GPU Performance Poor & desperate for a solution!

[SuperCat]

Hi guys, I'm completely losing it here and would love some help on this one..

Basically, I work as a graphic designer and I get *very* poor speeds inside my 3D Package which I believe it OpenGL based. I don't game so I have no idea about game performance.

I built a new computer back in Jan with the following:

Asus P6T Deluxe
Core i7 920 (Not OC'd)
6GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 (not OC'd)
nVidia Geforce 280GTX (not OC'd)
Coolermaster 1000W PSU

In benchmarks with 3DMark and PCMark the CPU comes out great but the GPU scores really low. After I built the PC I ran Memtest86+ for 24 hours and Prime95 for 24 hours, both came out fine with no faults.

I get the error "nvlddmkm stopped responding and has recovered" intermitently when doing 3D-related work but the system is otherwise very stable. I have run the oZone Fur stability test and the GPU temp seems fairly stable and without a crash, so I'm reluctant to believe it's a heating issue. Everything in the BIOS is set to 'Auto' with regards to timings etc.

I'm starting to wonder if the card itself is faulty.

 

[4T5]

Auto settings in Bios suck the big one so go in there & set everything manually yourself, even though you are entering the same timings/speeds it will run better & be more stable.

As for the GFX card I'd say your drivers haven't taken properly & would strip them out, driver clean & then re instal, may be worth doing a search to see what the best driver is for that card as it's not always teh latest driver that gives best peformance.

 

[SuperCat]

Thanks for the quick responce. My next question would be, what settings do I manually put in and how do I find the correct settings to put in?

I do uninstall the drivers before I update.. unless you mean something else entirely?

 

[Vince]

I gotta be honest having had cards that do this before, if there is no overclocking and if it does it when the machine is at its defaults then your looking at an RMA.

This seems to be common on the factory overclocked cards, try underclocking the core and memory to see if you can stable it up.

Auto settings in Bios suck the big one so go in there & set everything manually yourself, even though you are entering the same timings/speeds it will run better & be more stable.

The above imo is utter rubbish, if you are setting it at the same speed/timings/settings as the autos then there will be no difference what so ever in stability. The only exception to this I can think of would be bumping up memory voltages when filling all of the memory banks.

 

[4T5]

How Rude.

I'll let you carry on though I cannot be *****.

 

[reflux]

The above imo is utter rubbish, if you are setting it at the same speed/timings/settings as the autos then there will be no difference what so ever in stability. The only exception to this I can think of would be bumping up memory voltages when filling all of the memory banks.

Auto settings are poop and they aren't always what the parts need. You should always set things by specification as much as possible.

 

[Vince]

How Rude.

I'll let you carry on though I cannot be *****.

Just read it back, wasn't meant to be rude... Sorry no offence meant mate.