GTX 1070 not getting enough power

[joelong_1998]

I recently got a Zotac GTX 1070 amp! edition. However I discovered that it is not drawing enough power from my 500w cooler master psu. Will it damage any components? If not can i just use it causally not playing any games until i get a 650w or higher PSU? Please advice, Thank you.

PSU: CoolerMaster 500W 6500 G-Power
Processor: Intel core i5 4570 3.2GHZ
Motherboard: Gigabyte B85M-D3H

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Your PSU has enough power and the right connections to run the 1070.

 

[joelong_1998]

Your PSU has enough power and the right connections to run the 1070.

Hi thank you for replying.
I just updated my motherboard bios and change it to Corsair 650W PSU. But my GPU Power usage is still low. Does it mean that my GTX 1070 is not fully utilise?

 

[Kasper Jorgensen]

GPU will only take full power when under full load. Power usage and clock speed will be much lower when the card is sitting idle.

 

[joelong_1998]

GPU will only take full power when under full load. Power usage and clock speed will be much lower when the card is sitting idle.

Hi, I was playing Battlefield 1 with high settings. My FPS keep fluctuating and it can even drop below 30 sometimes. Highest was 100+ FPS.

I use MSI afterburner and these are the graphs I got. I dont know whats wrong 🙁

 

[Kasper Jorgensen]

Seeing that your CPU usage stays at 100% all the time tells me that your CPU is bottlencking your GPU. To put it in another way, that CPU is not fast enough to fully utilize your GPU.

 

[joelong_1998]

Seeing that your CPU usage stays at 100% all the time tells me that your CPU is bottlencking your GPU. To put it in another way, that CPU is not fast enough to fully utilize your GPU.

Okay thank you so much and SR-71 Blackbird too.

 

[rcald2000]

joelong_1998 BF1 utilizes the CPU highly, therefore your somewhat lowered GPU utilization and FPS, with your CPU and GPU, would normally make sense. In certain games the i5-4570 is a sufficiently powerful match to the GTX 1070, but in BF1 @ 1080p with a GTX 1070, might fall short.

However, the utilization falling to 30 FPS doesn't sound right to me. I believe the i5-4570 thermal throttles at just below 73C. Even though your average CPU core temps range from 65C - 67C, your max is 77C. I wonder if your game play is normal until the temps push just 3 or 4 degrees above 72.72°C max operating temperature and then CPU thermal throttles itself (down clocks itself as a safety response to excess heat detected).

FYI: I'm assuming that the 30 FPS is during actual game play and not a cut scene.

Please try the following: Instead of using MSI afterburner, please download HWMonitor to check CPU temps / CPU utilization & GPU utilization. I'm guessing that when the CPU temps achieve 73C the CPU downclocks, which means the CPU can no longer keeps up with the GPU, and you see lower GPU utilization and game play FPS: https://www.cpuid.com/downloads/hwmonitor/hwmonitor_1.32.exe

The next thing I'd like you to do is open up your computer case, and turn it on it's side while the power is on. The motherboard should be facing up toward the ceiling. Grab a floor or desk fan from your home, turn it on and point it toward the motherboard. Now play BF1 for five minutes and read the CPU temp, CPU utilization and GPU utilization, and FPS counter (via origin). Any change? Please report your findings back here.