I purchased a GeForce GTX 970 about 4 months ago (EVGA), and have been incredibly happy with the performance. This card has been an absolute dream, really. I have a (somewhat) old CPU and MOBO and plan on upgrading both soon, but really haven't felt pressed to since my graphics performance has been so solid with the 970.
Earlier today, though, I tried running Wolfenstein: The New Order, and immediately experienced some horrifically choppy gameplay -- with frames all over the place, dropping to 20, spiking to 40 to 60 then dropping again. I have had minor stutters in the past, but they seldom occur and I typically run Wolfenstein with the settings maxed at an almost-constant 60 FPS. I tried restarting the game, rebooting, a clean install of driver software with DDU and still had no luck. Finally tinkered with settings and changed Physx to CPU (have had problems with Physx with previous GPUs), and that helped it significantly, making the drops more infrequent, but I'm still encountering random drops (as low as 42 or so, then spikes back up to 60, only to randomly drop again moments later).
I also tried running Mad Max as well as this is a game I've been playing a lot lately. Like Wolfenstein, I generally run that game with everything maxed out and have no problems whatsoever -- getting a constant 60 FPS. Also suddenly having frame drops/stutters in that game too. To a lesser degree and more infrequent than Wolfenstein, but still readily noticeable.
On the bright side, I am still able to run Final Fantasy XIV with everything maxed out (using DX11), and even with all the aforementioned issues my card is not running any hotter than normal. Also, I have not applied any system updates recently to my knowledge.
Any ideas on how to fix this? I have loved this card and had no problems previously so this is super frustrating.
My Specs:
CPU: i5 3570 @ 3.40GHz
MOBO: AS-Rock Z77 Extreme 4
RAM: 16 GB DDR3 RAM @ 1633MHz
PSU: SeaGate S12G 650W (ATX 12V)
Earlier today, though, I tried running Wolfenstein: The New Order, and immediately experienced some horrifically choppy gameplay -- with frames all over the place, dropping to 20, spiking to 40 to 60 then dropping again. I have had minor stutters in the past, but they seldom occur and I typically run Wolfenstein with the settings maxed at an almost-constant 60 FPS. I tried restarting the game, rebooting, a clean install of driver software with DDU and still had no luck. Finally tinkered with settings and changed Physx to CPU (have had problems with Physx with previous GPUs), and that helped it significantly, making the drops more infrequent, but I'm still encountering random drops (as low as 42 or so, then spikes back up to 60, only to randomly drop again moments later).
I also tried running Mad Max as well as this is a game I've been playing a lot lately. Like Wolfenstein, I generally run that game with everything maxed out and have no problems whatsoever -- getting a constant 60 FPS. Also suddenly having frame drops/stutters in that game too. To a lesser degree and more infrequent than Wolfenstein, but still readily noticeable.
On the bright side, I am still able to run Final Fantasy XIV with everything maxed out (using DX11), and even with all the aforementioned issues my card is not running any hotter than normal. Also, I have not applied any system updates recently to my knowledge.
Any ideas on how to fix this? I have loved this card and had no problems previously so this is super frustrating.
My Specs:
CPU: i5 3570 @ 3.40GHz
MOBO: AS-Rock Z77 Extreme 4
RAM: 16 GB DDR3 RAM @ 1633MHz
PSU: SeaGate S12G 650W (ATX 12V)