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About to toss my brand new GEForce 1060. Please help!

OWL282820

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I've replaced the stock GPU and PSU on my desktop PC because gameplay was very slow. I uninstalled all GPU drivers using DDU and installed the NVIDIA driver from the website. But even with the new GPU & PSU I'm struggling to get even 10 FPS. I was getting close to that before I spent all this money. So any help you guys can give me, I'd be very grateful. I've spent days searching online for answers but drawn a blank.

I've run Furmark and Heaven 4 stress tests and both show CPU running at 50-70% and GPU maxing out at 100%. Even with games set with graphics at low, or even very low, double digit FPS is a struggle.

Windows 10, 64-bit.
AMD A10-7800 Radeon R7, 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G
12gb RAM
Silverstone STRIDER SFX 600W FULLY MODULAR '80 PLUS GOLD' POWER SUPPLY (SST-SX600-G)

GeForce GTX 1060 6GB - Driver Ver. 23.21.13.9065
 
OWL282820 said:
Thanks. never thought of that. I'll ry it right now.
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Checked the BIOS and changed video from auto to PEG and while I was in there, changed the frame buffer rate from auto to the highest setting. Just ran the same stress test again and got the same results. GPU 100%, CPU 70%, Avg FPS 11.

Can anyone offer any other reason for this, other than the one I'm hoping is not the case.
 
MonkeyBasher said:
Since you have an APU there will be a setting in the BIOS for the graphics setting.
I dont know the specifics but generaly there will be an "auto" setting among others.
"auto" tells the system to work out what card to use. By adding in a dedicated card it should just default to the dedicated card.

You can use this bios setting to disable the on board graphics completely, but you shouldnt need to do this.

I assume from the fact that you have installed the NVIDIA drivers that there were no errors/warnings and the fans are spinning on the new card.
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The Nvidia drivers were a clean install after using DDU to remove all remnants of previous drivers. The fans both kick in properly during gameplay or stress tests. I'm completely lost.
 
Danny75 said:
Are all the required power connectors from the PSU plugged into the card?

Use GPU-Z to see if the Bus Interface shows PCIe x 16 3.0 @ x 16 3.0 when the card is stressed. It could be 2.0 instead of 3.0 depending on motherboard but should at least be x16.
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GPU-Z Bus Interface showed PCIe x 16 3.0 @ x 16 2.0 during it's stress test. Is that OK?
 
Danny75 said:
I don't think that is ok. Re-seat the card, several times if needed. Each time, try to play with the angle of entry a bit, i.e. let it droop a bit, keep it level, keep it a bit higher. Without forcing anything of course, just very small changes.

Running at 2.0 when it's supposed to be 3.0 could indicate a seating problem of some sort. 2.0 shouldn't be that much slower than 3.0. However, the discrepancy might be a clue that more than one bit isn't making proper contact.

Anyway, I've run into that issue a couple of times and re-seating several times fixed it, so worth exploring. It wasn't just how GPU-Z was reading it, I noticed it in gameplay etc, although not as extreme as in your case. Check for dust in the slot as well.

P.S. Which motherboard is it and do you have any other device plugged into another PCIe slot?

P.P.S. See if there is a more recent BIOS version for your motherboard, and if so, flash it.
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Danny75 said:
I don't think that is ok. Re-seat the card, several times if needed. Each time, try to play with the angle of entry a bit, i.e. let it droop a bit, keep it level, keep it a bit higher. Without forcing anything of course, just very small changes.

Running at 2.0 when it's supposed to be 3.0 could indicate a seating problem of some sort. 2.0 shouldn't be that much slower than 3.0. However, the discrepancy might be a clue that more than one bit isn't making proper contact.

Anyway, I've run into that issue a couple of times and re-seating several times fixed it, so worth exploring. It wasn't just how GPU-Z was reading it, I noticed it in gameplay etc, although not as extreme as in your case. Check for dust in the slot as well.

P.S. Which motherboard is it and do you have any other device plugged into another PCIe slot?

P.P.S. See if there is a more recent BIOS version for your motherboard, and if so, flash it.
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There is only one PCIe slot on the motherboard. I'll try re-seating the GPU again in the morning (it's 2am here now), and I'll check for a newer Bios. I'll post a reply here, if that's OK? I'm very grateful for your help so far. I fear we're running out of possibilities though. The card was a big outlay for me and I've only recently got bitten by the gaming bug.
 
Armageus said:
What make/model of Geforce 1060? Did you buy it from a reputable retailer (rather than e.g. auction) as there are some older cards being faked to appear as 1060's

e.g.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLqHB1MGenE

If you think this might be the case then post a screenshot from GPU-Z and we can confirm.
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It's a Gigabyte card and I bought it from Overclockers UK.
 
Here's my GPU-Z report and my Heaven 4 benchmark result. I tried re-seating the GPU several times, but both showed the same result. I've checked the motherboard BIOS and it is the most up to date Lenovo have. The fans don't run when the stress test is running but run OK when switched on using Gigabyte's software for monitoring or altering he settings of the GPU (Aorus Graphcs Engine).

Please can anyone tell me whether any of this sheds a positive light on things? Or is there anything else I can try?



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Unigine Heaven Benchmark 4.0
FPS:
4.5
Score:
114
Min FPS:
3.0
Max FPS:
8.7
System
Platform:
Windows NT 6.2 (build 9200) 64bit
CPU model:
AMD A10-7800 Radeon R7, 12 Compute Cores 4C+8G (3493MHz) x2
GPU model:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 23.21.13.9077 (4095MB) x1
Settings
Render:
Direct3D11
Mode:
1920x1080 8xAA fullscreen
Preset
Custom
Quality
Ultra
Tessellation:
Extreme
Powered by UNIGINE Engine
Unigine Corp. © 2005-2013
 
String said:
Click the drop box at the bottom and see if it lists your CPU onboard graphics. Run the benchmark and see which GPU the sensors tab shows under load.

I'm pretty sure you're GPU isn't being used, hence the low score.
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The GEForce 1060 is the only one showing in the drop box. This is the sensors page just after stress test.

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nashathedog said:
Next to each sensor type there's an upside down triangle which when tapped lets you look at the sensors minimum, average, max and current performance data, Run a benchmark with gpu-z running and then look at the max (highest) setting for each sensor to see what it's doing in game, You can also grab the right edge to stretch the time line out & get a look at how the graphics card acted during the test.

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Thanks. I'm grateful for your help. You'll have guessed, I'm new at this. I'll try it now.
 
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