New 980 Ti less than 1 fps in any 3D program - Tried all - Pics+info incl

[MCVX01]

My newly purchased MSI GTX980 TI 6G runs EXTREMELY bad in my main PC. I tried loads of stuff and have no idea how to continue from here out. The performance issue occurs the moment you boot the PC. It never goes away.

When I say bad, I really mean 0.1 FPS in a 10 year old game. It runs so extremely bad that playing a tiny video in the web browser even gives mouse lag and stuttering video. Please help...

Specs:

• 
  3770 Ivy Bridge
  Asus Maximus Extreme V
  32GB RAM 4*8 1333mhz Corsair XMS 3
  Corsair AX850, 2.5 years old, 220v
  Drivers tried 359.06, 355.98, 358.87, 353-something
  4 mechanical hds, 2 in raid 1, 1 ssd
  5 or so 120mm case fans, cooling is not the problem.
  Windows 7
  1 2560x1440 res monitor used during testing
  Other specs in pics below.

Things tried:

Does it work in another PC? -> Yes card works perfectly fine in another PC, so the card is ok.

Issue with the computer, software or power supply? -> I am upgrading from a 780 TI which takes about the same amount of power. That card works absolutely perfect. The computer as a whole never has any power issues. The PSU is a Corsair AX 850 gold standard... The 780 has no apparent issues with any software or settings I am running.

Drivers? -> Tried 4 different Nvidia drivers, all are exactly the same problem. The 780 card works perfectly fine with any driver version I install.

Driver clean up? -> Ran a driver cleaner program, and reinstalled. Exactly the same problem.

Bios, overclocked, etc? -> Stock settings, nothing has been overclocked.

I am totally at loss here. This was a very expensive card and it is entirely useless right now... Below are pictures go GPU Z. Note how the power consumption and clock speeds are consistently high even during idle, while in my second PC they drop down correctly. This may give a clue (of what I don't know).

Pics:

980 IDLE IN PC 2 - Works correctly
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2300830/PC2idle.gif

980 IDLE IN PC 1 - Super slow
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2300830/PC1idle980.gif

780 IDLE IN PC1 - Works correctly
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2300830/PC1idle780.gif

980 LOAD IN PC 2 - Works correctly - Pic shown is during a next gen game
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2300830/PC2load.gif

980 LOAD IN PC1 - Super slow - Pic shown is in a 10 year old basic game
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2300830/PC1980Load.jpg

980 SETTINGS
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2300830/PC1980settings.gif

PC 1 STATS - during idle
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2300830/PC1Stats.jpg

Thank you!

 

[smorizio]

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1155/MAXIMUS_V_EXTREME/MAXIMUS-V-EXTREME-ASUS-1903.zip
make sure the mb has the newest bios file installed to rule out a bios bug. use the bios renamer and usb flashback port to update the bios. if the card still slow in the bios check to see what speed the pci slots as set to. if there set to auto try using 2.0 pci speed see if the card works better. if it does it may be a bad chip on the mb.

 

[MCVX01]

Hi thanks.
I will try the bios update next time around though am a bit afraid of that. The last bios update is from 2013 which is from before a 980 TI anyway I believe, so I doubt the MB sees much difference between a 780 TI and a 980 TI in terms of handling it.

The PCI speed was set to Auto first, then I forced it to 3.0. Have not tried 2.0 yet but that would not be optimal long term? I will try it for a test though.
The 780 worked (and still works) absolutely perfect, so I doubt the MB would have an issue in its hardware.

 

[smorizio]

with the usb flashback you cant brick the mb.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVvHwq3syqI
all you need do is rename the bios file for your mb using the free bios renamer tool. put it on a usb stick and put the stick in the usb port with the pc off and press the usb flashback button. after 2 min it done.