Low GPU usage minecraft

[elfman5]

Ok so back then I used to get like 800-1.2k fps in singleplayer minecraft (full screen) my GPU (Evga GTX 1070) was at 1949 mhz that was normal, but ever since I updated to the newest geforce drivers, my graphics card doesn't even realize minecraft is a game and just sits at base clock 1594 mhz (CPU is at 40%-60% usage). I am getting 200-500 fps in the same singleplayer world half of what I used to get, I have already tried the max performance setting and ddu I reinstalled all the nVidia drivers and Evga precisionX. The card works fine with other games like BF1 OW Fortnite CSGO. Nothing is Overheating and I don't have anything open in the back except discord also if I use Optimal or Adaptive my card just stays at 900 mhz when playing. I know 200-500 fps is really good for minecraft but I just want to know what could've caused the problem, in case it starts happening to other games

Specs:
Evga GTX 1070 SC
i5 7600k
16gb ram
1080p 180hz monitor (I have a 2nd 4k monitor but I don't use this for gaming)

also for minecraft I allocated 6gb ram and the only mod I have is optifine

 

[vapour]

New driver update is always risky nowadays...
Try this if you remember what was the version that is working:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/driver_rollback.html

 

[Cioby]

It's updates. And also it seems logical that Nvidia wouldn't waste 1200 fps on freaking Minecraft. It prolongs the life of the GPU and lowers power usage, therefore the GPU does that. Or maybe it's a Minecraft update. I don't know, who the hell even plays Minecraft?

I actually had the same issue with game updates in the past, Rome 2 still has garbage performance after their "MAC" patch which I don't even understand why the **** interferes with my PC version at all but I lost half my fps and that's below 60fps at 4K, not 200-500 like you have. Try using the previous game patch or GPU driver, my game works fine with the old patch.

I really hope they are not downclocking the 1070s with updates, just because of the new 1070ti fiasco, that would give them a bad reputation and it doesn't even bother me since I am on 1080ti anyway, but I wanna like Nvidia. You could try manually overclocking it with MSI Afterburner or EVGA precision if you really wanna push it.

 

[photonboy]

It's updates. And also it seems logical that Nvidia wouldn't waste 1200 fps on freaking Minecraft. It prolongs the life of the GPU and lowers power usage, therefore the GPU does that. Or maybe it's a Minecraft update. I don't know, who the hell even plays Minecraft?

I actually had the same issue with game updates in the past, Rome 2 still has garbage performance after their "MAC" patch which I don't even understand why the **** interferes with my PC version at all but I lost half my fps and that's below 60fps at 4K, not 200-500 like you have. Try using the previous game patch or GPU driver, my game works fine with the old patch.

I really hope they are not downclocking the 1070s with updates, just because of the new 1070ti fiasco, that would give them a bad reputation and it doesn't even bother me since I am on 1080ti anyway, but I wanna like Nvidia. You could try manually overclocking it with MSI Afterburner or EVGA precision if you really wanna push it.

They aren't downclocking any cards. Nor do they throttle the FPS for any games. I've NEVER heard of NVidia throttling the FPS down for a game (outside of thermal throttling).

Nor will a manual overclock help since he already hits close to 2000MHz in other games. His throttling is specific to Minecraft, so either the NVidia card is being throttled due to a driver change (why?) or there's a CPU bottleneck for some reason coincidental to the NVidia driver change.

Did you try using DDU then downloading the PREVIOUS NVidia driver that worked before?

I've tested over 300 games going back 10+ years for NVidia and only encountered two or three with problems that didn't get fixed (I'm sure there are more).

So if it's a recent issue it may get fixed soon.

*It actually sounds to me more like a CPU bottleneck for some reason, but again I guess the way to test that is to use DDU then reinstall the last working NVidia driver.

 

[photonboy]

BTW, it doesn't "solve" your problem but why not just use VSYNC?

You have a 180Hz monitor, so any LAG due to VSYNC should be incredibly small. Thus you can run at a solid 180FPS which should feel about the same as it did before but use less power and thus be much QUIETER.

 

[Cioby]

I don't think he wants to use Vsync, he's probably just looking at his performance on the game. Like when you benchmark for fun. Maybe the new driver affects Minecraft since I doubt Nvidia cares so much about that game that they base their drivers on that game. This should actually be addressed to Nvidia as a complaint, if you didn't do any other modification to your system.
I myself don't find it as a "problem" since it's not like when my Rome 2 game got updated and got 30 fps during battles. 200-500 fps are still enough. And other games are not affected.

 

[elfman5]

It's updates. And also it seems logical that Nvidia wouldn't waste 1200 fps on freaking Minecraft. It prolongs the life of the GPU and lowers power usage, therefore the GPU does that. Or maybe it's a Minecraft update. I don't know, who the hell even plays Minecraft?

I actually had the same issue with game updates in the past, Rome 2 still has garbage performance after their "MAC" patch which I don't even understand why the **** interferes with my PC version at all but I lost half my fps and that's below 60fps at 4K, not 200-500 like you have. Try using the previous game patch or GPU driver, my game works fine with the old patch.

I really hope they are not downclocking the 1070s with updates, just because of the new 1070ti fiasco, that would give them a bad reputation and it doesn't even bother me since I am on 1080ti anyway, but I wanna like Nvidia. You could try manually overclocking it with MSI Afterburner or EVGA precision if you really wanna push it.

They aren't downclocking any cards. Nor do they throttle the FPS for any games. I've NEVER heard of NVidia throttling the FPS down for a game (outside of thermal throttling).

Nor will a manual overclock help since he already hits close to 2000MHz in other games. His throttling is specific to Minecraft, so either the NVidia card is being throttled due to a driver change (why?) or there's a CPU bottleneck for some reason coincidental to the NVidia driver change.

Did you try using DDU then downloading the PREVIOUS NVidia driver that worked before?

I've tested over 300 games going back 10+ years for NVidia and only encountered two or three with problems that didn't get fixed (I'm sure there are more).

So if it's a recent issue it may get fixed soon.

*It actually sounds to me more like a CPU bottleneck for some reason, but again I guess the way to test that is to use DDU then reinstall the last working NVidia driver.

I don't think he wants to use Vsync, he's probably just looking at his performance on the game. Like when you benchmark for fun. Maybe the new driver affects Minecraft since I doubt Nvidia cares so much about that game that they base their drivers on that game. This should actually be addressed to Nvidia as a complaint, if you didn't do any other modification to your system.
I myself don't find it as a "problem" since it's not like when my Rome 2 game got updated and got 30 fps during battles. 200-500 fps are still enough. And other games are not affected.

Yeah even with 180hz monitor vsync is still no for me, with the old drivers everything was still the same, I think the problem is the GPU doesn't realizes that minecraft is a game and thus stays at base clock 1594mhz like there are no 3d applications open. Also happens to Overwatch if I have a browser open in the back my GPU stays at 1594mhz.