RX480 low fps

[PaulU]

Build:

Sapphire RX 480 8GB

Intel i5 6500

Sharkoon WPM600

Asus H110M-C

16GB HyperX Fury 2133MHz

500GB SSD

1TB HDD

 

Borderlands 2 with ultra settings only runs at 40fps on 1080p.

Skyrim Special Edition doesn't run smoothly on max either.

 

On the image you can see the stats while running around in sanctuary. FPS were at 40 to 55 all the time.

 

[You_are_a_cunt]

stop using that horrid Sapphire utility. get afterburner.

run DDU to get rid of any and all old drivers and install a fresh one off of AMD's website.

 

 

on another note, I don't really like that PSU

[JuztBe]

Try turning physX off or set it to low. that thing just doesn't work well, not even talking about AMD GPUs.

[Princess Luna]

I highly recommend using MSi Afterburner as well.

[PaulU]

I uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers and use afterburner now. still same fps.

[PaulU]

only 25% GPU load on average

[Guest]

9 minutes ago, PaulU said:

only 25% GPU load on average

Im thinking it has to do with the powersupply, can you put the card in another PC and see if the load goes higher?

Also does the GPU load go higher if you run a benchmark like 3dmark?

[PaulU]

7 hours ago, HydraGaming said:

Im thinking it has to do with the powersupply, can you put the card in another PC and see if the load goes higher?

Also does the GPU load go higher if you run a benchmark like 3dmark?

It's a new 600 watt power supply. I had a similar problem with my old power supply. This is the only power supply powerfull enough for rx480 that i own.

Gonna run 3dmark now

[Guest]

1 minute ago, PaulU said:

It's a new 600 watt power supply. I had a similar problem with my old power supply. This is the only power supply powerfull enough for rx480 that i own.

The rated wattage is not what concerns me because that is plenty, what i do doubt is that it lives up to its rating. What powersupply did you have before?

[PaulU]

7 hours ago, HydraGaming said:

The rated wattage is not what concerns me because that is plenty, what i do doubt is that it lives up to its rating. What powersupply did you have before?

Before i had a dirt cheap 550Watt one. Combat Power CP 550W

In the benchmark the GPU ran at 100 all the time. So i guess PSU is good?

 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, PaulU said:

Before i had a dirt cheap 550Watt one. Combat Power CP 550W

In the benchmark the GPU ran at 100 all the time. So i guess PSU is good?

 

Yes, PSU aint the problem then.

You mentioned you had issues with 2 games, only those 2 games? If only those 2, reinstall them and see if that helps.

[PaulU]

7 hours ago, HydraGaming said:

The rated wattage is not what concerns me because that is plenty, what i do doubt is that it lives up to its rating. What powersupply did you have before?

I built this system today. New CPU new Mainboard new ram. new GPU. maybe i did something wrong

[PaulU]

6 hours ago, HydraGaming said:

Yes, PSU aint the problem then.

You mentioned you had issues with 2 games, only those 2 games? If only those 2, reinstall them and see if that helps.

Games like Killing Floor 2 and Project cars work great. The other 2 games should have no problem running at ultra.

[PaulU]

GTA V runs ok on max settings. But that could be because of a mod i installed. Normally should be 70-80 FPS. I get 55-70.

[PaulU]

I validated files in borderlands. it's downloading 200mb now. maybe that helps. does steam automatically adjust games to your gpu? Because I downloaded these games with an HD7770 in the system.

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, PaulU said:

I validated files in borderlands. it's downloading 200mb now. maybe that helps. does steam automatically adjust games to your gpu? Because I downloaded these games with an HD7770 in the system.

Some games do that but not Steam by itself. Have you downloaded Radeon Software? That has an optimize utility you can use to adapt the settings for the hardware.

[PaulU]

7 hours ago, HydraGaming said:

Some games do that but not Steam by itself. Have you downloaded Radeon Software? That has an optimize utility you can use to adapt the settings for the hardware.

I'm trying what this forum post said 

 

" No worries guys its fixed!!I had a feeling something just could not be right so I deduced it to be a problem with the engine. So I went into my My Gmes/Borderlands 2/Config/ folder and deleted everything. Ran the launcher, put my settings to the original - Everything As high as it could go, excluding physx and VOILA!!! Problems solved! "

[PaulU]

7 hours ago, HydraGaming said:

Some games do that but not Steam by itself. Have you downloaded Radeon Software? That has an optimize utility you can use to adapt the settings for the hardware.

Does this sofware change settings that i don't see? Or the standart graphics settings? because i can do that on my own

 

[PaulU]

FPS don't drop below 70 now. Awesome. Guess Skyrim is a shit port. Thanks for your help. That's all the problems i have right now :D.

[Guest]

12 minutes ago, PaulU said:

Does this sofware change settings that i don't see? Or the standart graphics settings? because i can do that on my own

 

Never used the software so i dont know.