I'm getting fps drops in a variety of games and I can't figure out the problem... my system should perform well on its own, and it does in benchmarks, but not in games... -_-
8350 @ 4.4 now, and R9 290 Tri-X stock OC 1000/1300
All stats of my rig in my signature
Benchmarks:
Sleeping dogs Extreme preset: 49min 65avg 93max
Unigine Valley Extreme HD 1080p: 55.6fps
Unigine Heaven 4.0 all ultra/extreme 1080p: 50.6fps
Metro 2033 Benchmark Very high 16xAF 4xMsaa DOF on: 50avg
http://us.hardware.info/reviews/5296/8/asus-matrix-rade...
I even MATCH this sites exact result, and they were using a 3960k and I only have an 8350...(so how can CPU be my issue?)
Metro Last Light Benchmark Very High everything + SSAA on: 43avg
Hitman Absolution Ultra 8xMsaa: 51.6fps
Unreal Engine 4 Elemental benchmark 32-49fps, 43avg on inside of temple, 34-37avg outside in snow
These are very normal results, and I match almost every review site and youtube video for these...
All of that, and I still have this very odd issue where as my gpu usage drops, so does my fps.
In sleeping dogs, I got 65 on the benchmark, and it was 60-75 a majority of the time, but in-game, its only 55-70 at night, and a horrid 40-65 in daylight...
That's not the issue... the issue is that lowering settings doesn't help much. turning down AA to high helped by 10fps, but if I lower it to normal and lower SSAO to normal... I LOSE fps...
I get the same minimum fps on all settings, lowering to medium I get 45-90fps... and gpu usage is only 40-50%...
Through ALL of this, my CPU usage stays the same, 45-55% on cpu, and all 8 cores are being used about the same...
Same issue with BF3 multiplayer... I play the first mission between 116-170fps on all ultra and 90 FOV in the train... but EVERY BF3 map runs 40-90fps, and Gulf of Oman only runs 30-50fps... Again, in multiplayer at least, lowering settings HARDLY helps, like low runs only 20fps faster, so 80-110...
BF4 runs fine 60-120 on ultra in single player, DX11 and Mantle (mantle is 5-8fps faster) yet I run many maps horribly, like 40-65 on DX11 and 50-100 with Mantle in multiplayer. If you could help me narrow down my issue... I'm 80-140fps on Rouge Transmission yet only 45-90 in Hainan Resort and Paracel storm, Altai Range, Zavod, even Lancing Dam...
No matter the settings, low or ultra, I get the same 60-80% cpu usage again, and all 8 cores are running. Again, same minimum fps on all settings, getting 50-180 on low... and it seems to still float around 70-90... same as ultra.
I recently OC'd to 4.4ghz and am using stock voltage and a monster 220bus FSB OC for maximizing single-threaded applications since I thought a cou bottleneck could be to blame?
apparently not... gained maybe one 1fps from each game, sleeping dogs and BF3/BF4 gained virtually nothing... only apparent in benchmarks basically... This is normal, but my PC isn't in normal. If it were a CPU bound bottleneck this should have skyrocketed my fps...
I then OC'd my gpu all the way to 1125/1450, thinking that was the issue and that helped none in Sleeping dogs, like NONE! It helped maybe 1-2fps in BF4... yet, Metro Last Light now runs 61-75fps on very high settings and 2x Supersampling... that's 10-15 more fps than I had...
Now metro is a very GPU bound game, and as hard as it is to run... it runs better than these "highly optimized" games everyone else raves to me about... I also run Hitman absolution 8xmsaa from 65-100 a majority of the game, only dropping ot 50's in parts of the game...
CPU clock never drops under 4416mhz, and all 8 cores are used in most games. temps: CPU package temps under 48C, CPU core temp under 54C (recommended is under 70C so...)
R9 290 clock stays at 999-1000mhz and never drops, GPU usage is fluctuating, and low gpu usage corresponds with low fps. Temps: VRM 70C, GPU core under 76C, only 42% fan speed max.
I have tried:
-reinstalling drivers with DDU, reinstalling all of them again, MOBO drivers, 14.4 chipset and graphics drivers
-All CCC settings default, nothing is turned up, turning them down helps none
-Bios updated to latest version released March 28 2014...
-Unparked cores (even though it did nothing for me on Windows 8.1 anyway)
-Turned off all power saving options in BIOS, and am at 4.4ghz stable at 1.38v with 220FSB clock
-No viruses or background processes are going on, PC is only using the game. (I scan my pc once a day with Webroot)
-Reinstalled Windows 8.1... same fps
Any ideas, cause I'm at the end of the road here (as you can tell from my wall of stats...) Is it something I have set. My friend also has an 8350 and an R9 290 PCS+ and he is on Windows 7 with the same 14.4 drivers displaying similar issues in most games...