A question about frame times.

[JoshuaHMB]

SOLD----

If I had funds. Damn me being an unemployed student.

I ordered mine and will get it tomorrow, i'll let you know how it goes. Been playing the BF4 Beta and the optimization is quite bad. 20-40 FPS and constant stutters to 5-10 fps. Beta for you

 

[peanutreaper486]

So I noticed my 7850's voltage was 1.138V in game. This seems quite high to me compared to my peer's voltages, so I've been thinking of toning it down a little, what do you think?

 

[peanutreaper486]

Asus GPU Tweak is completely incapable of changing GPU voltages. Probably for the better. RadeonPro tweaks have gone nowhere, there have been no changes in the latency. My sanity's gonna break soon, RMA thoughts are growing.

 

[peanutreaper486]

UPDATE: So, the 7850 just ...died. I can still hook it up in my computer and get video feed from it, but when it's required to render anything it stutters like mad; Whether it's a game, an emulator, or even a youtube video. I re-installed drivers after that, then tested it in a friend's rig. Same issue. I've set up a support ticket with Sapphire, that RMA's happenin'.

New stutter example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJbp-_921T4

There's not even a few bouts of smoothness like it shows every now and then in this video. It's just always stuttering. Even fraps and Dxtory report normal framerates.

P.S. Did you know that Origin PC doesn't put AMD GPUs in their pre-built rigs anymore? I wonder why...

 

[Mousemonkey]

P.S. Did you know that Origin PC doesn't put AMD GPUs in their pre-built rigs anymore? I wonder why...

I have read about such things and maybe its because they are not very good? 😗

 

[peanutreaper486]

P.S. Did you know that Origin PC doesn't put AMD GPUs in their pre-built rigs anymore? I wonder why...

I have read about such things and maybe its because they are not very good? 😗

Hahaha, well, in my experience, they haven't been very nice to me. But Origin not having AMD GPUs as an option anymore may put the hurt on AMD. I wonder if the 'leaked' R9 290X benchmarks are just rumors, or if the 290X is truly stronger than a Titan.

It'll probably just be like most other AMD cards; High framerates, shitty frame variance.

 

[Mousemonkey]

P.S. Did you know that Origin PC doesn't put AMD GPUs in their pre-built rigs anymore? I wonder why...

I have read about such things and maybe its because they are not very good? 😗

Hahaha, well, in my experience, they haven't been very nice to me. But Origin not having AMD GPUs as an option anymore may put the hurt on AMD. I wonder if the 'leaked' R9 290X benchmarks are just rumors, or if the 290X is truly stronger than a Titan.

It'll probably just be like most other AMD cards; High framerates, shitty frame variance.

Only time will tell on that one but I have seen posts on another forum claiming that a single 290X will crush SLi'd Titans!

 

[bystander]

P.S. Did you know that Origin PC doesn't put AMD GPUs in their pre-built rigs anymore? I wonder why...

I have read about such things and maybe its because they are not very good? 😗

Hahaha, well, in my experience, they haven't been very nice to me. But Origin not having AMD GPUs as an option anymore may put the hurt on AMD. I wonder if the 'leaked' R9 290X benchmarks are just rumors, or if the 290X is truly stronger than a Titan.

It'll probably just be like most other AMD cards; High framerates, shitty frame variance.

Only time will tell on that one but I have seen posts on another forum claiming that a single 290X will crush SLi'd Titans!

These look a bit more credible than the "double titan performance" claims.
http://www.techpowerup.com/191768/radeon-r9-290x-clock-speeds-surface-benchmarked.html

Note: Pay attention to what the graphs show. The FPS, higher is better, for the Latency graphs, lower is better. The 290x seems to trade blows with Titan, depending on the game.

 

[Mousemonkey]

P.S. Did you know that Origin PC doesn't put AMD GPUs in their pre-built rigs anymore? I wonder why...

I have read about such things and maybe its because they are not very good? 😗

Hahaha, well, in my experience, they haven't been very nice to me. But Origin not having AMD GPUs as an option anymore may put the hurt on AMD. I wonder if the 'leaked' R9 290X benchmarks are just rumors, or if the 290X is truly stronger than a Titan.

It'll probably just be like most other AMD cards; High framerates, shitty frame variance.

Only time will tell on that one but I have seen posts on another forum claiming that a single 290X will crush SLi'd Titans!

These look a bit more credible than the "double titan performance" claims.
http://www.techpowerup.com/191768/radeon-r9-290x-clock-speeds-surface-benchmarked.html

Who cares about credible when gems like this can be found:-

Sadly for Nvidia, SLI'd Titan's still won't be able to match a single 290X in BF4.

Also sadly for Nvidia, everybody knows exactly what they are like and stepping up their smear campaign will not be a surprise to anyone.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2345984

 

[peanutreaper486]

Sorry to revive a slightly dead thread, but I RMA'd my 7850 to Sapphire a few weeks ago and recently got it back.

Did some tests, and it feels only slightly smoother than my previous one, and gets higher framerates in certain areas compared to my previous 7850.

I guess certain AMD cards just have issues with frame latency, with the 7850 being one. I remember AMD saying something about frame latency to be fixed with better drivers, but that was half a year ago.

Also;

What do you guys think about the Radeon R9 290X? c:

 

[bystander]

Sorry to revive a slightly dead thread, but I RMA'd my 7850 to Sapphire a few weeks ago and recently got it back.

Did some tests, and it feels only slightly smoother than my previous one, and gets higher framerates in certain areas compared to my previous 7850.

I guess certain AMD cards just have issues with frame latency, with the 7850 being one. I remember AMD saying something about frame latency to be fixed with better drivers, but that was half a year ago.

Also;

What do you guys think about the Radeon R9 290X? c:

There are lots of reasons for stuttery play. V-sync, while not capped at your refresh rate is one sure fire way to get stuttering. Some games just have issues. Without v-sync, tearing can feel a bit stuttery at times. And for myself, 60 FPS just isn't good enough. I need 80+.

 

[peanutreaper486]

Yeah, I've been using v-sync more often, it definitely helps with this card. My older 7850 just could not do things right, I'm glad I RMA'd it.

Neat tidbit; I've found that turning on v-sync, then enabling an outside frame rate limiter to one frame below that(i.e. 60hz, 59fps lock, 120hz, 119fps lock.) eliminates some of the mouse lag, and still runs as smooth as v-sync does.

 

[bystander]

Yeah, I've been using v-sync more often, it definitely helps with this card. My older 7850 just could not do things right, I'm glad I RMA'd it.

Neat tidbit; I've found that turning on v-sync, then enabling an outside frame rate limiter to one frame below that(i.e. 60hz, 59fps lock, 120hz, 119fps lock.) eliminates some of the mouse lag, and still runs as smooth as v-sync does.

This is only necessary in DirectX games that use triple buffering, but that is probably the majority of games. DirectX will cause a full frame of latency if your FPS are faster than your refresh rate, due to a rule of having to display every rendered frame, so when two back buffers get filled with a frame waiting on a refresh, it forces the older one to be shown first.

This isn't a problem in all games, so you may not want to always do that.