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GPU Throttling Itself..

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July 23, 2014 11:33:59 PM

Hello everyone!
So I downloaded the game Watch_Dogs hoping to play this popular game. I was shocked when I saw that @ Ultra settings while driving I would get about 15 fps. Even @ low settings, the bare minimum, I got 24 fps driving. This was absurd. I checked online for benchmark results for Watch_Dogs and found that my card got >52< FPS @ MAX settings at 1080p. I was extremely shocked. This led me to make a series of tests.
First I messed around with overclocking. I am a total noob at this and put it at 1200 core clock but I only got 2 or 3 FPS boost. I downloaded the GPU benchmarker Furmark and GPU-Z to monitor my GPU. The results I found were shocking. in FurMark, the GPU wasn't afraid to go over 60 degrees celsius. It went to 65, 70, 75, 80, peeking at 85 when I ran Furmark for about 10 minutes. The GPU's temperature while running the game however was only 55 degrees celsius. This, alongside a loong series of tests I did and posted on this very forum seeking answers led me to beleieve that the card is not allowing itself to go into "high performance mode". Maybe the card isn't recognizing Watch_Dogs as a heavy duty game, and treating it like a Flash application or something. In fact, I'm sure of it.

When playing something like Assasins Creed 4, also by Ubisoft, I get a solid 50 FPS at Ultra settings. With Battlefield 4 I get 60 FPS @ Ultra settings. I think you see my point here.

So, TL;DR :

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to force my card into high performance mode/ make it see that Watch_Dogs is a demanding game?
Is there some kind of profile I can force it into or something like that?

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July 23, 2014 11:50:40 PM

Specs? You can't get any card to go into 'performance mode' manually. Keep GPU-z open while playing the game and see if the card runs at the frequency it is supposed to.
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July 24, 2014 12:46:25 PM

Alex Kelly said:
Specs? You can't get any card to go into 'performance mode' manually. Keep GPU-z open while playing the game and see if the card runs at the frequency it is supposed to.


-Processor: AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-Core Processor (6 CPUs), ~3.5GHz-
-Memory: 8192MB RAM
-DirectX Version: DirectX 11
-GPU: AMD Radeon R9 200 Series (R9 270X OC HiS Version )
-Current Mode: 1776 x 1000 (32 bit) (59Hz)
-Output Type: HDMI
-RAM : HyperX 8 GB
-500 Watt Power supply Corsair CX500

Also, my card is clearly not running at full throttle. If it was I wouldn't be here whining. If it was running on full throttle then I wouldn;t notice any FPS issues whatsoever
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