Slow clock speed on gpu2 in sli, with dedicated physx card

ibrokeitagain

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Apr 4, 2016
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Hi guys,

First post on this site and first gaming rig ive ever built, but have gained a huge amount of knowledge from this forum, so far.

Apologies if this has been posted before. I did have a look, but didnt find anything about causing low clock/memory speeds. I already have the 750ti, so wasted money is not an issue.

Im running 2x gtx 960 4gb FTW's in sli, which worked well until i added a gtx 750ti as a dedicated physx card.

Since putting in the 750ti, ive noticed my clock and memory speed on the second 960 have dropped to 134mhz and 304mhz respectively.

Ive set up sli properly, as far as i know.
Before the 750ti went in, I got high matching clock and memory speeds and a 3d mark firestrike score of 12334.

Since adding the 750ti, the 3d mark score has dropped to 11894 and indicates that the second gpu is not running at anywhere near the same speeds.
I have confirmed this with msi afterburner.

Is this because the 750ti is not up to the job? or is it likely I have made an error in installation or settings?

I already had the 750ti from before the 960s. I only added it in the hope of more stable fps. If its going to cause too many issues, I can go back to just the sli. Would be nice to incororate it though, if it is going to help.

I previously had set the CPU for physx, which did increase the firestrike score up to 12334 from 11 something. My intention is to take the physx away from the CPU and sli entirely, so they can just focus on the rendering etc...


NOTE: I have since removed the 750i and the score has gone back to normal. The clock/memory speeds and voltage are back to normal too.
When it was installed the 750ti was running at normal clock speeds, it was just the 2nd gpu that was running slow.

Both sli cards were running at 8x 3.0 with the 750ti running at 8x 1.1

Without the 750ti installed, gpu1 is at 16x 3.0 and gpu2 is at 8x 3.0

My rig:

Gigabyte x99 ud5 wifi mobo
Intel I5820k @4.6ghz
32gb (4x8gb) ddr4 vengeance ram @ xmp profile 2 2400mhz
2x EVGA GTX960 4gb FTW in sli
EVGA gtx 750ti 2gb dedicated physx
Corsair H110i water cooler for cpu
Corsair RM850 PSU
Crucial 250gb ssd for OS
Crucial 500gb ssd for games
WD 1tb hdd for storage.
Zalman z11 neo case

Nvidia driver 361.91 (due to rumoured issues with latest drivers)

Thank you in advance for your help.



 

stavrosmast

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What if you try running them on x8/x8 and the 750Ti on the highest?

What are the temps of the the 2nd 960?

Anyway, I wouldnt worry So much since The third cant benefit in games that dont support PhysX and the 2x960's can easily run physX it isnt so demanding as lets say Gameworks... So the third one wouldnt make any performance difference at All. Usually people add a physX Card if their main one isnt so good for physX games and they want to play them better
 

Onefurrybanana

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May 13, 2015
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Also pretty sure firestrike doesn't support physx, because that would give nvidia cards a huge advantage over amd. When are u checking the clock speeds on the second card? The second card won't run until it is needed. For example on the desktop only the first will run.
 
You should make sure that you have the BIOS configured correctly for your graphic card setup. According to this diagram, it appears that one PCIe slot is non-functioning in a certain configuration.

Also, NEVER use the CPU to do PhysX when you have a Nvidia card.

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http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5124#ov
 

ibrokeitagain

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Apr 4, 2016
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The expansion slot could be it. I just put it where it fitted. Cant put it in that configuration due to being too close to psu. I'm going to be upgrading my case soon, so I think I'll just leave it for the moment then.
Also, I think Ive confused the physics test with physx. Apologies. Still pretty new to this.

What is the reason for not using cpu for physx? Just out of curiosity.

Thanks for your help anyway guys. I'm sure this won't be the last time I need it haha