what happened with gtx 960 amp zotac??

[shalehha]

I change my gpu from gtx 650 ti boost to gtx 960 zotac amp and I have done all things I know but the performance of the gpu is still bad I always got drop in any games. Please help me how can I fix it? I see the temperature of the gpu is not far from normal its between 81-82 when I play rise of tomb raider and 72-74 when I play gta v

my spec are : intel i5 3570
corsair vs 450w
8gb ddr3 ram

I've done : ddu, reset bios, uninstall driver, flash the card, flash back the card with the ori

 

[Kashimi]

make sure you uninstall all gpu drivers and start from scratch. you may have left old drivers in which can be conflicting with current ones or possibly forgot to update the drivers. Then you need to run a bench test and record the results. If the frames are as bad as you say they are and not hitting what typical bench mark results are, your card is either defective, or your power supply is not providing enough juice to the card.

 

[shalehha]

well when I bench mark the card it have a better score than my old card, 2 times better than my old card score and the psu I thought it have the power it have 34A rail


I bench using heaven bench mark

 

[Kashimi]

Compare your bench mark scores to average scores with a similar set up.

Also, like I said, remove all of your drivers for all GPU's and start from scratch. That should resolve any software issues if there are any that are contributing to the issues you are having.

 

[Kashimi]

FPS: 33.1
Score 833
Min FPS: 16.8
Max FPS: 75.9

Render: Direct3D11
Mode: 1920x1080
Quality: ultra
Tessellation: extreme
Anti-aliasing: 8xAA

This is the results that I saw on a youtube video with a similar set up to yours.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4qAkNrHKSE

 

[shalehha]

ok, I've been bech the card with heaven benchmark 3.0 with the comparison in here : https://www.hardwarebbq.com/zotac-gtx-960-amp-edition-2gb-gddr5-gpu-review/all/1/

the result is my gpu have a litte higher fpf and score compare to the link I got

my gpu bench are :
at preset 1 fps:178.5 score:4498
at preset 2 fps:101,4 score:2555
at preset 3 fps:59.5 score:1499

I don't have unigine heaven 4.0 I am on the way download it

 

[Kashimi]

I'm sticking with my original answer, your drivers may need fixing, or you may be having voltage issues.

 

[shalehha]

I've been bench with heaven 4.0 similar with the link that you give and the result is my fps 44.6 score is 1123, that's a bit higher I think because I am in 1600x900 resolution.


But the minimum fps I got is just 8.0
the maximum fps is 99.4

 

[Kashimi]

I don't know man. Sounds like your card is better than what it should be. Maybe you're expecting 1070 performance out of a 960 card?

 

[shalehha]

so this is such a very bad card? can I play game without lag? I do test the gpu in gta v, witcher 3, and rise of tomb raider and all lag in game I have try all setting in game but no use. It feel like this card have no power to accelerate the game. I see max temp in hwbench is 81c if I need to fixing the driver then how to do it??

 

[shalehha]

aaa I found something weird in hwbench and in gpuz sensor the gpu max clock is 1392MHz but in graphic card information at gpu z the boost is just 1329MHz

 

[Kashimi]

Clock speed changes constantly. You were likely seeing a temporary boost to the clock speed. The 960 isn't a great card by todays standards. Especially in games with graphical demand like Witcher 3, and Tomb Raider.

 

[shalehha]

here maybe can help : when i play gta V this is what happened https://imgur.com/a/cHIUehQ
spiking crazy and the temperature you can see it is around 70c or even below 70c

 

[shalehha]

is that normal??

 

[DSzymborski]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from shalehha : "what happened to my gpu?"

i bought zotac gtx 960 amp from person. I play gta V and i got crazy spike like this: https://imgur.com/a/cHIUehQ
what happened to my gpu please help

my spec psu corsair vs 450w
intel i5 3570
ram 8gb ddr3

As i can see, these graphs shows max gpu temp of 120 celsius. Gpu overheated, and probably stopped working so it can cool of. However wait for other answers im not sure.

As i can see, these graphs shows max gpu temp of 120 celsius. Gpu overheated, and probably stopped working so it can cool of. However wait for other answers im not sure.

Those graphs are only showing the max scale of the graph itself - the temperature was never at 0 degrees either.

Hard to tell what happened with the information provided. How often are you getting lag spikes? Are your drivers up-to-date? Do you have this problem in other games? Is it working normally after the lag spike?

Hard to tell from the information given; all I can say is that you your utilization did drop off a cliff and that your temperatures don't seem to be an issue.

It's quite possible that this GPU has a hard life and it's failing, it's a serious risk of buying a used GPU, so hopefully you got a great price to compensate you for the risk.

MERGED QUESTION
Question from shalehha : "How to Check the PSU?"

I am sure the gpu is ok, I am using gtx 960 zotac amp. I think the psu is not ok I am using corsair vs450w. I bought it from a person. I don't how to check it???

Voltmeter or a PSU tester.

Or...

Plug it in and hope for the best.

Thats it pretty mutch.

I don't have both voltmeter and psu tester.

I already Plug it in and hope for the best, and I feel that i have a psu issue due my gtx 960 is not stable

MERGED QUESTION
Question from shalehha : "anyone konw the gpu voltage???"

what is the normal voltage gpu use? I will very happy if someone know especially the zotac gtx 960 amp voltage is??

Its usually around the 1.18-1.2v from memory. Or are you asking about power draw?

my gpu is weird I don't know why but the performance is bad. in hwbench my zotac gtx 960 amp max voltage is 1.08v is that normal?

Define weird performance

The gpu is not stable and always drop fps when I playing my games, they are gta v, wither 3, rise of tomb raider. the times when gpu drop is always at the same moment, time, and place in game I don't know why

The gpu is not stable and always drop fps when I playing my games, they are gta v, wither 3, rise of tomb raider. the times when gpu drop is always at the same moment, time, and place in game I don't know why

The 960 is on weak side for those games so you might have to lower the settings some more.

Even the newer GTX 1060 6GB can struggle with those games depending on the settings.

MERGED QUESTION
Question from shalehha : "weird gpu please help me"

I use gtx 960 zotac amp 2gb and feel not normal, lag in every game. Before I use gtx 960 I use gtx 650 ti boost so its an upgrade. Why the gpu(gtx 960) is not stable?? I found weird at hwbench and gpu-z sensor that the card maximum clock is 1392 but in information gpu-z boost clock is just up to 1329MHz please help me...

I use corsair vs450w, intel i5 3570, 8gb ram ddr3
the temperature is normal max at 81c

You have now started six threads about your GTX 960 in just over 24 hours. If you continue to start new threads for the same issue, you will find yourself unable to participate in these forums.

 

[shalehha]

"It's quite possible that this GPU has a hard life and it's failing, it's a serious risk of buying a used GPU, so hopefully you got a great price to compensate you for the risk".


Yeah Maybe That's The answer of all my tread thanks


if I knew about your statement I wont buy a used GPU. Thanks again you are very correct I think

 

[shalehha]

so what should I do? i am very sorry

 

[DSzymborski]

so what should I do? i am very sorry

Just keep the discussion to *one* thread.