Powercolor 290 clocks problem.

[nitram100]

Hi guys,

I have just reinstalled an old 290 in my rig and in games it is constantly running at lower speeds, is there a way for it to run at full 1040mhz in 3D games because right now it fluctuates anywhere between 700mhz and 1040mhz, which is quite noticeable in games like Planetside 2, Battlefield 4 etc

I installed MSI afterburner for a custom fan profile and these are the settings that are running in the software. Powerlimit is +50 in both Afterburner and AMD Overdrive, the core is bumped up to 1040mhz in MSI.

I remember having this problem before when I initially bought the card and there were settings on the internet somewhere for afterburner, which did fix the problem but I cannot remember what they are!

http://imgur.com/8Vun5GV


Thanks for any help

 

[nitram100]

Just to clarify sorry, I had this issue before Crimson drivers.

Thanks man, gonna try Asus GPU tweak but do you know if it has custom fan curve? That's the only reason I use MSI afterburner.

Cheers mate

 

[nitram100]

Cheers mate for the info, I do remember having this all working though at one point with MSI afterburner and powerlimit 50+, just can't remember the settings

 

[nitram100]

I did mate, unfortunately had to disable as it was causing huge stuttering issues.

 

[nitram100]

Tried GPU Tweak and it did make it run at full speed but it means it's running at full clocks even in 2D, gosh these 290's are a pain in the ass!

 

[nitram100]

Temps are never above 70c and don't think there's any bottleneck going on as the 3570k runs at 4.3ghz constantly, even when the card drops its clocks.

I haven't enabled frtc in radeon settings either, really not sure what to do.

I definitely had it setup at one point where when I launched 3D applications it ran at full 1040MHZ then when back to desktop it ran at 300mhz.

 

[nitram100]

Yup vsync turned off mate! Might just stick to ED209 solution for the time being!