[SOLVED] New GTX 1070 ti Severely Underperforming

[5852ajs]

I recently upgraded my PC from a GeForce GTX 1050 to a MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ti, and I am having performance issues with the new GPU. Any game that I play, I experience a pretty average frame rate at first, but after a few minutes my frame rate will drop a lot (depending on the game it can drop as low as 15- 20 FPS). It might go back up a little bit after a few minutes, but it wont be as high as it should be. I have tried using DDU to uninstall the drivers and reinstall them, but it doesn't make a significant difference. Could I be experiencing a bottleneck of some kind, or could it be something else? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Specs:
CPU- Ryzen 5 1400 @3.2 GHz
RAM- 16 GB (2x8 GB) DDR4 @2133
Power Supply- EVGA 550 B3, 80 Plus BRONZE 550W
Motherboard- Asrock AB350M Pro4
GPU- MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Titanium 8 GB
Storage- 1 TB HDD, 256 GB SSD
OS- Windows 10 Home (Version 10.0.17763 Build 17763)

 

[Dunlop0078]

CPU and GPU temps under load? Performance being good at first then quickly deteriorating sounds like a thermal issue.

 

[alceryes]

I second @Dunlop0078's assessment.
Does it do the same in looping benches or stress-testers? How many different games exhibit this behavior?

 

[5852ajs]

I second @Dunlop0078's assessment.
Does it do the same in looping benches or stress-testers? How many different games exhibit this behavior?

This problem occurs in all games I play, however when I am doing a benchmark test it behaves fine.

 

[5852ajs]

CPU and GPU temps under load? Performance being good at first then quickly deteriorating sounds like a thermal issue.

I have never experienced any thermal issues before, and the gpu has a double cooler. You may be right though. Do you happen to know the optimal temperatures a cpu and gpu should be running at?

 

[Dunlop0078]

The GPU will throttle around 85c. Ryzen will start to throttle around 80c then really start tanking performance if it gets much hotter than that. GPU temps are likely fine assuming that is new 1070 ti that never had the cooler removed, im more concerned about CPU temps.

 

[5852ajs]

The GPU will throttle around 85c. Ryzen will start to throttle around 80c then really start tanking performance if it gets much hotter than that. GPU temps are likely fine assuming that is new 1070 ti that never had the cooler removed, im more concerned about CPU temps.

After some testing, I found out that the CPU temp was staying around 50c, but the GPU was climbing to around 85-90c.

 

[2sidedpolygon]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from 5852ajs : "New GTX 1070 ti Underperforming"

Hey all,

I recently upgraded my PC from a GeForce GTX 1050 to a MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ti, and I am having performance issues with the new GPU. Any game that I play, I experience a pretty average frame rate at first, but after a few minutes my frame rate will drop a lot (depending on the game it can drop as low as 15- 20 FPS). It might go back up a little bit after a few minutes, but it wont be as high as it should be. I have tried using DDU to uninstall the drivers and reinstall them, but it doesn't make a significant difference. Also, the my GPU and CPU have been staying at pretty normal temperatures. Could I be experiencing a bottleneck of some kind, or could it be something else? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Specs:
CPU- Ryzen 5 1400 @3.2 GHz
RAM- 16 GB (2x8 GB) DDR4 @2133
Power Supply- EVGA 550 B3, 80 Plus BRONZE 550W
Motherboard- Asrock AB350M Pro4
GPU- MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Titanium 8 GB
Storage- 1 TB HDD, 256 GB SSD
OS- Windows 10 Home (Version 10.0.17763 Build 17763)

You say "pretty normal" temperatures, could be be more specific? Also, what's your usage at?

 

[rgd1101]

stick with 1 thread.

 

[drjiga]

I recently upgraded my PC from a GeForce GTX 1050 to a MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ti, and I am having performance issues with the new GPU. Any game that I play, I experience a pretty average frame rate at first, but after a few minutes my frame rate will drop a lot (depending on the game it can drop as low as 15- 20 FPS). It might go back up a little bit after a few minutes, but it wont be as high as it should be. I have tried using DDU to uninstall the drivers and reinstall them, but it doesn't make a significant difference. Could I be experiencing a bottleneck of some kind, or could it be something else? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Specs:
CPU- Ryzen 5 1400 @3.2 GHz
RAM- 16 GB (2x8 GB) DDR4 @2133
Power Supply- EVGA 550 B3, 80 Plus BRONZE 550W
Motherboard- Asrock AB350M Pro4
GPU- MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Titanium 8 GB
Storage- 1 TB HDD, 256 GB SSD
OS- Windows 10 Home (Version 10.0.17763 Build 17763)

Do you have many fans, a closed loop water pump, led strips? With a Bronze 550W PSU you should be ok with one 1070 TI, but if you have an extra PSU or can borrow one - maybe try to test your setup with a different PSU.

 

[5852ajs]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from 5852ajs : "New GTX 1070 ti Underperforming"

Hey all,

I recently upgraded my PC from a GeForce GTX 1050 to a MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ti, and I am having performance issues with the new GPU. Any game that I play, I experience a pretty average frame rate at first, but after a few minutes my frame rate will drop a lot (depending on the game it can drop as low as 15- 20 FPS). It might go back up a little bit after a few minutes, but it wont be as high as it should be. I have tried using DDU to uninstall the drivers and reinstall them, but it doesn't make a significant difference. Also, the my GPU and CPU have been staying at pretty normal temperatures. Could I be experiencing a bottleneck of some kind, or could it be something else? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Specs:
CPU- Ryzen 5 1400 @3.2 GHz
RAM- 16 GB (2x8 GB) DDR4 @2133
Power Supply- EVGA 550 B3, 80 Plus BRONZE 550W
Motherboard- Asrock AB350M Pro4
GPU- MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Titanium 8 GB
Storage- 1 TB HDD, 256 GB SSD
OS- Windows 10 Home (Version 10.0.17763 Build 17763)

You say "pretty normal" temperatures, could be be more specific? Also, what's your usage at?

GPU usage is in the 90s, and CPU usage is in the 70s-80s and it goes up into the 90s sometimes. CPU temps around 60 GPU temps around 85, as far as I know that's normal, am I wrong?

 

[5852ajs]

I recently upgraded my PC from a GeForce GTX 1050 to a MSI GeForce GTX 1070 ti, and I am having performance issues with the new GPU. Any game that I play, I experience a pretty average frame rate at first, but after a few minutes my frame rate will drop a lot (depending on the game it can drop as low as 15- 20 FPS). It might go back up a little bit after a few minutes, but it wont be as high as it should be. I have tried using DDU to uninstall the drivers and reinstall them, but it doesn't make a significant difference. Could I be experiencing a bottleneck of some kind, or could it be something else? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Specs:
CPU- Ryzen 5 1400 @3.2 GHz
RAM- 16 GB (2x8 GB) DDR4 @2133
Power Supply- EVGA 550 B3, 80 Plus BRONZE 550W
Motherboard- Asrock AB350M Pro4
GPU- MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti Titanium 8 GB
Storage- 1 TB HDD, 256 GB SSD
OS- Windows 10 Home (Version 10.0.17763 Build 17763)

Do you have many fans, a closed loop water pump, led strips? With a Bronze 550W PSU you should be ok with one 1070 TI, but if you have an extra PSU or can borrow one - maybe try to test your setup with a different PSU.

I have 2 120mm fans, 1 at the front for air intake and 1 at the back for exhaust. I also use the stock fan that came with my ryzen. Unfortunately, I don't have a spare CPU and I don't have anywhere to borrow one, but the 550W should be fine.