GTX 1080 Low Performance

[denniskantzis]

So I just bought a GTX 1080 replacing my old gtx 970. Problem is , that performance sucks bad. In some games im getting the same fps with my old card on the same settings. I have a 75Hz 2560x1920 monitor and I was aiming for 75 fps with this card on all games. I was really dissapointed to find out it isnt the case. Witcher 3 lag spikes falls down to 50-60. Gta V same story , Pubg same story , and dont even get me started on the total war games. Only game that maintains 75fps is BF1 on ultra settings. I have tried everything I could. OC the card , Fiddle with the nvidia control pannel settings , disabled all the Microsoft Game DVR crap , disabled DSR , set the pc to high performance in the power options, checked if the PCIe slot was the right one, . My GPU usage never stays at 100% during gameplay and it just goes from 40 to 50 to 60% and sometimes 100%. Dont know that else to do. I am thinking it might be a problem with my RAM which is 2400Mhz but still i dont know. Temps seem to be ok since i got good airflow. Any suggestions?
My Specs are:
Ryzen 5 1600 OC to 3,8 Ghz
Corsair LPX DDR4 2400MHz
Gigabyte Windforce GTX 1080 OC
Thermaltake Smart SE 630w PSU
Gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3
Coolermaster ML120RGB AIO Liquid Cooler
1 SSD and 1 HDD.
6 120 mm case fans.

 

[RobCrezz]

How much ram? is it dual channel? Ryzen tends to require fast ram to perform its best.

If your GPU cannot run 90%+ consistently then you have a bottleneck there somewhere.

 

[denniskantzis]

How much ram? is it dual channel? Ryzen tends to require fast ram to perform its best.

If your GPU cannot run 90%+ consistently then you have a bottleneck there somewhere.

My RAM is dual channel . It doesnt run 90 or 100% consistently. All games I tested its at about 60-70% even lower sometimes. Dont know where the bottleneck could possibly be

 

[drivinfast247]

How many sticks of RAM do you have? What is the latency of the RAM?

You aren't getting near 100% GPU usege which means the GPU is being held back by the CPU/RAM.

 

[denniskantzis]

How many sticks of RAM do you have? What is the latency of the RAM?

You aren't getting near 100% GPU usege which means the GPU is being held back by the CPU/RAM.

I got 2 Ram sticks running on dual channel at 2400mhz. I dont know given my specs i dont think that the bottleneck is there hardware wise except if i missed something I dont know or some wrong setting

 

[Bad_Company]

Hey guys, friend of the OP here, we are trying to figure this out together. Ram is running dual chanel @2400 as he said , with 16-16-16-39 timings . Given that the r5 1600 cant be the bottleneck , imo the problem is most definitely the ram.

 

[drivinfast247]

For that CPU, RAM and GPU at that resolution the FPS you're getting seems about right.

Did you fully uninstall the old drivers using DDU before installing the new GPU and drivers?

 

[androbourne]

Also, where did you purchase this video card from? If it is used, you need to be careful. There are scams out there using older GTX cards with a flashed bios to make it look like a newer GTX model card. Even GPUZ will show proper names etc... Only way to really tell if card is fake or not is to check GPUZ and match the specs with a real 1080, or remove the heatsink to read the model on the chipset.

If we are sure its not a fake card. Then I would suggest you use DDU, completely uninstall all drivers and reinstall newest ones and try again.

 

[denniskantzis]

For that CPU, RAM and GPU at that resolution the FPS you're getting seems about right.

Did you fully uninstall the old drivers using DDU before installing the new GPU and drivers?

Yes I did uninstall everything before installing the card. I dont know maybe its my idea but I guess a GTX 1080 with a Ryzen 1600 and 16Gigs of ram would be able to max out games at 1080p 75 FPS. This card is made for 1440p and a little 4k. Dont think its too much to ask

 

[denniskantzis]

Also, where did you purchase this video card from? If it is used, you need to be careful. There are scams out there using older GTX cards with a flashed bios to make it look like a newer GTX model card. Even GPUZ will show proper names etc... Only way to really tell if card is fake or not is to check GPUZ and match the specs with a real 1080, or remove the heatsink to read the model on the chipset.

If we are sure its not a fake card. Then I would suggest you use DDU, completely uninstall all drivers and reinstall newest ones and try again.

Tje card was from a retail store brand new. I checked GPU-Z and it was the correct card. I already used DDU twice to wipe ant drivers and reinstall. Dont know what else to do

 

[Greeko85]

What are the cpu temps and usage under load? Its curious as you are saying BF1 performs the best and its easily one of the more demanding ones to run. With the ram speed Ryzen will definitely benefit from faster Ram but not to the point where it will cripple performance. All games running from the same drive? (You don't have BF running off the SSD do you?)

 

[denniskantzis]

What are the cpu temps and usage under load? Its curious as you are saying BF1 performs the best and its easily one of the more demanding ones to run. With the ram speed Ryzen will definitely benefit from faster Ram but not to the point where it will cripple performance. All games running from the same drive? (You don't have BF running off the SSD do you?)

Well it perfoms good but not as it should be. Im playing on ULTRA with 100% scale and most AA to low and it doesnt maintain a solid 75 fps either sometimes. My temps are pretty good , I have good airflow on my case and my cpu usage is not at 100% when gaming. All my games are on my HDD only OS and a few programms on my SSD.I would like to avoid a system format or something like that

 

[drivinfast247]

The first post states a 2560 x 1920 resolution. That is not 1080p.

 

[denniskantzis]

The first post states a 2560 x 1920 resolution. That is not 1080p.

Sure its not but its not 1440p either. Its lower than that. This card should be able to max out anything at 1440p in 120hz gaming and it cant maintain solid 75fps on anything rather than csgo.