[SOLVED] RTX 3080 performing terribly

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I recently built a pc with an RTX 3080, Ryzen 9 3900x, 32 gigabytes of corsair vengeance pro ram running at 3200mhz, and an ASUS rog hero crosshair viii, and I'm getting performance that is very low, to the point where its comparing with a pc for $1,000, instead of what I built for $4,000. I have seen benchmarks and they aren't adding up. For instance I play fortnite from time to time and an RTX 3060 ti is outperforming my RTX3080. I need help on this and am very confused as to why I have these performance issues.

 

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Run userbenchmark a share the public link to the results.

What other games have you tried? Fortnite is not very gpu demanding and generally performance is dictated by the cpu/RAM.

What resolution are you running?

 

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Run userbenchmark are share the public link to the results.

What other games have you tried? Fortnite is not very gpu demanding and generally performance is dictated by the cpu/RAM.

I also play GTA V and beamNG drive. They both aren't performing as good. I used to play on a 980m and an i7 6th gen and he performance is not that far apart

 

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I also play GTA V and beamNG drive. They both aren't performing as good. I used to play on a 980m and an i7 6th gen and he performance is not that far apart

Ok. What resolution and going to need the userbenchmark results.

Are all motherboard and gpu drivers up to date?

 

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Ok. What resolution and going to need the userbenchmark results.

Are all motherboard and gpu drivers up to date?

The resolution is 1080p and here are the benchmarks https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/37375850
the motherboard drivers are up to date

 

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The resolution is 1080p and here are the benchmarks https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/37375850
the motherboard drivers are up to date

You RAM is only running at 2133mhz. Go into the BIOS and enable XMP / DOCP. Once you have the RAM at 3200mhz run the benchmark again.

You are going to struggle to fully utilise a 3080 if only running 1080p, it’s really overkill. It will be limited by the cpu in most games. The 3080 is really suited to 1440p and above.

 

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You RAM is only running at 2133mhz. Go into the BIOS and enable XMP / DOCP. Once you have the RAM at 3200mhz run the benchmark again.

You are going to struggle to fully utilise a 3080 if only running 1080p, it’s really overkill. It will be limited by the cpu in most games. The 3080 is really suited to 1440p and above.

So should I switch to 1440p resolution?

 

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Also make sure the RAM is in the correct 2 slots for when running 2 sticks per the motherboard instructions.

 

[Archaic59]

The resolution is 1080p and here are the benchmarks https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/37375850
the motherboard drivers are up to date

26% background CPU use is not helping the benchmark. Turn off everything you can when running the benchmark.

 

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26% background CPU use is not helping the benchmark. Turn off everything you can when running the benchmark.

Good spot

Is this a fresh install of Windows? That is ridiculously high background usage for a 3900x.

 

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Also make sure the RAM is in the correct 2 slots for when running 2 sticks per the motherboard instructions.

yep ram is running in dimm slots 2 and 4

26% background CPU use is not helping the benchmark. Turn off everything you can when running the benchmark.

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/37376416 here are the new benchmarks

 

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yep ram is running in dimm slots 2 and 4

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/37376416 here are the new benchmarks

Looks much better. How is it in games?

 

[Archaic59]

yep ram is running in dimm slots 2 and 4

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/37376416 here are the new benchmarks

Almost 12 % increase in CPU and 40% increase for RAM. Not bad with just a few tweaks. CPU will still limit you at 1080p.

 

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Almost 12 % increase in CPU and 40% increase for RAM. Not bad with just a few tweaks. CPU will still limit you at 1080p.

so should I switch to 1440p resolution or something higher?

 

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so should I switch to 1440p resolution or something higher?

If you want to push a 3080 to it’s full potential then 1440p high Hz would be a good option. I currently run a 3080 on a 1440p 144Hz monitor.

 

[Archaic59]

so should I switch to 1440p resolution or something higher?

What do you mean by 'switch to' ? If you have a 1440p monitor you should already be at that resolution. If you have a 1080p monitor you'll need a new monitor.

 

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What do you mean by 'switch to' ? If you have a 1440p monitor you should already be at that resolution. If you have a 1080p monitor you'll need a new monitor.

I got an asus tuf monitor mainly because it has a 280hz panel and since I have a 3080 I want to be able to run higher fps and have my games be smoother. The problem is that I paid $400 for it and it's 1080p and there is no way I'm gonna switch my monitor anytime soon

 

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Looks much better. How is it in games?

Games are still not so good. I have looked at a bunch of benchmarks that match my specs and they are getting an average of 150-250 fps boost difference. I have no clue as to why it is performing so bad still.

 

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Games are still not so good. I have looked at a bunch of benchmarks that match my specs and they are getting an average of 150-250 fps boost difference. I have no clue as to why it is performing so bad still.

Was this a fresh install of Windows? Are all motherboard and gpu drivers up to date?

 

[Phaaze88]

What do you mean by 'switch to' ? If you have a 1440p monitor you should already be at that resolution. If you have a 1080p monitor you'll need a new monitor.

Can't the OP just use DSR in Nvidia Control Panel?

 

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Was this a fresh install of Windows? Are all motherboard and gpu drivers up to date?

I had to factory reset it once and wipe everything on it but other than that it was a fresh install. My motherboard drivers are the newest ones

 

[Archaic59]

Can't the OP just use DSR in Nvidia Control Panel?

Ah yes, I forgot about that. Thanks for reminding me.

 

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I had to factory reset it once and wipe everything on it but other than that it was a fresh install. My motherboard drivers are the newest ones

A factory reset is not a fresh install of Windows, it will be configured for whatever system it came out of. You should be installing Windows completely fresh using the installation media. This could definitely cause performance problems.

Also you confirmed motherboard drivers are up to date, what about the gpu driver?

 

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A factory reset is not a fresh install of Windows, it will be configured for whatever system it came out of. You should be installing Windows completely fresh using the installation media. This could definitely cause performance problems.

Also you confirmed motherboard drivers are up to date, what about the gpu driver?

ok I will make sure to install windows using the media installation. my GPU drivers are up to date as I updated them to the newest ones yesterday