1070Ti underperforming?

AceyWolf · 26 Jan 2021 at 13:09

Hello all,

New to the forums!

I recently purchased a ASUS GTX1070Ti STRIX 8GB, an upgrade from my MSi GTX980 Armor 2X 4GB.
I've had it installed for a few days with the latest drivers, however it doesn't feel any better than the 980, it feels... worse.
I only really play WoW nowadays, occasionally CS:GO, I was getting around 70-80 constant FPS at max settings (on WoW) with the 980, but the 1070Ti I only seems to be getting 40-50 FPS.
This doesn't seem right considering the 1070Ti is supposed to be around a 60% better card.

Setup:
Ryzen 7 1700 @ 3.6GHz (OC)
Asus GTX1070Ti Strix 8GB
MSi B450 GAMING PRO CARBON MAX WiFi
32GB Corsair Vengeance LED @ 2866MHz (OC)
Corsair VS650 PSU

Main monitor: 27" electriQ Curved | DisplayPort | 1920x1080 @ 144Hz
Secondary monitor: AOC G2590FX 25" | 1920x1080 @ 60Hz

I'm guessing it's not a CPU bottleneck as it's performing worse, any help would be greatly appreciated!

pp111 · 26 Jan 2021 at 13:21

Yup that is too low. It sounds really stupid but have you actually checked that it is a 1070ti and not a 1060? They are identical to look at.

turbot1984 · 26 Jan 2021 at 13:26

Thats odd, i first thought psu was issue but 1070ti only uses 20-30w more power than 980. Benches below tally with your 60% figure. How are monitors connected? Are they running at same Hz?

AceyWolf · 26 Jan 2021 at 13:27

pp111 said:
Yup that is too low. It sounds really stupid but have you actually checked that it is a 1070ti and not a 1060? They are identical to look at.

Just downloaded GPU-Z to check and it's showing 1070Ti, DxDiag & windows also shows 1070Ti.

AceyWolf · 26 Jan 2021 at 13:28

turbot1984 said:
Thats odd, i first thought psu was issue but 1070ti only uses 20-30w more power than 980. Benches below tally with your 60% figure. How are monitors connected? Are they running at same Hz?

Main is at 144Hz & second is at 60Hz, both 1080p.
Had both running at 144Hz with the 980 with no issues

Ravenger · 26 Jan 2021 at 13:30

Have you tried uninstalling the Nvidia drivers and GeForce experience, then reinstalling?
Also you could try drivers from a few versions ago.

AceyWolf · 26 Jan 2021 at 13:32

Ravenger said:
Have you tried uninstalling the Nvidia drivers and GeForce experience, then reinstalling?
Also you could try drivers from a few versions ago.

I have, when I first got the card I was a little surprised, thinking maybe an old graphics driver or something related was causing the problem, I did a fresh install of windows, still the same low performance.
I'll give some older drivers a try, will keep the thread posted.

AceyWolf · 26 Jan 2021 at 13:33

turbot1984 · 26 Jan 2021 at 13:37

wonder if its Ryzen? single core performance not great + you are playing at 1080p

turbot1984 · 26 Jan 2021 at 13:42

can you check cpu + gpu usage when playing WOW, that may provide a clue.

AceyWolf · 26 Jan 2021 at 13:59

turbot1984 said:
can you check cpu + gpu usage when playing WOW, that may provide a clue.

CPU usage keeps jumping between 17% - 30%

turbot1984 · 26 Jan 2021 at 14:08

can you show performance tab like this

Ravenger · 26 Jan 2021 at 14:10

Have you tried any benchmarks like 3D Mark? That'd give you a clue if your GPU was seriously underperforming compared to similar setups.

AceyWolf · 26 Jan 2021 at 14:31

Ravenger said:
Have you tried any benchmarks like 3D Mark? That'd give you a clue if your GPU was seriously underperforming compared to similar setups.

I've ran a few Firestrikes but the scores didn't save, so I just ran another.
All have been ran with only the main display plugged in, no secondary display.
FPS was between 25 - 57, very underwhelming.

turbot1984 said:
can you show performance tab like this

Apologies, yes.

pp111 · 26 Jan 2021 at 15:08

Just wondering, have you got g-force experience installed? That could be messing with things.

Jerry64 · 26 Jan 2021 at 15:17

What's the temps like onthe 1070ti when you run timespy ?
Run gpuz with sensor tab open while you bench and post a screen of that

Mr Paul · 26 Jan 2021 at 15:17

This is what I get

3DMark Score
6443
Graphics Score
7544
CPU Score
3527
Graphics Test 1
48.29 fps
Graphics Test 2
43.96 fps
CPU Test
11.85 fps

Your CPU is considerably faster than my old i5.

AceyWolf · 26 Jan 2021 at 15:37

pp111 said:
Just wondering, have you got g-force experience installed? That could be messing with things.

Yes, I use GeForce experience for the drivers.

AceyWolf · 26 Jan 2021 at 15:37

Jerry64 said:
What's the temps like onthe 1070ti when you run timespy ?
Run gpuz with sensor tab open while you bench and post a screen of that

Roughly 50 - 60

Hakanese · 26 Jan 2021 at 15:44

Do you have Nvidia Overlay enabled in Nivida Geforce experience?
Set Power mode option to maximum in Nvidia Control Panel, and see what the Optimised setting for the game is in Geforce Experience