Hi,
I recently purchased an MSI Gaming X 1070 and installed it just yesterday; after doing so, I booted up my computer and made sure the system agreed with its new addition and went on to ensuring stability. However promising it was, I noticed that my mouse began freezing for around a second whenever I launched/loaded up a program (such as Google Chrome). I can't remember if I was pissed or panicked, but I immediately searched online for related problems as I was unsure if it had to do with the drivers or the card. After a bit of research, I downloaded DDU and wiped both the new Nvidia drivers and Intel's IGPU drivers (HD 530), and rebooted to install the latest drivers (368.95 latency hotfix, previously 368.81) to find that the issues still persisted. After this, I gave up for a while and ran Valley to test the performance in-app, but still received massive frame dips (otherwise ran as expected). I was monitoring clocks all the way through and noticed whenever the system would downclock (quite frequently too), a dip would occur. Unfortunately, this wasn't all of it. Regardless of the clock/mem. speed, the system would still freeze and stutter. After switching around so many settings (Nvidia power management Optimal -> Prefer Maximum Performance, etc.), I realized it just wasn't doing jack squat.
At this point, I see two options: Go through MSI's poor RMA, or assume it's Nvidia's fault and wait for another update to the drivers.
If anybody has any idea as to what's happening, feel free to leave a post, it'd be very much appreciated.
Specs:
Motherboard: ASUS Maximus VIII Hero Alpha (BIOS 1601)
CPU: i7-6700K @ 4.6GHz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60
RAM: G.Skill 32GB Kit @ 3000MHz (XMP)
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold
GPU: MSI Gaming X 8G 1070
(Note - system has adequate cooling; no thermal throttling whatsoever)
Windows 10 Home 64-bit; DX12
I recently purchased an MSI Gaming X 1070 and installed it just yesterday; after doing so, I booted up my computer and made sure the system agreed with its new addition and went on to ensuring stability. However promising it was, I noticed that my mouse began freezing for around a second whenever I launched/loaded up a program (such as Google Chrome). I can't remember if I was pissed or panicked, but I immediately searched online for related problems as I was unsure if it had to do with the drivers or the card. After a bit of research, I downloaded DDU and wiped both the new Nvidia drivers and Intel's IGPU drivers (HD 530), and rebooted to install the latest drivers (368.95 latency hotfix, previously 368.81) to find that the issues still persisted. After this, I gave up for a while and ran Valley to test the performance in-app, but still received massive frame dips (otherwise ran as expected). I was monitoring clocks all the way through and noticed whenever the system would downclock (quite frequently too), a dip would occur. Unfortunately, this wasn't all of it. Regardless of the clock/mem. speed, the system would still freeze and stutter. After switching around so many settings (Nvidia power management Optimal -> Prefer Maximum Performance, etc.), I realized it just wasn't doing jack squat.
At this point, I see two options: Go through MSI's poor RMA, or assume it's Nvidia's fault and wait for another update to the drivers.
If anybody has any idea as to what's happening, feel free to leave a post, it'd be very much appreciated.
Specs:
Motherboard: ASUS Maximus VIII Hero Alpha (BIOS 1601)
CPU: i7-6700K @ 4.6GHz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60
RAM: G.Skill 32GB Kit @ 3000MHz (XMP)
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Gold
GPU: MSI Gaming X 8G 1070
(Note - system has adequate cooling; no thermal throttling whatsoever)
Windows 10 Home 64-bit; DX12
well, let me rephrase myself: low gpu usage AND low fps. 
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