Asus RADEON 7990 Low GPU Usage In Games?

xFazzz

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Hello, I recently purchased an Asus Radeon 7990. Upon using it I have been seeing some unusual GPU usage.

Im not expert at this, but the screenshot linked below is the usage when i'm playing far cry 3 blood dragon at 1920x1080 maxed out (When the usage hits 0 I was alt tabbed out).

http://gyazo.com/f1b82cb63e8ef0edb9846a5f54e5eee7

FPS in-game varies between 45-90 quite allot.

Is this normal for a 7990 to behave like this, If not what can I do to resolve the issue?

Also its not just in this game, it happens in pretty much every game.
 

xFazzz

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Ok, I'll tell you what I know.

Intel Core i7 2600k @3.4Ghz
Corsair TX850W PSU
Intel Sandy Bridge PCI-E 2.0 (Is that enough?)

As for DRAM im not to sure of what it is...
 

Tradesman1

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Should be good with that, might be the DRAM is off, take a look at CPU-Z (free downloadable app) in the Memory tab and find what the DRAM is running at and let me know what the model # is, can find that in CPU-Z under the SPD tab next to Part NUmber - guessing it's not running at optimal settings
 

xFazzz

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Im running csgo now with one GPU at 99% and one at 45%. Is that good? My FPS also isn't low in games. Is it possible that its just that game?
 

xFazzz

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I can't seem to find any information on the web about usage in the games I play with this card. Would you say that the card is OK and that the game is the issue? You know what your talking about so your personal opinion would be much appreciated.
 

xFazzz

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I re-installed the latest drivers today (Non-Beta). Would you recommend a certain driver or is 13.12 ok?
 

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Ok, I just disabled ULPS and on CSGO I seem to get even usage now (Between 40% and 60% on both chips) instead of 99% on one and 20-40% on the other.

Would you recommend having ULPS enabled or disabled, and could this fix the issue?