Overclocking R9 270 for Mass effect Andromeda

Hound888

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Just looking for some advice.

So i just bought Mass effect Andromeda (Still downloading 44gb ugh) and afterwards figured my system Might have trouble running the game and some overclocking might help.

I like to keep my card as cool as possible when overclocking I use MSI afterburner with Custom fan setting that will use up to 100% fan speed "IF" it needs it, mostly does not. My card pegged at 100% usage usually never goes over 49c ( ambient temp in house 66-68 degrees).

So is 1070 Core clock and 1450 Memory clock Safe Tempwise/Stability. I have read this card can even out perform a 270x with proper overclocks cause it pretty much is that card.


PC:
CPU: FX 8350

Graphics: Powercolor Turboduo R9 270 2GB

Ram: 8GB of Corsair 2133Mhz

HD: 1TB

PSU: 850 Watt EVGA SuperNova

Yes i know, why dont i buy a new card and soon i will just saving for something like a Gtx 1080 but i still will use this 270 in my other computer so i am not looking to overclock its balls off to the point where it only last 5 more months.
 
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Well i finally got it downloaded and have done some fiddling My card and the graphics settings (yes on Planets) in chaotic environments. I am quite pleased so far, My Cards Core clock is 1070Mhz, Memory clock 1500Mhz and very surprisingly my GPU pegged at 100% is not going over 47c lol.

FPS normally ranges from 30 to 45 on planets (sometimes can have dips to 28 but shoots back up) and better FPS on ships/stations.

Settings

1080P
Texture: High
Anti-Aliasing: Temporal AA
Ambient Occlusion: SSAO
Post Process Quality: Medium
Texture Filtering: high
Lighting Quality: High
Shadows Quality: Medium
Effects Quality: High
Mesh Quality: High
Shader Quality: High
Terrain Quality: high
Vegetation Quality: high

I think the only thing that is...

inanition02

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What resolution would you be playing at? And what detail settings? Your computer meetings the minimum requirements for that game, but even overclocked it's not near the recommended level. So overclocking would certainly gain you a few FPS, but I'm guessing you'll have to lower either the res or settings to see smooth play.

 

Hound888

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Of course 1080p trying to shoot for High setting with shadows at Medium and a few Fps means alot when you are getting dips at 29 and below....i am just speculating as i have not tested it yet.

 

lakimens

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There is no way you can get good FPS on high settings, as both your CPU and GPU are not good enough.
You might thing that an FX8350 has 8 cores and is clocked at 4Ghz, same as the i7-4790, but there is a 5 year old gap between these CPU's and the 4790 is almost 50% faster with the same clock.
The R7 370 is half what the 1060 and RX480 are.
 

Hound888

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Well it maybe an old CPU but its also the Recommended CPU for the game...likely only cause its AMDs best atm but i see people on YouTube with Gtx 750 ti's doing Medium setting with some Low setting at 1080p and can still hold 25-35fps and my card is WAY better then a Gtx 750
 

lakimens

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It's try, your card is better than the 750Ti, but they are holding medium-low settings, with 30FPS, that is not good, you wanted high settings with good FPS. I just told you the truth.
You might be able to pull off medium settings though, I think this GPU is good enough for that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwzXV9Irpj4 - Here's a video of FX-8350 with R9 280X, I don't know how high the graphics are, but measure it yourself.
 

Hound888

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Well i finally got it downloaded and have done some fiddling My card and the graphics settings (yes on Planets) in chaotic environments. I am quite pleased so far, My Cards Core clock is 1070Mhz, Memory clock 1500Mhz and very surprisingly my GPU pegged at 100% is not going over 47c lol.

FPS normally ranges from 30 to 45 on planets (sometimes can have dips to 28 but shoots back up) and better FPS on ships/stations.

Settings

1080P
Texture: High
Anti-Aliasing: Temporal AA
Ambient Occlusion: SSAO
Post Process Quality: Medium
Texture Filtering: high
Lighting Quality: High
Shadows Quality: Medium
Effects Quality: High
Mesh Quality: High
Shader Quality: High
Terrain Quality: high
Vegetation Quality: high

I think the only thing that is keeping me from a stable 45fps is Texture quality due to only having 2gb of Vram (MSI after burner says its using around 1930Mbs out of 2048 at High setting) so switching that setting to Medium with rest the same nets me a reliable 12 fps getting me in the 43-55 fps range with no drops
 
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Hound888

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Its enjoyable and the combat is fun enough but if you are looking to bond with the characters and get into a riveting story then you maybe out of luck. The biggest problems i have are the Dead soulless eyes and poor voice acting but the nasty facial animations dont help, it really screws up the immersion. Face models are also really bad...every Human in the game looks very odd and i mean all. I think they will fix the character creation soon which kinda sucks for people who already made their characters. i give it a 6.5/10 but maybe with some serious patching it will grow to a 8/10
 

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