mmbrajohan
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Hi guys.
To start, my specs:
AMD Ryzen 2700x
ASUS Prime A320M-K
1 x 16GB RAM
Gigabyte 980ti Gaming G1
512MB NVME
3TB 7200 HDD
Antec VP700P
The history:
At my old job this card acting funny and we preplaced it with a 1080ti, which had no issues on the exact same system. It was a i7 6th gen, with 64GB RAM, 800W PSU, Etc..... Decent machine. And no problems with the PSU.
The now:
I decided to get the card and test it on my machine. It does exactly the same thing. I run a GTX980 on my current system with absolutely no issues.
So in other words, the card has been tested on 2 decent setups, which won't cause any bottlenecking from the CPU or being underpowered by the perfectly working PSU's.
And before you think it is the thermal paste, it is not. This does not show any thermal capping or any thermal issues as you will see in the graphs.
Logically I have tried reinstalling the latest drivers, did a driver clean, flashed the GPU with the latest official BOIS for that card, tried custom BIOS from here, cleaned it, reseated it many times, the 12V rails work work fine, etc etc... Please note that I have some experience with this, so any basic thing has been looked at...
Here the issue:
When not under any load, with the Geforce settings set at optimal power, it idles at low clocks just fine... Please look at Picture 1
When not under any load, with the Geforce settings set at maximum performance, it idles at high clocks just fine... Please look at Picture 2
NOW
When I apply load to the GPU on any of the above settings, the memory clock, GPU voltage & Core clock, reaches a maximum and then immediately drops down to about half of that, and then steadily climbs back up to max, where it just drops down again. This seems to be a very uniform repetitive cycle... Please Look at Picture 3
This happens to any load put on the GPU, from any app. BFv, Lumion, Furmark, etc. And this isn't linked to any 100% CPU usage bottlenecking, or any RAM issues.
As mentioned, this happens when loaded with official and custom BIOS.
I have also tried lowering and increasing the memory clock, core clock, core voltage and power limit values, but same results...
It feels like this can be one of the following two scenarios:
Software related - The software, bios or drivers or something else, as a failsafe reverts back to stable/safe settings when a certain voltage or clock speed is reached.
Hardware related - A cap or shunt resistor isn't working properly, causing a drop in voltage on the GPU.
Has anybody ever managed to fix this, or have a simple solution I haven't thought of yet? And please don't tell me it is dying, cause duh, or I need to buy a new graphics card, otherwise I would have already... (it's a money thing)
I have also done a PerfCap test:
No Load
Under Load
To start, my specs:
AMD Ryzen 2700x
ASUS Prime A320M-K
1 x 16GB RAM
Gigabyte 980ti Gaming G1
512MB NVME
3TB 7200 HDD
Antec VP700P
The history:
At my old job this card acting funny and we preplaced it with a 1080ti, which had no issues on the exact same system. It was a i7 6th gen, with 64GB RAM, 800W PSU, Etc..... Decent machine. And no problems with the PSU.
The now:
I decided to get the card and test it on my machine. It does exactly the same thing. I run a GTX980 on my current system with absolutely no issues.
So in other words, the card has been tested on 2 decent setups, which won't cause any bottlenecking from the CPU or being underpowered by the perfectly working PSU's.
And before you think it is the thermal paste, it is not. This does not show any thermal capping or any thermal issues as you will see in the graphs.
Logically I have tried reinstalling the latest drivers, did a driver clean, flashed the GPU with the latest official BOIS for that card, tried custom BIOS from here, cleaned it, reseated it many times, the 12V rails work work fine, etc etc... Please note that I have some experience with this, so any basic thing has been looked at...
Here the issue:
When not under any load, with the Geforce settings set at optimal power, it idles at low clocks just fine... Please look at Picture 1
When not under any load, with the Geforce settings set at maximum performance, it idles at high clocks just fine... Please look at Picture 2
NOW
When I apply load to the GPU on any of the above settings, the memory clock, GPU voltage & Core clock, reaches a maximum and then immediately drops down to about half of that, and then steadily climbs back up to max, where it just drops down again. This seems to be a very uniform repetitive cycle... Please Look at Picture 3
This happens to any load put on the GPU, from any app. BFv, Lumion, Furmark, etc. And this isn't linked to any 100% CPU usage bottlenecking, or any RAM issues.
As mentioned, this happens when loaded with official and custom BIOS.
I have also tried lowering and increasing the memory clock, core clock, core voltage and power limit values, but same results...
It feels like this can be one of the following two scenarios:
Software related - The software, bios or drivers or something else, as a failsafe reverts back to stable/safe settings when a certain voltage or clock speed is reached.
Hardware related - A cap or shunt resistor isn't working properly, causing a drop in voltage on the GPU.
Has anybody ever managed to fix this, or have a simple solution I haven't thought of yet? And please don't tell me it is dying, cause duh, or I need to buy a new graphics card, otherwise I would have already... (it's a money thing)
I have also done a PerfCap test:
No Load
Under Load