Decrease in performance and 3dmark score flctuation?

hihiip201

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Hi:


Recently I have noticed that my gaming fps has dropped

I did a bioshock infinite benchmark comparison between now and march and the max fps as well as min fps dropped by a bit.

So, I decided to run a test score on my 3dmark and something weird happens.

sometimes, it would run smoothly and I get high scores like :


icestorm : 150000

cloud gate: 16000

firestrike

5900


3DMark Score
5901.0
Graphics Score
6752.0
Physics Score
6768.0
Combined Score
2761.0
Graphics Test 1
31.1
Graphics Test 2
27.8
Physics Test
21.5
Combined Test
12.8


but then, sometimes 3dmark benchmark would have constant stutter(most severe in icestorm and my firestrike score would be as low as 5500.( ic = 80000 )


I'm not sure if the two events are related, but i have touched nothing in my hardware or my software,HWmonitor shows consistent temperature (Max gpu = 80, Max cpu = 71) i know they are a bit too high but that's what I have for as long as i built the system.



Any ideas?


PS: I might have start having this problem since I updated my 3dmark. before that it was fine with my 13.1 amd driver, next to my scores it says "graphic drivers not approved", so could it be a driver issue?



my system


cpu: i5 3570k
gpu :xfx 7950 double d @ 925mhz
motherboard : ga-z77x u3dh
16 GB ram
psu: gs700w


thanks!

 
Solution


Always try the latest driver


Always try the latest driver
 
Solution



can i just download 13.6 installer from amd website without sweeper? I used autodetect and it says the latest driver is 13.4