Okay, so I have encountered what I consider a rather odd problem and I'm not 100% sure of the cause. To give a recap of what has happened, about 4-5 months ago, my computer started acting a bit strangely. It would get any of the following issues:
I figured, this must be my GPU. I reinstall my old 1070 and, bingo, everything seems to work just fine. Doesn't seem to lag and I can do everything without a problem.
Unfortunately, my GPU's warranty had already expired. So, I decided to bite the bullet and purchase a new GPU. I decided to go for a RTX 4070.
I install it, and get this, the damn thing barely even starts up. I then install new drivers hoping it would fix and it literally shut down during the update. So, obviously it's not the GPU which is the problem.
On a whim, I decided to install the new 4070 GPU on the only other PCIe x16 slot and, surprisingly, it mostly works. However, I still get stutters in game and it is not as smooth as it should be. Still, it will run fairly well. Regardless, I switched back to the 1070 (on the original PCIe slot) as it’s the only one that runs smoothly, without a hitch, pretty much.
So, just a quick rundown:
Run with 1070 in the PCIe 4.0 x16 Safeslot: No problem, runs without a hitch
Run with 3060ti in the PCIe 4.0 x16 Safeslot: All problems listed above. Runs horribly in everything (but will run in game after it gets through initial stutters)
Run with the 4070 in the PCIe 4.0 x16 Safeslot: Barely even runs, shuts down on installing new drivers
Run with the 4070 in the PCIe 3.0 x16 slot: Runs pretty well but gets stuttering in some games
Note, I also installed new BIOS version (when the 4070 was in the PCIe 3.0 Slot) and it didn’t fix the problem at all.
So, is this a motherboard problem then? Do I need to just get a new motherboard? Is there anything else I need to do to confirm this is the actual issue?
Here are my specs:
Motherboard: ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING WIFI II
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900x
GPU: ASUS GEForce RTX 4070 (the new one that I bought)
RAM: 32 GB Teamgroup T-force Xstreem DDR4
PSU: Gigabyte P650B 650W
All advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
- Incredibly laggy startups: a reset would usually resolve this problem
- RTX 3060 drivers suddenly failing: a driver reinstall would fix this
- Lagging during gaming: this would usually only occur in the beginning and then would fix itself
- Finally, I even had a time where the screen froze and blue lines starting going through it, from top to bottom, as if it was moving to a blue screen but couldn't.
I figured, this must be my GPU. I reinstall my old 1070 and, bingo, everything seems to work just fine. Doesn't seem to lag and I can do everything without a problem.
Unfortunately, my GPU's warranty had already expired. So, I decided to bite the bullet and purchase a new GPU. I decided to go for a RTX 4070.
I install it, and get this, the damn thing barely even starts up. I then install new drivers hoping it would fix and it literally shut down during the update. So, obviously it's not the GPU which is the problem.
On a whim, I decided to install the new 4070 GPU on the only other PCIe x16 slot and, surprisingly, it mostly works. However, I still get stutters in game and it is not as smooth as it should be. Still, it will run fairly well. Regardless, I switched back to the 1070 (on the original PCIe slot) as it’s the only one that runs smoothly, without a hitch, pretty much.
So, just a quick rundown:
Run with 1070 in the PCIe 4.0 x16 Safeslot: No problem, runs without a hitch
Run with 3060ti in the PCIe 4.0 x16 Safeslot: All problems listed above. Runs horribly in everything (but will run in game after it gets through initial stutters)
Run with the 4070 in the PCIe 4.0 x16 Safeslot: Barely even runs, shuts down on installing new drivers
Run with the 4070 in the PCIe 3.0 x16 slot: Runs pretty well but gets stuttering in some games
Note, I also installed new BIOS version (when the 4070 was in the PCIe 3.0 Slot) and it didn’t fix the problem at all.
So, is this a motherboard problem then? Do I need to just get a new motherboard? Is there anything else I need to do to confirm this is the actual issue?
Here are my specs:
Motherboard: ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING WIFI II
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900x
GPU: ASUS GEForce RTX 4070 (the new one that I bought)
RAM: 32 GB Teamgroup T-force Xstreem DDR4
PSU: Gigabyte P650B 650W
All advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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