GTX 960 Clocked at 783?!

[ArgentDawns]

so i recently purchased a gtx 960 2gb reference card and after receiving it the weirdest thing is happening, the base clock is at 783 and the card is obviously bombing in benchmarks. i ran DDU, installed the card, updated the drivers directly from nvidia, ran a clean installation and my clock is still at a baseline 783 for some reason. i have a 500w psu and the system is an i3 4350, h81m-p33 mobo, 7200rpm hhd, 8gb ddr3. so i don't think under-power is the problem. the card is running at like 38 degrees during benchmark too which is frosty. and the gpu is at 100% usage. did i receive a bad card? please help

 

[panathas]

There is no 3GB GTX 960 out there. You must mean a GTX 1060. Are you sure you have plugged in the required PCIe power cable form the PSU to the GPU? Do the GPU fans work; Try using another PSU on your system or test this GPU on another PSU. That's the only way to find out if that GPU is bad or not.

 

[ArgentDawns]

There is no 3GB GTX 960 out there. You must mean a GTX 1060. Are you sure you have plugged in the required PCIe power cable form the PSU to the GPU? Do the GPU fans work; Try using another PSU on your system or test this GPU on another PSU. That's the only way to find out if that GPU is bad or not.

It's a 960 2gb

 

[dontlistentome]

Nvidia's site has an OEM GTX 960 3gb clock spec that starts at 924, so it is by design a lower clock speed than the standard 960. 783 is too low though. Since this is an unusual 960 my guess this is a driver problem, maybe it's not detecting the right type of 960. I read that the GPU for this card is the same as the GTX 980 with some parts disabled. I'm not sure if that could confuse driver installation.

 

[panathas]

Is it a new or used GPU; How many PCIe power plugs does it have? Is it a 6-PIN or an 8-PIN one? Also which PSU do you have?

 

[dangus]

There is no 3GB GTX 960 out there. You must mean a GTX 1060. Are you sure you have plugged in the required PCIe power cable form the PSU to the GPU? Do the GPU fans work; Try using another PSU on your system or test this GPU on another PSU. That's the only way to find out if that GPU is bad or not.

not sure where you're assuming its a 3gb gtx 960...either way it sounds like it really might be a power problem...or worst case scenario a problem with the card. what PSU do you have? need to know make and specific model.

although, testing a new PSU or testing the card in a different system is probably your best bet based on the info you gave us

 

[panathas]

There is no 3GB GTX 960 out there. You must mean a GTX 1060. Are you sure you have plugged in the required PCIe power cable form the PSU to the GPU? Do the GPU fans work; Try using another PSU on your system or test this GPU on another PSU. That's the only way to find out if that GPU is bad or not.

not sure where you're assuming its a 3gb gtx 960...either way it sounds like it really might be a power problem...or worst case scenario a problem with the card. what PSU do you have? need to know make and specific model.

although, testing a new PSU or testing the card in a different system is probably your best bet based on the info you gave us

He initially wrote that he purchased a GTX 960 3GB card and later fixed it.

 

[raygel93]

Sir how did you fix it? i have also gigabyte gtx 960 4gb with 783 base card when i try to play games in high settings it crashes. i have i3 4170, h81m-ds2, 12gb ddr3 and 700w generic psu. the card is running at 70 degrees during benchmark. PLEASE HELP !

 

[ArgentDawns]

Sir how did you fix it? i have also gigabyte gtx 960 4gb with 783 base card when i try to play games in high settings it crashes. i have i3 4170, h81m-ds2, 12gb ddr3 and 700w generic psu. the card is running at 70 degrees during benchmark. PLEASE HELP !

Im guessing you bought your card off ebay? Its not a 960 unfortunately, its a gts 450 that they bios flashed to show as a 960. Request a refund and give them a 1 star rating and they will work with you. I was able to get the seller to give me a full refund and i kept the card.
Does your card look like this? https://m.imgur.com/a/nLk3m