Bad PC Performance

[freeman1289]

Hi, I've recently purchased a graphic card (Asus Strix R9 380 OC). After fixing it to my rig, i conducted some test and ran a few benchmarks. I up unable to obtain the scores and frames as examples posted in the internet. And even while playing games there seems to be lots of lag even sometimes after reducing the graphics to low. I am using the Crimson 16.1.1 for Windows 10 64bit. My rig specification are below:

 

1. Gigabyte GA970-D3

2. AMD FX6300

3. 1.5TB Seagate SSHD

4. Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB 1600MHz

5. Cooler Master 650W Bronze Single 12+V rail.

6. Asus Strix R9 380 OC

 

Games like Far Cry 4, AC Syndicate crashes often indicating "display driver has stopped responding and has recovered".

 

GTA5 used to crash with no error. After updating my driver its now fine. 

 

I'm not sure if there is a bottleneck or my gpu is faulty. Help is much appreciated! 

 

TQ

[Fgtfv567]

Your FX-6300 is bottlenecking your 390. CPU can't send instructions fast enough to the GPU. I recommend you get an 8350

[byalexandr]

Just now, Fgtfv567 said:

Your FX-6300 is bottlenecking your 390. CPU can't send instructions fast enough to the GPU. I recommend you get an 8350

8350 will still produce the same results. 9590 will as well.

 

He needs a CPU with a higher IPC and better single thread performance, even an i3 will bottleneck less.

[ArmswieldTheHero]

Have you tried clocking it at the normal speed? This may not improve your performance but I found that it improved stability for me in the game distance, but I had the MSI model of card, not the asus OC model.

[Fgtfv567]

1 minute ago, byalexandr said:

8350 will still produce the same results. 9590 will as well.

 

He needs a CPU with a higher IPC and better single thread performance, even an i3 will bottleneck less.

I didn't think an 8350 could really bottleneck a 390...

[ArmswieldTheHero]

1 minute ago, Fgtfv567 said:

I didn't think an 8350 could really bottleneck a 390...

Well the OP has a 380 and I know from personal experience that the 6300 will NOT bottleneck the 380

[byalexandr]

Just now, Fgtfv567 said:

I didn't think an 8350 could really bottleneck a 390...

Easily. It'll perform the same GPU wise as the 6300. I'd say the highest GPU an 8350/8370/whatever from AMD could handle is the R9 380 or GTX 960, possibly the GTX 970 or R9 290 but it'll still bottleneck at times.

 

I'm telling you, even an i3 would be better. I sold my FX 6300 platform for the one I have in my signature (with the i3) and it bottlenecks a lot less than an FX processor would. It's just a very old architecture, and the IPC and single thread performance are just really lack luster, even if you overclock the hell out of it like the 9590.

[byalexandr]

1 minute ago, ArmswieldTheHero said:

Well the OP has a 380 and I know from personal experience that the 6300 will NOT bottleneck the 380

Yeah the 380 is about the most the 8305 can handle without bottlenecking. From my experience my i3 at 3.7GHz (it's a 4170) bottlenecks less than my old 4.2GHz FX 6300 on liquid.

[ArmswieldTheHero]

3 minutes ago, byalexandr said:

Yeah the 380 is about the most the 8305 can handle without bottlenecking. From my experience my i3 at 3.7GHz (it's a 4170) bottlenecks less than my old 4.2GHz FX 6300 on liquid.

You might've had a bad processor then because my 6300 clocked at 4.1 on the 212 evo doesnt bottleneck a bit in fallout four.

[byalexandr]

5 minutes ago, ArmswieldTheHero said:

You might've had a bad processor then because my 6300 clocked at 4.1 on the 212 evo doesnt bottleneck a bit in fallout four.

I have an R9 290 clocked at 1100/1325.

 

The 6300 bottlenecked the 760 SLI setup when I had that going for a bit.

[ArmswieldTheHero]

I dont think you understand, as long as the processor is powerful enough to run the game there will be no bottleneck. The processor doesnt just weaken the card passively, the game has to actually tax one part more than the other.

[freeman1289]

Thanks all for your kind respond and help. As for fallout 4, i am able to play at ultra using catalyst drivers but not crimson. But with the new fix provided by AMD i am back to Ultra, however it still not as smooth when i was on catalyst. If my cpu is the cause, will overclocking it help. And yes i've tried clocking my graphic card at normal speed and the result is the same.