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HIS 7950, large FPS drop within a couple of days, what could I have done wrong?

gregster said:
As he was getting good FPS in BF3 previously, adding a cooler to his CPU is not going to give him the fps back. I would go with Wazza on this and ask if the OP has recently installed any programs? Check and see what processes are running and if any of them are eating into the CPU. If need be, google every process to make sure you are virus free.

If all good there, run Memtest86+. It will take a while but is worth making sure your ram is good. Report back if these help/don't help and we can go a bit deeper :)
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Ran HD Tune and surprisingly nothing came up on the drive I am recording to, my boot and apps drive is a Samsung 830 256GB SSD. No out of the ordinary processes in task manager, ran a virus scan and nothing came up. This is a bit strange to be honest. I also need to check there isn't an option in BF3 which limits the FPS or something, In fraps it is set to record at 60 FPS.
 
I do know when I record with FRAPS, it is a massive lag on my computer (I5 @ 4.6 last time I recorded) and it never felt smooth but before recording, is your fps still good or has it dropped quite a bit?
 
gregster said:
I do know when I record with FRAPS, it is a massive lag on my computer (I5 @ 4.6 last time I recorded) and it never felt smooth but before recording, is your fps still good or has it dropped quite a bit?
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My FPS has surprisingly not dropped at all when playing COD: Waw, still at a stable 91 when playing multiplayer. In BF3 I used to be able to play on all ultra with about 50-60 FPS, this now fluctuates loads, goes from 25-60, it's like fraps is benchmarking when it actually isn't! I play on high at the moment as there is not point playing on ultra when you only get 40 FPS, which is especially frustrating as I paid £220 for this card! To be honest it is probably me doing something wrong, just need to find out what this is!
 
I think you expecting to much from your card mate. I also own a 7950 and playing Full Ultra the FPS does drop. You could try a custom setup and switch off 4x MSAA


Mineores said:
My FPS has surprisingly not dropped at all when playing COD: Waw, still at a stable 91 when playing multiplayer. In BF3 I used to be able to play on all ultra with about 50-60 FPS, this now fluctuates loads, goes from 25-60, it's like fraps is benchmarking when it actually isn't! I play on high at the moment as there is not point playing on ultra when you only get 40 FPS, which is especially frustrating as I paid £220 for this card! To be honest it is probably me doing something wrong, just need to find out what this is!
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shankly1985 said:
I think you expecting to much from your card mate. I also own a 7950 and playing Full Ultra the FPS does drop. You could try a custom setup and switch off 4x MSAA
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That's what I was thinking, I dropped off ultra after the honeymoon period was over.
 
UPDATE: More problems now!

Basically, for no reason whatsoever the 7950 suddenly goes to full load during normal tasks, no gaming, nothing intensive and stays like that for ages, all of a sudden the load will go down to normal levels, and temp will go down. The temp at full load goes to 75C which apparently isn't destructive, but it needs to be sorted as I am obviously not going to attempt to play BF3! I have a feeling that it may be something else in my PC causing the problem, but I have no idea what. I checked for any suspicious programs running in task manager and did a virus check which came up with nothing. At the moment my PC sounds like a lawnmower, side panel is off, fan control is at max, and fan speed on the card is 93%.

Do you think I should get it replaced? I bought it from here? Or is it possible to get a refund in store credit or whatever so I can buy a better one from here?
 
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