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Ever since I first bought my 295x2 back in late 2014, I've seen many stability issues within games, benchmarks, and even my desktop. For a while, I accepted this as I had just went through upgrading my entire PC and was not keen on spending time I could be using to game troubleshooting. That is, until I looked up a 295x2 benchmark of GTA V on Youtube and saw performance double what I was used to. In games, such as GTA V, my fps can only maintain a lackluster 60 with everything in the regular graphics menu maxed out, and the "advanced graphics" untouched (I say 60, but it's really 40-60, with occasional stuttering which pretty much ruins the experience for me).
I've tried updating my BIOS, overclocking my cpu (4790k), switching to new drivers, reverting to old drivers, reinstalling the card, flipping the BIOS switch, moving to Windows 10, but nothing seems to work. My psu is a Rosewill rbr1000-m and is capable of more than enough power to satisfy the card. I can see the temperatures on both cards in Afterburner, so the card seems to be working with both gpu cores, leading me to suspect driver issues. I've overclocked the card a couple of times, but never extensively for prolonged periods of time. I'm about ready to ditch the card just for a more enjoyable experience and buy my first high-end Nvidia card, but not before one last attempt at working this out. My monitor (LG 34UM67) has Freesync, which means that I'll probably sell it if I join the green team.
TL;DR: I want have a consistent framerate at 2560x1080, but my 295x2 is under-performing majorly. I've exhausted every option, but I'm hoping that someone can suggest something that will help.
Ever since I first bought my 295x2 back in late 2014, I've seen many stability issues within games, benchmarks, and even my desktop. For a while, I accepted this as I had just went through upgrading my entire PC and was not keen on spending time I could be using to game troubleshooting. That is, until I looked up a 295x2 benchmark of GTA V on Youtube and saw performance double what I was used to. In games, such as GTA V, my fps can only maintain a lackluster 60 with everything in the regular graphics menu maxed out, and the "advanced graphics" untouched (I say 60, but it's really 40-60, with occasional stuttering which pretty much ruins the experience for me).
I've tried updating my BIOS, overclocking my cpu (4790k), switching to new drivers, reverting to old drivers, reinstalling the card, flipping the BIOS switch, moving to Windows 10, but nothing seems to work. My psu is a Rosewill rbr1000-m and is capable of more than enough power to satisfy the card. I can see the temperatures on both cards in Afterburner, so the card seems to be working with both gpu cores, leading me to suspect driver issues. I've overclocked the card a couple of times, but never extensively for prolonged periods of time. I'm about ready to ditch the card just for a more enjoyable experience and buy my first high-end Nvidia card, but not before one last attempt at working this out. My monitor (LG 34UM67) has Freesync, which means that I'll probably sell it if I join the green team.
TL;DR: I want have a consistent framerate at 2560x1080, but my 295x2 is under-performing majorly. I've exhausted every option, but I'm hoping that someone can suggest something that will help.
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