How do I keep my XFX 7970 fps up?

The_Distinct

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Hi, i have had my XFX 7970 card for a year now and i cant stand it it handles fine on certain single player games like batman arkham origins maxed out but when i play battlefield 4 on medium setting it messes about and the frames drop constantly. I tried to use MSI afterburner to over clock i did it slightly but the my HDMI monitor started glitching out
I even have to start lowering the graphics setting on games it works well with because is makes too much noise and gets too hot.
Is there a way i can improve my card?
Thanks.
P.S im running windows 8.1
 

Rybo

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Did you try re-installing your gpu drivers? When I recently went to windows 8.1 I got a rather large performance increase. aka 4 fps avg on bf3, but for switching an os 4fps seems good enough xD