low 5870 performance help :(

aachil · 5 Feb 2010 at 15:35

hi guys let me give u my exact setup 1st.

Core 2 Quad Q9550 E0 running at 3.6ghz
Asus p5q-se mobo
Samung 250gb sata 2 harddrive.
Kingston hyper X DDR2 4gb 1066mhz memory
PowerColor 5870 standard gfx
Corsair TX650W Power Supply

im getting low performace results.
i tried 3d mark vantage in performance mode GPU score = 14362
Crysis on very high settings maxed out just about get 30fps if lucky stays around 25.
batman benchmark very high settings without phsyx it get 47 fps average.
i dont understand im very upset with the batman and vantage most important.
as im reading 5870 should be getting around 16000+ on most benchmarks on performance mode.
and in batman i have read at least 60 fps benchmark.
and im sure it cant be the cpu at 3.6ghz
unless its my power supply or something aint set right can anyone help.

sandeep · 5 Feb 2010 at 15:44

What res are you playing at?

Also try:

- Removing all ATI Drivers
- Run driver sweeper including in safe mode as well
- Reinstall ATI Drivers
- Make sure the PCIE Power cables are properly connected.

Mr Paul · 5 Feb 2010 at 15:51

AA forced in the CCC?

aachil · 5 Feb 2010 at 17:56

i game at 1920x1080 and the new 10.1 DRIVers i upgraded from a 4870..
but i uninstalled from control panel and then used driver sweeper then i put new drivers :s
soo wierd i dont get it

sandeep · 5 Feb 2010 at 18:32

aachil said:
i game at 1920x1080 and the new 10.1 DRIVers i upgraded from a 4870..
but i uninstalled from control panel and then used driver sweeper then i put new drivers :s
soo wierd i dont get it

That's a bit weird.

If you have a different system you can test it in then it would determine if it's just your system or the card.

demonfatality · 5 Feb 2010 at 18:48

as paul said check in ccc to see if AA is forced

aachil · 5 Feb 2010 at 19:03

no its off everythings on default in ccc..
i just dont get it anyone else have this problem?

RavenXXX2 · 5 Feb 2010 at 19:12

Use this http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/images/MSIAfterburnerSetup142.zip play a game or benchmark then check the monitoring section to seem what your clocks were when gaming.

Mr Paul · 5 Feb 2010 at 19:12

You used driver cleaner? There's your problem lol

aachil · 5 Feb 2010 at 20:42

i meant sweeper

Mr Paul · 5 Feb 2010 at 21:48

Same, IMHO it causes loads of problems. Sometimes it deletes things it shouldn't which result in a Windows reinstall.

sandeep · 5 Feb 2010 at 21:49

Mr Paul said:
Same, IMHO it causes loads of problems. Sometimes it deletes things it shouldn't which result in a Windows reinstall.

That's the reason it shows you a list of the files it deletes, I make sure to go through the list and confirm each one is ATI driver related.

Everytime it's been great for me.

Mr Paul · 5 Feb 2010 at 21:54

Lucky you

oweneades · 5 Feb 2010 at 22:23

Mr Paul said:
Same, IMHO it causes loads of problems. Sometimes it deletes things it shouldn't which result in a Windows reinstall.

I have never had an issue on any of my computers whereby Driver Cleaner has deleted anything it shouldn't have. This includes going from ATI to Nvidia multiple times.

aachil · 6 Feb 2010 at 14:01

still cant sort it out today tried uninstalling in safe mode installing new 10.1 hotfix drivers..
ive tried everything i can think of still getting 14000 in vantage and bad batman fps ;/

Freddie1980 · 6 Feb 2010 at 14:15

Download GPUZ and double check the clocks rates are the standard rates set by ATI.

Core Clock should be 850 Mhz

Memory should be 1200 Mhz

Now cross reference the readings in GPUZ with the readings in CCC and make sure it's the same.

Failing that if you have a second full PCI-E x16 slot on your motherboard try using the card in another slot.

Edit

Shaders = 1600 i.e number of not 1600 Mhz. D'oh.

aachil · 6 Feb 2010 at 15:03

ive done all that mate it all checks out.
and it says it is using full pcie x16 bandwith

twist3d0n3 · 6 Feb 2010 at 15:08

Freddie1980 said:
Download GPUZ and double check the clocks rates are the standard rates set by ATI.

Core Clock should be 850 Mhz
Shader Clock should be 1600 Mhz
Memory should be 1200 Mhz

Now cross reference the readings in GPUZ with the readings in CCC and make sure it's the same.

Failing that if you have a second full PCI-E x16 slot on your motherboard try using the card in another slot.

shader clock? 1600 is how many shaders there are

Freddie1980 · 6 Feb 2010 at 17:13

twist3d0n3 said:
shader clock? 1600 is how many shaders there are

A bit silly of me.

Anyway if all that checks out, you might want to do some digging around see who else has a HD5870 on P45 chipset and compare results. Most reviewers are using x58 to test the GPU on so it's not a fair comparison, I know the P45 struggles with crossfire (and it's not down to the x8/x8 bandwidth as p55 runs the same cards fine) but I thought with a single card there wouldn't be any issues.

aachil · 8 Feb 2010 at 14:26

exactly thats y im stressing out so much ;/
there must be something im doing wrong maybe bios settings i duno :s