Hello guys,
I wasn't sure where I was suppose to be post this (Games or Graphics & Displays), but I stuck
it in here because I believe the issue is my video card.
I was just wondering if anyone with the XFX Radeon HD 6870 1GB (non-Black Edition) experienced any stuttering with Battlefield 3. I am currently using the 12.1 WHQL Drivers from AMD and I have also tried the 12.2 Preview Drivers with no luck.
By stuttering I meant I am experiencing micro stutters (as in screen looks like its glitching, but doesn't happen ALL the time) and FPS drops in certain situations in the game. I thought this was just because 64 player servers have lots of destruction and little things that need to be processed by the GPU.
But, I've seen people with the same card running Ultra Settings @ 1920x1080 (50+ Players) with no issues and never dropping below 45 FPS although it may have been ridiculously overclocked.
Things I've tried so far:
1. Uninstall all drivers (ran driver sweeper as well) and re-install.
2. Limiting my Maximum FPS to 60 @ 1600x900 (My native resolution).
3. Testing all sorts of graphics settings in the game and outside the game (Catalyst Control Center).
4. Underclocking AND Overclocking my video card.
Full Rig:
MOTHERBOARD: MSI 870A-G54 (Recently Updated BIOS)
Hard Drive: Samsung Sata 3.0 7200RPM 1TB.
CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 640 3.0Ghz (No Overclock)
GPU: XFX Radeon HD 6870 1GB (Single Fan)
RAM: Kingston (2x4GB) 8 GB 1600Mhz
Monitor: I-INC 20" Widescreen (Catalyst Control Center says it has a maxium refresh rate of 75Hz)
- Model: IK201
- Currently running all High Settings with No MSAA, High Post Processing, 16x Tesselation (Anistropic Filtering), and HBAO Anti-Aliasing.
My GPU seems to be dropping FPS in city maps or maps with lots of smoke and fog involved.
Please let me know of any ideas or suggestions you guys might have.
I read on some forums that disabling the HDMI Audio Drivers for the card might help out in boosting FPS. What are your thoughts on this?
Thanks in advance.
I wasn't sure where I was suppose to be post this (Games or Graphics & Displays), but I stuck
it in here because I believe the issue is my video card.
I was just wondering if anyone with the XFX Radeon HD 6870 1GB (non-Black Edition) experienced any stuttering with Battlefield 3. I am currently using the 12.1 WHQL Drivers from AMD and I have also tried the 12.2 Preview Drivers with no luck.
By stuttering I meant I am experiencing micro stutters (as in screen looks like its glitching, but doesn't happen ALL the time) and FPS drops in certain situations in the game. I thought this was just because 64 player servers have lots of destruction and little things that need to be processed by the GPU.
But, I've seen people with the same card running Ultra Settings @ 1920x1080 (50+ Players) with no issues and never dropping below 45 FPS although it may have been ridiculously overclocked.
Things I've tried so far:
1. Uninstall all drivers (ran driver sweeper as well) and re-install.
2. Limiting my Maximum FPS to 60 @ 1600x900 (My native resolution).
3. Testing all sorts of graphics settings in the game and outside the game (Catalyst Control Center).
4. Underclocking AND Overclocking my video card.
Full Rig:
MOTHERBOARD: MSI 870A-G54 (Recently Updated BIOS)
Hard Drive: Samsung Sata 3.0 7200RPM 1TB.
CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 640 3.0Ghz (No Overclock)
GPU: XFX Radeon HD 6870 1GB (Single Fan)
RAM: Kingston (2x4GB) 8 GB 1600Mhz
Monitor: I-INC 20" Widescreen (Catalyst Control Center says it has a maxium refresh rate of 75Hz)
- Model: IK201
- Currently running all High Settings with No MSAA, High Post Processing, 16x Tesselation (Anistropic Filtering), and HBAO Anti-Aliasing.
My GPU seems to be dropping FPS in city maps or maps with lots of smoke and fog involved.
Please let me know of any ideas or suggestions you guys might have.
I read on some forums that disabling the HDMI Audio Drivers for the card might help out in boosting FPS. What are your thoughts on this?
Thanks in advance.