R9 290 BF4 FPS Problem

Mr Lol · Jun 6, 2015

Hi there, I'm having occasional moments in BF4 where my FPS drops to somewhere from 60-80 FPS down to 5-10 FPS. Yes, 5-10 FPS. One moment it would be like that, then the next moment the frame rate would skyrocket. I've noticed when the FPS drops to the trough, the fans move slower. Can anyone please give me some help on this issue? Thanks!
My Build:
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/CNNYYJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/CNNYYJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $188.99)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (Purchased For $64.99)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (Purchased For $52.99)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $54.99)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $57.30)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB PCS+ Video Card (Purchased For $239.99)
Case: Corsair 350D Window MicroATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $99.99)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $79.99)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer (Purchased For $20.49)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) (Purchased For $99.99)
Monitor: AOC I2721VH 60Hz 27.0" Monitor (Purchased For $177.99)
Total: $1137.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Iamsoda · Jun 6, 2015

Mr Lol :

Hi there, I'm having occasional moments in BF4 where my FPS drops to somewhere from 60-80 FPS down to 5-10 FPS. Yes, 5-10 FPS. One moment it would be like that, then the next moment the frame rate would skyrocket. I've noticed when the FPS drops to the trough, the fans move slower. Can anyone please give me some help on this issue? Thanks!
My Build:
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/CNNYYJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/CNNYYJ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $188.99)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (Purchased For $64.99)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (Purchased For $52.99)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP600 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $54.99)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $57.30)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 290 4GB PCS+ Video Card (Purchased For $239.99)
Case: Corsair 350D Window MicroATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $99.99)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $79.99)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer (Purchased For $20.49)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) (Purchased For $99.99)
Monitor: AOC I2721VH 60Hz 27.0" Monitor (Purchased For $177.99)
Total: $1137.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-06 17:01 EDT-0400

Probably your PSU isn't good enough or you are getting thermal throttling. What is your temperatures?

Mr Lol · Jun 6, 2015

Iamsoda :

Mr Lol :

Probably your PSU isn't good enough or you are getting thermal throttling. What is your temperatures?

Temps under load are usually somwhere close to 70 degrees Celsius. I know it's not my PSU because it has more than enough wattage, and the system's TDP is about 429w.

Iamsoda · Jun 6, 2015

Mr Lol :

Iamsoda :

Temps under load are usually somwhere close to 70 degrees Celsius. I know it's not my PSU because it has more than enough wattage, and the system's TDP is about 429w.

Temps seem great for an AMD card. I would still consider checking on that PSU as the one you have is a poor one. Even though it has that many watts it might have trouble outputting them. Also that 80+ efficiency tends to be under done on cheap PSU's. Your AMD says a 550watt PSU and you might be nearing the limit with that cheap one. Another option that is just as likely is you might be getting bottlenecked by the CPU. The i5 is fine, but a higher clock could work wonders because BF4 is a cpu hungry game.

Mr Lol · Jun 6, 2015

Iamsoda :

Mr Lol :

Temps seem great for an AMD card. I would still consider checking on that PSU as the one you have is a poor one. Even though it has that many watts it might have trouble outputting them. Also that 80+ efficiency tends to be under done on cheap PSU's. Your AMD says a 550watt PSU and you might be nearing the limit with that cheap one. Another option that is just as likely is you might be getting bottlenecked by the CPU. The i5 is fine, but a higher clock could work wonders because BF4 is a cpu hungry game.

Thanks for the tip, sadly the i5-4460 can only be turbo clocked as I have a h97 motherboard and a non-K CPU.

Mr Lol · Jun 6, 2015

Another thing is that I just switched to Mantle, and I don't seem to get the problem anymore. I'll update if I experience the FPS drops again.

Iamsoda · Jun 6, 2015

Mr Lol :

Iamsoda :

Mr Lol :

Temps seem great for an AMD card. I would still consider checking on that PSU as the one you have is a poor one. Even though it has that many watts it might have trouble outputting them. Also that 80+ efficiency tends to be under done on cheap PSU's. Your AMD says a 550watt PSU and you might be nearing the limit with that cheap one. Another option that is just as likely is you might be getting bottlenecked by the CPU. The i5 is fine, but a higher clock could work wonders because BF4 is a cpu hungry game.

Thanks for the tip, sadly the i5-4460 can only be turbo clocked as I have a h97 motherboard and a non-K CPU.

Well then for sure turbo clock it. See if that gives an y increase in fps.

dominirican3351 · Jun 6, 2015

Mantle lowers the load on the cpu and uses the gpu more.

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