R9 280X runs horribly bad

Discussion in 'Videocards - AMD Radeon' started by Xrider, Oct 23, 2013.

  1. JonathonM

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    AC3 runs terribly on my rig as well. But everything else runs fine. There is something funky in the game engine in the cities which chops the framerate (most of what I have read points to a Cpu bottleneck of some sort). Even my 3770k gets me about 30fps in the cities. Try another game (BF3 runs great for me) to check whether it s just AC3.
     
  2. Xrider

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    I tried other games and they run bad as well. I'm sure it's not the game but something on my end...
     
  3. yasamoka

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    We still need more info. Show us the actual clockspeeds, temperatures, GPU usage, etc... using software like MSI AfterBurner, in-game.
     
  4. Trilogy94

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    I believe it's your current CPU Generation, it just can't keep up. A friend of mine bought a GTX 560Ti but had a core 2 Quad CPU @ 2.8 Ghz. He had low framerate and could not play the game Tribes:Ascend maxed out, we noticed that the GPU only had a usage of 20%. He upgraded the system later to a 3rd Gen i5. The difference was supreme, ~90% usage and +120 fps more. As an i7 920 owner myself, I know that this CPU limit has already been reached due to other hardware. I believe you should try the card on a modern 3rd Gen or better system to see what perfomance you can get.
     

  5. yasamoka

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    No, I'm running two and its fine. A 920 would never bottleneck a 560Ti and that doesn't explain why the 280x runs slower.
     
  6. thatguy91

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    It's true the CPU (and 1333 RAM to a small extent) would be holding it back a bit, but it wouldn't equate for it running so terribly in comparison to a lesser GPU.

    As others have suggested, the best bet would be to re-install (and fully update) Windows and go from there. Just make sure you have all your saved game data and other stuff backed up, as the only real way to reinstall Windows is to wipe the drive/partition it is on and start over. If this is not preferable, then check those clock speeds as I suggested earlier. Even if that isn't the issue, you at least remove that from the list of potential causes.
     
  7. Lucifer

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    in what resolution are you playing and what is your CPU & GPU utilization when playing games ?
    for me in AC3, environment quality gives big performance hit, if I set it at high rather than very high quality, the game will almost lock on to 60 fps.
    have you try to disable the saving in win7 PCIE link state power management ?
    also try to disable any core parking.
     
  8. mR Yellow

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    His problem is all games.
     
  9. ssenginss

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    Hello, Even if you solve your current fps problem you will need a new faster cpu because i7 920 will surely bottleneck your r9 280x especially while playing online games. I had performance issues with gtx850 + phenom II x940 before which ended up with a 3570K upgrade.
     
  10. yasamoka

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    A single 280X @ 1080p DOES NOT cause a CPU bottleneck with an i7 920 EXCEPT if you're aiming for 120Hz where even newer-gen CPUs bottleneck (to a lesser extent).
     

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    A 920 is a perfectly good cpu to run with 280x. I would overclock it though. Op, reply to what yasa was asking.
     
  12. eclap

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    His 920 is plenty faster than your phenom was.
     
  13. japamd

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    Looks like a bad card or a PSU issue for me. If you can test the card in another PC or using another PSU, give it a try.
     
  14. ssenginss

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    We are talking about a piece of technology which is 4-5 years old besides if you want to play online games bf3, bf4 for example ,that cpu will not meet all the requirements. Okey maybe by definition it is not a proper bottleneck but you would lose considerable performance.
     
  15. zer0_c0ol

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    dude just do a fresh win 7 install
     

  16. Lucifer

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    well yea, but AC3 in a crowded environment can utilize all thread of my proc (not all 100% though) and IMO i7-920 is decent enough to keep up with single 280X
     
  17. eclap

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    That i7 will run bf3+4 great, don't know what you're talking about. What requirements?

    I'll just leave this here. The more resolution and AA you throw at it, the closer they will run, of course. See the i7 930 performing almost on par with 2500k, even running lower clocks. That's the 4-5 year old tech you're talking about. the i7 930 is the same cpu as the i7 920, only clocked a tiny bit higher. So, the i7 920 at around 4ghz will do just fine

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  18. Elite3540

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    First of all:

    try using DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller)

    Link: http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=379505

    than click on the third option "Uninstall the latest and PREVIOUS drivers and shutdown the computer with no rescan" also tick the box "Remove all AMD drivers/NVIDIA drivers"

    If you tried this than try installing the latest driver of AMD:

    http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=382660

    AMD Catalyst 13.11 BETA3 (13.250.18.0 October 7)

    Instead of BETA 1, because it might have more fixes, also support for the new cards.

    __________________________________________
    If this helped, please leave a post in the DDU thread to thank the makers of DDU.
     
  19. DarthElvis

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    Nothing much has changed in the last 3 years to be honest. What major developments in the CPU world have happened? Sandy bridge to Haswell? Give me a break, a minor upgrade at best. His i7 is fine, get it to 4.0Ghz and he's good for awhile yet. Saying something is 4 years old now is not the same as saying 4 years old in 2003.
     
  20. HellfireZA

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    You are wrong and everyone else who says the 920 D0 doesn't bottle neck the card. A week ago on stock with turbo, I ran valley benchmark (So the cpu was at 2.8ghz turbo) I got 63fps. I then put it back to my usual 4ghz which is piss easy to do on the 920D0 and it went to 86fps. I had not tried it in any games but I call that a HUGE bottleneck. I now have the setup that's in my sig.

    Valley was running on High, 1080p, no AA, Tessellation Extreme.
     

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