RX480 Artifacting

kieran_read · 17 Aug 2016 at 13:41

So just installed it put on Killing Floor 2, whacked everything up to ultra and max hitting over 80fps all the time and then I notice it looks like this.

Ignore the right side couldn't be bothered to crop =)

http://imgur.com/a/HMJmX

It seems to happen on the reflections is this common on the RX480 or do I have a faulty card?

benjii · 17 Aug 2016 at 13:46

It's rather odd that it follows the shadow of the lights, it may not be GPU based artifacting. Is it present anywhere else? Also, what temps do you reach?

kieran_read · 17 Aug 2016 at 13:48

It's ok if I disable realtime reflections.

But I don't see why this would happen in the first place the card is more than enough to run this game on max.

Lokken86 · 17 Aug 2016 at 13:52

Looks like a driver issue.

Make sure it's not a refresh rate issue if you've got 144hz try 60hz.

kieran_read · 17 Aug 2016 at 13:56

When I turn Realtime Reflectins on I get a notification "Some of the settings selected may adversely affect performance. Do you with to continue?"

Even then the game is fluctuating between 80-160fps so there's no real reason I can think of that this happens

Here's a screen with GPU-Z sensor view

http://imgur.com/YxfKJB7

Lokken86 said:
Looks like a driver issue.

Make sure it's not a refresh rate issue if you've got 144hz try 60hz.

Tried with Vsync on and off, same result.

I also done an IOBit uninstall of the old drivers before installing the new ones so shouldn't be a problem should it?

Just launched Fallout 4 to see if i can replicate it in other games.

When it tried to auto-detect it flagged up saying unidentified video card.

benjii · 17 Aug 2016 at 13:59

Sometimes driver optimisations for games are just bad. This can impact performance or even corrupt textures on certain post processing effects.

Have you tested any other games or benchmarks like Firestrike or Unigine Valley?

kieran_read · 17 Aug 2016 at 14:10

benjii said:
Sometimes driver optimisations for games are just bad. This can impact performance or even corrupt textures on certain post processing effects.

Have you tested any other games or benchmarks like Firestrike or Unigine Valley?

Just tried fallout 4, says unrecognised card.

At MAX settings i'm getting 19-40 fps, where all the benchmarks say I should be getting upwards of 60-70fps.

At LOW with EVERYTHING set to low and off, i'm getting 34-50fps.

This is pathetic, my 7790 was just as pathetic on Fallout 4.

I downloaded the lastest drivers from AMD how can this card be this bad.

bigSadFace · 17 Aug 2016 at 14:15

kieran_read said:
Just tried fallout 4, says unrecognised card.

At MAX settings i'm getting 19-40 fps, where all the benchmarks say I should be getting upwards of 60-70fps.

At LOW with EVERYTHING set to low and off, i'm getting 34-50fps.

This is pathetic, my 7790 was just as pathetic on Fallout 4.

I downloaded the lastest drivers from AMD how can this card be this bad.

Use DDU to remove drivers completely and try a reinstall.

Hotwired · 17 Aug 2016 at 14:15

kieran_read said:
Just tried fallout 4, says unrecognised card.

At MAX settings i'm getting 19-40 fps, where all the benchmarks say I should be getting upwards of 60-70fps.

At LOW with EVERYTHING set to low and off, i'm getting 34-50fps.

This is pathetic, my 7790 was just as pathetic on Fallout 4.

I downloaded the lastest drivers from AMD how can this card be this bad.

Fallout 4 is not a good example to use for anything performance related.

benjii · 17 Aug 2016 at 14:17

bigSadFace said:
Use DDU to remove drivers completely and try a reinstall.

Disable driver updates if you're on Windows 10 too (although I think DDU might do that as default now). It's lightning quick to install **** out of date drivers and then you end up installing new drivers over them without realising.

kieran_read · 17 Aug 2016 at 14:23

Hotwired said:
Fallout 4 is not a good example to use for anything performance related.

Then how about this beauty

http://imgur.com/52k9eq6

Borderlands 2 can't even hit 50fps, in fact my 7790 performs better on the same settings.

Ignore the gaps in GPU-Z for some reason it doesn't update in real time when i'm in a game and i need to alt-tab and hover over it to get it to refresh.

Trying this DDU thing atm.

However it's annoying BT messed up my internet today so using a neighbours so having to transfer files between my laptop and PC

kieran_read · 17 Aug 2016 at 14:38

Performance is now worse than before after doing this DDU thing.

Borderlands can't even hit 35fps now. High 20s to low 30s is the best it can do.

http://imgur.com/a/ioXsj

Screeny of GPU-Z running in 3 different games, with wildy different results if this helps narrow it down.

Hotwired · 17 Aug 2016 at 15:21

And what happens when you play same games fullscreen mode on one monitor and unplug the other?

HRL · 17 Aug 2016 at 15:24

Which 480 do you have?

That's got to be a driver issue as those numbers are way off what they should be.

EDIT: Was just going to suggest disconnecting all but one monitor for testing but someone beaten me to it.

bigSadFace · 17 Aug 2016 at 15:32

What are the rest of your specs?

kieran_read · 17 Aug 2016 at 15:36

Hotwired said:
And what happens when you play same games fullscreen mode on one monitor and unplug the other?

All 3 modes are basically the same, windowed, fullscreen windowed and windows, tried switch no difference. MONITOR STAYS!!! XD

HRL said:
Which 480 do you have?

That's got to be a driver issue as those numbers are way off what they should be.

RX480

EDIT: Was just going to suggest disconnecting all but one monitor for testing but someone beaten me to it.

bigSadFace said:
What are the rest of your specs?

Rest of the system is old, but still good enough that it causes me no slowdowns, gonna be annoyed if that is the problem ill have to return the 480 and cope for another 2 years on min fps, i'm not upgrading anything else yet.

What makes it worse is that the 480 was supposed to be the card for people who don't upgrade and now i may have to upgrade just to use it =(.

Intel Core2Duo Q9950 @2.83 Ghz
Asus Maximus 2 Formula
6gb RAM
Win 10 64bit.
EVGA Supernova 650 P2
RX480 (Previously 7790)
Samsung 1tb 840 EVO(Main Drive) + Samsung 1tb Spinpoint F1

subbytna · 17 Aug 2016 at 15:45

Intel Core2Duo Q9950 @2.83 Ghz

Do you mean core2quad q9550? (same chip I used to have)

Hotwired · 17 Aug 2016 at 15:47

Ok, don't reach behind your case and pull out one video cable without having to restart anything.

I have a 480, I also happen to have dual screens and on unplugging the second monitor my FPS in Fallout 4 became significantly better.

This doesn't apply to all games but like I said, don't use Fallout 4 as a performance benchmark.

I do not have Borderlands.

FoxEye · 17 Aug 2016 at 15:50

Borderlands hits 60FPS on a 7850... a 480 should handle that game asleep.

kieran_read · 17 Aug 2016 at 15:55

subbytna said:
Intel Core2Duo Q9950 @2.83 Ghz

Do you mean core2quad q9550? (same chip I used to have)

Yes Core2Quad my bad =)

Hotwired said:
Ok, don't reach behind your case and pull out one video cable without having to restart anything.

I have a 480, I also happen to have dual screens and on unplugging the second monitor my FPS in Fallout 4 became significantly better.

This doesn't apply to all games but like I said, don't use Fallout 4 as a performance benchmark.

EDIT: I used a 6+2pin power would it make a difference if I switched it to a 8pin?

I do not have Borderlands.

Tried that with both BL2 and F4, made no difference at all, no gains no losses.