rx 480 not performing very well

pooeyman · Sep 27, 2016

so my specs are as follows
i5 3330 3ghz
asus h61me mobo
8gb ddr3 ram
600 watt 80 plus seasonic PSU
500gb WD green HDD
radeon rx 480 XFX oc edition 8gb

basically im not getting what was promised my fps in far cry 4 drop in the 30s as well as fallout 4 and rise of the tomb raider as well as arkham knight and basically any newish games
any help as too what it could be? gpu is fine i ran uningine heaven 4 was 1317 score is it my old ish cpu? my hdd ?
i reinstalled windows even as well as updated too the latest drivers still no avail , i would appreciate the help

Shaun o · Sep 27, 2016

A few things you may want to try.

First of all in ATI control panel for the graphics card.
See what the target frame rate control slider is set to, try turning the option off.
Or enable it and set a desired frame rate.

Vsync will lock the frame rate if enabled, to the maximum refresh rate your monitor is set to for the resolution you are playing games in so 60Hz for a refresh rate will keep the fps of a game at around 60 fps.

The other setting to look at is under the global overdrive options.
Set the power limit of the card to 50+ %
And also raise the target gpu tempreture, having a lower setting can reduce the performance of the card, and what fps it produces as the card reaches the set temp, often throttling the gpu of the card if it comes near the set Gpu target set temp.

lucas_7_94 · Sep 27, 2016

Which resolution? 1080p?

GR1M_ZA · Sep 27, 2016

What are the temps of your CPU and GPU while gaming and doing benchmarks? Also what is your CPU usage when doing benchmarks or gaming?

pooeyman · Sep 27, 2016

GR1M_ZA :

60 cpu and 70 80 on the gpu cpu usage geos too high 80 sometimes but never more

pooeyman · Sep 27, 2016

lucas_7_94 :

yes

pooeyman · Sep 27, 2016

Shaun o :

i disabled that option there is no throttling in temperatures msi afterburner shows my gpu using the full 1288 mhz at 100 percent load and my frames dip below 60 regardless of vsync at 1080p and the power is set at 50 plus its not my gpu , i tested several tiems it never throttles because i set the fan speed at high

herrwizo · Sep 27, 2016

What is the GPU usage during gaming?

Also, can you post the pic of the first tab on GPU-Z?

bicycle_repair_man · Sep 27, 2016

The WD Green is a slow 5400rpm drive and only much use for data archiving. I wouldn't entrust it to store my games.

Set the graphical quality as low as possible and see if the problem re-occurs. If it does, I'd wager that the drive is the cause.

hdmark · Sep 27, 2016

also, do you have anti aliasing on? sometimes people turn that off for benchmarks and then their numbers look great but the second you turn it on you get low spikes

pooeyman · Sep 27, 2016

herrwizo :

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2rnvm7d&s=9
this is it running far cry 4 as u can see the fps arent what they should be
even though its not at 100 percent gpu usage the mem and core clock is shown as fully being used at 1288 and 2000, is that it?

pooeyman · Sep 27, 2016

hdmark :

doesnt make a difference i accidentally selected ur answer e.e still not resolved

herrwizo · Sep 27, 2016

Things are most certainly not as what they should be. You are only getting half of your GPU performance. Your GPU usage is only 53%. Ideally, you want maximum 100% GPU usage and CPU usage below 100% to prevent bottlenecking.

Can you post the pic of the first tab on GPU-Z? It can show what PCI-e speed your interface runs at.

pooeyman · Sep 27, 2016

herrwizo :

i dont understand which tab u meant so here is a screen and if the information is not here please direct me how too show it too you ,also my motherboard is pci 3.0x 16 if that is what you wanted too know
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=11so2df&s=9

herrwizo · Sep 28, 2016

What I meant was, download GPU-Z software, then screenshot the first tab with all technical data about the GPU.

Your motherboard is *capable* to run at 16x, but it does not necessarily mean that it *does* run at that speed. Some boards and BIOS-es get bugged with certain cards, especially new ones (in this case, motherboard BIOS update might resolve the issue). Anyway, GPU-Z screenshot would be very helpful to see what is the actual bus speed.

herrwizo · Sep 28, 2016

Also, since you are using MSI afterburner, you need to check the setting for capping the framerate - afterburner is capable to software limit your FPS to reduce stress on the GPU. Make sure this is not the case.

This video shows how this option is enabled, so make sure it is disabled

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CvoHXzaHKY

pooeyman · Sep 28, 2016

herrwizo :

here they are man
http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/16/09/28/hng.png
http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/16/09/28/f4r.png
i would love if this would be the issue and it gets resolved

herrwizo · Sep 28, 2016

No, it works as intended, at x16. All that remains in my book is some kind of software limitation, either through MSI afterburner or some other software. Make sure you dont software-cap framerates anywhere, including in your Crimson drivers (it is called "frame rate target control", disable it if enabled).

pooeyman · Sep 28, 2016

herrwizo :

theyre both disabled, is it my HDD? it is quite old or is my cpu thats bottlenecking ? cus i think theyre the only suspects left, it wasnt 60fps constant even on the lowest settings even though im sure my pc can handle it at lowest 60fps constant

herrwizo · Sep 28, 2016

HDD has nothing to do with framerates, so we can exclude that one. CPU bottlenecking no way, since it is being used 60% tops during gaming.

At this point I am without any further ideas except to perform a clean install of Windows from scratch, as I simply cannot see any hardware cause for this behaviour.

pooeyman · Sep 28, 2016

bicycle_repair_man :

the problem did reoccur but there were a lot of spikes in my gpu usage as well

pooeyman · Sep 28, 2016

herrwizo :

well the issues repeated regardless of graphics settings also msi afterburner showed gpu loads at like 60 percent but in gpu z it was showing loads from 0 too 100 completely spiking randomly...any ideas? i really could use the help
EDIT-i reinstalled windows and far cry still fks up but games like dying light and better optimized ones are running at 100 percent gpu load and dont lag at all so it worked thank you ,now another issue that came is gpu loads spiking at idle but nothing is running in the background and it is a fresh windows , i even checked for malware none detected , any ideas?

herrwizo · Sep 29, 2016

As far as I know, that is perfectly normal. Whenever you do something in Windows, even simple tasks like moving windows, resizing, opening explorer etc, your graphics card is being used. And it is used in spikes of 100%, for a very very brief time. It can even perform background tasks. So, if this behaviour is not pronounced (i.e. it happens from time to time and for very short duration), then I would not worry at all.

pooeyman · Sep 29, 2016

herrwizo :

i love u,thats all thanks a lot for the help youre truly a beautiful person

herrwizo · Sep 29, 2016

No problem at all. I wish I could say the same for my neighbours, though

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