Question Poor performance of GPU, flickering, stuttering and screen tearing

[gusttavin]

Good evening everyone, I hope you can help me.

3 years ago my config was an asus prime h510m-e, 1x8 ddr4 2400mhz, sata ssd, rx 550, i3-10100f and a generic thrones 500w source, this config being simple was much smoother some games, fixed fps without dropping.

The problem started after I decided to upgrade. I bought a rtx 3060 eagle gigabyte and a 600w gamemax gs source. From then on I started to notice that the games were no longer the same. I felt a lot of stuttering and flickering on the screen, even outside of games the pc screen would become distorted or shake, fps would drop, high frametime. I thought it could be a bottleneck so I upgraded the pc more, bought an nvme ssd and it didn't solve it. Then I changed to a b760m aorus elite, 1x16 ddr4 3600mhz and i5-12400f and even so the game was horrible and with shaking on the screen.

I've done everything; formatted the PC, ran antivirus, cleaned the PC, turned off and on vsync or gsync on the monitor and nothing. The PC basically only got good rarely. Out of nowhere the GPU performance was great but always with the problem. Then I saw reports that the GS600W Gamemax power supply was bad so I went there and changed it to an ASock Challenger 650W Bronze. The first 2 days with this power supply were wonderful, without any FPS drop and now the problem came back again and the last piece that really needs to be changed is the GPU.

Oh and the temperatures of the entire PC are normal, especially the CPU and GPU, I honestly don't know what to do anymore, one thing that always happens on the PC, even though I've formatted it several times is that the PC screen gets bugged when I minimize any program on the PC, as if it takes a long time to appear on the screen. I don't know how to explain it. I'll leave prints here of the quick stress test, my GPU is with power limitation, minimum clock under stress should reach around 1875+ and the GPU Voltage should reach its minimum 1,200v.

Drivers completely updated, I've even changed the power cable and monitor and nothing has solved it, when I enter games the GPU clock drops to 210MHz to 350MHz, when the FPS drops the memory clock also drops a lot, I've already changed the thermal paste and thermal pads of the GPU.

Current PC Config
RTX 3060 Eagle Gigabyte 12GB
i5-12400F
B760M Aorus Elite
1x16 DDR4 3600MHz Redragon
NVME SSD
ASRock Challenger 650W Bronze Power Supply

 

[Lutfij]

I bought a rtx 3060
The RTX 3000 series had an issue with high transient load spikes, people who got an RTX3090 were asked to overprovision on their PSU's with something like a 1.2KW unit. In your instance, you should've looked into an 850W unit. Now wattage isn't the only thing you should be looking for in a PSU. You're advised to invest in a reliably built unit.

This might be of use to you;

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnRyyCsuHFQ


None of those units mentioned above are reliably built, let alone with enough wattage. My guestimate is that your PSU is the primary issue.

To add,
formatted the PC
What OS are you working with and did you recreate your bootable USB installer to rule out a corruption?

Lastly,
B760M Aorus Elite
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B760M-AORUS-ELITE-rev-1x/sp#spyou're working with one stick how are you working with DDR4 ram when the board has DDR5 slots? Or are you working with this board;
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B760M-AORUS-ELITE-DDR4-rev-1x
? If so, you should clarify what the board's make and model is. As for the ram, you should've looked into a 2x16GB kit, to get the most out of your platform. What BIOS version are you on for your motherboard?

IMHO, you didn't perform much of an upgrade yet you seemed to have emptied out your wallet. No offence meant.

 

[gusttavin]

I bought a rtx 3060
The RTX 3000 series had an issue with high transient load spikes, people who got an RTX3090 were asked to overprovision on their PSU's with something like a 1.2KW unit. In your instance, you should've looked into an 850W unit. Now wattage isn't the only thing you should be looking for in a PSU. You're advised to invest in a reliably built unit.

This might be of use to you;

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnRyyCsuHFQ


None of those units mentioned above are reliably built, let alone with enough wattage. My guestimate is that your PSU is the primary issue.

To add,
formatted the PC
What OS are you working with and did you recreate your bootable USB installer to rule out a corruption?

Lastly,
B760M Aorus Elite
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B760M-AORUS-ELITE-rev-1x/sp#spyou're working with one stick how are you working with DDR4 ram when the board has DDR5 slots? Or are you working with this board;
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B760M-AORUS-ELITE-DDR4-rev-1x
? If so, you should clarify what the board's make and model is. As for the ram, you should've looked into a 2x16GB kit, to get the most out of your platform. What BIOS version are you on for your motherboard?

IMHO, you didn't perform much of an upgrade yet you seemed to have emptied out your wallet. No offence meant.

Hello, how are you? So, I don't see any point in putting an 800W+ power supply in a configuration that needs at least a 600W power supply. I tested this new power supply on another PC with a 3060 but with 8GB and it worked really well there, games ran very smoothly. I also tested it with the other 2 8GB DDR4 memory sticks each to use dual channel and I still have the same problems on my PC.

My motherboard is the B760m Aorus Elite DDR4 Rev 1x.

I don't know what happens, every now and then the computer decides to be fine, without any apparent crashes, and after 2 or 3 days it goes back to normal.

It's very strange that screen tearing happens on Windows without even playing, so I don't understand. My system is Windows 10.