- Aug 27, 2015
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Okay to start, system specs >>
Intel Core i5-4440 CPU @ 3.1 GHz,
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
8 GB DDR3 Memory
Corsair CS750M PSU
Windows 8.1 (Waiting for windows 10)
As stated, after months of running perfectly fine my GPU has suddenly stopped working properly. I usually play games like Skyrim, Borderlands (all three), and DOTA 2. With all the games I was running at 2560 x 1440, Skyrim modded to crap, and I saw no performance drop whatsoever (60 fps). A couple days ago I tried to run Borderlands the Pre Sequel and I got no higher than 15 fps. After restarting my comp I tried to just run DOTA and got the same results. So I went online and tried to fix it, to squash most of the standard replies I'll run through the list.
* All drivers are up to date (GPU, BIOS, ect.) I manually checked all of them and they are all up to date, I also rolled back most of them and updated them again, no improvement.
* Updated everything in Windows, even went so far as to factory reset and reinstall everything and update (yes I made sure drivers were up to date).
* Cleaned and re-cleaned entire system, removed everything and dusted
* Ran OpenHardwareMonitor to monitor heat in CPU and GPU, after 10 min of idle after system was off for the night; CPU @ 40C, GPU @ 36C...After FurMark GPU test max heat in CPU 48C, GPU 43C...After Unigine Valley Benchmark CPU 55C, GPU 50C...So I really don't think its thermal throttle (As its rated up to 90C).
After all of this I can not think of what would be causing this huge performance drop especially after months of working perfectly fine. There has been no damage done to the card, I haven't overclocked so no real worries about frying it. I guess I just wanted to get an opinion here before I RMA'd it so any help would be very much appreciated.
On a side not according to OHM, when under stress all cores of CPU are at 100% load at 3292 MHz, Memory Load at 30.9%, GPU core at 100% load @ 135 MHz, GPU Memory 100% @ 324 MHz, GPU Shader running @ 270 MHz, my GPU Video Engine and Fans were at 0%.
Intel Core i5-4440 CPU @ 3.1 GHz,
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
8 GB DDR3 Memory
Corsair CS750M PSU
Windows 8.1 (Waiting for windows 10)
As stated, after months of running perfectly fine my GPU has suddenly stopped working properly. I usually play games like Skyrim, Borderlands (all three), and DOTA 2. With all the games I was running at 2560 x 1440, Skyrim modded to crap, and I saw no performance drop whatsoever (60 fps). A couple days ago I tried to run Borderlands the Pre Sequel and I got no higher than 15 fps. After restarting my comp I tried to just run DOTA and got the same results. So I went online and tried to fix it, to squash most of the standard replies I'll run through the list.
* All drivers are up to date (GPU, BIOS, ect.) I manually checked all of them and they are all up to date, I also rolled back most of them and updated them again, no improvement.
* Updated everything in Windows, even went so far as to factory reset and reinstall everything and update (yes I made sure drivers were up to date).
* Cleaned and re-cleaned entire system, removed everything and dusted
* Ran OpenHardwareMonitor to monitor heat in CPU and GPU, after 10 min of idle after system was off for the night; CPU @ 40C, GPU @ 36C...After FurMark GPU test max heat in CPU 48C, GPU 43C...After Unigine Valley Benchmark CPU 55C, GPU 50C...So I really don't think its thermal throttle (As its rated up to 90C).
After all of this I can not think of what would be causing this huge performance drop especially after months of working perfectly fine. There has been no damage done to the card, I haven't overclocked so no real worries about frying it. I guess I just wanted to get an opinion here before I RMA'd it so any help would be very much appreciated.
On a side not according to OHM, when under stress all cores of CPU are at 100% load at 3292 MHz, Memory Load at 30.9%, GPU core at 100% load @ 135 MHz, GPU Memory 100% @ 324 MHz, GPU Shader running @ 270 MHz, my GPU Video Engine and Fans were at 0%.
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