Low Performance with Gigabyte GTX 1070

[Shningka]

I recently replaced my Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 960 with a Gigabyte GTX 1070 and have been disappointed with the performance in games like Fallout 4, Watch Dogs 2, and Grand Theft Auto V. There have been moments playing games where the FPS would drop down to 20 fps and below. I have completely reset my system to and installed the latest drivers with no change. I feel like this card should be able to run these games on maximum with little to no frame issues. I have a feeling that it might be a CPU bottleneck. I would appreciate any help I can get.

Specs:
OP: Windows 8.1 64-bit
CPU: Intel Core i5 4590 @ 3.30Ghz
Motherboard: Gigabyte G1.Sniper B6
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1070
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 2x8GB DDR3
PSU: Corsair CX600M
Resolution: 1920x1080

3DMark Results
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/16703533?

 

[ac13044]

have you installed the latest drivers for your card also what is your resolution benchmark your gpu

 

[Shningka]

have you installed the latest drivers for your card also what is your resolution benchmark your gpu

I have Installed the latest drivers and my resolution is 1920x1080.

http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/2308055

 

[ac13044]

try this method someone posted

To solve it I uninstalled all of the NVIDIA bullshit software and drivers. Inlcuding Geforce Experience, PhysX, 3DVision, everything. Then I went to the NVIDIA website here and manually downloaded and installed the latest graphics driver without any of the other stuff. They make it hard for you because you have to choose 'Custom Installation' and then un-check everything except the graphics driver, and then make sure the 'Clean Install' box is checked. Afterwards my new card worked amazing! The only drawback is I have to manually download and install new graphics drivers as they become available. I hope this helps

 

[fry178]

GFE physx etc have nothing to do with fps drops.
the clean install refers to cleaning windows of any leftover like game profiles, but isnt anywhere close to good working condition.

if you want to exclude other things but a bad gpu:

run cpu at stock clock/volt (for now).
download the latest DDU cleaner (17.0.4) and Nv driver (376.33)
uninstall all nv software you find (ccleaner/windows software panel)
reboot and use ddu, reboot again and install the nv driver with custom setting and uncheck 3d driver/3d software unless you have a 3d moni/tv.

change the following settings in Nv panel:
power from optimal to adaptive (all games)
vsync to "let app decide"
turn on triple buffer (wont hurt games that dont support it).

and i would (re) install Dx (offline installer) since i've seen almost all the time that at least a few files are being copied, and it wont hurt.
http://offlineinstallersoft.blogspot.com/2014/04/downlaod-directx-91011112-offline.html#.WFOeyVUrIuU

 

[ac13044]

well im trying help find a solution. it was somebody that posted this for there 1070 hey it worked for them could work for the person here if your method works then sweet at least i was try to help

 

[Power94]

you must use dp 1.2 cabel from gpu to monitor for 60fps look my thread http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-3271240/open-thread-monitor-freesync-gaming-1070-gpu.html

 

[fry178]

@ac13044
sorry, didnt wanna sound like a .... lol

but seen too many times ppl tryin a lot of different things (to fix their rig) that had zero to do with the problem..

 

[Shningka]

GFE physx etc have nothing to do with fps drops.
the clean install refers to cleaning windows of any leftover like game profiles, but isnt anywhere close to good working condition.

if you want to exclude other things but a bad gpu:

run cpu at stock clock/volt (for now).
download the latest DDU cleaner (17.0.4) and Nv driver (376.33)
uninstall all nv software you find (ccleaner/windows software panel)
reboot and use ddu, reboot again and install the nv driver with custom setting and uncheck 3d driver/3d software unless you have a 3d moni/tv.

change the following settings in Nv panel:
power from optimal to adaptive (all games)
vsync to "let app decide"
turn on triple buffer (wont hurt games that dont support it).

and i would (re) install Dx (offline installer) since i've seen almost all the time that at least a few files are being copied, and it wont hurt.
http://offlineinstallersoft.blogspot.com/2014/04/downlaod-directx-91011112-offline.html#.WFOeyVUrIuU

I followed the steps and had little to no change. I was recently running GTAV and inspecting my CPU and GPU usage. When playing I get around 60 to 70 percent on my GPU and 90 to 100 percent on CPU. It also seems like I get better FPS with some settings turned up higher. Let me know if this changes anything or if there is any fix.

