GTX 1080ti not idling in windows

[steverebo]

OK my 1080ti is not idling in windows and is running at 1607 all the time I have changed the power settings in all the background apps that I can find and have the card on optimal power yet it still wont idle????

Noticed it only does this after playing a game

 

[Korreborg]

Evga kboost?

 

[steverebo]

Nah I use the gigabytes works software. I have noticed now that it only does it after playing a game

 

[SieB]

I have had this problem before, turned out to be my refresh rate on my monitor. I had to change my refresh rate in the advanced section of windows display settings from 60hz to 59hz. As soon as I did that my card idled, if I remember correctly though there is a setting in the Nvida control panel that down clocks your card for you. That might only be for 144hz and/or dual monitor setups though.

 

[AlienALX]

I get that problem with 60hz over HDMI. 1440p.. Apparently it's quite common. Mine just makes the monitor black screen. Displayport is fine, but yeah, something odd going on with Nvidia drivers and 1440p 60hz ! Apparently there is no fix from Nvidia either, so I had to do the following.

Enable DSR. Enable all of the factors. Create a profile @ 59hz, apply. Now if and when you select the 60hz profile (which it defaults to every chance it gets) the oddness should not occur.

The biggest gripe I had was that every time I changed it to my custom resolution it kept switching itself back. So for example run Valley, exit, monitor goes back to default 60hz. Run something else (game, bench etc) black screen have to reboot. Adding DSR and enabling the factors stopped it doing that.

 

[steverebo]

I'm running my monitor at 144hz and I thought NVidia had fixed the idle problem on high refresh rate monitors

 

[AlienALX]

I'm running my monitor at 144hz and I thought NVidia had fixed the idle problem on high refresh rate monitors

Nope. They haven't even fixed the 1440p issues, which is where most of them are.

On older drivers the profiles used to create, and then stick. On the later drivers no chance. It just keeps defaulting back to 60hz and black screening every time the monitor is refreshed.

Edit. It works fine in Ubuntu drivers !!

 

[steverebo]

still having this issue and its really annoying me now and it only happens after playing a game it just wont idle

 

[Dicehunter]

You tried uninstalling Gigabytes software and going with Afterburner instead ?

Using a 1080 Ti myself ATM with a 165Hz monitor, 144Hz on the desktop, And it idles at 139MHz.

 

[tolagarf]

still having this issue and its really annoying me now and it only happens after playing a game it just wont idle

Are you running more than one screen on the card itself? If so and if you have the option, run the second screen on the iGPU. This should fix it. Otherwise you'll have to run your main screen at 120 Hz for the GPU to settle down at 139 MHz in idle