GTX 970 core clock locked at 405mhz?

[tanklesstree]

So i was just sitting there playing forza horizon 3 when my fps just shot down immediately, i checked everything then found out that whenever i play any game my gpu clock speed never goes higher than 405mhz which is clearly the source of the fps drop, how do i fix this and what options do i have? I also wasnt oc'ing at the time this happened or messed with any graphical setting so i dont see why this could have happened

 

[sizzling]

So everything had been working ok and this just started, you didn't change any software or hardware? What are your gpus temps? What's your full PC spec?

 

[tanklesstree]

So everything had been working ok and this just started, you didn't change any software or hardware? What are your gpus temps? What's your full PC spec?

so basically yes, i just tried to load into a different part of the game and when i loaded back in i suddenly was down to 17 fps, i hadnt changed any software or hardware at all id just been playing the game for probably 3 hours until this happened.

my gpu right now is chilling at 45c even when playing the game and still the clock speed wont rise

im running a fx-6300 cpu, corsair rm750i psu, and a gtx 970 gigabyte xtreme with some corsair memory

 

[tanklesstree]

So everything had been working ok and this just started, you didn't change any software or hardware? What are your gpus temps? What's your full PC spec?

and just as im waiting for a response to this, i was loading up a youtube video when suddenly my screen froze and recovered and when i look back at the reliablility monitor it states i had a hardware error and i didnt realize this but everytime my forza would crash in the around 3 hour session i would have a hardware error, which i assume was my graphics card

 

[tanklesstree]

looks like i fixed the problem, a clean reinstall of graphics drivers fixed it

 

[sizzling]

That was going to be my next suggestion. Sometimes the do just get corrupted. Glad you got it fixed.