 

[fry178]

the 1070 is a monster for 1080p.

change physx on the nv panel to cpu.
for global games setting:
turn Ambient Oclusion to quality.
AF and AA by app/game
set transparent AA to MS.
set MFAA to on
power to adaptive
texture filtering optimisation to off (both, anisotropic and trilinear)
texture filtering quality to high

and in-game settings:
crank everything up to highest, incl AF (16x), leave antialiasing off for now (MFAA will provide slight AA without fps penalty)
use HBAO instead of SSDAO.

as long as you dont drop to 30-40 fps (use game bench if possible), try to stay around 60 with a light drop to 50 if lots of stuff going on (explosions etc).

i can play every game (i play) with maxed out settings at 1080p, most even at 1440p.
you want to see more load on the gpu (60-70% or higher) than the cpu (30-50% should be possible with i5)...

 

[Shningka]

the 1070 is a monster for 1080p.

change physx on the nv panel to cpu.
for global games setting:
turn Ambient Oclusion to quality.
AF and AA by app/game
set transparent AA to MS.
set MFAA to on
power to adaptive
texture filtering optimisation to off (both, anisotropic and trilinear)
texture filtering quality to high

and in-game settings:
crank everything up to highest, incl AF (16x), leave antialiasing off for now (MFAA will provide slight AA without fps penalty)
use HBAO instead of SSDAO.

as long as you dont drop to 30-40 fps (use game bench if possible), try to stay around 60 with a light drop to 50 if lots of stuff going on (explosions etc).

i can play every game (i play) with maxed out settings at 1080p, most even at 1440p.
you want to see more load on the gpu (60-70% or higher) than the cpu (30-50% should be possible with i5)...

FPS had little to no change still in upper 30s to mid 40s. Percentage in the GPU went down to mid 50s and CPU stayed the same.

 

[fry178]

definitely not normal. my 1070 clocks about the same, and i get 13K as result (do have a i7-3770).

install afterburner, so you can monitor the gpu under load. play about 5-10min and have a look at the graphs, eg. if you hit any limiter (1 vs 0)
and see if downclocking the vram helps. almost every 1070 with micron ram has probs keeping clocks up.
lowering the mem clock inside afterburner by 2-3MHz, will allow the card to keep running it almost full speed, and not suffer voltage "starvation" when ramping up (vram) clocks.

can you get support from seller/shop/friend or maybe a local microcenter, just to have someone else look at it?
or to say it different: i'd rather work on it for a few hours for free, rather than having to type 10 pages on the forum ;-)

 

[Shningka]

definitely not normal. my 1070 clocks about the same, and i get 13K as result (do have a i7-3770).

install afterburner, so you can monitor the gpu under load. play about 5-10min and have a look at the graphs, eg. if you hit any limiter (1 vs 0)
and see if downclocking the vram helps. almost every 1070 with micron ram has probs keeping clocks up.
lowering the mem clock inside afterburner by 2-3MHz, will allow the card to keep running it almost full speed, and not suffer voltage "starvation" when ramping up (vram) clocks.

can you get support from seller/shop/friend or maybe a local microcenter, just to have someone else look at it?
or to say it different: i'd rather work on it for a few hours for free, rather than having to type 10 pages on the forum ;-)

I went to my local Microcenter and told them about my problem and they informed me that I either have a zapped PCI slot or a broken GPU / dud card. I put my 960 back in and it seems to be working fine so that would rule out any thing with the PCI port. I will probably try to return my card for a new one sometime soon. I hope this can be used to help anyone else with this problem. If anyone has anymore solutions or ideas please let me know.