1070Ti underperforming?

[AceyWolf]

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!

 

[AceyWolf]

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]

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

 

[AceyWolf]

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]

 

[AceyWolf]

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

CPU usage keeps jumping between 17% - 30%

 

[AceyWolf]

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.

can you show performance tab like this

Apologies, yes.

 

[AceyWolf]

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

Yes, I use GeForce experience for the drivers.

 

[AceyWolf]

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

 

[AceyWolf]

Do you have Nvidia Overlay enabled in Nivida Geforce experience?

Yes, I use shadowplay for the recordings, never had a problem with it when using the 980

 

[AceyWolf]

Temps whilst in a dungeon on WoW

 

[AceyWolf]

I have little experience with experience (lol) but is it possible it is adjusting quality settings without you knowing?

No, not as far as I'm aware, the only graphics related thing within GE I can see is there own optimiser, but still, I was able to play WoW maxed out on this 27" 144Hz with greater FPS.

 

[AceyWolf]

I've increased things in Afterburner and lowered the graphics settings to 6 in WoW, now it's even more chopping & not surpassing 40 frames.
I'm just going to out the 980 back in, thanks for you help everyone, I appreciate it.

 

[AceyWolf]

-- Update --

I think I may have found a semi-solution.

I was thinking maybe it had something to do with my game folders, still maybe having some residual file(s)/data from the previous graphics card, so I slow formatted both game drives, re-installed all that I play and now I'm getting a steady 70-90 FPS on WoW maxxed out. (With secondary display, Rift CV1 plugged in & watching YouTube on second display)

Whilst it still feels a little low on FPS, I'm not gonna complain, it's certainly better than the 30/40 I was originally getting.

 

[AceyWolf]

Your graphics card drivers are in a separate folder away from your game folders.
You can also try swapping over Direct X for the game from 12 to 11 and on Nvidia control panel hit restore and apply to see if that helps too, sometimes a setting in there can bomb fps in games. such as Max Framerate

Yes, I know that, but maybe there was some related files or something inside the games folders?
I'm not entirely sure, but whatever it is, re-installing 'em seems to have done the trick