Underperforming GTX 980

Discussion in 'Videocards - NVIDIA GeForce' started by Phragmeister, Nov 22, 2017.

  1. Phragmeister

    Phragmeister Guest

    Messages:
    1,895
    Likes Received:
    316
    GPU:
    MSI GTX 980 4GB
  2. Agent-A01

    Agent-A01 Ancient Guru

    Messages:
    11,628
    Likes Received:
    1,119
    GPU:
    4090 FE H20
    Can you do a firestrike benchmark?

    What clock speeds under load are you seeing?
     
    Phragmeister likes this.
  3. jbscotchman

    jbscotchman Guest

    Messages:
    5,871
    Likes Received:
    4,765
    GPU:
    MSI 1660 Ti Ventus
    Heaven 4.0 is a lot more stressful than earlier versions, mainly due to texture quality and lighting. As I've told many of my friends, right now VRram is the most important thing in PC gaming. I'm still using an ancient AMD FX 8350 cpu, but my 6gb 1060 allows me to play all the latest games with high settings at 1080p. I ran the exact same benchmark with the same settings and this is what I got. Try doing a complete, clean uninstall of all Nvidia software and then use the most current drivers and try again. [​IMG]
     
    Phragmeister likes this.
  4. Phragmeister

    Phragmeister Guest

    Messages:
    1,895
    Likes Received:
    316
    GPU:
    MSI GTX 980 4GB
    Just ran 3DMark Vantage on Performance -

    [​IMG]

    These are similar systems -

    [​IMG]

    Still don't know why the Heaven benchmark scored so low.
     

  5. Extraordinary

    Extraordinary Guest

    Messages:
    19,558
    Likes Received:
    1,636
    GPU:
    ROG Strix 1080 OC
    My SLI 980 score, if scaling was 100%, that would be close to 65fps for single 980 but the max / min is about right

    [​IMG]
     
    Phragmeister likes this.
  6. Phragmeister

    Phragmeister Guest

    Messages:
    1,895
    Likes Received:
    316
    GPU:
    MSI GTX 980 4GB
    How to explain this abysmal score? Similar builds are 12k+

    Do I need to disable antialiasing before running it?

    [​IMG]
     
  7. Extraordinary

    Extraordinary Guest

    Messages:
    19,558
    Likes Received:
    1,636
    GPU:
    ROG Strix 1080 OC
    Reset "Global" 3D settings in NVCP to default

    You're coming up about 1/3 of what you should with a 980 there

    [​IMG]
     
    Phragmeister likes this.
  8. fantaskarsef

    fantaskarsef Ancient Guru

    Messages:
    15,636
    Likes Received:
    9,512
    GPU:
    4090@H2O
    Stupid question, do you have a Gsync screen? If so, deactivate Gsync before benching. Maybe even Vsync? Not that much of a bencher tbh.
     
    Phragmeister and Extraordinary like this.
  9. Phragmeister

    Phragmeister Guest

    Messages:
    1,895
    Likes Received:
    316
    GPU:
    MSI GTX 980 4GB
    Reset 3D settings -

    [​IMG]

    Don't have Gsync.

    I'll try a reinstall with DDU.

    EDIT: After a reinstall using DDU in safe mode -

    [​IMG]
     
    Last edited: Nov 22, 2017
  10. AsiJu

    AsiJu Ancient Guru

    Messages:
    8,773
    Likes Received:
    3,353
    GPU:
    KFA2 4070Ti EXG.v2
    Yeah numbers seem very low, use Afterburner/RTSS to check your GPU clock and temps while benchmarking, like Agent-A01 asked.
     

  11. Phragmeister

    Phragmeister Guest

    Messages:
    1,895
    Likes Received:
    316
    GPU:
    MSI GTX 980 4GB
    Afterburner's showing my core clock running at 670MHz in Fire Strike.

    I've re-installed the drivers a few times now, and tried different drivers. I'll try re-seating the card.

    EDIT: Re-seated and still 670MHz in FS.

    EDIT 2: Forced maximum performance and that looks to have solved the problem -

    [​IMG]

    I really don't want the card running at full when browsing, however.

    Anyone have any experience with P-State bugs?
     
    Last edited: Nov 23, 2017
  12. Agent-A01

    Agent-A01 Ancient Guru

    Messages:
    11,628
    Likes Received:
    1,119
    GPU:
    4090 FE H20
    670 mhz is obviously way less than it's supposed to be.

    Prefer max performance in nvcpl do anything?

    You may try updating all your drivers with Snappy driver installer
     
    Phragmeister likes this.
  13. Phragmeister

    Phragmeister Guest

    Messages:
    1,895
    Likes Received:
    316
    GPU:
    MSI GTX 980 4GB
    This setting has resolved the issue -

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]

    Much better.

    Also doesn't ramp-up the core clock while browsing.

    Thanks for the help guys.
     
    Last edited: Nov 23, 2017
    Extraordinary likes this.
  14. jbscotchman

    jbscotchman Guest

    Messages:
    5,871
    Likes Received:
    4,765
    GPU:
    MSI 1660 Ti Ventus

    That score is still really low for your specs.

    [​IMG]
     
  15. Phragmeister

    Phragmeister Guest

    Messages:
    1,895
    Likes Received:
    316
    GPU:
    MSI GTX 980 4GB
    Were you meant to quote my last post?

    [​IMG]

    I've never been much of a bencher but 13.7k seems normal for a standard clocked 980?
     

  16. AsiJu

    AsiJu Ancient Guru

    Messages:
    8,773
    Likes Received:
    3,353
    GPU:
    KFA2 4070Ti EXG.v2
    Yeah that's fine I think, good that you got it sorted.

    My 980 Ti does around 18.5k with stock settings (meaning around 1350 MHz boost).
     
  17. jbscotchman

    jbscotchman Guest

    Messages:
    5,871
    Likes Received:
    4,765
    GPU:
    MSI 1660 Ti Ventus

    i
    I was quoting your first Fire Strike score. You've obviously resolved your issue, so good job! As for me, I think I need to go back to Intel on my next upgrade.
     
  18. mbk1969

    mbk1969 Ancient Guru

    Messages:
    15,505
    Likes Received:
    13,526
    GPU:
    GF RTX 4070
    Btw, you don`t have to put "Prefer maximum performance" globally. You can put "Adaptive" globally and then put "Prefer maximum performance" on per game basis.
     
  19. Hammie

    Hammie Banned

    Messages:
    702
    Likes Received:
    9
    GPU:
    760 SMG 28"
    Looks like a fun game to play.
     

Share This Page