GPU clocking issues

[juicyy]

I recently got an r9 380 and im having issues with the clock speeds.  during 98-100% loads i would only get to about 400 MHz even though my card boasts 990 MHz. can anyone help? i cant find much anywhere else and apparently the newer crimson driver updates fixed this.

[HPWebcamAble]

Welcome to the forums!

 

Have you tried updating the drivers?

[juicyy]

thank you, i have tried updating the drivers.  whats currently installed is the 16.15.2211-160321A-301173C driver.  when i check for driver updates it does say that it is up to date.

[juicyy]

7 minutes ago, HPWebcamAble said:

Welcome to the forums!

 

Have you tried updating the drivers?

here is an overview of my system via crimson..

 

Radeon Software Version - 16.3.2
Radeon Software Edition - Crimson
Graphics Chipset - AMD Radeon (TM) R9 380 Series
Memory Size - 4096 MB
Memory Type - GDDR5
Core Clock - 990 MHz
Windows Version - Windows 10
System Memory - 8 GB
CPU Type - AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor
 

[HPWebcamAble]

15 minutes ago, juicyy said:

thank you, i have tried updating the drivers.  whats currently installed is the 16.15.2211-160321A-301173C driver.  when i check for driver updates it does say that it is up to date.

Driver update usually fixes that issue but not always (obviously)

 

Try uninstalling your AMD graphcis drivers with Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU), then reinstall them with Crimson

[-rascal-]

Are you running your programs / games  in Full-Screen...or Windowed-Mode / Borderless?

400 MHz Core sounds like the GPU is running on the 2D performance profile.

[juicyy]

1 minute ago, -rascal- said:

Are you running your programs / games  in Full-Screen...or Windowed-Mode / Borderless?

400 MHz Core sounds like the GPU is running on the 2D performance profile.

when im playing overwatch, im playing in windowed borderless.  would full screen make a difference? 

 

19 minutes ago, HPWebcamAble said:

Driver update usually fixes that issue but not always (obviously)

 

Try uninstalling your AMD graphcis drivers with Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU), then reinstall them with Crimson

i also just reinstalled the drivers so gonna try a couple games in both full screen and windowed borderless

[-rascal-]

3 minutes ago, juicyy said:

when im playing overwatch, im playing in windowed borderless.  would full screen make a difference? 

 

i also just reinstalled the drivers so gonna try a couple games in both full screen and windowed borderless

 

Ahh...yes, try it on Full-Screen, and give us an update.

Either Windowed-Mode or Borderless has the tendency create the problem you are seeing.

 

from what I am aware, this happens on both the nVIDIA side and the AMD side. 

[juicyy]

12 minutes ago, -rascal- said:

 

Ahh...yes, try it on Full-Screen, and give us an update.

Either Windowed-Mode or Borderless has the tendency create the problem you are seeing.

 

from what I am aware, this happens on both the nVIDIA side and the AMD side. 

 

37 minutes ago, HPWebcamAble said:

Driver update usually fixes that issue but not always (obviously)

 

Try uninstalling your AMD graphcis drivers with Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU), then reinstall them with Crimson

so it appears updating the drivers have boosted my GPU core clock in both windowed borderless and full screen. but i am only getting to maybe 950 max, it varies from approx. 700-900 most of the time.  is it possible to even get my full 990?

[juicyy]

and does my core clock directly affect my fps in games? 

[-rascal-]

10 minutes ago, juicyy said:

and does my core clock directly affect my fps in games? 

In short, yes.

 

Which R9-380 do you have (make & model)?

 

Do you happen to have a R9-380 that has a BIOS tiggle switch / button on it?

Some AMD GPU's (e.g. Sapphire, MSi) will have a *Normal* and a *High Performance* mode.

 

Also, double check to make sure the "Power Efficiency" setting is set to Off.

Gaming Tab >> Global Graphics >> Power Efficiency.

 

 

[juicyy]

2 minutes ago, -rascal- said:

In short, yes.

 

Which R9-380 doe you have (make & model)?

 

Do you happen to have a R9-380 that has a BIOS tiggle switch / button on it?

Some AMD GPU's (e.g. Sapphire, MSi) will have a *Normal* and a *High Performance* mode.

 

Also, double check to make sure the "Power Efficiency" setting is set to Off.

Gaming Tab >> Global Graphics >> Power Efficiency.

 

 

i have the xfx r9 380 and looking at it i dont see any special switches or buttons on the GPU itself.  when i updated my drivers i couldn't even access the radeon global settings so i reinstalled my drivers AGAIN so hopefully this will help.  ima try another game and keep you updated. 

[-rascal-]

3 minutes ago, juicyy said:

i have the xfx r9 380 and looking at it i dont see any special switches or buttons on the GPU itself.  when i updated my drivers i couldn't even access the radeon global settings so i reinstalled my drivers AGAIN so hopefully this will help.  ima try another game and keep you updated. 

 

Make sure you reboot your computer after the Driver install.

Some things don't take into effect until you reboot -- a pop-up should tell you to do so.

[juicyy]

14 minutes ago, -rascal- said:

 

Make sure you reboot your computer after the Driver install.

Some things don't take into effect until you reboot -- a pop-up should tell you to do so.

so far so good, i have restarted my computer and im now getting about 950-1000 clock speeds.

 

EDIT: but im still getting FPS drops in overwatch ugh...

 

another edit: dropped down to approx 700 MHz..

Edited June 20, 2016 by juicyy