5700 XT Performance Loss After W10 Reinstall

[SoloWingX]

Hello! Last week I had issues with boot loops with GPU drivers and crashing with artifacts. After a W10 reinstall my problems were solved, just to find myself with an underperforming GPU. In Assetto Corsa I used to be getting decent FPS. Compared to e.g. 80+ in a more busy scenraio a few weeks ago I am getting mid 50s now. Everything is on high performance in W10, game mode disabled, ULPS disabled, etc. Any advice? After years and years of PC gaming this premium priced GPU is making me consider to just quit it. I am very fed up and disappointed. 

[TwilightRavens]

5 minutes ago, SoloWingX said:

Hello! Last week I had issues with boot loops with GPU drivers and crashing with artifacts. After a W10 reinstall my problems were solved, just to find myself with an underperforming GPU. In Assetto Corsa I used to be getting decent FPS. Compared to e.g. 80+ in a more busy scenraio a few weeks ago I am getting mid 50s now. Everything is on high performance in W10, game mode disabled, ULPS disabled, etc. Any advice? After years and years of PC gaming this premium priced GPU is making me consider to just quit it. I am very fed up and disappointed. 

Sounds like normal AMD GPU drivers to me, have you tried installing the latest driver they have available?

[Nena Trinity]

Fresh install hmmm , try to use DDU then install a driver with no known major issues probably listed on AMD reddit...

[Letgomyleghoe]

Did you have an overclock? 
If so you need to redo it, make sure you installed drivers again too

[Haro]

As said in the last thread 

Make sure you have the power limit slider to max 

[SoloWingX]

1 minute ago, Nena360 said:

Fresh install hmmm , try to use DDU then install a driver with no known major issues probably listed on AMD reddit...

I have tried 20.4.2 WHQL and 20.5.1 (20.5.1 was installed first while no driver was installed, 20.4.2 was installed after DDUing).

[TwilightRavens]

Yeah DDU seems like the best option, when I had my 290X I was surprised when I updated my driver and it didn’t mess something up, though it was a lot less likely to happen when I used DDU and did a fresh driver install.

[SoloWingX]

1 minute ago, TofuHaroto said:

As said in the last thread 

Make sure you have the power limit slider to max 

Did not help.

3 minutes ago, Letgomyleghoe said:

Did you have an overclock? 
If so you need to redo it, make sure you installed drivers again too

Have never applied OC on the card.

 

I mean the card is just basically idling at those frequencies...

[Haro]

Just now, SoloWingX said:

Did not help.

Have never applied OC on the card.

 

I mean the card is just basically idling at those frequencies... 2.32 MB · 0 downloads

Why is vram usage so low ? 

Did you try ddu ?

How about a different game

[SoloWingX]

1 minute ago, TofuHaroto said:

Why is vram usage so low ? 

Did you try ddu ?

How about a different game

Not an extremely demanding game and I have reference how it ran before and it is probably the main game I play so I need it to run well.

 

DDUing and installing an older driver now. 20.2.2

[SoloWingX]

21 minutes ago, Nena360 said:

Fresh install hmmm , try to use DDU then install a driver with no known major issues probably listed on AMD reddit...

 

18 minutes ago, TwilightRavens said:

Yeah DDU seems like the best option, when I had my 290X I was surprised when I updated my driver and it didn’t mess something up, though it was a lot less likely to happen when I used DDU and did a fresh driver install.

 

 

14 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

Why is vram usage so low ? 

Did you try ddu ?

How about a different game

Same performance on DDU -> 20.2.2

[SoloWingX]

I don't know if it means anything and it was before the W10 reinstall, but in FurMark benchmark the cards was hitting high frequencies but after a minute or two the frequencies dropped and the benchmark image became quite stuttery. It was strange. Could be replicated.

[Nena Trinity]

2 minutes ago, SoloWingX said:

I don't know if it means anything and it was before the W10 reinstall, but in FurMark benchmark the cards was hitting high frequencies but after a minute or two the frequencies dropped and the benchmark image became quite stuttery. It was strange. Could be replicated.

Maybe its a power or thermal issue?

[Haro]

3 minutes ago, Nena360 said:

Maybe its a power or thermal issue?

His thermals are around 50c 

Based on the picture

[SoloWingX]

4 minutes ago, Nena360 said:

Maybe its a power or thermal issue?

Temperature goes up to around 80C under full load and after that it stabilizes (the fans go very wooosh at that point). I have had it happen in a game where I forgot to limit frames (and had headphones so I didn't hear the fans) and it was stable. Power should not be an issue according to Afterburner. But in the case of the game above it is obviously not the problem, as the GPU just wants to sleep.

[Haro]

Just now, SoloWingX said:

Temperature goes up to around 80C under full load and after that it stabilizes (the fans go very wooosh at that point). I have had it happen in a game where I forgot to limit frames (and had headphones so I didn't hear the fans) and it was stable. Power should not be an issue according to Afterburner. But in the case of the game above it is obviously not the problem, as the GPU just wants to sleep.

Can you maybe try to see if the issue still happens in other games 

[SoloWingX]

2 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

Can you maybe try to see if the issue still happens in other games 

Witcher 3 is okay although a bit stuttery. This is why I am afraid to RMA. Some games work "well".

[SoloWingX]

9 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

Can you maybe try to see if the issue still happens in other games 

Rocket League is good as well.

[Haro]

2 minutes ago, SoloWingX said:

Rocket League is good as well.

Maybe it is just the game 

But I could be wrong

[SoloWingX]

Just now, TofuHaroto said:

Maybe it is just the game 

But I could be wrong

That's the thing. The game ran well before the reinstall.

[Nena Trinity]

That is indeed odd...

[SoloWingX]

1 hour ago, Nena360 said:

That is indeed odd...

I just tried another racing sim I had tested the framerates on before and in the same scenario I am getting 5-15 FPS less. Packed up the card, will try to RMA tomorrow.