GTX690 Lower than usual frames

[Xilo]

Hi.

Recently I've been getting relatively low frames in CSGO (roughly 190), as compared to before (around 700) with my GTX 690, which is quite saddening. I've done all I can do to remedy the problem including:

- Reinstalling Graphics Drivers
- Cleaning the PC for dust
- Monitoring the GPU usage (relatively normal as usual)
- Checked if DirectX needed repair

and none of them seem to work. Any help?

My specs are:
i7 3820 @ 3.6-8Ghz
GTX 690
Corsair Vengeance 16GB (8x2)
Windows 10 Pro (same problem happened before I upgraded from Windows 7)

 

[MasterDell]

Have you tried different games? Whether you have 9001 FPS or 150, it will look all the same to you. Even if you have a 144Hz monitor, you're only going to notice 144FPS. 60Hz? Then if it dips to 61, you still won't notice 😛

Try some other games. If you download the 3D Mark Demo from the steam store and then run firestrike, that would help a lot to see if it's running right. Give me the link at the end when it gives you your score. Or just tell me your score.

 

[Xilo]

Have you tried different games? Whether you have 9001 FPS or 150, it will look all the same to you. Even if you have a 144Hz monitor, you're only going to notice 144FPS. 60Hz? Then if it dips to 61, you still won't notice 😛

Try some other games. If you download the 3D Mark Demo from the steam store and then run firestrike, that would help a lot to see if it's running right. Give me the link at the end when it gives you your score. Or just tell me your score.

I'm aware of the argument that it won't be noticeable to the human eye; however, its not the frames I'm looking for, its the smoothness. Playing at extremely high frames per second (tearing aside) will result in smoother and easier to maneuver game play compared to being restricted to the refresh rate (aka the horror that is VSync). Going from 700 to 190 is not game breaking, but painfully annoying and noticeable.

The reason I'm also asking this is because I compared and benchmarked average frame rates with a friend having a 970 (which a 690 will beat on most, if not all, benchmarks) and only a slightly better processor and managing to get 500+ on average and 900+ when looking at uncluttered areas. For a system like mine, 190 is shameful and painful to play competitively.

As for other games, I tried playing Team Fortress 2 (went from 800 to 200), Assassins Creed 3 and 4 (went from 85-90 to 58 and even 40 in some areas), BF4 (went from 160 -170 to 76-80), and Borderlands 2 (100 or so to 70) prior to asking this. Note that all tests were performed in similarly cluttered situations (player count, map design etc.)

I'm looking to restore my GPU to its former glory :3

 

[MasterDell]

I have never owned a dual GPU card so I'm not sure if it works the same as SLI. Only one GPU in your 690 might be actually on right now. Go to your dekstop, right click, go to the Nvidia control panel, then under 3D settings, go to configure SLI, then make sure under SLI configuration make sure it says "Maximize 3D performance". If you don't see or can't select any of that, then just ignore it.

 

[Xilo]

I have never owned a dual GPU card so I'm not sure if it works the same as SLI. Only one GPU in your 690 might be actually on right now. Go to your dekstop, right click, go to the Nvidia control panel, then under 3D settings, go to configure SLI, then make sure under SLI configuration make sure it says "Maximize 3D performance". If you don't see or can't select any of that, then just ignore it.

Yes, it is on by default and still is.

 

[MasterDell]

Go to your power options and make sure it's on balanced.

 

[Xilo]

Go to your power options and make sure it's on balanced.

After some testing after enabling the balanced power plan, frames remained relatively similar in all games; some got better, some worse, but not by much. The main game in question - CSGO, that is - didn't change at all.

 

[MasterDell]

What was it on before?

 

[Xilo]

What was it on before?

It was on the maximum power setting beforehand

 

[MasterDell]

Okay put it back to that mode. For some computers, balanced is the highest. Have you check your temperatures to make sure that they're okay?

 

[Xilo]

Okay put it back to that mode. For some computers, balanced is the highest. Have you check your temperatures to make sure that they're okay?

Temps and power usage seem OK I guess. I'm not savvy on acceptable temperatures and usage but here are the stats after playing a normal game of CSGO.

