had a large Win 10 update a few weeks ago and another large one just the other day and when I run ME2 the GPU core speed is 726 MHz in-game with 45 fps or lower. I tried EVGA Precision XOC and turned on Turbo (the K button) but in-game it's still 726 MHz. Rise of the Tomb Raider works fine (core @ 1866 MHz and pinned at 60 fps @ 1080p) why the change in GPU operation on some games? All games were running fine until the Win updates were done
Drivers, Drivers, Drivers, make sure Win did not install some BS drivers over the ones you were using..(it does it to my audio all the dam time for some reason)
Make sure High Performance is selected in power options. I know of a few games that run terribly with any other stock power profile.
You shouldnt need to do this though, my PC uses a lot more power at idle like this. Sure it can be turned on/off but it turns gaming into a hassle. MS QA is crap.
thanks for the input ... I have Win power options on Balanced, no change when set to High Performance and nvidia Control Panel set to Max Performance (I usually set it to Adaptive). Drivers were re-installed last night, tried a few earlier nvidia drivers versions (went back 3-4 versions) ... problem is still there. Rise of the TR GPU @ 1866 @ pinned 60 fps is still there and working as it has been - beginning to think it's either the OS update or an EA thing going on. Did a game file repair then re-downloaded ME2 and no change. Whenever I have a gaming issue, it ALWAYS involves an EA game
Could be something to do with a roll back of Direct X. You might try pulling the latest distro of that and dropping it on top of windows. Who knows, I've seen that happen before tho. It's a Dx9 game. They didn't move to Dx10 until ME3 IIRC.
I checked the dxdiag file and it shows I have DX 12 installed and according to Microsoft there is no stand alone DX download available for Windows 10
That would be because DirectX 9 is a little different. It's built-in, but not with all of the "expanded modules" some games use. Do a search for DirectX Web and you will find the installer and it will update the DirectX 9 components.
uninstall the adapter driver, reboot, ddu the box, reboot. install the display driver. reboot. check the driver settings, reset to default. try the game.
I believe this is a myth. never seen any concrete evidence on this. But if you have any i would love to see it well with te exception of coreparing core parking does mess up a lot of things
I've seen this affect the GPU so..check this and see what happens. control panel, click on Hardware & Sound > Power settings (for category view) or Control Panel > Power options (for icon view) Select "Change Plan Settings" next to whatever plan you have selected. Click on "Change Advanced Power Settings" Expand "PCI Express" > "Link State Power Management" and change that setting to "Off". Restart windows
Well its not like ive already test it... oh wait i did balacned vs high performance ( both with core parking disabled) This is just one of the 11 system I've tested it on Windows 10 Pro 64-bit Intel Core i7 3770K @ 3.50GHz 32.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 1066MHz (11-13-13-30) 4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (Gigabyte) 238GB Samsung SSD 850 PRO 256GB (SSD) 558GB Intel Raid 0 Volume (RAID) --- Geekbench 3.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (32-bit) Single-Core Multi-Core Balanced 3808 pts 15298 pts 3799 pts 15289 pts 3794 pts 15151 pts Performance 3815 pts 15298 pts 3819 pts 15181 pts 3815 pts 15212 pts --- NovaBench Balanced 2181 2247 2254 Performance 2095 2083 2077 --- 7-zip Compressing Decompressing Balanced 23413 278296 23808 278296 23476 278296 Performance 23877 278296 23413 278296 23743 277355 --- 7-zip disk trashing Compressing Decompressing Balanced 10287 240299 09704 244368 10720 244672 09702 243479 09927 239713 Performance 10261 243498 09606 243479 09430 245263 10000 244064 09723 244368 --- Winrar Balance 11.068 11.077 11.107 Performance 11.113 11.146 11.156 -- wprime Balanced 6.711 6.713 6.717 Performance 6.726 6.719 6.709 --- Hyper PI Balanced 13.768 13.689 13.542 Performance 13.773 13.612 13.697 --- FFT-z CPU Thread Balanced 897 112.1 896 112.0 896 112.0 Performance 895 111.9 897 112.1 896 112.0 --- DnetC OGR-NG RC5-72 Balanced 99.638 16.366 99.108 16.244 99.041 16.375 99.065 16.390 98.848 16.365 Performance 99.521 16.421 99.185 16.409 99.560 16.658 99.864 16.418 99.902 16.658 --- Quake 3 Demo1 Demo2 Balanced 989.0 983.8 991.2 981.8 