Very low FPS (1080 gtx)

Kaluchii·Nov 26, 2018·1 votes·2,913 views

Hello all,

As for today i decided to buy a M.2 ssd for my pc ( samsung 970 evo ). Once I installed windows I tried to play league for the first time and I was shocked by the results. I have a nvidia gtx 1080 and i get a mere 60/80 fps in game with medium settings. Before i could get 144 which also is low considering the the card that i have. I have tried multiple different steps that the internet has showed me to solve this problem but nothing seems to work...

I installed the latest drivers and even installed Windows again but that didnt help.

Does anyone know what might be the problem here?

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 ghz Gigabyte 1080 GTX G1 16 gb RAM 2.4 ghz M.2 with 3500 mbs - 2.4 mbs ( R - W ) 600 W

11 Comments

BlåbæretNov 26, 20182 votes

This game runs like dogshit on newer architecture. I get higher FPS on my old 7950 than my Vega 56 lmao. Riot's completely useless.

Have you checked if you're running in windowed mode? It often breaks and going fullscreen solves the issue.

KaluchiiNov 26, 20181 votes

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This game runs like dogshit on newer architecture. I get higher FPS on my old 7950 than my Vega 56 lmao. Riot's completely useless.

Have you checked if you're running in windowed mode? It often breaks and going fullscreen solves the issue.

I usually prefer borderless for the easy alt tabbing. Ill test it tomorrow thanks

Better JunglerNov 26, 20182 votes

Uninstall and reinstall league. Try a bots game with Task manager Performance Tab open. (Shift Control Escape) if your CPU shows high usage, while your GPU is low usage, You have a CPU bottleneck which could cause low frames. If your GPU is spiking, while your CPU usage is low, you have a GPU bottleneck.

If all that looks good, then you need to download HWMonitor https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html and check your temperatures. Since you were messing around inside your case, you could've knocked a fan loose, or unseated the cpu cooler. Use HWMONITOR to check your temperatures, percent usage, and clock speeds on CPU cores. (if you're not good with the tech, screenshot them and I can check them for you. (you'll want to get these numbers while you're in a game)

if all that doesn't diagnose the problem, go with GPUZ

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

Which will give you the details of how your gpu is running. Compare those numbers to your GPU specs, and make sure the cards not just taking a shit. (again, screenshots of the GPUZ details if you don't know what you're doing)

Lastly, (this isnt part of your problem i'd imagine) a 600W power supply is basically bare minimum for what you're running. I'd recommend using black friday/cyber monday to upgrade your PSU.

KaluchiiNov 26, 20181 votes

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Uninstall and reinstall league. Try a bots game with Task manager Performance Tab open. (Shift Control Escape) if your CPU shows high usage, while your GPU is low usage, You have a CPU bottleneck which could cause low frames. If your GPU is spiking, while your CPU usage is low, you have a GPU bottleneck.

If all that looks good, then you need to download HWMonitor https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html and check your temperatures. Since you were messing around inside your case, you could've knocked a fan loose, or unseated the cpu cooler. Use HWMONITOR to check your temperatures, percent usage, and clock speeds on CPU cores. (if you're not good with the tech, screenshot them and I can check them for you. (you'll want to get these numbers while you're in a game)

if all that doesn't diagnose the problem, go with GPUZ

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

Which will give you the details of how your gpu is running. Compare those numbers to your GPU specs, and make sure the cards not just taking a shit. (again, screenshots of the GPUZ details if you don't know what you're doing)

Lastly, (this isnt part of your problem i'd imagine) a 600W power supply is basically bare minimum for what you're running. I'd recommend using black friday/cyber monday to upgrade your PSU.

Thanks for the detailed reply. Im from EUW so its already very late. Tomorrow ill be trying to see what the tempratures are. Its not bottlenecking i made sure of that. I always thought 600watt was sufficient enough but i guess ill be going for 700/800w next time. Its weird since the hardware is practically the same i only switched my old ssd for a newer m.2. ( i did crack windows 10) could that maybe also play a part ?

MyrmironNov 26, 20182 votes

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Thanks for the detailed reply. Im from EUW so its already very late. Tomorrow ill be trying to see what the tempratures are. Its not bottlenecking i made sure of that. I always thought 600watt was sufficient enough but i guess ill be going for 700/800w next time. Its weird since the hardware is practically the same i only switched my old ssd for a newer m.2. ( i did crack windows 10) could that maybe also play a part ?

600W is way more than enough for your hardware. Cracked windows 10 is exactly as good as normal windows 10. I'm guessing a driver issue, you're using the latest nvidia driver?

Better JunglerNov 26, 20182 votes

his GPU calls for 500-550W minimum, it wouldn't hurt to upgrade PSU. rather than being borderline.

MyrmironNov 26, 20184 votes

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his GPU calls for 500-550W minimum, it wouldn't hurt to upgrade PSU. rather than being borderline.

Please not.

GTX 1080 draws less than 200W.
Ryzen 5 1600 draws HEAVILY OC'd maybe 85W.
Even if he has more than 10 HDDs, multiple fans, RGB to the max and a 24/7 running BD-ROM drive, the rest of his system will draw 100W at MAX.

This still leaves us with less than 385W in TOTAL power draw (MOST LIKELY his actual total power draw is only around 330W!), so not only is his current PSU FAR more than enough for his system, going any higher and his PSU capacity usage will drop below the sweet-spot of 50-80% capacity, so he'll actually draw more power from the wall for the exact same performance.

Many people forget that the GTX1080 is actually a mid-range chip, they see the "80" at the end and assume a 300+W power draw, that's just not the case anymore, actual high end chips are only used on the "80Ti" and TITAN series cards, the "80" series hasn't been truly high end since around 2011. Nvidia themselves only rate the GTX1080 at 180W, so my 200W already assume that he's using a highly overclocked GTX1080.

Better JunglerNov 26, 20182 votes

600W is sufficient, but its borderline. Just a suggestion from me because cyber monday deals.

Cracked windows 10 is fine, shouldn't have an effect on fps.

Originally I was going to say it was drivers, but you mentioned you updated all of those, so reinstalling the software is next up on the diagnostic checklist.. if that still doesnt solve it, then its time to check hardware.

It's likely going to be hardware issue, since you were getting decent fps, then messed around inside the case, and now you're getting worse fps.

Installing an SSD just shouldn't have an effect on your fps. It could help with hitching in mmo's and stuff, but not fps on mobas.

BlåbæretNov 26, 20182 votes

CPU bottleneck with an R5 1600 in League? Not possible. A quality 600W unit is more than enough for a 1080 ti.

This is either a driver issue or windowed mode in League is broken which is a W10 issue. There's a fix for it, but I can't find the thread with the guidelines.

KaluchiiNov 26, 20181 votes

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CPU bottleneck with an R5 1600 in League? Not possible. A quality 600W unit is more than enough for a 1080 ti.

This is either a driver issue or windowed mode in League is broken which is a W10 issue. There's a fix for it, but I can't find the thread with the guidelines.

I have the latest driver for nvidia and updated them all in device manager. I said cracked W10 because the download might have some corrupted files which can cause problems, yet i wouldnt know if thats even possible

MyrmironNov 26, 20182 votes

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I have the latest driver for nvidia and updated them all in device manager. I said cracked W10 because the download might have some corrupted files which can cause problems, yet i wouldnt know if thats even possible

It isn't, your windows is fine. If files were corrupted you'd be getting bluescreens.