GTX 690 (GPU1)
Highest Usage: 72%
Lowest Usage: 51%
Average Usage: 60%
Highest Temp: 69*C
Lowest: 57*C
Avg: 62*C

GTX 690(GPU2)
Highest Usage: 58%
Lowest: 42%
Avg: 51%
Highest Temp: 51*C
Lowest: 45*C
Avg: 47*C

From what I can see, CSGO and source in general is not very SLI compatible, but I should still achieve the level I used to have. I consider these temps to be very run-of-the-mill before and after the issue started to come up. Considering I'm in summer heat, in fact, these are great temperatures.

 

[MasterDell]

Those temps are perfectly fine.

Use this: http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

(Links are at the bottom)

Then reinstall your driver through GeForce.

 

[Outlander_04]

Have you tried different games? Whether you have 9001 FPS or 150, it will look all the same to you. Even if you have a 144Hz monitor, you're only going to notice 144FPS. 60Hz? Then if it dips to 61, you still won't notice 😛

Try some other games. If you download the 3D Mark Demo from the steam store and then run firestrike, that would help a lot to see if it's running right. Give me the link at the end when it gives you your score. Or just tell me your score.

I'm aware of the argument that it won't be noticeable to the human eye; however, its not the frames I'm looking for, its the smoothness. Playing at extremely high frames per second (tearing aside) will result in smoother and easier to maneuver game play compared to being restricted to the refresh rate (aka the horror that is VSync). Going from 700 to 190 is not game breaking, but painfully annoying and noticeable.

The reason I'm also asking this is because I compared and benchmarked average frame rates with a friend having a 970 (which a 690 will beat on most, if not all, benchmarks) and only a slightly better processor and managing to get 500+ on average and 900+ when looking at uncluttered areas. For a system like mine, 190 is shameful and painful to play competitively.

As for other games, I tried playing Team Fortress 2 (went from 800 to 200), Assassins Creed 3 and 4 (went from 85-90 to 58 and even 40 in some areas), BF4 (went from 160 -170 to 76-80), and Borderlands 2 (100 or so to 70) prior to asking this. Note that all tests were performed in similarly cluttered situations (player count, map design etc.)

I'm looking to restore my GPU to its former glory :3

No it wont . Higher fps just ruin the screen image

 

[Xilo]

Those temps are perfectly fine.

Use this: http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

(Links are at the bottom)

Then reinstall your driver through GeForce.

Still no help or performance fixes after a clean installation. Although I did some tests and found out that my performance in game for CSGO and some others (not all) isn't affected when I disable multi-GPU, although my GPU temps skyrocket higher than I consider healthy (83*C).

 

[Xilo]

Have you tried different games? Whether you have 9001 FPS or 150, it will look all the same to you. Even if you have a 144Hz monitor, you're only going to notice 144FPS. 60Hz? Then if it dips to 61, you still won't notice 😛

Try some other games. If you download the 3D Mark Demo from the steam store and then run firestrike, that would help a lot to see if it's running right. Give me the link at the end when it gives you your score. Or just tell me your score.

I'm aware of the argument that it won't be noticeable to the human eye; however, its not the frames I'm looking for, its the smoothness. Playing at extremely high frames per second (tearing aside) will result in smoother and easier to maneuver game play compared to being restricted to the refresh rate (aka the horror that is VSync). Going from 700 to 190 is not game breaking, but painfully annoying and noticeable.

The reason I'm also asking this is because I compared and benchmarked average frame rates with a friend having a 970 (which a 690 will beat on most, if not all, benchmarks) and only a slightly better processor and managing to get 500+ on average and 900+ when looking at uncluttered areas. For a system like mine, 190 is shameful and painful to play competitively.

As for other games, I tried playing Team Fortress 2 (went from 800 to 200), Assassins Creed 3 and 4 (went from 85-90 to 58 and even 40 in some areas), BF4 (went from 160 -170 to 76-80), and Borderlands 2 (100 or so to 70) prior to asking this. Note that all tests were performed in similarly cluttered situations (player count, map design etc.)

I'm looking to restore my GPU to its former glory :3

No it wont . Higher fps just ruin the screen image

How so? If you are referring to tearing, it is virtually (not entirely) non-existent at high refresh rates. Even then i can just lock the fps to a multiple of my monitor Hz (144), so 288, 432, and so on would work. Locking it to my monitor's base refresh rate is basically like playing with Vsync. and I'm even more subject to input lag