GTX 980 Issue

[jonpaul37]

Good Morning,

Looking to see if anyone has experienced the same issue as I have with a GTX 980 (Gigabyte Windforce version) specifically on an ASUS Z97-A Motherboard.

I didn't have any issues until shortly after I upgraded from my GTX 780 to my GTX 980. but when it is plugged into the top - first PCI-E x16 slot, it throttles down and gets horrible framerates in anything I play. GPU-Z shows it running as PCI-E 3.0 @ x16 running at like 404 MHZ or something close to that.

When I plug it into the second slot it runs fine in games and I get good frame rates, etc... but GPU-Z shows it running at PCI-E 3.0 @ x8

Now, I have reinstalled drivers, used driver sweeper in safe mode, re-seated, etc... I still get the same results. Inspecting the motherboard shows no signs of physical damage and I am using the same PSU connectors when the card is in either slot so I know it is not the PSU or the card as it works fine in the second slot.

Anyone? Suggestions, links, etc would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[rgd1101]

The top slot is closer to the cpu, did you check the temp when you put it on the top slot?

 

[jonpaul37]

no temp issues at all either. this happens right away