# GTX 1080 Displayport - Performance crush

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/gtx-1080-displayport-performance-crush/370459>\
**Category:** Debugging, Optimization, & Profiling\
**Tags:** unreal-engine, Performance, UE4, question\
**Created:** [September 14, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/gtx-1080-displayport-performance-crush/370459 "2016-09-14T19:37:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_447cf1121](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_447cf1121](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_447cf1121)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/gtx-1080-displayport-performance-crush/370459/2 "2016-09-14T21:59:30Z")

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Well, found another thread

> **[My performance is awful on a new PC. Why?](https://forums.unrealengine.com/questions/327171/my-performance-is-awful-on-a-new-pc-why.html)**
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> I built a new pc using a gtx 980 ti, an Intel i7-6700K, an Asus Maximus VIII Hero mobo, and a clean Windows 10 install. I have 32GB of DDR4 ram. Performance in UE4 is terrible, and UE4 is the only application I have tried that did not have stellar...

where it is told to shut down all taskbar programms. Did and it worked. Reduced it to “Nahimic from MSI”  
Already listet in the Software Conflicts Page:

> **[A new, community-hosted Unreal Engine Wiki](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/a-new-community-hosted-unreal-engine-wiki/141494)**
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> After over a year in maintenance mode, the official Unreal Engine Wiki is now permanently offline. These resources now live on a new community-run Unreal Engine Community Wiki — https://unrealcommunity.wiki/! You will be able to find content from...

Also seems to solve the problem with Displayport and HTC Vive not working.

Still very strange…

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