GTX 1080Ti upgrade problem

[crowezach8]

Hello everyone! 

I have no idea where else to turn, I formerly had an EVGA GTX 1060 6 gb, and wanted to upgrade to the 1080 TI... so I did just that. However, after installation... things took a turn for the worse. first lets get this out of the way:



Current rig:

Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti

I7-7700k @4.4hz (stable)
16GB of ram

1080p monitor (for now until I get the 4k)

1500w PSU

64 bit Windows 10



So: Here is what happens, for example I will start Battlefield 1 to test new GPUs typically. So I set everything all the way up, no memory restriction, 200 percent render scale etc. At first everything is incredibly smooth and satisfying, then the frame rate slowly creeps down from 75 to 50 to 30 to 20 to 15 then it stays there. or gets worse (this happens in about 5 mins) The game does this on DX11 or DX12 mode. (not that DX12 works well on that game). I figure ok I will try other games. The exact same thing has happened in every single one of these games: No Man's Sky, Skyrim,. Crysis 3, Battlefront 2, even easy ones like Earth Defense force do this. Even taking these games down to 720p doesn't change a thing.



Things I have tried:

I have already used the DDU to undo completely all of the old drivers and the like with fresh ones. Twice.

switching the placement on the motherboard. Didn't change anything.

Using the Gigabye OC software and monitor. Trying the different modes didn't change anything.



So I am getting desperate here. I hope someone can help!

 

[Kashimi]

Have you monitored your temps to ensure that the card is being cooled properly?

 

[smorizio]

with new mb and cards make sure the mb has the newest bios on it to rule out a bios bug.

 

[mgoudreault1599]

Hey bud!

I believe I got the same card as you.. the Xtreme Edition right? I am having the same issues, except less frequently. Reinstalling the drivers did it at first, but now my PC freezes up at least once a day with a precursor being the extremely low fps. Maybe we can keep an eye on each other's threads

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3791164/low-gpu-memory-load.html

 

[thomas.lewis2921]

Get an overlay and look at your GPU temps while the FPS decreases; if the card gets too hot it will throttle its performance to protect itself from damage, so performing worse and lowering your FPS...

 

[norcalsc]

Just out of curiosity, why 200% render scale?

 

[thomas.lewis2921]

Just out of curiosity, why 200% render scale?

With 200% render scale you get a much smoother picture as in this case, the game is rendering in 4k, then being downscaled to 1080p. This means that for every one pixel on his screen, 4 pixels are being combined to make it.

 

[sla70r]

The way you describe it sounds like a memory leak issue.