Possible bottleneck with 1080?

[Kq]

Hello, I bought a GTX 1080FTW in hopes to push my system up a bit, but I haven't really seen any improvement at all. I play a few indie games here and there, and mostly Final Fantasy XIV. After installing the 1080 however, I haven't seen any performance increases at all (Upgraded from 970FTW) and I obviously have a bottleneck somewhere, I just don't know where. I average 30-45FPS on max settings most of the time on FFXIV which is roughly the same as the 970 and causes some problems in game.

I mainly wanted to know what I could upgrade on this without totally breaking the bank.
My current build:
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
Storage: PNY Optima 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: EVGA GTX-1080 FTW
Case: NZXT Phantom 530 (Red) ATX Full Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit)
Monitor: Asus VX248H 60Hz 24.0" Monitor

 

[Ne0Wolf7]

Go into task manager while running the titlts your having trouble with, and run Precision too. If your RAM usage in task manager is 100%, thats your problem, if your clock speed on you GPU is always max, that probably it (unless you have no FPS target/ limet), and if your CPU is at 100% (or if some of the threads are at 100%) thats your problem.
My gyess is RAM, but you can never be sure untill you actualy check.

 

[Barty1884]

I don't see anything that needs upgraded there - but a GTX 1080 should be performing noticeably better than a 970, although a 1080 is pretty overkill for 1080p!

Have you clean installed your GPU drivers? Removing all history of prior GPU driver installations?

 

[Kq]

Have you clean installed your GPU drivers? Removing all history of prior GPU driver installations?

I probably should have checked this in the first place (somewhat computer novice still) but re-installed the drivers and It is working fine now, a definite improvement from before. I feel stupid that is was something so simple too; I had heard via retailer that it was just "plug and play" as they were both EVGA Nvidia. Thanks for the help!