1080ti stuck on low clock

[andrzej2115]

Hey guys,
for past few months I've been struggling with my ASUS 1080ti - it's been stuck on low GPU clock and it randomly fixes itself after rebooting - firstly it happened when I was using dual-monitor setup, once I changed to 1 monitor the issue disappeared and right now it came back even on 1 monitor.

Attaching details from GpuZ while GPU is in-use (running game with 3/4FPS at max with 100% GPU utilization)

Any ideas what to do? I've already reinstalled the drivers using DDU and right now I think it's more of an hardware-issue - would be grateful for any leads. Thanks!

 

[Ferrum Master]

The does like that on unstable OC. Well it is an old card...

For the lulz, can you do afterburner and there is a OC scanner. Run it for fun, if it scans for errors even at default clocks.

 

[ty_ger]

It's got the power limit bug. This is usually a hardware failure, but it can also be caused by updating the drivers while precision, afterburner, or something similar is running.

Uninstall Precision, Afterburner, or anything similar, reinstall the drivers using the Clean Install option in the advanced install option list, reboot, and try again.

If the power limit is still bugged, look for a repair shop.

 

[eidairaman1]

Probably time to replace that gpu or get it repaired...

 

[Caring1]

Strip it and bake at 200C for a few minutes with a weight on the core.
Suggestion only, all risks are at the discretion of the end user.

 

[Dr. Dro]

Strip it and bake at 200C for a few minutes with a weight on the core.
Suggestion only, all risks are at the discretion of the end user.

Baking this card won't fix it, I've seen this problem before. From the behavior and the reported limit reason of "Pwr", I bet the core shunt resistor blew open. 1080 Ti cards seem prone to this issue as they age.

The fix is basically reinstalling another shunt resistor or doing a shunt mod to fully uncap the power. It's basically the same procedure. Either way, it'll need to be serviced by a technician if OP doesn't know how to do this.

 

[droopyRO]

Don't bake a relative modern and good GPU. Take it to a repair shop, and see how much it would cost to fix it. And then see what your second hand market is selling at. Then make a decision.

 

[chrcoluk]

Odd problem, I can only assume it has maybe degraded and its protecting itself.,

My 1080ti had a weird issue that would happen when playing division 2, it would "occasionally" suddenly lose performance, however the clock speed would stay high, just a massive drop in performance and the power load would plummet. I assumed at the time some cores got disabled but now I have since learnt about clock skips, that may have happened instead, like your issue a reboot always reverted the behaviour, but clearly not the same exact issue though.

A way to test if its in anyway silicon instability, is to apply an under clock (ideally for VRAM also) and then see if the behaviour stops.

 

[PMGFREDERICO]

Hey guys,
for past few months I've been struggling with my ASUS 1080ti - it's been stuck on low GPU clock and it randomly fixes itself after rebooting - firstly it happened when I was using dual-monitor setup, once I changed to 1 monitor the issue disappeared and right now it came back even on 1 monitor.

Attaching details from GpuZ while GPU is in-use (running game with 3/4FPS at max with 100% GPU utilization)
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Any ideas what to do? I've already reinstalled the drivers using DDU and right now I think it's more of an hardware-issue - would be grateful for any leads. Thanks!

This behavior has also left me scratching my head. I'd try fiddling with power plans, changing profiles in GPU Tweak, triggering OC Scans hoping to demand higher clock speeds by stressing the GPU... sometimes the issue would fix itself but I could never pinpoint the exact cause. Then I started considering flashing the BIOS to achieve some clean slate and miraculously found this:

NVIDIA Graphics Firmware Update Tool for DisplayPort 1.3 and 1.4 Displays

Download English (U.S.) drivers for NVIDIA hardware - , , ,

www.nvidia.com

A fix for Maxwell and Pascal GPUs and it rang a bell given every now and then I would be left without video signal when using Display Port.

Not sure why it would be related (now that I am using an HDMI cable) and why would it started manifesting now more often but, it seems to have fixed the low clocks... (either that or just the reset of the firmware...)