[SOLVED] Lower FPS after GPU Upgrade

[Nibmeister]

I just replaced my GTX 1060 With an RTX 2070. Nothing else was changed in the system, all I did was remove the cables, take out the 1060, install the 2070, and reconnect my cables. In Overwatch with the 1060 I was getting a consistent 140-150 fps, but now my fps only gets up to around 70-90. Device Manager says drivers are up to date, the display cables are definitely in the GPU. I'm not sure what could be wrong.

System Specs:
i7-7700k
RTX 2070 (EVGA XC)
MSI Z270 Carbon
Samsung 960 M.2
750W PSU (80+ Gold)
Two 144hz Asus monitors

 

[WindowsVista64]

Did u remove the gtx 1060 drivers before installing the 2070 ? If not, that should be the problem. First remove all the nvidia drivers from your pc (use display driver unistaller) then download and install the latest rxt 2070 drivers and reboot your computer.

 

[Murdo]

Did u remove the gtx 1060 drivers before installing the 2070 ? If not, that should be the problem. First remove all the nvidia drivers from your pc (use display driver unistaller) then download and install the latest rxt 2070 drivers and reboot your computer.

Exactly this.

I had exactly the same scenario as you some time back, although I went from a GTX 1060 6gb to a GTX 1080ti. The benchmarks and FPS were near identical, which was obviously way off.

Here's the full steps:

1. Download Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) - https://www.wagnardsoft.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2213

2. Restart your PC into Safemode (if windows 10, right click start, go to Shutdown/sign out menu, hold shift on keyboard and click restart) - Guide on getting to windows 10 safe mode: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/12376/windows-10-start-your-pc-in-safe-mode

3. Once in safe mode, start up DDU and in the top right, select GPU + NVIDIA in the two drop down combos. Then click top left button, "Clean and restart"

4. Once restarted, windows will install the WDM Microsoft certified driver for your card, at which point, you can go ahead and install the latest nvidia drivers.

Lastly, I'd be sure to check a few things:

1. What is your monitor refresh rate? Double check that in the nvidia control panel, when you click "Change Resolution", you are on the highest refresh your monitor offers.

2. Ensure that you don't have vsync enabled along with a defined refresh rate. This will cap out your FPS.. so if you are on a 90hz refresh, and vsync enabled, you wont pass 90fps.

3. Ensure you don't have DSR enabled - this one is unlikely as you have just done a reinstall of the drivers, but, DSR in the nvidia control panel could be scaling your games texture res therefor costing you performance. So you may have the game set to 1920x1080 for example but if you have DSR set to 2.0, you are effectively running in 4k resolution, so this will hit your performance.

Hope this helps, let us know how you get on.

 

[Nibmeister]

I was mistaken when recalling my FPS counter. I was getting exactly no more than 70. Even after resetting the drivers with DDU. Seeing as I never tested any other game, that made a light go off in my brain and I decided to check Overwatch settings one more time. Apparently the detection of new hardware made the game reconfigure video options automatically and didn't change much, with the exception of setting the chosen resolution to 1080p 60hz. And my FPS is set in game to lock based on my display refresh rate choice. So it locked my FPS at 10 frames over 60.

So cheers! I set it back to 144hz and the problem was solved. I am still happy that you guys told me about the possible driver conflicts. Now they're definitely fixed just in case.