Hi all,
Recently, as in back in May, I got a 7950 Iceq boost edition, upgrading from two 6850s. It's come to my attention that this card is underperforming in most cases. For instance, in Rising Storm/Red Orchestra 2, I can't break 60 fps and the gpu usage barely gets up to 50%. In Bf3, it fluctuates from 95% to 50% sometimes, dropping the frames from around 70-80 to 30-40, and making it basically unplayable. In all my games, gpu usage isn't in the 90's for most of the time, and usually sits in the 20-60 range. On a game like rising storm, I should be pulling probably over 100 fps on ultra with a 7950. On bf3, I should be getting at from 50-80 more or less constant. What gives? In certain games, like Guild Wars 2, which I also play, the gpu is vastly under utilized, same with Shogun 2, but with others, there's no excuse for the gpu usage being always in the 90's, right? What gives?
3.8ghz 965 BE with a Cooler Master EVO 2012 cpu cooler
630w Rosewill PSU
4gb Ballistix ram
I'm playing at 1920x1080
Here's what I've done so far.
Done a complete uninstall and reinstall of drivers
reinstalled windows
made sure the card is plugged in correctly
tried all sorts of clocks--when underclocked, the gpu usage rises a bit, but it still gives bad performance. when overclocked, the gpu usage sinks a bit. Tried raising the power limit as has been suggested.
The last thing I'll mention is that my computer sometimes has trouble starting up, and it's only with this card in, the 6850s work fine. Sometimes all i get is a black screen when starting up, and a reboot is needed... There's something weird going on with how my card is interacting with the other components, I just cant figure out what it is...
Thanks for any and all help guys.
Recently, as in back in May, I got a 7950 Iceq boost edition, upgrading from two 6850s. It's come to my attention that this card is underperforming in most cases. For instance, in Rising Storm/Red Orchestra 2, I can't break 60 fps and the gpu usage barely gets up to 50%. In Bf3, it fluctuates from 95% to 50% sometimes, dropping the frames from around 70-80 to 30-40, and making it basically unplayable. In all my games, gpu usage isn't in the 90's for most of the time, and usually sits in the 20-60 range. On a game like rising storm, I should be pulling probably over 100 fps on ultra with a 7950. On bf3, I should be getting at from 50-80 more or less constant. What gives? In certain games, like Guild Wars 2, which I also play, the gpu is vastly under utilized, same with Shogun 2, but with others, there's no excuse for the gpu usage being always in the 90's, right? What gives?
3.8ghz 965 BE with a Cooler Master EVO 2012 cpu cooler
630w Rosewill PSU
4gb Ballistix ram
I'm playing at 1920x1080
Here's what I've done so far.
Done a complete uninstall and reinstall of drivers
reinstalled windows
made sure the card is plugged in correctly
tried all sorts of clocks--when underclocked, the gpu usage rises a bit, but it still gives bad performance. when overclocked, the gpu usage sinks a bit. Tried raising the power limit as has been suggested.
The last thing I'll mention is that my computer sometimes has trouble starting up, and it's only with this card in, the 6850s work fine. Sometimes all i get is a black screen when starting up, and a reboot is needed... There's something weird going on with how my card is interacting with the other components, I just cant figure out what it is...
Thanks for any and all help guys.
In GW2, however, the fps is generally more stable. However when testing other games --Rising storm, Witcher 2 for instance--the gpu usage never gets to the 90's
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