GTX 1080 not getting enough power?

[megayasin]

Hello!

I have this problem since I got my GTX 1080 a year ago where its not performing as good as it should, performance wise, bad framerates and stutters

Overwatch Epic settings with the 1080 in my rig: ~120 fps
Overwatch Epic settings with the 1080 in my brothers rig: ~220 fps
Overwatch Epic settings with my brothers 970 4GB in my rig: ~100-120

Far Cry 5 highest settings with the 1080 in my rig: ~40-50
Far Cry 5 highest settings with the 1080 in my brothers rig: iirc ~80-100

Black Ops 3 highest settings with the 1080 in my rig: ~70-90
Black Ops 3 highest settings in my brothers rig: ~110-140

Monster Hunter highest settings with the 1080 in my rig: ~60-70
Monster Hunter highest settings in my brothers rig: 80-100

I even tried my GPU with my borthers PC, we have pretty much the same specs and it performed way better, the funny thing is that his GTX 970 runs better than my 1080 on my rig.

The only thing that I can think of is that my mainboard is not giving enough power to my GPU.



I've tried a lot of things already.

Things I've tried with no success:

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  Remove the my CPU Overclock to stock
  
  Adding 2 more fans to my a CPU fan and case
  
  Reinstalling Windows 10
  
  Removing GPU-Drivers with DDU and installing them again
  
  Change RAM slots form 1 & 3 to 2 & 4, try only one RAM and tried my brothers RAM (One interesting thing that I noticed is, that my motherboard doesn't detect my 1600 mhz RAM it only detects it as 1333 and to get 1600 I have to activate XMP to get them to 1600, but it did detect my brothers 1600 perfectly without no XMP.)
  
  Updated my Bios
  
  Removing my Monitor overclock back to 60hz
  
  Tried my brothers PSU

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  My Specs:
  
  CPU: i7 4770K overclocked to 4.5Ghz @ 1.2v
  
  CPU-Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO with 1x 120mm fan on each side
  
  GPU: Asus ROG Strix GeForce GTX1080 8GB
  
  RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3-1600 DIMM
  
  Mainboard: Asus Z87-K Updated to the newest version
  
  OS: Windows 10 Version 1803
  
  Monitor: HP 1080P Monitor
  
  Hard Drives: 1x Crucial MX200 250GB SSD and 1x 2TB TOSHIBA P300 HDD
  
  PSU: 700 Watt Cooler Master B700
  
  
  
  Brothers Specs:
  
  CPU: i7 4770K @stock
  
  CPU-Cooler: Be quiet dark rock cooler
  
  GPU: EVGA 970 Phantom 4GB
  
  RAM: 16GB DDR3-1600
  
  Mainboard: Asus Z87-Pro Updated to the newest version
  
  OS: Windows 10
  
  Monitor: 1080P Monitor
  
  Hard Drives: 1x 250GB SSD and 1x 1TB HDD
  
  PSU: 630 Watt
  
  
  I really appreciate any kind of help, Thanks in advance.
  
  If you need more info about something just tell me. I hope I explained my problem well enough, if not just tell me!

 

[norcalsc]

what is it not doing as it should

 

[megayasin]

what is it not doing as it should

Yeah my bad for that, I mean performance wise, bad framerates and stutters

Overwatch Epic settings with the 1080 in my rig: ~120 fps
Overwatch Epic settings with the 1080 in my brothers rig: ~220 fps
Overwatch Epic settings with my brothers 970 4GB in my rig: ~100-120

Far Cry 5 highest settings with the 1080 in my rig: ~40-50
Far Cry 5 highest settings with the 1080 in my brothers rig: iirc ~80-100

Black Ops 3 highest settings with the 1080 in my rig: ~70-90
Black Ops 3 highest settings in my brothers rig: ~110-140

Monster Hunter highest settings with the 1080 in my rig: ~60-70
Monster Hunter highest settings in my brothers rig: 80-100

There is something worng with my rig, I'm thinking its my mobo.

 

[boju]

Could be the motherboard, have you updated bios?

Have you tried your brother's ram?

Haven't turned off Hyperthreading because of overclock?

 

[megayasin]

Could be the motherboard, have you updated bios.

Yes to the newest available version.

Have you tried your brother's ram?

Yes I did try it and it didnt make a difference, I even tried his ram with mine together and no difference.

Haven't turned off Hyperthreading because of overclock?

I reseted my overclock to stock and it didn't make any difference, got the same performance as with 4,5ghz. But I can test it, do I find it in the bios?

 

[4745454b]

Tried my brothers PSU

If it was a power issue, that would have fixed it. Yet it didn't. There is something else going on. Thermal throttling, virus, Vsync, bios/driver that needs up/down dating, etc. You need to find that difference.

 

[megayasin]

Tried my brothers PSU

If it was a power issue, that would have fixed it. Yet it didn't. There is something else going on. Thermal throttling, virus, Vsync, bios/driver that needs up/down dating, etc. You need to find that difference.

Thermal throttling

Switching Intel Speed-Step on and off didn't make a difference.

Virus

Reinstalled Windows completely still didn't make a difference.

Vsync

What exactly do you mean by that like in games or in the nvidia control panel?

bios/driver that needs up/down dating

Updated everything to the newest version. When downgrading which driver could cause this?

You need to find that difference.

That's what I am trying to find but no success, maybe just keep looking and I'll find it eventually, if not I have to upgrade my PC.

 

[boju]

Hyperthreading is in the bios but if you had 8 threads going don't worry about it. Was asking if it was off because some people turn it off to reduce heat and push overclock further.

 

[megayasin]

Hyperthreading is in the bios but if you had 8 threads going don't worry about it. Was asking if it was off because some people turn it off to reduce heat and push overclock further.

Ahh okay!

 

[4745454b]

Switching Intel Speed-Step on and off didn't make a difference.

Speedstep doesn't control temps. You need to figure out what the temps are, not make sure speedstep is on.

What exactly do you mean by that like in games or in the nvidia control panel?

Yes. Control panel might be set to game decides. When checking performance you need to always make sure Vsync isn't running. You need to check the game and the drivers/control panel to make sure it's off.

Updated everything to the newest version. When downgrading which driver could cause this?

You should see what drivers your brother is using if his performs better. You should also make sure everything is setup the same. You have mostly identical machines. Is your GPU in the 16x slot? SSD setup the same way? Ram running at the same speed? Look for any difference between your machines and figure out why it's different.

 

[megayasin]

Speedstep doesn't control temps. You need to figure out what the temps are, not make sure speedstep is on.

My temps at 4.5ghz and 1.2v are:
~40 °c idle and ~65-75 °c it depends on the game.

My temps at 3.5ghz (Stock) are:
~35-40 °c and ~50-60 °c depends on the game.

Yes. Control panel might be set to game decides. When checking performance you need to always make sure Vsync isn't running. You need to check the game and the drivers/control panel to make sure it's off.

I always make sure that Vsync is off in game and in the nvidia control panel.

Is your GPU in the 16x slot?

Yes.

SSD setup the same way?

Yes, we have the same ssd.

Ram running at the same speed?

Yep both my and my brothers at 1600 mhz no difference in performance whatsoever.

You should see what drivers your brother is using if his performs better.

I'll check that and get back to you. Thanks for your help!

 

[4745454b]

Is the ram running at 1600MHz in both system? Don't just look at the stats of what is in both, you need to verify that they are running the same speed.