MSI R9 280x 3G Performance Problems

[Guest]

Hi all,

 

So I've recently been having problems with my MSI R9 280x 3G. I reinstall Windows 7 (Home Premium x64) about 2 weeks ago, ever since performance there have been two seperate issues.

 

Problem Number 1

The first of these is that the card under-clocks down to 301mhz for no apparent reason mid-game, causing frame drops. Temperatures tend to hold at around 60-65 degrees Celsius under load, which shouldn't cause thermal throttling right?  This happens in pretty much in any game from TF2 to JC3 and even USFIV and under varying amounts of load from 15% upwards.

 

Problem Number 2

The card seems to be under-performing in general, for instance when I was playing  Shadows Tactics: Blades of Shogan (link) it was running at 15-20 fps on high and even medium presets although it's way above the recommended specifications.

 

Information

Full build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/JfC9wV

Driver versions from Radeon Settings:

Radeon Settings Version - 2016.1204.1136.20853
Driver Packaging Version - 16.50.2001-161204a-309274C
Provider - Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
2D Driver Version - 8.1.1.1583
Direct3D® Version - 9.14.10.01235
OpenGL® Version - 6.14.10.13464
OpenCL™ Version - 21.19.384.0
AMD Mantle Version - 9.1.10.0165
AMD Mantle API Version - 102400
AMD Audio Driver Version - 7.12.0.7723
Vulkan™ Driver Version - 1.4.1
Vulkan™ API Version - 1.0.30

 

 

Thanks in advance for any help, just ask if you need any more info.

 

[Alec M]

Your CPU might be bottlenecking it, but other than that, I have no idea.

[Matu20]

5 minutes ago, Alec M said:

Your CPU might be bottlenecking it, but other than that, I have no idea.

No, 8320 is not that shit. Might be a driver related issue or Windows related issue.

[Alec M]

@Matu20 Bitwit did an AMD build with dual RX 480s and a 9590, it performed terrbly.

[Matu20]

4 minutes ago, Alec M said:

@Matu20 Bitwit did an AMD build with dual RX 480s and a 9590, it performed terrbly.

Most games over 60fps average, yep, definitely terrible.

[A Damn Crab!]

4 minutes ago, Alec M said:

@Matu20 Bitwit did an AMD build with dual RX 480s and a 9590, it performed terrbly.

2 480's are massively faster GPU's than a 280x.

This is like saying oh that 6600GT will bottleneck with your i5 2500 because a TITAN XP does.

 

 

 

 

[Matu20]

4 minutes ago, A Damn Crab! said:

2 480's are massively faster GPU's than a 280x.

This is like saying oh that 6600GT will bottleneck with your i5 2500 because a TIRAN XP does.

 

 

 

 

What are you talking about?

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, huilun02 said:

Give this a try

Obviously not a CPU bottleneck as you said it only started recently.

Don't mind the asshats here who jump at every opportunity to put blame on AMD processors.

Yeah I was gonna say, seems unlikely it's the CPU.

[A Damn Crab!]

11 minutes ago, Matu20 said:

What are you talking about?

I am talking about the idiot saying his 480's were bottlenecked, they are not even the same tier of GPU as a 280X.. 280X is way less powerful.

[Matu20]

1 minute ago, A Damn Crab! said:

I am talking about the idiot saying his 480's were bottlenecked, they are not even the same tier of GPU as a 280X.. 280X is way less powerful.

Okay, this is exactly what I was thinking. Somehow I thought you were attacking me

[Clyne]

Using MSI AB, increase the Power Limit to the Max.

And also, click Extend Unofficial overclocking limits and Disable ULPS.

This helped with my RX 470 being stuck at 800mhz, now it's at 1226MHZ Boost. 

  

 

[Guest]

22 hours ago, huilun02 said:

Give this a try

Obviously not a CPU bottleneck as you said it only started recently.

Don't mind the asshats here who jump at every opportunity to put blame on AMD processors.

Thanks I'll give it a shot when I'm home .

21 hours ago, Bubblewhale said:

Using MSI AB, increase the Power Limit to the Max.

 

And also, click Extend Unofficial overclocking limits and Disable ULPS.

 

This helped with my RX 470 being stuck at 800mhz, now it's at 1226MHZ Boost. 

I'll also give this a shot thanks .

 

[Clyne]

6 minutes ago, Sponion said:

I'll also give this a shot thanks .

 

Don't forget the apply the max power limit as you have to save it, it'll have to take a restart though.

[Alec M]

4 hours ago, huilun02 said:

Give this a try

Obviously not a CPU bottleneck as you said it only started recently.

Don't mind the asshats here who jump at every opportunity to put blame on AMD processors.

Bro, do you even AMD?

You are slamming someone who has had experience with an AMD processor for a while.

Also my original post only gave an idea, not a OH YEAH THIS IS HOW IT IS sort of post.

Also, I didn't even see that he stated it had started recently. So please just chill it.

[Guest]

17 hours ago, Bubblewhale said:

Don't forget the apply the max power limit as you have to save it, it'll have to take a restart though.

Doesn't seem like it's had any effect, is there a reliable tool I can use to judge?

[AMD Spec]

On 18/12/2016 at 4:38 PM, Sponion said:

Doesn't seem like it's had any effect, is there a reliable tool I can use to judge?

If u are using the latest drivers , try rolling back a couple of drivers , use WHQL only 

and put ur power mode to high performance ( just in case ) .

 

check the thermal threshhold temp as it might be set too low in the driver . 

[i_build_nanosuits]

i would place a bet that this el cheapo 4 phase VRM asrock board is not designed strong enough to sustain power delivery to this AMD FX pos and the CPU is probably trottling because of that which makes the GPU load and FPS go down.

OP, i would start by checking the CPU clocks and see what is happening there