My gpu clock is at idle while gaming.

[Marnell_1]

My Gpu goes from normal gaming clock speeds to idle clock speeds and stays there after at least 10 -15 mins of gaming. I start the game at 1849Mhz which is normal for me while gaming then after about 10 - 15 mins of playing they go back to idle clocks of 1506Mhz and dont come back up?

My Specs:
Zotac GTX 1060 3gb
Intel i7 4770 @ 3.4 Ghz
8gb DDR3 ram
1tb Hard Drive

Any Suggestions?

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

1500mhz is not idle. Idle would be 350mhz running the desktop. Are you trying to say stock speeds? If after about 10-15min it drops down then you could be hitting either your power target or thermal limit and your card is throttling. Are you overclocking to achieve 1800mhz or is it just boot clock?

 

[Marnell_1]

1800 is my boost clock and yes sorry I meant stock speeds not idle

while playing I get about 65 - 75 degrees on GPU and 55 - 70 on my CPU
Im not sure about my power I think that is the only think it could be I have 330w psu
but I have never had a problem before unless I just didn't notice it.

 

[Marnell_1]

1500mhz is not idle. Idle would be 350mhz running the desktop. Are you trying to say stock speeds? If after about 10-15min it drops down then you could be hitting either your power target or thermal limit and your card is throttling. Are you overclocking to achieve 1800mhz or is it just boot clock?

1800 is my boost clock and yes sorry I meant stock speeds not idle

while playing I get about 65 - 75 degrees on GPU and 55 - 70 on my CPU
Im not sure about my power I think that is the only think it could be I have 330w psu
but I have never had a problem before unless I just didn't notice it.

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

yikes. 350w for a 1060? I personally don't like them numbers but you are running everything at stock settings with no manual overclock on either CPU or GPU? It doesn't look like you are thermal throttling with those temps but maybe you are reaching your power limit not just PSU but power limit settings on the GPU (i.e. how much it is allowed to take in before it has to dial things back)

when you notice your card dropping it's clock down to 1500 do you see a performance drop in your games?

using MSI Afterburner you can increase the power limit and then click the little arrow next to it and prioritize temps over power and see if that helps it to maintain it's boost clock. as it stands though I think it might be that it tries to boost clock up to 1800 but it can't get sufficient power from the PSU and it ends up dialing it back to stock. going up to at least a 450w PSU would benefit you in this matter. But try the afterburner method first just in case it's not the PSU.

If you don't use afterburner or haven't in a long while the new UI for it kinda sucks in my opinion and is a little too fancy and complicated. Switching the skins to the older version in settings would help you to read what you are messing with more effectively.

I have provide a screenshot below to show you what I am talking about with Afterburner.

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[Marnell_1]

Hi Yes when my clock speed drops to 1500 I lose around 15 - 20 frames putting me on most games at 45- 55 fps when I usually play on 65 - 70
also for the power limit I have already increased it using EVGA PrecisionX and it didn't seem to change anything with the clock speed still dropping to stock after 10 - 15 mins. My computer is currently using 285W of power so I dont see why it should be an issue? I appreciate the help