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Big problems with Asus GeForce RTX 2080 Ti ROG Strix

Tarman

Tarman

Tarman

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Hello...

I bought this card, and installed it a couple of days ago.. but I'm having a hell of a time with it.
Basically; very low FPS in pretty much every game, and I'm not sure what to do about it.

(edit: when I say low FPS.. 3dMark: 20-30fps | Kingdom Come: Deliverance 30fps | BFV: 20-30fps | The Division 2: 60fps | Metro Exodus: 20-30fps

Even with RTX turned off on the games that have it enabled; it's still very low for the calibre of the card.)

I'm running an EK-Vector water block on the graphics card. Idle temps 30c, full load maximum temp I've seen was 77c).

Quick specs:

Intel Core i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz
16Gb G.Skill DDR4-2132
Asus GeForce RTX 2080 Ti ROG Strix
http://speccy.piriform.com/results/AGx2H8h0Rp1XEWzKAyqmpNF

I first noticed something was wrong only today; I was in VR, in iRacing, and noticed my framerate going from 72Fps down to 50Fps, then back up to 72, down to 50, rinse and repeat. (Pimax 5K set at 72Hz).

So I thought I'd try running a 3dMark test. The results were depressingly abysmal..
https://imgur.com/a/GVrm0cp

Barely squeezing past 35FPS throughout the test. The CPU Physics tests were giving me 60FPS..

My PC from 5 years ago was performing much better.

So.. I ran a stress test with Furmark and recorded it with HWiNFO64, and saved the results to CSV. https://nofile.io/f/1PXSQ9Eb3MP/Stresstest1.CSV

I'm not sure what else to go on here.. so please, for the love of god, ask away; and I'll answer everything I can.

Thanks in advance.
 
vapor matt said:
hi, well the only thing that looks weird to me is the massive 47c idle to load temp delta, 30c idle to 77c seems way to much, did you check that your EK water block fits the card properly. there are some changes on newer cards which
means the blocks don't make good contact.

https://www.ekwb.com/blog/did-you-know-compatibility-issues-with-strix-rtx-2080-ti-water-blocks/
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This will be my first port of call.
Was checking the pictures I took of the card before I put the water block on it, and looks like this card is affected by this.
As for CPU voltage etc.. not sure at all why it's so low. I've not tampered with any BIOS settings etc for a good long while.

PSU should be powerful enough.. 850w.. though it's possible it's on the way out =s

If that all doesn't make a difference.. will try new windows install etc.
Keep you posted.
 
vapor matt said:
I think you will find the card is throttling badly because of bad contact on part of the core causing hot spots, as for CPU voltage if you haven't touched anything regarding the CPU voltage and it was working fine before, just leave it and concentrate on getting
the water block to fit properly and make good contact.

the PSU should be ok providing its a single 12v rail on it.
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OK.. powering down.. wish me luck!
 
vapor matt said:
I think you will find the card is throttling badly because of bad contact on part of the core causing hot spots, as for CPU voltage if you haven't touched anything regarding the CPU voltage and it was working fine before, just leave it and concentrate on getting
the water block to fit properly and make good contact.

the PSU should be ok providing its a single 12v rail on it.
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This was it.. card looks to be working fine now.. running 100ish fps in 3dmark.. I think we can close this thread down now.. all appears to be well.

Thanks for the help guys!!
 
Yeah.. nice to have a happy ending!!
I was starting to get a little worried.. bought a new power supply and everything last night.. should be here today.. not sure whether to install it or not now, heh.
The current one is probably about 6-7 years old now.. so might as well I suppose..

Cheers for all the help chaps/chapettes.
 
https://i.imgur.com/ilPdBaR.jpg

The pump is definately working.. can feel the flow through the pipe.. and see a bit of movement within the reservoir.
Might have to take the card out again, redo the water block.. maybe ditch the thermal pads and put the paste or or something.. ugh.. i donno.
 
vapor matt said:
looking at your pic, your flow is the wrong side of the water block, it should go from pump to block, out of block to rad, inlet for the block is to left looking at front of card. ahhh looking again yours look right, I would reseat the block with paste not a pad.
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Maybe the pic is misleading with the angle.. pipe comes out the pump, into the top holeof the water block.. then out the bottom into the radiator, and back to the pump.

paste is on the core. fully covered.. pads are all in place. Going to dismantle again just now; make sure all's well.
I did notice there is a wee black cable that runs through the middle of the water block.. I'll post a pic once I take it apart to show.
 
D21Yk59

https://imgur.com/a/D21Yk59

See, this is the cable I'm talking about. Runs down the middle of the Waterblock?
 
I trimmed the heat pads.. that pic was a 'before'; shot I suppose..
Shifted the cable.. I honestly couldn't see anywhere on the card where the cable could go.. so it's flowing externally on the card at the moment. which is fine.. I can live with that. strange it didn't come with it pre-packed behind the plexi.

Performance is much much better.. 44c for The Division 2 now.. only under 74% load; so will keep an eye on it.. see how it is when things get a bit more hectic ingame.

JFIJONC.jpg
 
Yeah.. that was partially the problem. Also the black cable running under the block.
So basically it was mounted incorrectly.

Thanks everyone for your input.
Going to put it under a bit of load now. Will let u know how it goes.
 
Well, the Division 2 ran quite well.. didn't see it go above 47c..
Metro Exodus.. ultra quality.. didn't get above 59c
WraAo2R.png

Might not be as cool as some of you guys setups; but I'd say that falls within acceptable levels.
 
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