R9 380 - GPU usage throttles up and down, stuttering and extremely bad performance

[PythonHaxor]

So I bought this graphics card very recently and so far I'm very disappointed. My older card (gtx 560) has been performing better than my new one. I'm now playing GTA V at 30-40 fps on medium settings, actually pretty much no matter what settings in the game I change the fps stays the same. Fallout 4 is stuttering like crazy on medium settings and fps is around 25 in the cities and 60 out in the wilderness. 

 

GPU usage is going wild while i'm playing, pic (GTA V gameplay):

http://i.imgur.com/TVxVi8y.png

Temp is still stable though.

 

I have tried different AMD drivers, old and new ones, doesn't really make any difference.

Anyone knows what's going on here? I'm pretty sure the performance isn't supposed to be this bad. Is the card maybe defect? Or is my CPU just bottlenecking?

 

Specs:

CPU: Intel® Core i5-3570 CPU @ 3.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.4GHz

RAM: 8192MB RAM

GPU: AMD Radeon R9 380 Series (the XFX version)

PSU: 500W (all voltage levels are stable) 

 

DxDiag:

http://txt.do/5zvcg

 

[Xenift]

I think something in you system has gone bad.

Probably the PSU.

[SkilledRebuilds]

Try using DDU which is display driver uninstaller.

Remove the junk leftover nvidia trace files.

Then reinstall amd drivers

PSU is ample for that system.

[GM_Peka]

What motherboard do you have?
 

[c0d0ps]

I think something in you system has gone bad.

Probably the PSU.

Wouldn't he get crashed in that case?

Like game crashes or something else that forces the computer to work more than what it normally does.

[Xenift]

Wouldn't he get crashed in that case?

Like game crashes or something else that forces the computer to work more than what it normally does.

Well there are cases where the computer continues to run, just that power isn't supplied properly.

A faulty graphics card would crash more than a faulty PSU.

[SkilledRebuilds]

Wouldn't he get crashed in that case?

Like game crashes or something else that forces the computer to work more than what it normally does.

Some people presume PSU due to either not knowing the brand or thinking its not got enough overhead with the wattage.

Id still be checking DDU and removing all tiny traces first, then redo drivers and see if the conflict is gone.

[c0d0ps]

 

So I bought this graphics card very recently and so far I'm very disappointed. My older card (gtx 560) has been performing better than my new one. I'm now playing GTA V at 30-40 fps on medium settings, actually pretty much no matter what settings in the game I change the fps stays the same. Fallout 4 is stuttering like crazy on medium settings and fps is around 25 in the cities and 60 out in the wilderness. 

 

GPU usage is going wild while i'm playing, pic (GTA V gameplay):

http://i.imgur.com/TVxVi8y.png

Temp is still stable though.

 

I have tried different AMD drivers, old and new ones, doesn't really make any difference.

Anyone knows what's going on here? I'm pretty sure the performance isn't supposed to be this bad. Is the card maybe defect? Or is my CPU just bottlenecking?

 

Specs:

CPU: Intel® Core i5-3570 CPU @ 3.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.4GHz

RAM: 8192MB RAM

GPU: AMD Radeon R9 380 Series (the XFX version)

PSU: 500W (all voltage levels are stable) 

 

DxDiag:

http://txt.do/5zvcg

 

Kan vara gamla drivers some sabbar för dig.

Prova DDU så att den kan avinstallera alla gpu drivers för dig (både aktuella och gamla nvidia drivers).

Sen installerar du driver igen och kolla så att det inte är beta drivers för dem kan ibland skapa problem.

[SK_Caterpilar_SK]

just saaing that if you go to bios and go into DOCP overclocking mode(i guess in AMD platform its like that ) and there is somethink like PCIe Frequency... I allways max it out and same for spread spectrum on the PCIe portso its i guess 150Mhz and PCIe spread spectrum enabled 

[Edwardk326]

two things could be the issue as you may know AMD cards require a lot power of looking at your specs I think your power supply does not have enough juice. On the box my nvidia gtx980 g1 gaming requires a minimum of 600 watt so I can only imagine what AMD requires. Anyway here's what to do

 

1- find a computer with an appropriate power supply (computer shops usually let you test and run components for a fee if not then they're asses).

