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AMD 14.4 drivers, still underclocking...

gazrawly

gazrawly

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Fresh install of windows, installed the AMD 14.4 drivers for the R9 290. Unigine Valley seems perfect, it will hold a solid core clock at whatever I set it to but actual gaming seems exactly the same. Crysis 3 for example; even with a mild overclock of 1100 / 1450, it will clock that back from anywhere between 770mhz - 950mhz... It seems the more graphically intensive the process, the further the declock is. Even no overclock at all, in Crysis 3 the core clock is declocked down as low as 770mhz.

Is anyone else still experiencing this?



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No I haven't.... Should I be setting 2d to run a full o/c setting? ... Surely it should be holding the stock clock speed with no overclock at all?
 
Thanks humbug, enabled overclocking in CCC and the afterburner overclock is perfect, holding 1098-1100 solid at a 1100 clock... So much nicer!

Top chap!
 
May have spoken too soon :-(

It seems better but it's still fluctuating.. I've tried the RadeonPro application. It seems to be holding the maximum overclock most of the time, but it will suddenly dip to say 800mhz for a few seconds causing low FPS then spring back to the overclocked speed. It makes the game somewhat unenjoyable to play given it's really smooth one moment and noticeably into the low 30FPS the next. It doesn't seem to matter which GFX settings I use, even on low settings it delivers the same varied clock speeds.

I am loosing faith in AMD pretty quickly, kinda wishing I hadn't *wasted* the money on this card
 
I started the game on the first level from the beginning. It was the first inside event when you cloak. The clock speed is quite sporadic.

I just used RadeonPro on Tomb Raider with everything at maximum graphical settings and it held a solid 1100mhz and 60fps when playing for around 15 minutes. I don't know if it's a bug with Crysis 3, or maybe I am hampered by my CPU as mentioned by Marine. But I don't recall this being an issue on pre 14.* drivers.

I'm really tempted to get Titan Fall, but I am worried about it running properly with these AMD drivers. I am half contemplating a PS4 in all honesty, as I had a quick blast on one a month or so back and the quality and frame rate looked identical to my rig without the worry of compatibility issues. Only trouble is those pesky controllers.
 
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This is going to sound really weird, but it is perfect when recording through msi afterburner. It isn't until I stop recording that the core clock becomes a little 'unstable'... Recording, it will hold the desired clock exactly to the digit. It's certainly better than it was without RadeonPro, but it still wanders off the desired clock speed when not recording. I have tried several times to capture it, but as soon as I start recording it becomes perfect.
 
vSync is off, I run it on high... I used the AMD H264 App to record. Maybe it is a CPU bottleneck. Other games seem fine, that's the strange thing, well since using RadeonPro they have anyway. It holding very close to the desired clock speed now tbh, enough to not worry about really
 
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