994.8 985.2 --- UT 2004 Quality Performance Balanced 169.758 168.864 169.405 --- 3Dmark 2001 Balanced 72229 72366 72268 Performance 72302 72203 71975 --- 3Dmark03 Score CPU Balanced 121441 4646 121101 4637 121190 4642 Performance 121220 4625 121289 4634 121499 4602 --- 3Dmark05 Score CPU Balanced 41241 44315 41019 44208 41153 44440 Perfomance 41204 44735 41178 44604 41111 44936 --- 3dmark06 Score SM2.0 SM3.0 CPU Balanced 32711 12111 16429 8896 32402 11656 16460 8986 32355 11647 16462 8934 Performance 32999 12233 16593 8936 32621 11755 16608 8981 32629 11746 16581 9033 --- PCmark 04 Mark CPU Mem GFX HDD Balanced 21260 88848 101662 21097 88989 100707 21224 88866 102497 Performance 21255 68305 102432 21256 58996 103578 21301 58711 104802 --- PCmark 05 Mark CPU Mem GFX HDD Balanced 23401 15856 12871 13713 73486 23324 15948 12771 13716 72875 23344 15933 12857 13786 73417 Performance 23534 16110 12818 11957 73224 23419 16123 12692 12051 73748 23394 16107 12972 11998 74554 --- Pov-Ray Balanced 4313.28 4352.14 4344.54 Performance 4322.86 4365.19 4368.39 --- CineBench OpenGL Multi Singl 119.02 775 156 114.67 778 157 113.18 781 156 111.78 778 157 112.13 778 156 Performance 118.15 778 157 111.73 778 157 111.98 776 157 111.31 781 157 110.99 775 156 --- Sisoft Sandra Overall Finanse Scientific Balance 16.47 19.77 14.29 16.44 19.77 14.18 16.54 19.85 14.36 16.67 19.84 14.24 16.50 19.38 14.18 Performance 16.50 16.94 14.22 16.76 19.31 14.29 16.78 19.79 14.15 16.77 19.85 14.29 16.72 19.70 14.32 --- Passmark Overall CPU 2D 3D Mem HDD Balanced 5426.7 11177 927 7206 3079 5143 5420.0 11240 922 7195 3087 5106 5314.1 11284 926 7217 3083 4333 5428.1 11286 927 7216 3088 5029 5360.9 11252 929 7204 3084 4593 Performance 5324.0 11355 926 7220 3079 4353 5455.7 11317 934 7219 3070 5148 5273.4 11331 937 7215 3086 3982 5260 11333 935 7217 3078 3651 5404 11312 937 7219 3075 4730 --- Catzilla Balanced 22269 21909 21737 Performance 22017 21883 21970 --- Unigine Sanctuary AvgFPS MinFPS Balanced 193.7 110.8 193.1 110.2 193.0 110.8 Performance 193.8 110.9 193.5 110.7 193.1 111.0 --- unigine Tropics AvgFPS MinFPS Balanced 130.3 90.1 130.1 90.3 130.1 90.2 Performance 130.4 91.2 130.2 90.6 130.2 90.4 --- unigine heaven AvgFPS MinFPS Balanced 56.0 30.5 55.8 30.7 55.9 30.5 Performance 55.9 30.6 56.0 30.6 55.9 30.6 --- Unigine Valley AvgFPS MinFPS Balanced 52.3 28.2 52.3 30.1 52.3 30.0 Performance 51.6 28.2 51.7 28.3 51.8 29.5 --- FXIV heavensward Balanced 18813 18823 19133 PErformance 18998 19081 18808 --- PLA Balanced 491.2 484.2 483.1 Performance 486.3 479.9 474.7 --- Monster Hunter AvgFPS MinFPS Balanced 86.9 41.5 86.2 43.6 85 42.6 Performance 73.7 31.6 70.7 33.8 70.2 32.8 --- AvP Balance 84.7 84.7 84.5 Performance 84.6 84.6 84.7 --- Call of Juaraz AvgFPS MinFPS Balanced 239.2 70.9 238.9 98.3 238.8 98.3 238.9 94.8 238.9 95.0 Performance 260.6 70.6 244.6 94.8 244.4 98.3 244.6 98.3 244.5 98.3 --- Devil May Cry Balanced 715.8275 716.79 734 Performance 705.18 710.08 712 --- Lost Planet 2 Balanced 125.5 118.7 118.0 119.8 123.0 Performance 121.4 118.2 120.6 --- SFIV Balanced 59.78 59.80 59.80 Performance 59.80 59.80 59.81 --- RE6 Balanced 14292 14257 14299 Performance 14206 14213 14190 -- Stalker AvgFPS MinFPS Balanced 193.325 91.525 189.575 93.85 192.75 100.55 Performance 194.1 95.3 192.1 94.05 189.35 95.325 -- Crysis Balanced 129.2 129.73 129.755 129.68 129.625 performance 117.745 128.56 130.03 129.725 129.825 I've show you mine please show me your benchmarks where it makes a different besides from core parking
My apologies if it wasn't clear as I quoted you SvenBent, but the link state check was meant for the op. Thanks for the numbers.
Your memory is failing you, ME:3 was DX9 only. https://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/03/26/mass_effect_3_gameplay_performance_iq_review/
You're right, I was swapping my facts. The engine was capable, but they kept the entire series in DX9. My bad, I'm turning into an old fart more and more every day . I was always amazed I could run it MAX settings on older NV hardware like the GTS 250 at 1080P and it ran great. Not sure where I pulled the DX10 comment from, other than my ass... lol
Hey Hal, did you resolve this issue? You could try Fast Sync which does often resolve low frame rate issues in some games. Open up NVCP, go to Manage 3d, Global, and under Vertical sync, choose fast. After that try running a game. This allows me to get nearly 1000fps in 2d scenes.
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