Slow GTX 1080

[Ozone4Real]

hey guys.
im curious why my GTX 1080 scores lower than all of its benchmarks on the internet.
i have vsync off on witcher 3 and still get lower than 60fps in crowded areas. (resolution is 1080p)
heres my system:

mainboard: asus p8p67le
cpu: intel i5 2500K @4.6Ghz
vga: geforce gtx 1080 FE
850W Corsair PSU
16 Gb of DDR3 1600 Ram

 

[helpstar]

which graphics card was installed before?

Which BIOS version does the motherboard have?

run 3dmark basic edition (default settings in firestrike) and post the Link, which comes up at the end in your browser

 

[sizzling]

What's your cpu usage? I've seen a video of Witcher 3 maxing out fifth gen i5's and nearly maxing out fifth gen i7's. Not got the game myself.

 

[spdragoo]

http://www.techspot.com/review/1006-the-witcher-3-benchmarks/page5.html

http://www.techspot.com/review/1174-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080/page3.html

http://www.techspot.com/review/1006-the-witcher-3-benchmarks/page4.html

May get a little confusing, but here's how it stacks up:

-- at 1440p on Ultra, an i7-5960X gets 40FPS, while an i7-6700K gets 47 FPS
-- with the same i7-6700K, a 1080 gets 74 FPS, or about 57.44% more performance
-- based on the compared performance of your i5-2500K (93%) to the i7-5960X (98%), that translates to an expected performance of ~37-38FPS @ 1440p on Ultra with a 980, which would translate to ~59-60 FPS with the 1080.
-- For the 980, dropping the resolution from 1440p to 1080p increases performance by +40%, so theoretically that should put you at ~83-84FPS @ 1080p on Ultra.

However, the key in your post was "crowded areas". More items on the screen = more items to draw = more data for the CPU to process before the GPU can even render it. Make sure you check your FPS when you're not in crowded areas: if it's significantly higher, then that's the usual "crowded areas/multiplayer" issue that affects all games.

Also, have you tried adjusting the quality settings, & especially taking HairWorks off? Even the 980 lost 20FPS or so with HairWorks turned on (http://www.techspot.com/review/1006-the-witcher-3-benchmarks/page6.html), so try turning that off to start. If that doesn't help (or it's already turned off), try turning down the detail settings. If your FPS is unaffected by changing the quality settings, then your CPU might be having trouble keeping up with your GPU.

 

[Ozone4Real]

http://www.techspot.com/review/1006-the-witcher-3-benchmarks/page5.html

http://www.techspot.com/review/1174-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080/page3.html

http://www.techspot.com/review/1006-the-witcher-3-benchmarks/page4.html

May get a little confusing, but here's how it stacks up:

-- at 1440p on Ultra, an i7-5960X gets 40FPS, while an i7-6700K gets 47 FPS
-- with the same i7-6700K, a 1080 gets 74 FPS, or about 57.44% more performance
-- based on the compared performance of your i5-2500K (93%) to the i7-5960X (98%), that translates to an expected performance of ~37-38FPS @ 1440p on Ultra with a 980, which would translate to ~59-60 FPS with the 1080.
-- For the 980, dropping the resolution from 1440p to 1080p increases performance by +40%, so theoretically that should put you at ~83-84FPS @ 1080p on Ultra.

However, the key in your post was "crowded areas". More items on the screen = more items to draw = more data for the CPU to process before the GPU can even render it. Make sure you check your FPS when you're not in crowded areas: if it's significantly higher, then that's the usual "crowded areas/multiplayer" issue that affects all games.

Also, have you tried adjusting the quality settings, & especially taking HairWorks off? Even the 980 lost 20FPS or so with HairWorks turned on (http://www.techspot.com/review/1006-the-witcher-3-benchmarks/page6.html), so try turning that off to start. If that doesn't help (or it's already turned off), try turning down the detail settings. If your FPS is unaffected by changing the quality settings, then your CPU might be having trouble keeping up with your GPU.

well, yeah. but in places that are not crowded i still get about 60fps (max 65-66)

 

[Ozone4Real]

which graphics card was installed before?

Which BIOS version does the motherboard have?

run 3dmark basic edition (default settings in firestrike) and post the Link, which comes up at the end in your browser

hello
it was a GTX 970 g1 gaming
i cant say my BIOS is the latest version but i have updated it about 8 months ago
heres the 3dmark basic edition http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/13626048

 

[spdragoo]

have you tried changing the detail levels yet? If you're still getting 60-65FPS when you turn the details on, then something is bottlenecking your GPU's performance.

 

[Ozone4Real]

have you tried changing the detail levels yet? If you're still getting 60-65FPS when you turn the details on, then something is bottlenecking your GPU's performance.

hi.
i turned off hairworks entirely, now im getting about 90 fps. what does this mean?

 

[spdragoo]

My prior post noted that even with the GTX 980 ("the" beast card when Witcher 3: Wild Hunt came out), leaving HairWorks enabled severely affected performance (average FPS on their system dropped from 76 FPS to 56 FPS, or about 26-27% drop). In your case, dropping from 90FPS to 65FPS when enabling HairWorks is a 27-28% performance drop...or right about in line with how the 980 performed.

Basically, unless you really need your in-game avatars to have stunning hair (a la the girl with "naturally curly hair" from Charlie Brown), leave it turned off. You may still have a little FPS drop in "crowded" areas, but I suspect you'll be hitting 80FPS or higher in those areas now.