 

2- run a stress test on the graphics card (see what temperature it reaches 70 or little above is normal under extreme loads like furmark usually if you didn't overclock the graphics card it should reach a limit where it can't go any higher like 70 degrees Celsius).

 

3- If the graphics card fails stress test then obviously the problem is with your graphics card (if so I feel your pain and go back to the thief who sold you the graphics card and ask for either an exchange or if lucky a refund).

 

4- go to your PC and with either aida64 or prime95 run a stress test on your entire system but not graphics card. see where it fails look at the temperatures

50 Celsius very good

60 Celsius good

70 Celsius okay not great

80 Celsius risky

90 Celsius something is very wrong here stop stress test before you fry your CPU. 

 

with that being said good luck on your long and perilous journey may the force be with you.

[PythonHaxor]

Ok update for you guys. What I forgot to tell you is that I've been using DDU between every new driver installation, so old drivers shouldn't be any problem.

I installed Furmark and let it run for a while, temperatures got up to 80 degrees celsius and stopped there. (never goes this high while gaming though).

 

I stumbled across a post on another forum where someone suggested that overclocking the power limit to +20% might fix it. I did this and GTA V performance improved drastically. It's now butter smooth at 80+fps almost highest settings. The GPU usage is no longer throttling up and down as much in GTA either.

Fallout fps have not improved though.

 

HOWEVER my system is now really unstable, I usually can't play a game for more than 15 min before I either get BSOD or Artifacts all over the screen and freezing. I also can't plug in a third monitor, the GPU doesn't recognize it until I unplug a monitor that I'm already using.

 

Motherboard:  ASUS P8Z77-V

PSU: iArena GPA-500S8

 

I'm starting to think that I need to buy a new power supply. I will try what you suggested SK_Caterpilar_SK and report back soon.

Edit: Did not find any PCIe Frequency settings.

[GM_Peka]

Ok update for you guys. What I forgot to tell you is that I've been using DDU between every new driver installation, so old drivers shouldn't be any problem.

I installed Furmark and let it run for a while, temperatures got up to 80 degrees celsius and stopped there. (never goes this high while gaming though).

 

I stumbled across a post on another forum where someone suggested that overclocking the power limit to +20% might fix it. I did this and GTA V performance improved drastically. It's now butter smooth at 80+fps almost highest settings. The GPU usage is no longer throttling up and down as much in GTA either.

Fallout fps have not improved though.

 

HOWEVER my system is now really unstable, I usually can't play a game for more than 15 min before I either get BSOD or Artifacts all over the screen and freezing. I also can't plug in a third monitor, the GPU doesn't recognize it until I unplug a monitor that I'm already using.

 

Motherboard:  ASUS P8Z77-V

PSU: iArena GPA-500S8

 

I'm starting to think that I need to buy a new power supply. I will try what you suggested SK_Caterpilar_SK and report back soon.

Edit: Did not find any PCIe Frequency settings.

Just get a cheap XFX PSU, even if the PSU isn't the problem, you should still be running a branded PSU.

 

BTW, on this forum, most people only pay attention to threads for about 20 minutes, then they never look at it again, so you might not get much response from here on.

 

Mentioning people like PythonHaxor will give people notifications. Or quoting them will also.

[PythonHaxor]

Ok thanks Pvt. 8Ball

[PaulKolby]

 

So I bought this graphics card very recently and so far I'm very disappointed. My older card (gtx 560) has been performing better than my new one. I'm now playing GTA V at 30-40 fps on medium settings, actually pretty much no matter what settings in the game I change the fps stays the same. Fallout 4 is stuttering like crazy on medium settings and fps is around 25 in the cities and 60 out in the wilderness. 

 

DxDiag:

http://txt.do/5zvcg

 

#amddrivers

 

 

 

 

jk its probably psu just buy one at best buy but make sue you can retun it and test it with that to see if its the problem if you dont have a spare power supply lying around

[shanmyster]

Hey mate. Found this for the GPU usage issue. Appeared to help a bit.

Cant help with the fans though. I am still having the same issue.