Got a Gaming PC as a gift, not sure I've set it up correctly

Sephi_Toderas · Jan 12, 2016

Hello. Sorry for the long post...

I got the following system as a gift for Xmas:

i7 5930k
MSI X99S Gaming 7
2x MSI GeForce GTX 980ti Gaming 6Gb
Kingston HyperX Furi Black 32Gb 2666Mhz DDR4

Corsair CP-9020084-EU RMi Serie RM1000i ATX/EPS Voll Modular 80 PLUS Gold 1000Watt (recently purchased)

I've installed Win10, I've updated all the drivers and the BIOS.

I made sure the GPU cards are one next to each other and in the BIOS I can see they're both running on 16x

I've made sure SLI is turned on.

My problem is that I'm really having problems with the most basic games.

I've tested these on 1080p everything on Ultra :

Just Cause 3 ( 35 to 45 FPS )
Fallout 4 ( 30 to 60 FPS )
SW Battlerfont ( 50 to 60 FPS )
Stacraft 2 - Void Expansion ( 30 to 60 FPS)
HOTS - ( 25 to 55 FPS )
LOL - ( Stable 60 FPS )
Overwatch - ( Stable 60 FPS )
Wow - ( 30 to 60 FPS )

I was told that with two 980ti cards, these result are a bit off.

I tried next to get 3DMark and run some tests. The result was a bit sad, as my numbers were lower than of people with the same or weaker configurations (no, they didn't OC and I made sure to check it's the same conf - not necessarily with the same brand components).

So my questions is: Are the above normal result? Of not what should I do? OC?

Thanks!

Qenetor · Jan 12, 2016

You should check your temperatures on your CPU, GPUs, and MOBO.

Sephi_Toderas · Jan 12, 2016

Qenetor :

CPU - 35 to 50
GPU1 - 50 to 60 this is the lower one
GPU 2 - 70 to 90 - this is the one on the top and the monitors are plugged into this one (when under heavy load)

Qenetor · Jan 12, 2016

70-90 C is quite high, is there something blocking intake fans? Have you done cable managing well?

Sephi_Toderas · Jan 12, 2016

Qenetor :

The cards are quite close to each other. Had to dismount the back of the lower card so it would fit.

Dulith1118 · Jan 12, 2016

jst remove one card and do the benchmarks if theres an improvement and also put one card in the first pcie slot and the other at the last one

Sephi_Toderas · Jan 12, 2016

Dulith1118 :

If I do that then the second card will run at 8x. Is that still ok?

CBender · Jan 12, 2016

Your results are definitely off for a 980ti at 1080p. Are you sure that the monitor is not for 4k or 1440p?

To answer your question about 8x, you will see no difference. There is no gpu available today that can truly achieve full 8x let alone 16x.

Sephi_Toderas · Jan 12, 2016

CBender :

Both monitors are indeed UHD 4K

Qenetor · Jan 12, 2016

Sephi_Toderas :

Then those are normal frame rates for 4k. Are you sure you played on 1080p?

Sephi_Toderas · Jan 12, 2016

Qenetor :

I am positive as I can see the resolution changing when the games start. Also if I try to run them on 4K resolution, I get ~20 FPS even on High to Ultra.

Wayfall · Jan 12, 2016

Are you playing on just the one monitor or both as 4k is nearly equivalent to four 1080p monitors put together really. So two 4K monitors are super demanding.

Wayfall · Jan 12, 2016

Sephi_Toderas :

Qenetor :

I am positive as I can see the resolution changing when the games start. Also if I try to run them on 4K resolution, I get ~20 FPS even on High to Ultra.

Ye you shouldn't of got 4K monitors really, pc components can't really handle games at thoughts such high pixel counts, many people still use 1080p or just a 1440p monitor.

Sephi_Toderas · Jan 12, 2016

Wayfall :

Only playing on one of the monitors. The other one is for other stuff, non-gaming related.

Wayfall · Jan 12, 2016

Well that means your asking your GPU's to render a game at 3840 pixels × 2160 and i have a my MSI GTX 970 4GB which can just handle 1440p on high settings in games when I use Nvidia's dynamic super resolution on my LG 1080p display.

The one thing I learned from playing at a higher resolution is turn all antialiasing off as it utterly kills your frame rate above 1440p, you don't even need it at 4K due to the high pixel count.

Sephi_Toderas · Jan 12, 2016

Wayfall :

I'm not sure I understand. I do have 4K monitors (gifts as well, don't ask) but I run my games at 1080p.

Wayfall · Jan 12, 2016

Well that's confusing as the GPU's just be blasting on that resolution and bizarre that you have 4K thou you run 1080 on them. The image must look very stretched. If you were going to run only game in 1080p you could of told the gift horse that 2-3 1080p monitors would be fine then they could of used the rest on other stuff like SDD's.

But yes bizarre your getting such low frame rate on these cards.

I would ask if you could take the second GPU out and run the first on its own as even one on its own would blast current gen games.
Report back with what you get, if the GPU still gets bad fps swap it with the second card as they both use the same driver.

CBender · Jan 12, 2016

You have two monitors that run at 4k. You game on the one at 1080p right? The second does normal desktop stuff at 4k while you are playing right?
Nvidia cards when you use more than one monitor (2 monitors in your case) go straight into 3d mode (like gaming). So your cards are trying to push 1920x1080 + 3840x2160 pixels at the same time (roughly). So it is pretty normal to see that kind of frames.

Try plugging in only one monitor and see then what happens.

Wayfall · Jan 12, 2016

CBender :

Well actually yes if your connected to a 4K monitor while gaming on the other the card will still be rendering the other monitors 4K desktop screen.

Just use one screen play in 1080p and play a game and see what happens.

Try and use a program called MSI After Burner to monitor what your GPU is doing.

Sephi_Toderas · Jan 13, 2016

Hey guys,

The problem has been SOLVED

1. I've puchrased a Corsair RM1000i
2. I've removed the second GPU from SLOT 2 and placed in on SLOT 3

I get 2.5x more points in 3DMark than before, and the games run amazingly!

Thank you for the help!

Wayfall · Jan 13, 2016

Good to know

Saga Lout · Jan 13, 2016

The last two posts have been removed. There is no room for personal questions in Tom's - please stick to the techy bits.

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