rx 480 Upgraded to RX 480 4GB and I'm getting lower fps?!?

[ElFiasco89]

As title says, basically i upgraded my gpu from a R9 280X running at 1100/1500 to a nice new Sapphire RX 480 Nitro+ 4 GB at default clocks of 1303/1750 and i get lower fps with my new card, i've upped the power limit in msi afterburner to no improvement, im playing at exact same settings, High Quality Render and every thing else on maximum performance with no boxes ticked and im averaging around 170-190 fps where as with my R9 280X i had around 190-210 fps so im really confused by this, anyone have any tips or info on this situation? I've only tried with Rocket Leauge so far btw.

 

Also my R9 280X used to get to about 71 Degrees c whilst playing but the RX 480 Hovers around 55 Degrees c, using similar GPU usage as the previous card, around 70% average.

 

I upgraded my graphics card on the last update a couple of days ago but im unaware if there have been any major fps drops with that update yet.

 

I DDU the drivers several times now, now trying 18.3.3 because that's what Fortnite prefers and still no change in Rocket League.

 

Everything else is exactly as it was, just changed the graphics card.

Also i can provide any logs of monitoring.

 

- AMD FX 8350 @ 4.5Ghz (No turbo boost)

- Sapphire RX 480 Nitro+ 4 GB

- Gigabyte GA 990XA-UD3

- Corsair Vengance 16gb @ 1600Mhz

- Corsair 550 80+ Bronze PSU

- Intel SSD 520 Series 160 GB

 

Update 1

I've just compared the GPU-Z info from the 2 card and the R9 280X has 2 higher values 'Bus Width' and 'Band Width' which are:

R9 280x Bus = 384 Bit / Band = 297.6 GB/s

RX 480 Bus = 256 Bit / Band = 224 GB/s

Could this be a factor ?

 

[VinZie]

A similar thread was posted a while ago, and the issue turned about to be that settings were on 'power saver' rather than performance. Just a starting place 
Other simplest answers are that V-sync is on, or it's due to overheating.

[Streetguru]

6 minutes ago, ElFiasco89 said:

 

Reinstalling windows is the quickest solution to software issues.

[wONKEyeYEs]

13 minutes ago, ElFiasco89 said:

i upgraded my gpu from a R9 280X running at 1100/1500 to a nice new Sapphire RX 480 Nitro+ 4 GB

On Firestrike those cards score similarly.

Doesn't seem like much of an upgrade.

 

 

 

[ElFiasco89]

Just now, wONKEyeYEs said:

On Firestrike those cards score similarly.

Doesn't seem like much of an upgrade.

 

 

 

It was the TWO EIGHTY X, and it is a reasonable jump, it shouldn't lower my performance by any means.

[LienusLateTips]

1 minute ago, wONKEyeYEs said:

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280X, not 290X.

 

Firestrike usually isn't that representative of games.

[ElFiasco89]

11 minutes ago, VinZie said:

A similar thread was posted a while ago, and the issue turned about to be that settings were on 'power saver' rather than performance. Just a starting place 
Other simplest answers are that V-sync is on, or it's due to overheating.

Everything is on high performance, i don't install Radeon settings but i have done to see if it made a difference and it didn't, changed everything to maximum performance in there too

[wONKEyeYEs]

1 minute ago, ElFiasco89 said:

It was the TWO EIGHTY X

That scores 8901 so, yeah, that's an appreciable increase.

2 minutes ago, LienusLateTips said:

Firestrike usually isn't that representative of games.

It's worth is relative, not absolute.

There, see if you can figure that out.

[Jurrunio]

use DDU to get rid of the drivers for graphics, then reinstall it?

[ElFiasco89]

Just now, wONKEyeYEs said:

That scores 8901 so, yeah, that's an appreciable increase.

It's worth is relative, not absolute.

There, see if you can figure that out.

Also it was the 280x...

[ElFiasco89]

Just now, Jurrunio said:

use DDU to get rid of the drivers for graphics, then reinstall it?

I have done 3-4 times now using the different methods it gives you.

[ElFiasco89]

I've just compared the GPU-Z info from the 2 card and the R9 280X has 2 higher values 'Bus Width' and 'Band Width' which are:

R9 280x Bus = 384 Bit / Band = 297.6 GB/s

RX 480 Bus = 256 Bit / Band = 224 GB/s

Could this be a factor ?

[O9B0666]

These 4gb rx cards are at the end of their peak life.... I'm maxed out in almost every game with mine, these are cards people should upgrade from not too. I have two myself so I'm not bashing you. 

[ElFiasco89]

12 hours ago, O9B0666 said:

I'm maxed out in almost every game with mine

but It isn't something people should upgrade too???

I'd be happy with the upgrade if I can have it maxed in most games. Like you just said... 

[O9B0666]

No no it's maxed out in games fans n core clock. Yeah it'll max alot of games today but running 100% fans n clocks hoe long do you think it'll handle new releases? It's at the end of its life span unless your OK with lower graphics settings. But then why invest so much in a bare min card just save n get something better to last longer for a better investment.