Sapphire Tri-X R9 290 OC abnormally low Heaven benchmark (622)?

jaesen

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Mar 25, 2014
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Hey guys!

I recently tried benchmarking this card and to my dismay, started encountering very low frame rates. I've ran the benchmark weeks earlier with the expected results. This is what I've been getting recently, give or take 1 point between tests: http://puu.sh/7II4h.png

I'm using AMD's 14.3 beta driver with the following specs:

4670K - 4.6GHz @ 1.275v
Z87-PRO
Tri-X R9 290 OC stock speeds (1000/1300)
8GB (2X4GB) 1600MHz RAM
TX-650 PSU
840 120GB SSD
500GB Barracuda

I have tried uninstalling the drivers and reverting back to older versions (13.12, latest non-beta driver) without any success. I can also play Crysis 3 with 55+ FPS.

Is there anything I can do? :(
 

jaesen

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Mar 25, 2014
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Looking forward to seeing your results :) If I have to lower the clock speeds to below their stocks then damn.. that's a major disappointment.
 

jaesen

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In games, the card performs fine (60+ FPS in Crysis 3 if nothing super intense like large exploding objects). I also ran 3DMark 11 with Extreme settings getting a score of about 3600 - well below anybody's R9 290 score :(