r9 290 not performing as expected; HELP REQUIRED.
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Saeed813
July 25, 2014 5:26:21 AM
AMD R9 290 not performing as expected; low fps mainly.
Tried several games such as GRID, Dishonored, Skyrim..etc - getting lower fps than claimed by websites, noticeable drops when roaming around every now and then, not very stable FPS overall.
All drivers are up-to-date BIOS, GPU, etc..
Also, I have tried older versions such as 13.12, still same issue. //I'll post my specs and if anyone notices what could cause this please let me know! been disappointed for the past 2 days.
CPU: Intel Core i7 4770K @ 3.50Ghz
RAM: 32.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. MAXIMUS VI EXTREME (SOCKET 1150)
Monitor: BenQ RL2240H (1920x1080@60Hz)
Graphics Card: 4096MB ATI AMD Radeon R9 200 Series (MSI)
Storage: 111GB KINGSTON KINGSTON SH103S3 SCSI Disk Device (SSD)
1863GB Seagate ST2000DM ST2000DM001-1CH1 SCSI Disk Device (SATA)
Power Supply: Corsair RM-850 80 PLUS Gold
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
also, using a CORSAIR CWCH100i Hydro Series H100i High-performance CPU Cooler..
Tried several games such as GRID, Dishonored, Skyrim..etc - getting lower fps than claimed by websites, noticeable drops when roaming around every now and then, not very stable FPS overall.
All drivers are up-to-date BIOS, GPU, etc..
Also, I have tried older versions such as 13.12, still same issue. //I'll post my specs and if anyone notices what could cause this please let me know! been disappointed for the past 2 days.
CPU: Intel Core i7 4770K @ 3.50Ghz
RAM: 32.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. MAXIMUS VI EXTREME (SOCKET 1150)
Monitor: BenQ RL2240H (1920x1080@60Hz)
Graphics Card: 4096MB ATI AMD Radeon R9 200 Series (MSI)
Storage: 111GB KINGSTON KINGSTON SH103S3 SCSI Disk Device (SSD)
1863GB Seagate ST2000DM ST2000DM001-1CH1 SCSI Disk Device (SATA)
Power Supply: Corsair RM-850 80 PLUS Gold
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
also, using a CORSAIR CWCH100i Hydro Series H100i High-performance CPU Cooler..
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Saeed813
July 25, 2014 5:35:51 AM
Eduello said:
Is it the reference model or does it have an aftermarket cooler? The reference model is notorious for overheating and throttling as a result.MSI R9 290 Gaming 4GB
http://uae.dtcae.com/product/msi-r9-290-gaming-4gb-ddr5...
heat is not a problem, its just frame rates get really lower than expected, even when I lower some graphics options such as shadows n what not.
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Saeed813
July 25, 2014 5:47:36 AM
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Saeed813
July 25, 2014 6:14:44 AM
Eduello said:
Yeah, Speccy should be fine for temps. You can use task manager and MSI Afterburner for the usages.Ok I was messing around in skyrim, I got around 50C GPU Temp, and avg 29-30C CPU.
as for usages mm, i wasnt sure what to record, anyways-
RAM showed 5.6gb was in usage, in processor it showed 1,22x,xxx kb for skyrim's exe
CPU Usage was fluctuating,,in AB i wasnt sure since it showed 8 CPU's on task manager it was from 3 to 10% CPU
GPU usage was also bit fluctuating, but reached a maximum of 92, im sorry really not good at this =/
I'll edit soon, with an image..hopefully.
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Alan Caldwell
July 25, 2014 6:25:03 AM
First of all you need to TOTALLY remove all the old drivers. Use this link.
http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/
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Select the respective company(i.e Nvidia or ATI) drivers to be uninstalled.
Use clean and restart option.
And then install the new drivers after rebooting.
http://www.wagnardmobile.com/DDU/
Note:
Select the respective company(i.e Nvidia or ATI) drivers to be uninstalled.
Use clean and restart option.
And then install the new drivers after rebooting.
