AMD fx 8320 bottleneck r9 280x?!

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You've spent a good amount of cash behind your system so anything I say in response to your latest question would only result in more expenditure. You're worrying over something that won't ruin your gaming experience ;) Relax and keep playing!

If you're looking at a guide to overclocking your AMD system;
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/283351-29-asus-m5a97-overcloking
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2202169/8320-4ghz-asus-m5a97-evo.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2569607/overclocking-8320-asus-m5a97.html

Lutfij

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Are you experiencing this issue after you've moved onto Windows 10 from a previous platform or are you gauging the bottleneck via other users on the web with a similar/identical setup?

We can't look into the files as it requires permissions to view.
 

RivasPt

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Hi,

I have same issue in both windows (win10 and 8.1)

Post picture via dropbox (please tell me if you can see it)

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/99141336/IMG_20151118_215752.jpg


Thanks for the help




 

RivasPt

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here my specs:

Amd fx 8320 ~ 4,4ghz
Ati r9280x
Asus M5a97 r2.0
8gb memory
kingstone 120gb ssd (x2)
Windows 10 ( previous win8.1)

what i´ve done:
format install windows.
new drivers
tested de processor, if i downgrade to default speed 3500 ghz frames drop a litle 2\3 fps.








 

RivasPt

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ok,

resolution : 1920x1080 (samsung tv) or 1650x1050 (asus monitor)

Games : fallout 4 (screenshot), ark survival envolved ( here gpu goes 99%), call of duty advanced warfare ( 60fps achived with vsinc)








 

Lutfij

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See when you speak of seeing the same frame rates in both your OS's then that means that on the hardware side.
1| I can't say about the ram's frequency but an overclock with AMD processors are best served with a memory overclock as well, so we also need to know the make+model of your ram kit.
2| Your motherboard has PCI-E 2.0 whereas the GPU is a PCI-E 3.0 card. It may be backwards compatible but you are loosing out on some bandwidth.
3| What sort of numbers were you expecting?
 

RivasPt

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hi again :)


3)i was expecting in fallout exemple, that the graphics card use all the power available (99%) to reach the maximun frames possible (in this game some areas i reach 60 fps, but gpu load never at 99%, is arount 70%)

2) may be the problem

1) this is the info extrated from cpu-z (you can see all file were https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/99141336/PC.html):
Memory SPD
DIMM # 1
SMBus address 0x50
Memory type DDR3
Module format UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) G.Skill (7F7F7F7FCD0000000000)
Size 4096 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3-12800 (800 MHz)
Part number F3-1600C11-4GNT
Number of banks 8
Nominal Voltage 1.50 Volts
EPP no
XMP yes
XMP revision 1.2
AMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 6.0-6-6-16-22 @ 457 MHz
JEDEC #2 7.0-7-7-19-26 @ 533 MHz
JEDEC #3 8.0-8-8-22-30 @ 609 MHz
JEDEC #4 9.0-9-9-24-33 @ 685 MHz
JEDEC #5 10.0-10-10-27-37 @ 761 MHz
JEDEC #6 11.0-11-11-28-39 @ 800 MHz
XMP profile XMP-1600
Specification PC3-12800
Voltage level 1.500 Volts
Min Cycle time 1.250 ns (800 MHz)
Max CL 11.0
Min tRP 13.38 ns
Min tRCD 13.38 ns
Min tWR 15.00 ns
Min tRAS 34.63 ns
Min tRC 48.38 ns
Min tRFC 160.00 ns
Min tRTP 7.50 ns
Min tRRD 6.00 ns
Command Rate 2T
XMP timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC-CR @ frequency (voltage)
XMP #1 11.0-11-11-28-39-2T @ 800 MHz (1.500 Volts)

DIMM # 2
SMBus address 0x51
Memory type DDR3
Module format UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) G.Skill (7F7F7F7FCD0000000000)
Size 4096 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3-12800 (800 MHz)
Part number F3-1600C11-4GNT
Number of banks 8
Nominal Voltage 1.50 Volts
EPP no
XMP yes
XMP revision 1.2
AMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 6.0-6-6-16-22 @ 457 MHz
JEDEC #2 7.0-7-7-19-26 @ 533 MHz
JEDEC #3 8.0-8-8-22-30 @ 609 MHz
JEDEC #4 9.0-9-9-24-33 @ 685 MHz
JEDEC #5 10.0-10-10-27-37 @ 761 MHz
JEDEC #6 11.0-11-11-28-39 @ 800 MHz
XMP profile XMP-1600
Specification PC3-12800
Voltage level 1.500 Volts
Min Cycle time 1.250 ns (800 MHz)
Max CL 11.0
Min tRP 13.38 ns
Min tRCD 13.38 ns
Min tWR 15.00 ns
Min tRAS 34.63 ns
Min tRC 48.38 ns
Min tRFC 160.00 ns
Min tRTP 7.50 ns
Min tRRD 6.00 ns
Command Rate 2T
XMP timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC-CR @ frequency (voltage)
XMP #1 11.0-11-11-28-39-2T @ 800 MHz (1.500 Volts)

best regards





 

RivasPt

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hi again and thanks for your replies,

i´ve changed memories to 1714mhz (my fsb is at 215) and i saw 1/2 frame more in same spot in game.

For conclution porpuses i ask, in your opinion, my system "weak spot" is the memories? or main board? or cpu?
My cpu (none of the cores) reaching 100% not even 70% , GPU reaching only 70% probably there´s something slowing my system down...






 

Lutfij

Titan
Moderator
You've spent a good amount of cash behind your system so anything I say in response to your latest question would only result in more expenditure. You're worrying over something that won't ruin your gaming experience ;) Relax and keep playing!

If you're looking at a guide to overclocking your AMD system;
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/283351-29-asus-m5a97-overcloking
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2202169/8320-4ghz-asus-m5a97-evo.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2569607/overclocking-8320-asus-m5a97.html
 
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RivasPt

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You´re right :p i can play very well with this system (for my standers) although changing from a scene at 60fps to a scene at 37 you can feel it :p .
I was only hopping for a solution\explanation, i will not spend more money for sure :p i have (i think) this system since 2013 and i want to mantain until 2018 :p just trying to understand were is my limitation
That gpu and cpu utilization for me isn´t right :p at least one of them (cpu or gpu) should be at 95-100% to reach maximum frame rate.

again, thanks for your time :)