gigabyte gtx 670 lagging

mutant_ninja

i bought a new gigabyte gtx 670 the card seems to start laggin alot after 30 to 20 mins of battlefield 3 gameplay ive tried everything my old gtx 460 seems to do alot better the game can run on high settings with almost no lag
iam really worried that the card could be defective. Please help.

ballad

any temps problems?
software up to date?

mutant_ninja

the vga temp is good i installed the latest beta driver in an attempt to resolve the issue still no use other games seem to run better is my cpu bottlenecking the graphics card ? shoudl i try an older driver

AvoK95

What's your PSU?

taekh3

Well here are some points you could try:

A-What “Cpu Chip” you are currently running?

B-Check your “PSU” and make sure everything is well connected.

C-Uninstall your current “Nvidia Driver” and please remove that “gigabyte gpu utility”, install the “306.2 Beta Driver” and use either “After Burner or Precision X”. On a side note, I am using this driver on my 690’s and already I have noticed many performance improvements.

D-If somehow the problem kept on going, RMA is your final resort.

Peace.

It is coming…

mutant_ninja

my psu is 500 watts my specs are
cpu core i3
4 gigs of ram
intel motherboard
500 gb hard drive

i checked the power everything seems to be connected
i tried diffrent drivers and still no use
other intensive games seems to work well like metro 2033 crysis 2 the card preforms well

one other thing is that when i play battlefield cpu usage is 100 % and ram is almost full
should i increase my ram to 8 gigs ?

The-MMMs

Perhaps a CPU/GPU bottleneck thing going on here guys ?

ballad

The-MMMs wrotePerhaps a CPU/GPU bottleneck thing going on here guys ?

his gtx460 is working fine

taekh3

Indeed, the “Cpu” is “Bottlenecking the Gpu” and here is why, the fact that “Nvidia’s Kepler” been loaded with a staggering performance that even you might face “Bottlenecking” with “2 Way SLI 680’s or 670’s Setup” on a 3570K thus, a little bit of “OC” well help. On a side note the 460 is “Packed with 336 Cuda Cores” when the 670 “Packed 1344 Cuda Cores” that means “4 TIMES FASTER”. Conclusion, to solve that issue all you need is to update your “Cpu” to any low model “I5” not necessary “I7” just to start having fun. On a side note, please guys do not underestimate the “Cpu Power” the “Balance” is more important from “Row Power”.

Peace.

It is coming…

yasamoka

The CPU is bottlenecking the GTX670 anyways...you could download MSI Afterburner and enable the on-screen overlay to watch GPU usage when you're playing games

Other than that, the lag you start getting after 20-30 min is because your RAM is getting full and your HDD is being used for swap. 4 gigs of RAM are not enough for running BF3 with all the bells and whistles except if you close like every single background application you have running. Then Windows would use the least amount of RAM and the game would flex its muscles a bit more.

That is worth a try before you get new RAM.

By the way, what Core i3 do you have? Model number please.

tarekelkhaledi wroteOn a side note the 460 is “Packed with 336 Cuda Cores” when the 670 “Packed 1344 Cuda Cores” that means “4 TIMES FASTER”.

4 times faster?

GTX460:
336 CUDA Cores @ 1350MHz

GTX670:
1344 CUDA Cores @ 915MHz

Providing the CUDA cores do the same amount of operations per clock cycle, we can compare raw shader performance by multiplying CUDA core count by shader clock (In the 670's case, core clock):

GTX460: 336 x 1350 = 453600
GTX670: 1229760

1229760 / 453600 = 2.711 times more raw shader performance.

That is ignoring memory bandwidth difference and others, which are nowhere near 2.711 times higher, let alone 4 times.

http://www.hwcompare.com/12531/geforce-gtx-460-vs-geforce-gtx-670/

Benchmarks also show GTX670 barely being almost twice as fast.

taekh3

Correct, that is pretty much everything you can do, unless after all these changes and minor upgrades the problem remained then, “RMA” is your only resort.

