Question 3070ti MHZ is flipped during idle or operation (video demonstration)
Question 3070ti MHZ is flipped during idle or operation (video demonstration)
I've experienced this problem for quite some time. Generally, every few months my GPU becomes unstable and locks my MHZ to 225 or 325 (very low setting), which significantly reduces performance—around one-tenth. This only happens with 3D applications such as games or benchmarks. When I close the program, my MHZ suddenly changes back to 1800, as expected in games, and then resets when I try to open anything else.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxd_JzuELPo
It also disappears completely and doesn't reappear for sometimes up to half a year or more, only to return eventually. I reported this on the forum in 2023, and until now the problem has disappeared. I haven't made any changes, but it just reappears.
What I've tried so far:
- Changing power mode
- Updating Windows
- Reinstalling Windows
- Updating BIOS
- Reinstalling GPU drivers
- Reinstalling the GPU physically
- Cleaning the GPU
- Adjusting RAM profiles
- Ensuring VBIOS is up to date
Any suggestions on what might be causing this issue?
Would it help to detail all other components such as CPU, MB, RAM? Is the issue only with reading data? Could the performance be affected? Have you used alternative monitoring tools like HWiNFO64 to verify GPU frequency? Without any background processes running after restarting the computer and sitting at the desktop for five minutes, what is your 3D Mark Time Spy score?
The performance is severely affected.
Additional parts include:
Motherboard: TUF GAMING X570-PRO (WI-FI)
CPU: Ryzen 7 5800x
RAM: G Skill Trident Z F4-3600C17-16GTZKW 16 GB DDR4-3600 DDR4 SDRAM
Leaving the PC idle does nothing; rebooting doesn't help, as it remains stuck in any 3D application.
HWINFO64 displays the same 225 under any load. It also resumes and becomes dynamic once I close the game.
The temperature is quite low, about 40c, which means it's not a throttling problem.
Time Spy test failed to start, likely due to insufficient performance for loading. About 1/10th of normal speed.
EDIT: it finally started, reaching around 5 fps.
Well, you've already handled most of the things I would have recommended. During diagnosis, were you setting up additional programs or performing other custom adjustments? When the BIOS was updated, did the BIOS actually reinitialize? If not, attempt a BIOS reset and refrain from making any changes.
Do you have another storage device to test the card's performance in Linux?
Other than that, I believe we should focus on verifying the GPU functionality on another system or with a different GPU in your setup. It might be a faulty card.
I don't understand... it's really odd. I just reconnected my GPU cables to a different VGA port on the power supply, swapped my RAM sticks and performance is back to normal. I'm 99.9% sure it's not fixed and will come back later, but for now it's gone. 😀
It's strange how a faulty GPU can still work most of the time. Also, my BIOS is using default settings except for XMP (the GPU behaves the same with and without it).
These kinds of intermittent problems are among the hardest to identify.
I'm pleased it's resolved, at least temporarily, but I'm unsure your experience was linked to or resolved by the changes you made.