Hey everyone, I've been having a strange issue with my RTX 2070. A few months ago, my setup was able to run Red Dead Redemption 2 on ultra settings without any hiccups—60 FPS was the norm. But now, out of the blue, even games set to medium settings are lagging at 8–10 FPS, and some titles can barely hit 20–30 FPS even on the lowest settings. I've checked a few things: the GPU is detected correctly, the display works fine, the fans are spinning as they should, I've updated to the latest NVIDIA drivers, and the temperatures seem okay when idle. Nothing has changed in my system either; I still have the same PSU, CPU, and RAM. It honestly feels like my GPU is stuck in low performance mode or something similar. I'm curious if this could be linked to power delivery, thermal throttling, or maybe an issue with the drivers. Any advice or tests I can do to diagnose this further? Here are my specs: GPU: RTX 2070, CPU: Ryzen 7 5700G, RAM: 32 GB, PSU: 650 Watt, OS: Windows 10.
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You mentioned the temps are okay at idle, but do you know how they behave when you're actually gaming? That's a crucial factor. I had a similar problem where my 2070 started to stutter due to thermal throttling after a few years. A re-paste of the thermal compound fixed it for me.
Make sure your monitor is plugged into the GPU and not the motherboard. It needs to be connected to the GPU.
Is the drop in performance happening only in RDR2?
You should check the core and memory clocks as well as the wattage of the GPU while it's under heavy load. Tools like MSI Afterburner can help with that. If those values are off, you might be onto a potential issue.
No, it’s happening with everything, even video editing. Just simple audio layers are enough to make Davinci Resolve crash.