R9 270X 2GB OC (Gigabyte) PROBLEM

leezay · Dec 27, 2013

Hello everyone ! Today I finally bought a new PC. I installed Assassins's Creed 4 Black Flag and Skyrim. Everytime I start AC or Skyrim it's a bit laggy. (20-25fps) I don't know what's the problem. Graphic card is new. I put it inside on my own, I'm not sure but I could do something wrong when installing card so could that be problem ? Or it's just something like powersaving mode in Catalyst ? I don't know what could be problem... And card is very noisy..

My PC : MB : ASUS P8B75
CPU : i3 3220, 3.3Ghz
GPU : ...
RAM : 8GB
22 inch full hd screen..

Almost forgot, I'm using VGA to DVI reduction.. It might be with that.. Idk, but thanks even for reading this.

Dom_79 · Dec 27, 2013

VGA = analogue (not very good) DVI = digital (very good).
Make sure you have the latest motherboard bios updates and have installed the latest drivers for the GPU.

Brantyn Gerik · Dec 27, 2013

the adapter won't do anything to your fps, but yeah, gpu drivers are very important, as well as having an adequate power supply

leezay · Dec 27, 2013

Sorry guys, I forgot. I've got Seasonic S600 (600W) PSU. Right now card is extremely noisy and very hot. I'm not sure what should I do.. I don't want damage my new PC because of my stupidity when connecting to PCI-E and motherboard.. How can I find out if I did everything right ? I used this vid to help me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9x097QRXeA

Brantyn Gerik · Dec 27, 2013

the 270x with the stock cooler is always going to be noisy and kinda hot. It's just how they are made. I'm pretty sure they will run safely at up to 94 degrees, but the fan on those can get pretty loud. Your psu is fine, nothing wrong with that model for what you are using it for

Brantyn Gerik · Dec 27, 2013

Basically if the card is working at all, you have physically installed it correctly lol

leezay · Dec 27, 2013

So, ok. Card is installed correctly. But then what could cause frame drops ? Yesterday I played Skyrim on Intel HD Graphics 2500 (on actual computer without gpu) and it was perfectly smooth on medium settings. But even when I put everything (now) on low with FHD resolution it run just around 20-25 fps

Brantyn Gerik · Dec 27, 2013

Well actually, it sounds like your computer may be using the integrated graphics instead of the gpu then. Try going into the nvidia control panel BUT DO NOT DISABLE THE INTEGRATED! but do try setting the gpu as the default graphics adapter

leezay · Dec 27, 2013

But this is AMD card. So I can't acces NVIDIA control panel then.

Brantyn Gerik · Dec 27, 2013

Haha lol sorry i am a total fool for that suggestion, but amd should have a similar control panel for their graphics processors

leezay · Dec 27, 2013

Its ok. I have installed Catalyst for AMD (something like Control Panel for Nvidia) But I cant find anything like switch to r9 card..

Don Julio Anejo · Dec 27, 2013

You have to disable the integrated card in Bios: wikihow link for it to work.

Also, make sure you're plugged into the video card connectors and not the motherboard ones.

Brantyn Gerik · Dec 27, 2013