Question RX 580 Low power consumption

[Ehxcuse]

I received my brand new XFX RX 580 8GB today, after installing it I noticed that when I run games I get a really low frame rate. I have tried different drivers and settings but nothing helped.
When I was looking at the power consumption I realized it was only using 130W maximum when under full loaf, which is low for this card as I've seen them getting upto 230W in some benchmarks.

Any ideas on a solution would be greatly appreciated.

 

[richiestang_78]

What is your PSU?

 

[Ehxcuse]

EVGA 500W 50+

 

[Fajitamunch]

My RX 570 has a switch on the GPU itself which changes between quiet mode and performance mode. Maybe your 580 has something similar and it's currently set on quiet mode?

 

[Ehxcuse]

My RX 570 has a switch on the GPU itself which changes between quiet mode and performance mode. Maybe your 580 has something similar and it's currently set on quiet mode?

I switched the bios switch and i think it was originally in the performance mode because when I switched it it went to silent mode where the fans don't spin until 60C

 

[King_V]

At the risk of sounding ridiculous, the cable to your monitor is plugged into the video card, and not the motherboard port for integrated graphics, right?

 

[Ehxcuse]

At the risk of sounding ridiculous, the cable to your monitor is plugged into the video card, and not the motherboard port for integrated graphics, right?

Ye I have 2 monitors plugged into the video card. My specs should be running the games fine. I ran a benchmark and the card is performing worst than a 1060 3gb and a gtx 1050 to by a massive margin.