Frame drops with fx 9370 r9 280x

DrunkenEagle · Dec 25, 2014

Hi guys,

I am running on a FX 9370 @4.4ghz and a XFX R9 280x.
I have a Seidon 120V cooling and i'm running windows 8.1

I have huge frame drops on much games like, BF4, BF3 and even Minecraft!

If I run everything on Low, I still get those huge drops!

Can someone help me?

mdocod · Dec 25, 2014

I suspect you are overheating the VRMs on your motherboard, which is forcing low-power states (as low as 1.4ghz) on the CPU as a self preservation measure.

This is common in setups using AIOCLC's and AMD high TDP CPUs, as amateur builders install them but neglect to do anything about VRM cooling.

Speaking of motherboard VRMs... what motherboard are you using for this? Lots of AM3+ boards don't even support the 9370.

DrunkenEagle · Dec 25, 2014

mdocod :

DrunkenEagle · Dec 25, 2014

I am using an ASRock Fatil1ty 970 performance what supports FX9000 serie. It is up to 220W.

mdocod · Dec 25, 2014

Make sure you have good air-flow over the VRM heatsink on the motherboard:

The Fatal1ty 970 should be fine with this CPU as long as you properly cool the VRMs....

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If you're still experiencing random blerps of poor performance, then I would advise running hardware monitoring software that can graph the clock speeds and loads of your CPU and GPU while playing games. You may have power state management issue going on that is software related. Or... some other software eating compute resources (viruses, anti-virus software, both are awful in most cases, malware, anti-malware software, again, both are terrible).

DrunkenEagle · Dec 25, 2014

mdocod :

Make sure you have good air-flow over the VRM heatsink on the motherboard:

The Fatal1ty 970 should be fine with this CPU as long as you properly cool the VRMs....

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If you're still experiencing random blerps of poor performance, then I would advise running hardware monitoring software that can graph the clock speeds and loads of your CPU and GPU while playing games. You may have power state management issue going on that is software related. Or... some other software eating compute resources (viruses, anti-virus software, both are awful in most cases, malware, anti-malware software, again, both are terrible).

DrunkenEagle · Dec 25, 2014

I think it is cooling okay, temp while playing is around 55℃. I have a sharkoon VG4-W case with an extra fan. Something else?

mdocod · Dec 25, 2014

Interesting... So based on the fact that your CPU temps appear to be fine, you are going to just assume that the VRM temps must also be fine. Good idea, BHRRRRP

How about put a finger on that heatsink and get a feel for what's going on before making assumptions, (caution!).

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You need to chart your CPU and GPU clock speeds and loads to move forward with this.

DrunkenEagle · Dec 25, 2014

mdocod :

DrunkenEagle · Dec 25, 2014

mdocod :

DrunkenEagle · Dec 25, 2014

I dont know how to do this....

How can I chart them?

mdocod · Dec 25, 2014

I think HWmonitor from CPUID will do it. I'm a linux user so I can't advise in great detail how to do it.

Did you check your VRM temps? Finger on heatsink while playing?

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