EVGA SC GTX 470 FPS drops?!

[Destiny]

Hi everyone,

I've been trying to figure out why would my FPS drops during gaming. I recently installed FRAPs on my PC to figure out why when I play the new MOH it would stutter or freeze every 10minutes to 15 minutes - normally it is between 50 to 100FPS I see the frames drop to single digits down to 1 FPS sometimes that causes it to freeze or stutter for a few seconds.

I game on 1600x1050 with all settings on highest settings and I have the latest Nvidia firmware. I also have MSI afterburner on to keep my card cool under 70C. I have wired ethernet connection and my internet connection is stable.

I never experienced this issue when I had a PNY GTX 470...

Any clue to what is causing this? Thanks in Advance. :biggrin:

 

[sandorski]

It is likely something other than your Video card. Probably something running in the background that intermittently has a spike of activity.

 

[tweakboy]

Maybe the PNY played nice with your PSU but this EVGA one is not playing nice with your PSU.

Test another card on that machine and take it from there. I smell a RMA to EVGA coming. gl and gb

 

[happy medium]

just a shot in the dark, but auto save?

 

[Destiny]

just a shot in the dark, but auto save?

No its not auto saved... I play multiplayer online

I do notice that when I exit out of the games and look at the charts on MSI Afterburner - the card is maxed out at
Memory Clock - 1701MHz
Shader Clock -1250MHz
Core Clock - 625MHz
which is all the EVGA Factory Super Clocked settings...

Is it normal and are all those features supposed to maxed out while gaming?

 

[OCGuy]

Are you running something that is monitoring your core clocks while gaming? Your card could be randomly switching to 2D mode, which downclocks everything.