I need urgent help! (Sapphire R9 270X LOW FPS!!!)

BrandonK123 · Jun 15, 2014

About 4 weeks ago I built my first computer consisting of these specs.
http://gyazo.com/299edf54c108685731d88878b19b62e2
http://gyazo.com/e4bcb6d58f821f5f82feb01e5d793c80

I recently bought Battlefield 4 and the day I bought it I was playing for a good 4 hours on medium/high settings with no noticeable frame rate drops or lag issues. I come back the next day, jump on Battlefield and I'm at best getting 40 fps on the exact same settings, untouched from last session. Even on low settings I get the same fps and then the same fps on high/ultra (30-40 fps). But whenever I first hop into the game I get 80-100 fps but after 2 minutes it drops to 30-40 back again.

I have re-installed drivers (14.1,14.2,14.3,14.4 and 14.6 beta), I have re-seated the GPU like 3 times I just can't see anything wrong. My CPU cant be bottlenecking it as I have a i5 4570 which is past the requirements for the card. The PSU is also not the problem. I just don't know. Any extra information you need will be provided.

Any suggestions will be GREATLY appreciated!

Thanks.

woworwow · Jun 15, 2014

Are you playing on the same map? Different maps may have different FPS or is someone destroying buildings in your server (levolution)? That may cause fps drops

BrandonK123 · Jun 15, 2014

I have tried different maps, server size and game modes all get the same result. I'm not sure that it's something game wise but thanks for your suggestion.

woworwow · Jun 15, 2014

Maybe your hardware is not well cooled (it's hotting up).
Hot hardwares slows down to save themselves from overheating.
Try better cooler or try open your case and play the game with your case oppened see if the same thing happens

BrandonK123 · Jun 15, 2014

What should my fan speed be while gaming? Because on my AMD Catalyst manager it is at 50% should I bump that up when gaming? I'm new to all this.

woworwow · Jun 15, 2014

I'm not sure about bf4 - i never played it
And i have no idea about how r9 270x temps - I don't use that card
But here's what i have
Playing BF3 on High at 720p using MSI r7-260x OC edition, the fan is running at 80% or sometimes 90% while destroying buildings.
But your card have better performance and should use lower fan speed or just set your fan speed at auto if you're not sure

ak195 · Jun 15, 2014

Heat doesn't affect the performance so much. it only lowers the lifetime of components. If temp exceeds then bye bye for the component. FPS changes in every map. So don't be worry.

BrandonK123 · Jun 15, 2014

Thanks AK, But somehow it's still under performing as my card should be able to run smoothly on high/ultra settings.

rolli59 · Jun 15, 2014

Check your temps since modern hardware has throttle temperature to prevent it from burning up.

BrandonK123 · Jun 15, 2014

Mid game, http://gyazo.com/aebb5ee8586e86fed5af839e6c592528

woworwow · Jun 15, 2014

While on the subject, What do you guys use to check and log temps?
I'm using Msi afterburner but can anyone suggest anything better?

woworwow · Jun 15, 2014

Your CPU seems to be running really hot there

unknownofprob · Jun 15, 2014

Do you have any FPS limiter on?

BrandonK123 · Jun 15, 2014

Unkown thanks for replying! What is that and how can I access/view it?

unknownofprob · Jun 15, 2014

in games, under most game options, you can limit FPS to limit hardware at a certain point, if you have a 60Hz monitor and limit FPS to 60FPS, it works out best for people.

BrandonK123 · Jun 15, 2014

So, I entered a command into my console to limit my fps to 61 fps as my monitor goes to 60hz. This didnt help my game run at higher fps, it was still at 30-40 fps.

unknownofprob · Jun 15, 2014

alright, that clarifies the scenario quite a bit.

Do you have Vsync disabled, if you do enable it.

FPS has been common all over the forums, though mostly it does not stay at low FPS for long.

This file has also worked for some people;
http://www3.zippyshare.com/v/27337391/file.html

rolli59 · Jun 15, 2014

CPU temp is way to high forcing thermal throttle according to your link!

unknownofprob · Jun 15, 2014

rolli59 :

Just scrolled down the link and saw that, your CPU is very very hot!

Your CPU is throttling.

BrandonK123 · Jun 15, 2014

But this is the main thing, I don't want to dull down the graphics because I know that my GPU can/is meant to perform very well on high/ultra settings. Even with this file I get only 40-50. I know my card can is well over capable to achieve higher fps.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1O9Ih-QG58

unknownofprob · Jun 15, 2014

your card won't get higher FPS if your CPU is throttling.

Your CPU is defiantly capable, but your cooler is doing a poor job, try re-applying thermal paste and if that doesn't work then get a new cpu cooler.

BrandonK123 · Jun 15, 2014

Why is it operating with such hot temperature, it's only new? And can i disable CPU throttling?

unknownofprob · Jun 15, 2014

you can't disable it (it is not something that can be, it is a physical temperature reading), you need to re-apply thermal paste and/or get a new CPU cooler to stop this. Your stock cooler is not going a good job at all.

BrandonK123 · Jun 15, 2014

I don have an aftermarket cooler nor do I have the money to get one. Is there a alternative option? I just can't see how it's running with such a high temp when i'm running one game.

BrandonK123 · Jun 15, 2014

Probably a stupid question, can you apply thermal paste to a stock CPU cooler?

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