[SOLVED] Is my RTX 2080 too powerful for my pc?

[josh.springer24]

I recently bought a 2080 to replace my 1070. The CPU i currently have is a ryzen 7 1700. Whenever I am trying to play games it ends up crashing in about 5-10 minutes or less. My first thought is that my cpu isn't good enough or would there be some other reason my games would be crashing with this 2080

My full build:
-AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3 GHz 8-Core
-EVGA Black GeForce RTX 2080 Dual-Fan 8GB GDDR6
-Asus - PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4
-Corsair - Dominator Platinum 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000
-EVGA - SuperNOVA NEX 750 W 80+ Gold

 

[Gmoney06ss]

The 2080 shouldn't overpower anything so much it crashes. All drivers up to date? Windows up to date? What are your temps?

 

[Barty1884]

A CPU being "not good enough" isn't going to result in crashing.

Did you fully remove drivers and then reinstall for the 2080?
DDU would be a useful tool here: https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

 

[josh.springer24]

A CPU being "not good enough" isn't going to result in crashing.

Did you fully remove drivers and then reinstall for the 2080?
DDU would be a useful tool here: https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

So what your saying is the drivers from the 1070 might be what’s causing the problems and I should uninstall them?

 

[Gmoney06ss]

Yes it's always a good idea to uninstall and reinstall drivers when switching over. I did as Barty mentioned and it worked perfectly. I have a thread in here somewhere that someone posted a step by step process for ddu. It was titled "DDU necessary " or something along that line.

 

[Barty1884]

So what your saying is the drivers from the 1070 might be what’s causing the problems and I should uninstall them?

Yes, quite possibly. Nvidia drivers 'should' be a little more seamless than switching AMD to NVidia or vice-versa, but it's rarely the case.
Fully remove GPU drivers (in safe mode) with DDU. Reboot & reinstall drivers for the 2080 and see how you fare.

 

[josh.springer24]

Yes, quite possibly. Nvidia drivers 'should' be a little more seamless than switching AMD to NVidia or vice-versa, but it's rarely the case.
Fully remove GPU drivers (in safe mode) with DDU. Reboot & reinstall drivers for the 2080 and see how you fare.

I have tried running DDU but once i'm in safe it doesn't let me run the file (tried uninstalling and reinstalling the software as well). I tried looking up why this would happen and couldn't find any fix.

 

[Barty1884]

What file? DDU won't let you run in safemode?

 

[josh.springer24]

What file? DDU won't let you run in safemode?

I can't run the actual DDU application in safe mode but I can open it in the normal mode. I'm using the newest version 18.0.0.9

 

[Barty1884]

You've extracted all files & you're running the actual application itself (not a .zip) etc? Strange, not sure what's happened there honestly.

 

[josh.springer24]

You've extracted all files & you're running the actual application itself (not a .zip) etc? Strange, not sure what's happened there honestly.

Do you think it would be safe to run an older version to see if it works?

 

[Barty1884]

Absolutely. No harm in trying.

 

[josh.springer24]

Absolutely. No harm in trying.

The older version worked. Thanks for your help!

 

[Barty1884]

@josh.springer24 Awesome.

So you got the drivers removed in safe mode.... Did you reinstall the 2080 drivers? How is performance looking now?

 

[josh.springer24]

@josh.springer24 Awesome.

So you got the drivers removed in safe mode.... Did you reinstall the 2080 drivers? How is performance looking now?

I reinstalled the drivers I needed and none of the games have crashed so I think it's all fixed.