Sapphire Tri-X R9 290 or FX8150 Problems

James7482 · Dec 29, 2015

I used to have an ASUS R9 280x until it unfortunately stopped working, so I upgraded my card to a Sapphire Tri-X R9 290. With my old card, I could run Arma 2 Dayz really well at around 50-60fp but now with this card I only get around 20-30. I've looked around and some people are saying it requires a really powerful CPU to run well with the Sapphire Tri-X R9 290 and others are saying different things. Games which aren't GPU and CPU intensive games run extremely well such as CS:GO where I get 200-300fps. But all games which are more CPU intensive seem to run really poorly, such as; Arma 3, Arma 2 DayZ and Star Citizen. However, with my old card I could run all of these games well. So what I am wondering if it's the CPU or a faulty card.

Specs:
GPU: Sapphire Tri-X R9 290 OC
CPU: AMD FX-8150 @ 3.90 GHz
RAM: 16GB 2x8GB @ 1600 mhz
Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit

rohitbaran · Dec 29, 2015

Your CPU should run that GPU fine. There should not be any significant bottlenecks. You can consider ocing your CPU though.

Gam3r01 · Dec 29, 2015

The first generation FX Bulldozer "faildozer" processors are notoriously weak. If you are planning to run games such as ARMA or DayZ I would look at a new processor.

rohitbaran · Dec 29, 2015

@above. I guess I have a fair bit to learn lol. I thought 8150 and 8350 are same cores, but turns out they are Vishera vs Zamzebi. Quite a difference.

James7482 · Dec 29, 2015

Gam3r01 :

The strange thing is, with my old GPU I could run them fine with around 50fps on arma and DayZ would run smoothly(Not sure of FPS though) and it was a worse GPU(ASUS R9 280x) with the same CPU(FX-8150)

rohitbaran · Dec 29, 2015

@OP. Your question is still valid though. An R9 290 as powerful as it is, is not more than 30% better than R9 280x. Therefore, you should be getting slightly better results than you were getting with R9 280x even if your CPU is bottlenecking. Getting worse results is definitely not right. I am curious what is happening.

Gam3r01 · Dec 29, 2015

It could possibly be the processor has to work harder to keep up with the more powerful GPU, taking away performance in CPU intensive games.

badboyrog2 · Dec 29, 2015

``The first generation FX Bulldozer "faildozer" processors are notoriously weak. If you are planning to run games such as ARMA or DayZ I would look at a new processor. ``

+1

badboyrog2 · Dec 29, 2015

which psu you have?

James7482 · Dec 29, 2015

badboyrog2 :

Akasa Cobra 750W

badboyrog2 · Dec 29, 2015

your psu is the problem so far ..built by sirtec and not certified
get a real one like seasonic/xfx/antec hcg-truepower-edge/evga b2-g2-gs
750W is good enough

James7482 · Dec 29, 2015

badboyrog2 :

How do you know its the power supply? is the cpu fine then or ...

Gam3r01 · Dec 29, 2015

While the CPU is on the weak side, the powersupply would be a good place to start. I dont trust that unit, and it is likely holding back your graphics card due to insufficient power.

James7482 · Dec 29, 2015

Gam3r01 :

I've had it for over 2 years now, but do you recommend that I upgrade it? So far its not been an issue.

Gam3r01 · Dec 29, 2015

You just upgraded to a more power hungry graphics card, I would upgrade it.
Look at an XFX, Seasonic, or EVGA (B2, G2, GS) unit, at least 650w, 750w to have extra headroom.

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