Question Ok now i seriously think that my gpu is underperforming. Please help

Fatblabs

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Before my 3060 was running valorant at 270-305 fps, now its 220 - 200. HUGE difference. Can anyone help me increase fps / help me find the problems (without having to get a new gpu)?

[Xmp / DCOP does not work for me so that won't work]

Motherboard: Asus Prime Z590-V
GPU: Gigabyte Nvidia Geforce RTX 3060 gaming OC
CPU: Core I5 11600kf

[I KNOW i shouldn't be crying about 220 fps. But still a huge difference and I'm mad]
 

Giant Hunger

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Before my 3060 was running valorant at 270-305 fps, now its 220 - 200. HUGE difference. Can anyone help me increase fps / help me find the problems (without having to get a new gpu)?

[Xmp / DCOP does not work for me so that won't work]

Motherboard: Asus Prime Z590-V
GPU: Gigabyte Nvidia Geforce RTX 3060 gaming OC
CPU: Core I5 11600kf

[I KNOW i shouldn't be crying about 220 fps. But still a huge difference and I'm mad]
is your gpu hot when it runs valorant? the more hotter it is the more it decrease the fps.
 

Fatblabs

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It would be helpful if you explained the circumstances around your drop in fps; I can't look into my crystal ball to find out why a person's fps dropped from one number to another without more context.
nothing really happened to it. I didn't touch the GPU or any components inside (runs on an rm750 so its not a psu issue).
 

Fatblabs

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Did you change anything around the same time, whether hardware or software? Did you update anything game or OS related around the time this happened?
Hmmm, I can't recall when I updated bios before or after this happened, but the updating of bios was pretty recent (2-3 weeks ago). with the best of my ability, I think this happened after
 
Hmmm, I can't recall when I updated bios before or after this happened, but the updating of bios was pretty recent (2-3 weeks ago). with the best of my ability, I think this happened after

Ok, good to know. Updating your BIOS can return any settings related to a CPU overclock or XMP back to default. I've done this before and then noticed that my i7-9700k was boosting to 4.6 GHz instead of 5.1 GHz; my overclock had been reset. Double check that any settings you have adjusted in your BIOS are still properly enabled. I'm assuming you have overclocked your i5-11600k at some point?
 

Fatblabs

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Ok, good to know. Updating your BIOS can return any settings related to a CPU overclock or XMP back to default. I've done this before and then noticed that my i7-9700k was boosting to 4.6 GHz instead of 5.1 GHz; my overclock had been reset. Double check that any settings you have adjusted in your BIOS are still properly enabled. I'm assuming you have overclocked your i5-11600k at some point?
nopers. I put settings at default
 

Fatblabs

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Ok, good to know. Updating your BIOS can return any settings related to a CPU overclock or XMP back to default. I've done this before and then noticed that my i7-9700k was boosting to 4.6 GHz instead of 5.1 GHz; my overclock had been reset. Double check that any settings you have adjusted in your BIOS are still properly enabled. I'm assuming you have overclocked your i5-11600k at some point?
could be it like a power saving kinda thing?
 

Fatblabs

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Ok, good to know. Updating your BIOS can return any settings related to a CPU overclock or XMP back to default. I've done this before and then noticed that my i7-9700k was boosting to 4.6 GHz instead of 5.1 GHz; my overclock had been reset. Double check that any settings you have adjusted in your BIOS are still properly enabled. I'm assuming you have overclocked your i5-11600k at some point?
no overclock on the cpu either
 

Fatblabs

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Well, you should make sure that your Windows power plan is set to something like "maximum performance..."

I'd try overclocking your 11600k if I were you; Intel CPUs really earn their keep when you push their clock speeds up and it can make a big difference in frame rate.
seems like I don't have that option tho for some reason. I'm pretty sure those are only for laptops with batteries. Also how do I overclock my cpu? not very great with that