two tests for half hour each and it barely hit 70 at 100% load. prime95 is how i found my instability for my overclock XD. but yeah, i ran it non-oced and did the test that does heavy on ram, and the other test, i think its ssfft or something weird like that, but it does a little of everything. nothing happened. I was actually looking into an asus board. most basic one is the sabertooth x79 one to me. i just need to know if corsair dominator platinum 2133mhz 4x4 16gb ram will be okay in there. i see it only goes up to 1866, but i hear other people of getting higher with there ram

Good to know that its not the cpu. heres my suggestions for mobo's (I've personally never have built with these) Ive never built with any 2011 mobo's actually.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128532&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= this one has 4 slots for sli and has only 4 slots for ram.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128562&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= this one is the same as the one above but has 8 slots for ram.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131855&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= I just had to throw in an intel board as there my fav brand for everything. this board has 8 ram slots too but also only has enough for 3 way sli.

is the asus x79 sabertooth good? as long as the board SLI's its fine with me.

 

[ruecklm14]

Ok, I got confused about the gpu. since both gpu's are having the problem then its most likely the mobo. Which sucks. If you can still RMA your mobo then do that and try out the replacement. If you want a completely new mobo I can give you some suggestions for good mobo's. Also, just to make sure its not the cpu try running heavyload for about 10min.

i ran prime95 on two tests for half hour each and it barely hit 70 at 100% load. prime95 is how i found my instability for my overclock XD. but yeah, i ran it non-oced and did the test that does heavy on ram, and the other test, i think its ssfft or something weird like that, but it does a little of everything. nothing happened. I was actually looking into an asus board. most basic one is the sabertooth x79 one to me. i just need to know if corsair dominator platinum 2133mhz 4x4 16gb ram will be okay in there. i see it only goes up to 1866, but i hear other people of getting higher with there ram

Good to know that its not the cpu. heres my suggestions for mobo's (I've personally never have built with these) Ive never built with any 2011 mobo's actually.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128532&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= this one has 4 slots for sli and has only 4 slots for ram.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128562&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= this one is the same as the one above but has 8 slots for ram.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131855&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= I just had to throw in an intel board as there my fav brand for everything. this board has 8 ram slots too but also only has enough for 3 way sli.

is the asus x79 sabertooth good? as long as the board SLI's its fine with me.

Yes thats a very high end board.

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/4458/asus_sabertooth_x79_intel_x79_motherboard_review/index13.html
This is a review of it.

 

[garretts43]

Ok, I got confused about the gpu. since both gpu's are having the problem then its most likely the mobo. Which sucks. If you can still RMA your mobo then do that and try out the replacement. If you want a completely new mobo I can give you some suggestions for good mobo's. Also, just to make sure its not the cpu try running heavyload for about 10min.

i ran prime95 on two tests for half hour each and it barely hit 70 at 100% load. prime95 is how i found my instability for my overclock XD. but yeah, i ran it non-oced and did the test that does heavy on ram, and the other test, i think its ssfft or something weird like that, but it does a little of everything. nothing happened. I was actually looking into an asus board. most basic one is the sabertooth x79 one to me. i just need to know if corsair dominator platinum 2133mhz 4x4 16gb ram will be okay in there. i see it only goes up to 1866, but i hear other people of getting higher with there ram

Good to know that its not the cpu. heres my suggestions for mobo's (I've personally never have built with these) Ive never built with any 2011 mobo's actually.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128532&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= this one has 4 slots for sli and has only 4 slots for ram.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128562&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= this one is the same as the one above but has 8 slots for ram.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131855&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= I just had to throw in an intel board as there my fav brand for everything. this board has 8 ram slots too but also only has enough for 3 way sli.

is the asus x79 sabertooth good? as long as the board SLI's its fine with me.

Yes thats a very high end board.

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/4458/asus_sabertooth_x79_intel_x79_motherboard_review/index13.html
This is a review of it.

would 2133mhz 4x4 corsair dominator platinum work with that board?