The AMD Driver Thread

eyetrip · 2 Feb 2015 at 21:09

Was fine with crossfire disabled.

Memory usage was around 4.4GB

Actually was surprised ho well one card ran everything at 4K

LtMatt · 2 Feb 2015 at 21:13

eyetrip said:
Was fine with crossfire disabled.

Memory usage was around 4.4GB

Actually was surprised ho well one card ran everything at 4K

Interesting.

Can you try deleting the Mantle Cache files from the My Docs/BF4 Folder.

Re-enable Crossfire.

Load up BF4 and see how it goes again.

If problems persist, try tweaking the Frostbite Mantle frame pacing option. Default is 1, but you can try option 2 as well for smoother performance at the expense of lower fps.

Bring up the console and type RenderDevice.FramePacingMethod 2 and hit enter.

ChrisD. · 2 Feb 2015 at 21:22

This is what it looks like when I get the lag.

eyetrip · 2 Feb 2015 at 21:29

AMDMatt said:
Interesting.

Can you try deleting the Mantle Cache files from the My Docs/BF4 Folder.

Re-enable Crossfire.

Load up BF4 and see how it goes again.

If problems persist, try tweaking the Frostbite Mantle frame pacing option. Default is 1, but you can try option 2 as well for smoother performance at the expense of lower fps.

Bring up the console and type RenderDevice.FramePacingMethod 2 and hit enter.

Was going to try.... But the game down now :/

Oh well, tomorrow I guess.

LtMatt · 2 Feb 2015 at 21:31

S2KIP said:
This is what it looks like when I get the lag.

Do you have anything else running that could be causing it? Can you check task manager to see if anything stands out when those spikes occur?

eyetrip said:
Was going to try.... But the game down now :/

Oh well, tomorrow I guess.

Is the game being updated?

ChrisD. · 2 Feb 2015 at 21:32

Task manager is open but nothing is showing. If I play in DX it's a lot better.

LtMatt · 2 Feb 2015 at 21:35

S2KIP said:
Task manager is open but nothing is showing. If I play in DX it's a lot better.

Can you try clearing the cache folder and then resetting the video settings to default and trying again.

It's hard to diagnose the fault as you're within video memory tolerances.

Is the Origin overlay disabled?

ChrisD. · 2 Feb 2015 at 21:39

Which cache?

LtMatt · 2 Feb 2015 at 21:42

S2KIP said:
Which cache?

My Docs, BF4, Mantle pipeline cache. It's unlikely to make a difference, but worth trying.

Does it occur with one card? If not then it could be something Dice will need to fix.

I don't see this when running 1/2/3/4 cards in Mantle, so it's hard to suggest solutions. The only difference is i have 8gb cards, but as you're within tolerances it's unlikely to be that.

ChrisD. · 2 Feb 2015 at 22:12

Now 3881MB used.

vfdb · 2 Feb 2015 at 23:16

Please could I requests a fps limiter to be included in a future driver update, it would be a great feature. I am always using dxtory for it.

shankly1985 · 2 Feb 2015 at 23:25

vfdb said:
Please could I requests a fps limiter to be included in a future driver update, it would be a great feature. I am always using dxtory for it.

I believe this is coming very soon.

LtMatt · 3 Feb 2015 at 08:03

There is no set date for the driver, but as soon as it's ready I'll post it here. Back when Omega was released we set a rough estimate of February as the next release.

old gamer · 3 Feb 2015 at 08:53

eyetrip, im thinking about getting the same monitor as yourself, can you still force 21.9 aspect ratio with the ccc sodtware

eyetrip · 3 Feb 2015 at 09:03

old gamer said:
eyetrip, im thinking about getting the same monitor as yourself, can you still force 21.9 aspect ratio with the ccc sodtware

I have not tested yet, but it should work using Custom Resolution Utility.

Will hopefully find the time tonight to confirm for certain.

old gamer · 3 Feb 2015 at 09:04

eyetrip said:
I have not tested yet, but it should work using Custom Resolution Utility.

Will hopefully find the time tonight to confirm for certain.

nice one

Antar Bolaeisk · 3 Feb 2015 at 15:28

Grrr... Updated to 14.12 and the problem with the screen failing to turn back on when left idle for too long is back.

ChrisD. · 4 Feb 2015 at 11:40

Matt, did you get any feedback with regards to SWTOR and Crossfire?

Dempsey22 · 4 Feb 2015 at 11:45

@ AMDMatt

My fan issue has been sorted, took the 290 apart and the fan connection wasn't connected fully. Strange how it happened out of nowhere though.

LtMatt · 4 Feb 2015 at 11:46

S2KIP said:
Matt, did you get any feedback with regards to SWTOR and Crossfire?

Not yet, sorry.

Dempsey22 said:
@ AMDMatt

My fan issue has been sorted, took the 290 apart and the fan connection wasn't connected fully. Strange how it happened out of nowhere though.

Thanks for letting me know. That's one suggestion i did not think of.