AvoK95

About the GFX Card are 2 of the 6-pin connectors connected ? Also can you specify what exact model PSU you're using ?

taekh3

Do the math and divide the 1344 over 4 that equals 336 not the opposite. That means you have “3 TIMES” more the number of “CUDA CORES”. Performance wise if the 670 is “NECK IN NECK” if not faster than the 7970 in some games, you are saying it is 2.7 faster from the 460, which is two generations old, and I can conclude based on that might be almost equal to a 560. On a side note, let us hope that the poor guy resolved his problem before anything else.

mutant_ninja

hey guys am back just bought a 2 gigs of ram and installed them the problem seem to be resolved the game fps are better played for a whole hour and the lagging did not start but still am not satisfied with the results i expected the gtx 670 to perform better i mean lets leave the bottlenecking thing aside with the gtx 460 the game ran on high settings the cpu load was not as much and the 4 gigs of ram were enouph when i installed the 670 cpu load is more and memory became more demanding am starting to thing nvidia gtx 670 isnt as good as they say shouldnt 2gb of GDDR5 memory be enouph to run BF3 ? i am thinking about increasing the ram even more ......
and lets say i wana get a new cpu with a motherboard that support the new pci express 3.0 and ivy bridge how much would this cost ?

mutant_ninja

by the way i tried msi kombustor on both the gtx 670 and the gtx 460 both on the same settings the gtx 460 scored of avarage 18 fps while the 670 40

mutant_ninja

the psu is 500 watt but i really dont know the name of the brand . ....and the way the resolution am using is not high or demanding 1360* 768
should i get more ram will it increase the performance even more ?

yasamoka

@mutant_ninja: As we said, the CPU is holding it back...100% CPU usage means that the CPU is not letting the GPU work at 100%...RAM is one problem (solved), CPU is another.

How is anything related to VRAM? A stronger card runs more FPS, needs better CPU, that's it.

Do NOT get more RAM if RAM is not full.

You can edit your reply if you wish to add more info, so that you don't double and triple post.

@Tarek:
Post 1: 1344 / 336 = 4
Post 2: 1344 / 336 = 3
4 = 3?

Err I think a basic rule of math is the following:
a * b = c
c / b = a

Meaning if I divide 1344 by 4, or multiply 336 by 4, no one would give a fuck.

And I did NOT say GTX670 is 2.7 times faster than GTX460. I said:

yasamoka wroteThat is ignoring memory bandwidth difference and others, which are nowhere near 2.711 times higher, let alone 4 times.

http://www.hwcompare.com/12531/geforce- … e-gtx-670/

Benchmarks also show GTX670 barely being almost twice as fast.

Same as 580 vs 280, it's 512 cores vs 240 cores, 580 coreclock > 280 coreclock, yet the 580 is only twice as fast as 280 max.

What's up with 7970 and 560? What does it have to do with anything?
Let's compare GTX670 to FX5500 now...

AvoK95

@mutant_ninja:Note that you you can edit your original post.

You really didn't leave anything else for us to work with here.

But here are some things I would like to point out.
1360*768 runs at 60Hz meaning your FPS is locked below 60FPS because the monitor can't process more images.

So your 670 upgrade is a total waste. Not to mention that you're not even running any games at 1920x1080 or at least 1280x720 (Which is the lowest HD resolution) I suggest you get a 120Hz (Or more) 1080p monitor to enjoy your 670. You would most definitely need a quad core CPU aswell (Like the i5 3570) in order to avoid bottlenecking (Which you have a LOT of)

Now for the PSU. Did you purchase your computer from a store ? because computer stores tend to use crappy fake power supplies in order to make the build as cheap as possible (Which is totally wrong). You should get a real power supply from PC and Parts (I suggest at least 600W and don't go for the cheap one P-L-E-A-S-E)

You should get a new monitor,CPU and a PSU in order to use the 670's full performance potential. Otherwise you wasted 600$ on a graphics card. I suggest you either upgrade your PC or sell the 670 and stick with your 470 because you won't get anything above 60FPS anyway.

mutant_ninja

thanks guys for ur help i will start upgrading my system specs once i have the money for it lesson learned you cant install a high end vga 3ala computer mramrem :D

yasamoka

mutant_ninja wrotethanks guys for ur help i will start upgrading my system specs once i have the money for it lesson learned you cant install a high end vga 3ala computer mramrem :D

Hahaha that is very true. As long as you know what you are doing, everything should be fine.

If you'd like to check for any possible defects in the graphics card (although I'm mostly sure there aren't), then we can test it with our systems.