Major FPS drop/screen stuttering after upgrading video card to GTX 770.

[Zand]

Ok, so a few updates for everyone.

1) I think there may actually be an overheating problem. I turned on MSI Afterburner to monitor the temps on the GPU, and attempted to play FFXIV for approximately 10 minutes. All I really did was log on to my character, and run around a little bit (I was in Camp Drybone). I went back to the MSI Afterburner and saw my GPU temp reached a high of 97 degrees Celsius! I'm guessing that can't be normal.

2) For the people suggesting I plug directly into the power supply, maybe you can clarify a bit because I'm a little confused. Right now, I have a PCI cable that plugs directly into my motherboard and is split into 2x output cables. One of the output cables has 6 pins and the other has 6 + 2 pins, if that makes any sense. My graphic card came with 2x cables that converts the 6 pin output cables into 8 pins. So right now I have a converter on the 6 pin cable and on the 6 + 2 pin cable (only 6 pins being used of course). Those two converters are going directly into my graphic card (my graphic card has 2x 8 pin slots). I'm guessing this is not correct? What should I be doing differently?

[KisaiTenshi]

Ok, so a few updates for everyone.

1) I think there may actually be an overheating problem. I turned on MSI Afterburner to monitor the temps on the GPU, and attempted to play FFXIV for approximately 10 minutes. All I really did was log on to my character, and run around a little bit (I was in Camp Drybone). I went back to the MSI Afterburner and saw my GPU temp reached a high of 97 degrees Celsius! I'm guessing that can't be normal.

2) For the people suggesting I plug directly into the power supply, maybe you can clarify a bit because I'm a little confused. Right now, I have a PCI cable that plugs directly into my motherboard and is split into 2x output cables. One of the output cables has 6 pins and the other has 6 + 2 pins, if that makes any sense. My graphic card came with 2x cables that converts the 6 pin output cables into 8 pins. So right now I have a converter on the 6 pin cable and on the 6 + 2 pin cable (only 6 pins being used of course). Those two converters are going directly into my graphic card (my graphic card has 2x 8 pin slots). I'm guessing this is not correct? What should I be doing differently?

Use MSI afterburner and make sure the "User Define" isn't green under fan speed, When it's green it's overriding the card's settings. Or set it to green and just crank it to 100 and see if it still gets high.

As for the power supply, You should have a 6pin, 8pin (sometimes 6+2, but they'll only fit one way anyhow) or two 8 pin connectors. You need all the connectors on the card plugged in. If you have a 750watt power supply or better that is technically good enough for a single top of the line card. If you have a modular power supply you may want to check that the cables haven't been partially pulled out (since you said you swapped cards.)

[Zand]

Use MSI afterburner and make sure the "User Define" isn't green under fan speed, When it's green it's overriding the card's settings. Or set it to green and just crank it to 100 and see if it still gets high.

As for the power supply, You should have a 6pin, 8pin (sometimes 6+2, but they'll only fit one way anyhow) or two 8 pin connectors. You need all the connectors on the card plugged in. If you have a 750watt power supply or better that is technically good enough for a single top of the line card. If you have a modular power supply you may want to check that the cables haven't been partially pulled out (since you said you swapped cards.)

Cool thanks!

Another quick question. I went back the Microcenter and replaced the card with a new one, this time an EVGA 770. Is it still recommend that I wipe all the drivers before installing the new card? Or should I be fine with the existing drivers since both cards were GTX 770's?

[NefGP]

I'm still using the same card I was before, however lately I've noticed a huge drop in FPS over the last couple of days.

At first I thought it was just the new driver nVidia put out (3.27 I think?) but then I remembered I've been having some pretty bad FPS issues the last few days as well, even in the starter areas.

What the hell gives?

[Gonzothegreat198]

Cool thanks!

Another quick question. I went back the Microcenter and replaced the card with a new one, this time an EVGA 770. Is it still recommend that I wipe all the drivers before installing the new card? Or should I be fine with the existing drivers since both cards were GTX 770's?

Since you have been having issues, i would do a full wipe of the drivers in Safe Mode.

[Zand]

Since you have been having issues, i would do a full wipe of the drivers in Safe Mode.

What's the difference between wiping all the drivers in safe mode vs regular Windows mode?

[Andrewzz]

Zand, which PSU do you have? Is a modular one? Please check that the card is connected DIRECTLY to the PSU, no to the motherboard. Usually the high end PSUs came already with cables that can be connected directly to the card, instead of using the adapters that came with the 770.

[Zand]

Zand, which PSU do you have? Is a modular one? Please check that the card is connected DIRECTLY to the PSU, no to the motherboard. Usually the high end PSUs came already with cables that can be connected directly to the card, instead of using the adapters that came with the 770.

It's a 800W PSU made by Xtreme, which is a generic brand I think made by Cyperpower PC. After taking off both panels on my case, and seeing which cables went where, I ended up plugging everything in correctly. My power supply has two PCI express cables come out of it. Both are split into two different outputs (1x 6 pin and 1x 6+2 pin). I plugged one of the PCI express cables directly into the 6 pin adapter on the video card, leaving the 6+2 pin output just hanging. Then the second PCI express cable doesn't quite reach, so I used one of the adapters that came with the video card and plugged in the 6 pin portion into the adapter which turns it into an 8 pin, and then stuck that into the video card as well. Anyway, after doing all of this I still had the same exact issue.

Just to clarify, the EVGA card I have has two inputs for the PCI express slots. One is a 6 pin and the other is an 8 pin. Hopefully this all makes sense.

[Zand]

Ok, so this is really strange. A friend of mine let me borrow his EVGA GTX 660, just to see if a lower powered card would make a difference. This card, like my 7850, only required one 6 pin PCI-E plugin and as far as power goes, only requires 28 amps coming out of the +12 rail (which my PSU has). Same exact problem again! Everything seems to be fine except FFXIV which is getting the same screen stuttering and crappy FPS. What gives? Does my computer just not like NVIDIA cards?

[Andrewzz]

You setup seems to be right, just one question, did you connect the two inputs on the adapter? My suggestion is to try to make that second cable reach the VGA and use it instead of the adapters.