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Upgrading to Saphire Radeon R9 290x Tri-X


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Joe) Still FPS Drops?


The benchmark seemed to be very similar to the first one, I will test on AC4 and BF4 for drops now.
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Try to turn VSYNC on and report back if it helps.
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JoeBenyon

From the notification bar, please click on and disable/disconnect network connection.
Run valley bench and then reconnect post the result.
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Is SLI mode still enabled? What effect would it have on performance.?
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Try to turn VSYNC on and report back if it helps.


VSYNC didn't seem to help, got the same FPS, 25-55 on GeForce Experiences' 'Optimal Settings for my System'. Whenever it dropped below 40 it was noticeable.
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From the notification bar, please click on and disable/disconnect network connection.
Run valley bench and then reconnect post the result.


The Windows Notification bar? I am using a LAN connection, should I unplug the Ethernet cable?

Is SLI mode still enabled?

Yes it seems to be.

Edited by JoeBenyon, 19 January 2014 - 07:53 AM.

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Please disable SLI, then do a benchmark, upload image. > http://www.computerh...es/ch001167.htm

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The Windows Notification bar? I am using a LAN connection, should I unplug the Ethernet cable?

No, leave connected, disabled from the taskbar, (used wrong term before) see image. There may be no difference in gaming, just want to check. Perform Valley Bench, post result.
In difference in BF4?
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Please disable SLI, then do a benchmark, upload image. > http://www.computerh...es/ch001167.htm

There is no option to disable/enable SLI in the control panel.

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The Windows Notification bar? I am using a LAN connection, should I unplug the Ethernet cable?

No, leave connected, disabled from the taskbar, (used wrong term before) see image. There may be no difference in gaming, just want to check. Perform Valley Bench, post result.

Here you go:

part12.jpg
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Hello.

Joebenyon do you have a sound card or anything plugged into to any of your other expansion slots.

If you have could you try removing it from your system.

And then run the benchmark test with it out thanks.
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Hello.

Joebenyon do you have a sound card or anything plugged into to any of your other expansion slots.

If you have could you try removing it from your system.

And then run the benchmark test with it out thanks.


No I don't, only my GPU.
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Gday.
I have been concerned that something was wrong with CPU usage and was bottlenecking the GPU. Been looking at it a bit skewed, why cores not at 100%?.
I believe I have this right??? AMD CPU. Threads are run on the first real core, gets busy, usually misses the #2 core, virtual, threads passed and run on #3 core, real, and so on.
Cores unparked, disconnected from the Internet. Benchmark results P#68. If you add up the % from cores showing, = 166.2/6 (number of cores used) = 27.7% *total % CPU usage). I would say the CPU is not the bottleneck as we have low usage. Some variations may creep in because a background process is kicking in.
Now looking at this SLI enabled with only one GPU installed.

Please do another benchmark, Internet disconnected, Extreme HD presets. see what GPU and CPU usage we get.


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In which slot is the video card installed?


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Edit.
In which slot is the video card installed?


It is installed in the same slot that I took my old one out of. The PCI-E (top slot)
I will try the Extreme HD preset now.

Edit

Here it is:

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Edited by JoeBenyon, 22 January 2014 - 10:07 AM.

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Should I try buying some faster RAM? If so which should I buy? (I have £90) Preferably 8GB or more.
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Gday.
If you already have 8GB of 1600MHz you will see no benefit in going more or higher.
Valley Bench looks better but min fps still low. Fixes that have worked for some people. see if any make better game play and Valley Bench.
Turn of Vsync, not sure if in game or in BIOS.
Check your bios to make sure pci-e is set to Gen 3 (pci-e 3.0).then checked gpu-z to see if you pci-e bus is running at 16x and at Pcie-?/? when Under load it should say pci-e 3.0 @ pci-e 16x 3.0
From the MB manufacturer website, update all drivers/utilities/bios.


Still not solved the SLI question, yet.

Just some scores, > http://www.overclock...y-benchmark-1-0
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Gday.
If you already have 8GB of 1600MHz you will see no benefit in going more or higher.


I don't have 1600MHz at the moment I only have 8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
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