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Saeed813
July 25, 2014 6:29:50 AM
Alan I've tried many drivers all with the same result and I used the DDU step by step, in safe mode etc. no use, all my drivers are up to date.
Eduello, http://www.overclock.net/t/1503985/r9-290-not-performin... this is my post, see my reply at bottom might give u an idea of what i'm going thru. Also, I'll try and reply asap on GPU clock
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Eduello, http://www.overclock.net/t/1503985/r9-290-not-performin... this is my post, see my reply at bottom might give u an idea of what i'm going thru. Also, I'll try and reply asap on GPU clock
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Alan Caldwell
July 25, 2014 6:31:59 AM
Saeed813
July 25, 2014 6:38:22 AM
Try this in Skyrim: http://steamcommunity.com/app/72850/discussions/0/81092...
"Open "SkyrimPrefs.ini" located here "C:\Users\USER\Documents\My Games\skyrim"
Change "iPresentInterval=1" to "iPresentInterval=0""
"Open "SkyrimPrefs.ini" located here "C:\Users\USER\Documents\My Games\skyrim"
Change "iPresentInterval=1" to "iPresentInterval=0""
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Saeed813
July 25, 2014 6:44:32 AM
Yeah, it's fluctuating, which means that something is limiting it. It's not the temps, CPU, or the RAM, so it might be Vsync.
You could also try running a virus scan, Malware can cause a lot of issues: http://www.malwarebytes.org/
You could also try running a virus scan, Malware can cause a lot of issues: http://www.malwarebytes.org/
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Saeed813
July 25, 2014 7:20:45 AM
Eduello said:
Yeah, it's fluctuating, which means that something is limiting it. It's not the temps, CPU, or the RAM, so it might be Vsync. You could also try running a virus scan, Malware can cause a lot of issues: http://www.malwarebytes.org/
vsync off, still same rates to be honest, and I'm running the scan at the moment..Im thankful :') for ur time .. just not sure how i'm going to solve this might as well just wait and get nVidia later
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Saeed813
July 25, 2014 7:27:56 AM
Saeed813
July 25, 2014 7:42:46 AM
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Saeed813
July 25, 2014 8:01:45 AM
Saeed813
July 25, 2014 8:16:13 AM
SlayZombi
July 25, 2014 8:25:37 AM
SlayZombi
July 25, 2014 8:41:23 AM
Eduello said:
SlayZombi said:
Ok, I think I know your problem. It's your RAM. Why is it only running at 665mhz??? That's not fast enough to run most games... Bump it up to 1600mhz, the industry standard.2x665MHz equals about 1333MHz. That's how RAM speed is measured in dual channel mode.
lol damn, I though he meant both were set up at 665mhz each! X-D
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SlayZombi
July 25, 2014 9:01:52 AM
Saeed813
July 25, 2014 9:34:34 AM
Rapidz
July 25, 2014 10:06:17 AM
Saeed813
July 25, 2014 10:21:10 AM
Saeed813
July 25, 2014 10:33:54 AM
Saeed813
July 25, 2014 10:46:33 AM
Saeed813
July 25, 2014 11:00:13 AM
junkeymonkey
July 25, 2014 11:07:17 AM
Saeed813
July 25, 2014 11:31:32 AM
Eduello said:
The base clock is 100MHz, and the multiplier is 8.0. 8x100=800. In order to get it to 3.5GHz, try manually setting the multiplier to 35. I just ran the BIOs setup menu, umm I couldn't really find the Multiplier ..but It is set on 100Mhz yes, not sure about multiplier tho what is it called in there? Also, note that it showed that CPU speed was 3516 or something Mhz, so maybe CPUz is fkn with us.
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SlayZombi
July 25, 2014 5:14:05 PM
Saeed813 said:
What is the Mhz I should see in my CPU/Motherboard? is there a way to change settings in BIOs to fix this?In Prime95, there should be 100% CPU usage, that is why it is a "stress" test. So if it's not reponding to full load my best guess is your CPU is starting to deteriorate. Sorry mate. :-(
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