i think its drivers

[Prokart2000]

hi guys

 

so i had the bf4 problem for a while now and i think ts drivers as i have seen other r9 280xs getting a maximum of 90fps on siege of shanghai 64 man ultra no aa, i cant get 50 on low no aa. So this is what i think any suggestions will help my gpu version is attatched @Recon-UK

[Recon-UK]

I really think this is due to your CPU, i hate bringing up other people, but folk have thrown around a certain sheet of numbers, the 8350 bottlenecks the 280x/770/780 in this game.

[Prokart2000]

I really think this is due to your CPU, i hate bringing up other people, but folk have thrown around a certain sheet of numbers, the 8350 bottlenecks the 280x/770/780 in this game.

the drivers are really old i think i can probably get it to 4ghz but nothing more

[Recon-UK]

the drivers are really old i think i can probably get it to 4ghz but nothing more

Try new drivers then, CCC 14.4 is out.

[Prokart2000]

Try new drivers then, CCC 14.4 is out.

i will get the non-beta im just worried about breaking things as stupid as it may sound

[Joshua Ondangan]

try new drivers. 

 

try getting your cpu to 4.2ghz.

 

my friends 8320 went to 4.2ghz stable on his 8320 (that coming with his house being 34c room temp).

[Recon-UK]

i will get the non-beta im just worried about breaking things as stupid as it may sound

You will not physically harm your PC, just a driver change

[Prokart2000]

try new drivers. 

 

try getting your cpu to 4.2ghz.

 

my friends 8320 went to 4.2ghz stable on his 8320 (that coming with his house being 34c room temp).

i would push it as i have a noctua but i have a 970 mobo

[Prokart2000]

You will not physically harm your PC, just a driver change

iknow i just dont want to be lost in a black screen

[Joshua Ondangan]

iknow i just dont want to be lost in a black screen

no biggie mate. if you oc too high and lack voltage = screens

 

just open bios and increase your volts in small amount. then try stress test it if it's too hot lower volts and core clock until you find one you are comfortable with.

[Prokart2000]

no biggie mate. if you oc too high and lack voltage = screens

 

just open bios and increase your volts in small amount. then try stress test it if it's too hot lower volts and core clock until you find one you are comfortable with.

i was on about the driver update but i suppose, i just dont want to blow up my vrms thtas why i said 4 as its the turbo

[Bonsai99]

iknow i just dont want to be lost in a black screen

If you uninstall the graphics driver windows will just install a generic one.

[Recon-UK]

Ahh i get you now, yeah, Windows will use your card as a standard VGA adapter without the driver, only games will not work, or Direct3D apps.

[Prokart2000]

Ahh i get you now, yeah, Windows will use your card as a standard VGA adapter without the driver, only games will not work, or Direct3D apps.

oh and if that fails safe mode? adn then i can install drivers again, how long does it take like an hour or?

[Joshua Ondangan]

oh and if that fails safe mode? adn then i can install drivers again, how long does it take like an hour or?

installing doesn't really take that long. but the process on finding the right spot for your oc does .

 

took me 4 days until I found my 3930k stable at 4.7ghz 1.385v after all those trial and errors.

[i_build_nanosuits]

OP, do you have your AMD chipset driver installed for your motherboard? most of the time when people are getting bad results it is because of that,

i made this mistake at first and when i installed the FULL catalyst suite it solved all my issues...

Also IN YOUR BIOS, make sure you turn the POWER SAVING features OFF (disabled) and turn HPC mode ON (enabled) and see if this help...the CPU is not

your problem in itself i can assure you that i play BF4 competitively a lot and and almost never dip under the 60FPS mark at FULL ULTRA PRESET and i use

an OC 8320 but even at stock speed it makes no difference i'm GPU bound ALL THE WAY and i use an overclocked GTX 780...so your CPU should feed your r9 280x

all day long in BF4 no problem...

(EDIT: You should have your chipset driver on a CD with your motherboard if you want to make sure and have a separate install of this driver, but i think it come's in with the new catalyst just install EVERYTHING that comes with it...

[Prokart2000]

im honestly not sure how to check?

[Maxibonbits]

Is this with Mantle. If so the CPU should not make much of a difference, stock 8350 should be fine. Also even with DirectX an 8350 has more than enough power.

 

Trying newer beta drivers may help resolve the issue. Beta drivers are generally perfectly safe, with any problems simply requiring the driver to be removed.

 

As an extra precaution try turning of all overclocks. A bad overclock can cause instability.

[i_build_nanosuits]

im honestly not sure how to check?

don't check, just double install it if its already on there it won't matter, install it again and test.

[Prokart2000]

i presume it is and i havent ocd anything

[i_build_nanosuits]

is it a new PC that you've just built ? is it a fresh BF4 install?

If not, what have you upgraded/changed recently that could be interesting for us to know about?

 

BF4 is known to do wierd things sometimes on AMD systems...

[Prokart2000]

is it a new PC that you've just built ? is it a fresh BF4 install?

If not, what have you upgraded/changed recently that could be interesting for us to know about?

 

BF4 is known to do wierd things sometimes on AMD systems...

i built it (dads mate) at xmas and i installed bf4 normally, and i havent changed anything, its only bf4 as titanfall runs fine 60fps all of the time, its so frustrating as its my fave game, thtas why i thought the driver was not optimised for bf4

[i_build_nanosuits]

Does BF4 always ran that bad?.. if not i would completely wipe off BF4 from the system and do a fresh re-install...

Have you installed the chipset driver ?

[Prokart2000]

Does BF4 always ran that bad?.. if not i would completely wipe off BF4 from the system and do a fresh re-install...

Have you installed the chipset driver ?

yes always (from when i checked the fps) im not sure if it is because of the old gpu driver as other games are fine and so is rendering, this is why i dont think it is the chipset