Sapphire Tri-X R9 290 Stuttering

Winter Blue · Aug 6, 2014

I just unboxed my new R9 290 slapped it in my computer, installed one of the three games it came with, which was Murdered: Soul Suspect. Right away I noticed a stuttering, kinda like a crossfire setup would do. I gave up my two 7870's in crossfire in trade for this thing, and it is stuttering out of the box? I've tried overclocking, forcing voltage, and disabling ULPS.. None of which helped. I've noticed it doing it in other games like Watch Dogs and even a slight stutter in GMOD every now and then.. Do I have a faulty card, bottle necking, or what?

Any help is appreciated.

CPU: FX6300 5GHz
RAM: 8GB Kingston Beast 2400MHz
CPU Cooler: H80i
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 Military Class
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750 B 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified 750W

TopLuca · Aug 6, 2014

I think this is caused by your CPU , try to check the CPU Usage and the GPU usage then report back.

Winter Blue · Aug 6, 2014

GPU- basically stays at 99% -GPU Z
CPU- ranges between 10% and 25% -Task Manager

TopLuca · Aug 6, 2014

Then Try see if there's some sort of thermal throttling , See the Core Clock on the GPU.

Winter Blue · Aug 6, 2014

Wow. Once I hit 50C the clock drops to 500MHz.. Any way to stop that?

TopLuca · Aug 6, 2014

Winter Blue :

50 degrees , thats quite strange . These cards are designed to work up to 95 degrees however I would benefit if you told me your Case specs as it might be the sole reason for the thermal throttling

Winter Blue · Aug 6, 2014

My case? It's a cheap sturdy case- APEVIA X-CRUISER2-AL Silver SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower

Crap air flow though, so I run it with the side panels off.

TopLuca · Aug 6, 2014

Winter Blue :

Thats the reason , You need good airflow , You might want to put a fan besides the case and see if that fixes it. It may sound strange but try it

Winter Blue · Aug 6, 2014

I already have a box fan blowing on it..

TopLuca · Aug 6, 2014

Do u have the latest drivers installed ?

TopLuca · Aug 6, 2014

You might want to check this article out and see if it fixes anything http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-290-driver-fix,3666.html

Winter Blue · Aug 6, 2014

14.7 beta drivers are installed.

TopLuca · Aug 6, 2014

then check the article

TopLuca · Aug 6, 2014

It might be the motherboard too.

Winter Blue · Aug 6, 2014

TopLuca :

The motherboard would cause the GPU to throttle back?

TopLuca · Aug 6, 2014

Sometimes the motherboard wouldn't support certain types of GPUs or in this case MSI boards aren't the best. For further help you can message SR-71 Blackbird and he'll give you the correct fix.

Dark Lord of Tech · Aug 6, 2014

Your board should be able to run the card , your issue I think might be the Power supply the EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750 B is a very unstable and unreliable PSU.

Also that board has thermal issues: The G43 , G45 , G46 are very poor boards and you have 2400mhz ram which doesn't fit with the board and CPU combo.

The good EVGA PSU's are the B2 , G2 , PT , and soon to be T2.

The whole combination of the build is unbalanced.

Just being honest here.

Winter Blue · Aug 6, 2014

Great... So there is no solution under $40?

Dark Lord of Tech · Aug 6, 2014

Not really , the parts are just not balanced and the Power supply is not good , unstable , probably having trouble with the 290.

TopLuca · Aug 6, 2014

Good Lord that you arrived.

Dark Lord of Tech · Aug 6, 2014

That power supply has actually been discontinued.

TopLuca · Aug 6, 2014

Blackbird if I may ask , How long did it take you to be that awesome ? Whats your primary source of news and reviews?

Dark Lord of Tech · Aug 6, 2014

I belong to several forums read constantly and have been dealing with tech for 20+ years.

TopLuca · Aug 6, 2014

Maybe in 20 Years I'll be something like you , maybe

Dark Lord of Tech · Aug 6, 2014

You will be!!!!!!!!!!

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