Question Interpret Afterburner log

tuffluck

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I have a Sager notebook with an i7 9750k, 16gb RAM and an RTX 2060 GPU I purchased in October. I basically only play Modern Warfare/Warzone but even running benchmarks I've noticed some unusual drops in FPS recently and I think I am closer to figuring out the problem. Specifically when I say FPS drops I usually see 70-90fps, but then i'll go through periods of 55-75, which if you ask me can be significant.

When I finally figured out how helpful Afterburner could be, I now have a good idea in the attachment I have. You will see 3 gaming sessions (and one outlier in the middle where I wasn't actually playing). Each session are equal thirds you will see. The 1st I am getting about 60-75fps but constantly hitting the GPU voltage limit. The 2nd I never hit the voltage limit and am seeing 80-95fps. And finally the third is like the 1st.

Now, I will admit that when I first got Afterburner I thought to try an OC and used their OC Scanner tool so you are seeing a 225/500 OC; that being said this issue had been going on for weeks at stock speeds. I literally only downloaded Afterburner because of the log functions. ALSO let it be said that my card never goes over 72c in games and heat is never a problem. I've used DDU and reinstalled drivers so many times now that I know that is not it. I can take more screenshots too if you'd like to see my CPU usage during games, but I can assure that is not throttling, either.

Please let me know your thoughts, what might be causing this and how to fix it, thank you guys!

Edit: also I wanted to say Afterburner OC Scanner current settings have my GPU voltage set at 0. Not sure if that helps.
 

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Stuka87

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The desktop version of the RTX 2060 has an 89C temp limit, but laptop versions often have the max temp set significantly lower than that.

It would be good to see some of the other graphs. Specifically temperature, power consumption, and clock speed. But from this one graph, and what you see in game, the card is throttling. It could be due to temp, power usage, or a combination of both.
 

tuffluck

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The desktop version of the RTX 2060 has an 89C temp limit, but laptop versions often have the max temp set significantly lower than that.

It would be good to see some of the other graphs. Specifically temperature, power consumption, and clock speed. But from this one graph, and what you see in game, the card is throttling. It could be due to temp, power usage, or a combination of both.

Thanks. One thing I can tell you is the temperature is not a problem - it runs at a static 72c while gaming. Never been hotter than that. So temp is not the issue.

But I think I might be making some progress. I think my card was actually overclocked from Sager...like WAY overclocked, but they didn't move the voltage (enough). See, my card is rated at 1,400mhz boost, but it was doing 1,800mhz+ BEFORE I added additional OC. So, not only did I remove my own OC, but I also used Afterburner Ctrl+F graph and took it down to only reach 1,600mhz (since temps have been fine at much higher).

So that part solved the voltage spikes completely - none at all now. Though I still keep hitting the POWER limit. I'm not entirely sure that's a problem, though? HWInfo says it is hitting about 82watts. I guess now I just need to know if that is actually a throttle or not...
 

tuffluck

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Thanks. One thing I can tell you is the temperature is not a problem - it runs at a static 72c while gaming. Never been hotter than that. So temp is not the issue.

But I think I might be making some progress. I think my card was actually overclocked from Sager...like WAY overclocked, but they didn't move the voltage (enough). See, my card is rated at 1,400mhz boost, but it was doing 1,800mhz+ BEFORE I added additional OC. So, not only did I remove my own OC, but I also used Afterburner Ctrl+F graph and took it down to only reach 1,600mhz (since temps have been fine at much higher).

So that part solved the voltage spikes completely - none at all now. Though I still keep hitting the POWER limit. I'm not entirely sure that's a problem, though? HWInfo says it is hitting about 82watts. I guess now I just need to know if that is actually a throttle or not...

Literally figured it all out now. Clock was still high. Pulled it down to 1,575mhz and no power/voltage limit. Even was able to get the RAM OC 400mhz as well. And in all that my temps are now steady eddy at 67c, down 5c! Too bad it's literally been two weeks of me not realizing this was the problem...
 
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Stuka87

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Sounds like a problem you should not have had if the OEM had done their job correctly. But good that you got it figured out.