Radeon r9 290x can't hit more than 30fps
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DippingSauce
October 7, 2014 1:40:11 PM
Hi everyone!
A while ago I bought the R9 290x, with the idea of upgrading the rest of my system later. I tried using the card for the sake of it, but as I expected it didn't work properly on my old mobo. It actually often crashed.
Now I recently updated my mobo and CPU, and although the crashes are gone, playing a game like Tomb Raider on ultra settings (without the shady hair effects that is) gets me barely to 30fps.
CS:GO actually performs worse then when it did with my old card, playing at 60fps but dropping down to 30 with every shot.
Advice from friends goes no further than "well mate it's AMD lol", so not that's not helping
Any thoughts?
Specs:
CPU: i5-4690K
RAM: 8192MB
Mobo: Asus z87-c
Display: 1920x1080 (60Hz)
PSU: 650W (which should be more than enough)
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A while ago I bought the R9 290x, with the idea of upgrading the rest of my system later. I tried using the card for the sake of it, but as I expected it didn't work properly on my old mobo. It actually often crashed.
Now I recently updated my mobo and CPU, and although the crashes are gone, playing a game like Tomb Raider on ultra settings (without the shady hair effects that is) gets me barely to 30fps.
CS:GO actually performs worse then when it did with my old card, playing at 60fps but dropping down to 30 with every shot.
Advice from friends goes no further than "well mate it's AMD lol", so not that's not helping
Any thoughts?
Specs:
CPU: i5-4690K
RAM: 8192MB
Mobo: Asus z87-c
Display: 1920x1080 (60Hz)
PSU: 650W (which should be more than enough)
ICY vision rev.2
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bignastyid
October 7, 2014 1:41:53 PM
Littlesackninja
October 7, 2014 1:42:53 PM
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bignastyid
October 7, 2014 1:45:30 PM
DippingSauce
October 7, 2014 1:46:59 PM
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Littlesackninja
October 7, 2014 1:57:11 PM
Littlesackninja
October 7, 2014 1:58:44 PM
frag06
October 7, 2014 2:05:17 PM
DippingSauce said:
It's definitely a bargain model, and 630W at that. First thing I thought and first thing I'm gonna try and replace, but it just strikes me odd that my system can't even handle CS:GO properly. Also the card seems to get quite hot, even for AMD (90-95C during CS:GO).Mobo is flashed
If you can still return the card, do it and then buy a 970. No reason to buy a 290X anymore.
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DippingSauce
October 7, 2014 2:54:21 PM
bignastyid
October 7, 2014 3:14:25 PM
"90-95C" I'm guessing you have a reference heatsink. There were plagued with thermal throttling issues as they can't cool the card properly. So you want a new PSU and a new GPU cooler.
http://www.arctic.ac/us_en/accelero-xtreme-iii.html
http://www.arctic.ac/us_en/accelero-hybrid-ii-120.html
But if it's still in the return period returning if for a 970 or a 980 is a better option.
http://www.arctic.ac/us_en/accelero-xtreme-iii.html
http://www.arctic.ac/us_en/accelero-hybrid-ii-120.html
But if it's still in the return period returning if for a 970 or a 980 is a better option.
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DippingSauce
October 8, 2014 12:48:56 AM
Heh. I just fixed the issue myself. The fans were directly connected with my PSU instead of to my mobo and a cpu-fan. I knew this, but didn't think this would be a problem since I thought it would be going at a 100%. Apparently not. One might think it even didn't turn on at all.
Either way, idle is now on 30C and Tomb Raider on 50-54C Ultra, 85-90 FPS!
Will replace PSU for the sake of it, but thanks for the help everyone anyway
Either way, idle is now on 30C and Tomb Raider on 50-54C Ultra, 85-90 FPS!
Will replace PSU for the sake of it, but thanks for the help everyone anyway
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