Problem running games with FX-8350 / R9 280x

hennibbale · May 4, 2016

My setup:

*AMD FX-8350
*CoolerMaster Seidon 120v
*GIGABYTE R9 280x 3 gb
*Kingston HyperX Blu 2x4 @1600 MHz
*FSP AS-600 (600w)

So it's been a while I'm getting this problem. Sometimes the PC freezes or does a BSOD.
I ran games like GTA V and Arma 3 fine, around 40 fps all maxed out.
Now I get 20 fps EVERYTHING ON LOW.

Tried to format, nothing. Reinstalled Windows, nothing.

I've tried everything, help! I want my good old performance!

P.S. not virus, scanned 20 times
P.P.S. it's not because my drives are full, I'm so ordered I tend to OCD

Mohd Mamat · May 4, 2016

What motherboard are you using and what case are you using plus the fan config inside it? The frame drops might be due to VRMs throttling due to inadequate cooling.

BSOD's during gaming, or regular usage has something with the motherboard failing.

hennibbale · May 4, 2016

GIGABYTE FXA-990UD3, and there are many fans, the airflow is good
the temps are weirdly ok

Mohd Mamat · May 4, 2016

hennibbale :

Do you monitor temps while gaming using HWMonitor? Run it while gaming and post a snip of the readouts.
Game on like for 2-3 minutes.

Ecky · May 4, 2016

Overheating (either motherboard or CPU) is one of the only things that can cause both reduced performance (throttling) and crashes. If your CPU or RAM were failing, they would simply not crash, your performance would not be affected between crashes.

hennibbale · May 4, 2016

Here it is, playing Arma 3 all on low. < 20 fps

hennibbale · May 4, 2016

Another one

Mohd Mamat · May 5, 2016

hennibbale :

Yeah, it seems that the motherboard is faulty that somehow the CPU cannot be utilized fully.
If i would say bottlenecks, its impossible since you mentioned that you are able to play everything on max before.
You can go to the local PC store for them to test out out for you.

hennibbale · May 5, 2016

No can do, there's only one tech store where I live and they don't know shit about PCs.
They say Mac is better for gaming lmao

Mohd Mamat · May 5, 2016

hennibbale :

Where do you live? Mac for gaming....smh.

hennibbale · May 5, 2016

Switzerland

Ecky · May 5, 2016

Try disabling 2 cores and see if it improves.

hennibbale · May 5, 2016

Ecky :

How do I do that?

Ecky · May 5, 2016

Your bios should have an option to, somewhere.

Turning off 2 cores should lighten the load on the motherboard considerably.

Mohd Mamat · May 5, 2016

hennibbale :

I guess its CPU core control or some sort on the Gigabyte board

hennibbale · May 5, 2016

Mohd Mamat :

Ok my FPS are fixe by disabling 2 cores (didn't work) ad reenabling them, but I've got another problem: the pc just freezes
The power button doesn't even work, I need to plug it off

Mohd Mamat · May 5, 2016

hennibbale :

Mohd Mamat :

Ok my FPS are fixe by disabling 2 cores (didn't work) ad reenabling them, but I've got another problem: the pc just freezes
The power button doesn't even work, I need to plug it off

Signs of a dying motherboard. Did it take you several times of plugging and unplugging to turn the PC on now?
Did you game on it after disabling the cores?

hennibbale · May 5, 2016

Yep, I tried several games with 6 cores and it lagged - I re-enabled them and the fps were fine.
Nope, I just have turned off and on the psu.

Mohd Mamat · May 5, 2016

hennibbale :

Okay then, try playing for a while and see whether the lag strikes again or not.

hennibbale · May 5, 2016

Mohd Mamat :

I repeat, the fps are ok!
It's just that it randomly freezes. Happened 3 times in 15 minutes, maybe less.

Mohd Mamat · May 5, 2016

hennibbale :

Thats good and bad news too. Mine (My old FX rig) doesnt suffer from FPS drops but it suffers on random crashes during gaming or medium workloads like Photoshop. In the end, it cant be turned on due to the motherboard failing.

Try changing the SATA power port of your hardisk to the ones that are unused, see whether the freezing stops.

hennibbale · May 5, 2016

Mohd Mamat :

Still does it :c

LeKeiser · May 5, 2016

Hello,

Just to be sure, why don't you use AMD Overdrive to check your temps?
http://www.amd.com/fr-fr/innovations/software-technologies/technologies-gaming/over-drive

Mohd Mamat · May 6, 2016

LeKeiser :

Thanks for recommending that, I almost forgot that.

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