Horrible lag on kickass gaming build

Awesom3GamerA3G · Jul 8, 2013

In almost any game released in the past year, i get horrible lag on.
Example - 20 fps on Alan Wake
10 fps on The Secret World
5-15 fps on Minecraft with Unbelievable Shaders mod

I have an intel i5 3570k which I OC sometimes
2 7959 crossfire cards
16GB Ram
1TB HDD
1000watt power supply
Windows 8 Basic

Update - here's a picture of my rig
http://imgur.com/596qguM

mauller07 · Jul 8, 2013

download and install driver fusion and grab latest amd drivers.

uninstall current drivers and do not restart when prompted.
run driver fusion and clean amd drivers and restart when prompted.
install latest amd driver as custom and only instal the display driver and hdmi audio driver.
to enable crossfire download and run radeonpro. it is much better and causes less problems than catalyst control centre, you can also do many more tweaks with it.

drtoast · Jul 8, 2013

Try deactivating crossfire and running a single card and see what happens to your frames.

Awesom3GamerA3G · Jul 8, 2013

mauller07 :

Ok. Attempting - will update when done.

mauller07 · Jul 8, 2013

Awesom3GamerA3G :

radeon pro has some really nice features that can improve gameplay like dynamic frame control where you can limit your fps to the monitors refresh rate so it eliminates tearing (i set it to 1 fps less than refresh and enable vsync in the game since it eliminates input latency with vsync and stops tearing completely in most games), also can enable an on screen display to show info about your cards like temp and fps etc and a load more.

another good tweak is to change something called the frame flip queue in the driver which can reduce latency and stuttering in crossfire.

i normally set flip queue to 1 since i have a single card but in a multi card situation set it to the number for as many gpu's you have in your system so 2 for 2 4 for 4 or 4 for 2 dual cared.

i tend to setup individual profiles for games since some games dont like certain settings and you can also setup options for forcing MSAA when a game does not support it.

Awesom3GamerA3G · Jul 8, 2013

mauller07 :

Awesom3GamerA3G :

radeon pro has some really nice features that can improve gameplay like dynamic frame control where you can limit your fps to the monitors refresh rate so it eliminates tearing (i set it to 1 fps less than refresh and enable vsync in the game since it eliminates input latency with vsync and stops tearing completely in most games), also can enable an on screen display to show info about your cards like temp and fps etc and a load more.

another good tweak is to change something called the frame flip queue in the driver which can reduce latency and stuttering in crossfire.

i normally set flip queue to 1 since i have a single card but in a multi card situation set it to the number for as many gpu's you have in your system so 2 for 2 4 for 4 or 4 for 2 dual cared.

i tend to setup individual profiles for games since some games dont like certain settings and you can also setup options for forcing MSAA when a game does not support it.

It says I have to buy premium to delete all the entries in my AMD driver. Ignore it?

mauller07 · Jul 8, 2013

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It says I have to buy premium to delete all the entries in my AMD driver. Ignore it?
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yeah just ignore that, it will work fine.

Awesom3GamerA3G · Jul 8, 2013

mauller07 :

It says I have to buy premium to delete all the entries in my AMD driver. Ignore it?
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yeah just ignore that, it will work fine.[/quotemsg]
Now just downloading drivers... Is it my components (which are pretty good and meet pretty much every game's reccomended requirement) that are faulty or my drivers? Or is it the games fault?

mauller07 · Jul 8, 2013

a lot of problems can occur from drivers becoming corrupt and between driver updates from files being left over, using driver fusion to properly clean the drivers away leaves a nice clean slate to rule out drivers as a problem and is good practice when updating drivers.

Awesom3GamerA3G · Jul 8, 2013

mauller07 :

I did it. Now what do i do on RadeonPro? An odd thing is that i can't access my BIOS or enable Crossfire if i plug my monitor or HDMI cable into the i/o panel, it has to be on my graphics card directly. Which then screws up games so i have to put the HDMI back up.

Awesom3GamerA3G · Jul 8, 2013

mauller07 :

Everything is greyed out...

mauller07 · Jul 8, 2013

Awesom3GamerA3G :

yes you need to have your monitor plugged into the primary graphics card for crossfire or even your graphics cards to work, if you were plugging into the motherboard then you would not even have been using your graphics cards at all but the integrated graphics on your i5 3570k

Awesom3GamerA3G · Jul 8, 2013

mauller07 :

Awesom3GamerA3G :

yes you need to have your monitor plugged into the primary graphics card for crossfire or even your graphics cards to work, if you were plugging into the motherboard then you would not even have been using your graphics cards at all but the integrated graphics on your i5 3570k

Well then the graphics get all jarbled.
By jarbled, i mean like N64 cartridge tilting jarbled.

Awesom3GamerA3G · Jul 8, 2013

Maybe I haven't been using Crossfire correctly?

mauller07 · Jul 8, 2013

try using a dvi cable to your monitor from the graphics card if it came with one.

it sounds like you were not using your graphics cards at all let alone crossfire.

Awesom3GamerA3G · Jul 8, 2013

mauller07 :

So... That explains it. I have a DVI to Hdmi adapter - Plugged it into my top gfx card to my TV

Awesom3GamerA3G · Jul 8, 2013

Starting the secret world. Will send pic of jumbled graphics if it doesnt work

Awesom3GamerA3G · Jul 8, 2013

mauller07 :

Does RadeonPro auto-enable crossfire?

Awesom3GamerA3G · Jul 8, 2013

mauller07 :

This is what I mean.. About Jumbled graphics when i connect my cords in fullscreen http://imgur.com/imybOAr

mauller07 · Jul 8, 2013

do the cards not have hdmi ports on them, try using the hdmi port instead.

Awesom3GamerA3G · Jul 8, 2013

mauller07 :

Same thing.

mauller07 · Jul 8, 2013

remove the crossfire bridge on the cards and plug the hdmi cable into the second 7950.

will need to shut down first

Awesom3GamerA3G · Jul 8, 2013

mauller07 :

What? So crossfire will not be enabled anymore? ;(
Shut it down. Now time to operate on it and wait for further instructions. By the way, thank you

mauller07 · Jul 8, 2013

its to trouble shoot if there is something wrong with the top card.

if you still get the same problem then it could be the cable that cannot handle the resolution and refresh rate the cards output.

Awesom3GamerA3G · Jul 8, 2013

mauller07 :

There is an unplugged power cable, right on top of the gfx card.will plug in

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