New R390x but low performance,Im confused.

Hi guys this is my first post,i got the Radeon 390x 3 days ago and i dont know whats going on,i dont know if is my pc in general or something or the GPU.


My question is:my previous Gpu was the R7970.I bought the R390x to get a big difference but this is not the case and i dont know why.There is something wrong with my pc or bottleneck??


My PC specs are:

Windows 7 SP1 Ultimate x64

Intel QuadCore Core i7-3770K, 3800 MHz (37 x 103)

Asus P8H77-M (1 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 2 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR3 DIMM, Audio, Video, Gigabit LAN)

DIMM3: G Skill TridentX F3-2400C10-4GTX 4 GB DDR3-1600 DDR3(x2)

Power: Sentey BRP 700 Watts BRP700

Disc ST2000DM001-1CH164 ATA Device (2 MB, 7200 RPM, SATA-III)

Disc WDC WD1600AABS-00PRA0 ATA Device (160 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II)

Catalyst 15.7.1

Sorry for my english i speak spanish.

ty so much guys!

 

Hi guys this is my first post,i got the Radeon 390x 3 days ago and i dont know whats going on,i dont know if is my pc in general or something or the GPU.


My question is:my previous Gpu was the R7970.I bought the R390x to get a big difference but this is not the case and i dont know why.There is something wrong with my pc or bottleneck??


My PC specs are:

Windows 7 SP1 Ultimate x64

Intel QuadCore Core i7-3770K, 3800 MHz (37 x 103)

Asus P8H77-M (1 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 2 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR3 DIMM, Audio, Video, Gigabit LAN)

DIMM3: G Skill TridentX F3-2400C10-4GTX 4 GB DDR3-1600 DDR3(x2)

Power: Sentey BRP 700 Watts BRP700

Disc ST2000DM001-1CH164 ATA Device (2 MB, 7200 RPM, SATA-III)

Disc WDC WD1600AABS-00PRA0 ATA Device (160 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II)

Catalyst 15.7.1

Sorry for my english i speak spanish.

ty so much guys!

 

i posted this again but in the right section,i dont know how to delete this one from here

 

Uninstall drivers via control panel
Use DDU http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=379505
Install new Crimson driver http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=404258

What benchmarks/games did you test? You use some monitoring tools to check framerate, GPU clocks/usage?

 

Try the latest drivers (15.11.1 Crimson)
Are you getting similar FPS in games?

 

Hello m8.
So your problem is caused probably from your drivers.
Follow my steps.

1) Download DDU 15..7.1.0 (It is a software that unistalls any graphic driver from your PC)

http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

2) Extract it and run the program.It will ask you to run your PC in SAFE MODE!!
Press YES!!

3)You are in safe mode now.In this point DDU should run automaticaly.
You will see a menu that has 3 options.Choose Clean unistall and restart(Be sure to check AMD drivers)

4)Download the newest AMD drivers.
The version is 15.11.1(the link is for windows 7 64 bit as you say in your first post)

http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+7+-+64

I am waiting for feedback.
This is the first step we have to take to check if your GPU is ok.
So follow the steps and if you have any problems we will find a solution.

 

* First of all, let me say that i don't know much about PSU, so please correct me if i'm wrong here.

It looks like you have a very cheap and low quality power supply. The power supply has two 12 rails. Each can deliver up to 20A (240W) (source: http://www.sentey.com/es/brp-700). I don't know what the exact deal is with multi-rail PSUs, but if the GPU can only draw power from one rail, you might have a problem. I don't know which brand you have, but the MSI r9 390X Gaming for example uses alot more power if it is fully loaded:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-r9-390x-r9-380-r7-370,4178-9.html

According to this review the card will use 293 Watts on average and has a peak that can go up to 500 Watts.

Here is another review that shows a high power usage (but they also measured the power that the PCIe-slot uses):

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/R9_390X_Gaming/28.html

A HD 7970 might just run fine with 20A, but a r9 390x wouldn't. It might be that your r9 390x is struggling, because it isn't getting enough power.

 

Hello m8.
So your problem is caused probably from your drivers.
Follow my steps.

1) Download DDU 15..7.1.0 (It is a software that unistalls any graphic driver from your PC)

http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

2) Extract it and run the program.It will ask you to run your PC in SAFE MODE!!
Press YES!!

3)You are in safe mode now.In this point DDU should run automaticaly.
You will see a menu that has 3 options.Choose Clean unistall and restart(Be sure to check AMD drivers)

4)Download the newest AMD drivers.
The version is 15.11.1(the link is for windows 7 64 bit as you say in your first post)

http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+7+-+64

I am waiting for feedback.
This is the first step we have to take to check if your GPU is ok.
So follow the steps and if you have any problems we will find a solution.

 

No SSD, Low end PSU, Windows 7.

Change those to "SSD, 700w Seasonic PSU & Windows 10" and you'll be fine.

Also, stop overclocking your BCLK to 103mhz. Not a good idea at all on IvyBridge. As well, don't buy a new GPU, not reinstall Windows and ask why you're not getting the performance you want.

Reiinstall Windows with every major part upgrade. Always

 

This is my first test with the 3dMark with the last drivers

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/9732918

 

Very CPU bound. Try running a Firestrike.

 

Another test
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/9733047

 

^
Well that looks about right for a 390X.


going from 7970 to 390X you're @ up to 90% boost in ideal gpu bound scenarios..
http://anandtech.com/bench/product/1559?vs=1495

But in mmo's or rts games where you're cpu bound you won't see a big difference, maybe 20-40% at best.. Especially with slower AMD multi threaded driver code..


EDIT:

Skydiver; cpu @ 4.6Ghz, gpu 1228Mhz
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/9733566?
look at combined score, this is what I mean by cpu bound games


Firestrike looks about the same
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/9733623?

 

Well, looks like your r9 390x is getting enough power. What does "I bought the R390x to get a big difference but this is not the case" mean exactly? What was the performance you did get with the hd 7970 and what performance are you getting now? What games did you play?

 

kek.. my r9 280x to 290x jump was so big that i only noticed its 100dB.

 

I normally play World of warcraft and sometimes my FPS drops from 80 to 30 for a few seconds is that normal? i cant play it in the best quality or my fps dont pass the 50-30

 

MMO's are very cpu heavy games and if those fps drops are caused by a cpu bottleneck, upgrading the GPU won't make much of a difference.

Do you play any other games sometimes. If so, how is the performance in those games? Is it better?

 

it works better with GTA V,maybe i need to test more games and comment the results.
any recommendations?

By the way,my Cpu is ok?

 

It's just the nature of MMO's. Nothing you can do about it. Lol, the PvP area in ESO was just unbearable. In a very intense fight the cpu bottlenecked both my cards so much that i only reached 9FPS.

Testing more games would certainly help to determine if the performance of your card is normal or not.

 

Ty so much for the help guys,i will test more games and post the results.