20-80 fps r9 390 + i5 4460 Arma 3

[Raptorzoz]

So i was wondering why I'm getting from 20-80 fps in arma 3 single player with an r9 390 and an intel 4460 and its when traveling or moving in general but when standing still i usually get 40 with some spikes to 80, my gpu is far and beyond what arma 3 needs and I've heard that the 4460 is more then good enough to not bottleneck the r9 390 to any significant degree. and its strange that i have the same horrible fps even if i go down to the lowest settings.

 

[RCFProd]

Have you googled about Arma 3? It's because of the engine. If you tweak it you can get better results.

https://youtu.be/Cf2rB9HpRLA

Arma 3 is not GPU intensive, hence why your graphics card doesn't improve it much. It's heavily CPU intensive to the point that not many CPU's can run it even reasonably well. But to be fair if you googled it you would've found your answer.

 

[little_me]

Without knowing said games in general, just pointing this out:
Have you checked GPU temps?

since for my 290X (sure, different but still almost same) the default fan curve is such that it keeps it down until GPU hits thermal ceiling (95C) and throttles down causing weird FPS jumps in all games.
With custom bit more aggressive fan curve, temps stay below 70 and FPS is higher and more stable.

 

[RCFProd]

Without knowing said games in general, just pointing this out:
Have you checked GPU temps?

since for my 290X (sure, different but still almost same) the default fan curve is such that it keeps it down until GPU hits thermal ceiling (95C) and throttles down causing weird FPS jumps in all games.
With custom bit more aggressive fan curve, temps stay below 70 and FPS is higher and more stable.

It's nothing to do with throttling, everyone knows that Arma 3 is poorly optimised to the point that not a single system runs it at 60 fps without tweaking the game.

 

[Raptorzoz]

Have you googled about Arma 3? It's because of the engine. If you tweak it you can get better results.

https://youtu.be/Cf2rB9HpRLA

Arma 3 is not GPU intensive, hence why your graphics card doesn't improve it much. It's heavily CPU intensive to the point that not many CPU's can run it even reasonably well. But to be fair if you googled it you would've found your answer.

Without knowing said games in general, just pointing this out:
Have you checked GPU temps?

since for my 290X (sure, different but still almost same) the default fan curve is such that it keeps it down until GPU hits thermal ceiling (95C) and throttles down causing weird FPS jumps in all games.
With custom bit more aggressive fan curve, temps stay below 70 and FPS is higher and more stable.

It's nothing to do with throttling, everyone knows that Arma 3 is poorly optimised to the point that not a single system runs it at 60 fps without tweaking the game.

I have investigated it i wouldnt presume to waste someones time before checking if a clear answer existed (but a lot of people dont check so i understand why u asked) however my rig should at least in single player not drop that badly.

something that i have done however is that i took the files from the steam folder of my old pc a horrible laptop with a gt card (i backed them up and transfered them) could that have anything to do with it? i would be guessing not but who knows i might be wrong

EDIT: i have also just realized that it was during the showcase of the major factions that i was getting the horrible drops and that it could be because of all of the ai and vehicle physics being calculated in close vicinity

 

[Raptorzoz]

Without knowing said games in general, just pointing this out:
Have you checked GPU temps?

since for my 290X (sure, different but still almost same) the default fan curve is such that it keeps it down until GPU hits thermal ceiling (95C) and throttles down causing weird FPS jumps in all games.
With custom bit more aggressive fan curve, temps stay below 70 and FPS is higher and more stable.

im very sure its not that ive not suffered any instability in other games way more demanding then it on the gpu (crysis 1 and two, mad max, dying light without nvidia features, metro last light, etc but thank you 🙂

 

[RCFProd]

That is not the smartest of decisions indeed if you're using storage where old files are located. That could only have an affect if It's the storage drive you're booting Windows from. Try to uninstall any Nvidia or AMD drivers using DDU (So every graphics driver all together):
http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

And install the latest AMD driver. See if that improves.

 

[Raptorzoz]

i found this solution after several keyword changes in google i havent tested it but for anyone who needs an answer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ-OE1vwOWo