Poor performance

[TheLunarHero]

I recently purchased an Asus R9 280x and I'm experiencing less than ideal performance. It's only running at ~40-60% usage under gaming load and I don't think it's utilizing it's full potential. It's paired with an AMD Fx-6350 which isn't the greatest CPU but I didn't anticipate a bottleneck. I have the latest drivers from AMD too. Any suggestions?  Thanks.

[MbV93]

It can't be a bottleneck, clean re-install drivers. it could also be an unstable overclock.

[TheLunarHero]

It's running at stock speeds and I already tried reinstalling drivers =/

[Bagmup]

It's running at stock speeds and I already tried reinstalling drivers =/

What games are we talking about

[TheDigitalRealm]

It's running at stock speeds and I already tried reinstalling drivers =/

 

Does it run at that load all the time? No matter what game you play? It doesn't sound like the GPU is the problem. There must be something else at fault in your set up.

[TheLunarHero]

When I played relatively low demanding games such as Skyrim and ESO the usage never rose above 60% however when I played a very demanding game (Witcher 2) it jumped to 90%+. I'd like to know how to keep it at that level so I can increase the framerate on ESO (Currently slaving on)

[Humbug]

please post What resolution, settings You are playing at and what's your framerate.