FPS drop with Radeon R9 390

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Okay, so it kind of happened randomly. I was playing WoW and realized the FPS dropped quite a bit. I figured it may have been WoW, but I tried messing with my settings in game and nothing. I then I tried Fallout 4 and realized that dropped a lot too. This card was working amazingly before and now this. I tried uninstalling the drivers and reinstalling. I switched which slot the graphics card was in, and I dusted it. I can not seem to find out what to do. The card looks fine and when being used reaches only about 55 Celsius to 61. I will list my specs real quick. Hopefully someone knows what is going on. My friend had the same build and his is still fine, I upgraded a bit, but do not think that would make it worst.

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ASRock Z97 Killer
AMD Radeon r9 390 series
Intel i5-4690k
24 GB of Memory

Well I mostly followed this build, I got different memory and I have two SSD's different brands, but a lot of it is this.
https://pcpartpicker.com/guide/WckcCJ/great-gaming-build
 
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Is gpu connected to psu via two seperste physical cables? That's often recommended for >225w gpus on multi rail psus

Fallout needs shadows on low and shadow draw distance turned way down in ini file. You should then see good fps and be able to max the other settings. Its very poorly optimised though.

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I never really looked at what it was at before sadly. I do know I was playing it with 0 problems so I would say 60+ Now some places I get pretty low. 10-20 and at less crowded areas 20-30. 30 at most though. I ran Malwarebytes but that did not really help, and yesterday the temperature of the card actually reached 70c, so I am going to move it to its old PCI slot.
 
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I do not know if it tells you if I simply posted, so I will reply to show just in case.
 
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Go into crimson and turn off power efficiency. That prevents it down clocking.

Wow is more cpu limited so less likely to be the gpu causing the drops.

If you download msi afterburner, you can use it to show CPU and gpu usage...trll us what happens when the fps drops occur.
 
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I've just seen the psu. Surprised they recommended the g1. Anyway, because it's got 4 rwils, you need to make sure you are using 2x cables from it to the 390, not 1 cable (6+8pin)

Each rail is good for 20amps and the 390 will happily pull more than that at load.
 
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Are all your addons up to date? Out of date addons will cause performance problems. Sometimes deleting your WoW Cache and WTF folders, and letting the game recreate them, can solve performance problems too. Sometimes these files become corrupted. You will lose any special settings, that you had, though.
 
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I think it may be the ram afterall. I had these two sets. Crucial 8GB Kit (4GBx2) DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) Single Ranked, High Density UDIMM - CT2KIT51264BA160BJ / CT2CP51264BA160BJ and Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB Kit (8GBx2) 1600 MHz Clock Speed DDR3 PC3-12800 240-Pin UDIMM Memory Module (BLS2KIT8G3D1609DS1S00)
 
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Okay, so the ram did not seem to help. I still had FPS of 20-30 in fallout and rust. As for wow I am sure it will be the same too. What else could it be?
 
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Is gpu connected to psu via two seperste physical cables? That's often recommended for >225w gpus on multi rail psus

Fallout needs shadows on low and shadow draw distance turned way down in ini file. You should then see good fps and be able to max the other settings. Its very poorly optimised though.

 
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