Question Frametime spikes and stuttering on an AMD setup ?

[logainofhades]

It might be best to backup everything you want to keep, and do a fresh format of Windows, using the latest version available from Microsoft's media creation tool.

 

[PauloSilva93]

It might be best to backup everything you want to keep, and do a fresh format of Windows, using the latest version available from Microsoft's media creation tool.

really? why do you think its worse now?

can you point me to a guide on how to do that? i want to be sure i do it properly.

Thank you

 

[logainofhades]

I forgot to ask something important. What is the make/model of your power supply?
Did you use DDU to remove your graphics and chipset drivers before installing latest versions?

If windows reinstall is the last route we have to take, then here is a guide.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhfA89wv_14


You will need to backup anything you want to keep to another drive be it an internal or external one.

 

[gggplaya]

I see the problem, the game is not demanding for your GPU. So now the GPU clock speed drops on certain scenes. Try manually clocking your GPU to stay above 1800mhz. I had the same problem with my 7900xtx on certain games.

On Nvidia GPU's you set power management mode in the manage 3d settings to "Prefer Maximum Performance" to maintain full clock speed at the expense of idle electricity.

For Radeon gpu's you have to set a range. I would try to keep the clock speed between 1800 to 2250mhz on your 6800xt.

 

[PauloSilva93]

I forgot to ask something important. What is the make/model of your power supply?
Did you use DDU to remove your graphics and chipset drivers before installing latest versions?

If windows reinstall is the last route we have to take, then here is a guide.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhfA89wv_14


You will need to backup anything you want to keep to another drive be it an internal or external one.

no i didn´t use DDU, i simply updated them;

my psu is a corsair RM850x

 

[PauloSilva93]

I see the problem, the game is not demanding for your GPU. So now the GPU clock speed drops on certain scenes. Try manually clocking your GPU to stay above 1800mhz. I had the same problem with my 7900xtx on certain games.

On Nvidia GPU's you set power management mode in the manage 3d settings to "Prefer Maximum Performance" to maintain full clock speed at the expense of idle electricity.

For Radeon gpu's you have to set a range. I would try to keep the clock speed between 1800 to 2250mhz on your 6800xt.

how do i do that? what should i do first? the windows reinstall or your thing?

thanks

 

[gggplaya]

Try this first, Disable ULPS and see if that helps:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilJgsVeBZqM


For the clock speed, this is exactly how I did it before on my 7900xtx. Ignore the VRAM tuning, just leave that default for now.

View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f0Nv06BNA0s


I no longer have my 7900xtx specifically for this reason where on some games, including minecraft, star citizen, counter strike and other cpu bottlenecked games, I had to run this manual clocking. I've since sold it and bought a 4080 super which is easier to just set "prefer max performance" which keeps the clock speed boost on all the time.

Keep in mind though that this will use more wattage at idle. So if you're worried about electricity prices, I wouldn't keep my computer turned on all the time needlessly.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Have you re-enabled XMP/DOCP after all the fixes?

At this point an OS fresh instal makes sense as suggested above.

You can try an in place Windows upgrade which will update windows to the latest version and keep your files. https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...ndows-11/4d469147-2747-4dcb-88a4-aae9273a4500

 

[PauloSilva93]

Yes I enabled xmp profile 1.

Is this to be expected? I mean should I be worried I ruined my PC?

 

[gggplaya]

Yes I enabled xmp profile 1.

Is this to be expected? I mean should I be worried I ruined my PC?

No, if anything, not running XMP is better for your computer since XMP is an Intel profile, but can still be compatible with AMD. EXPO is AMD's profile, but your ram may not have that. Running at RAM base speeds without XMP or EXPO is the most stable for your system, but at lower speeds so it won't have the fastest performance.

However, as far as stuttering, I'm doubtful that RAM speeds and slower timings would be the problem. Yes, you'll have slightly lower fps, but it shouldn't cause stuttering.

 

[PauloSilva93]

No, if anything, not running XMP is better for your computer since XMP is an Intel profile, but can still be compatible with AMD. EXPO is AMD's profile, but your ram may not have that. Running at RAM base speeds without XMP or EXPO is the most stable for your system, but at lower speeds so it won't have the fastest performance.

However, as far as stuttering, I'm doubtful that RAM speeds and slower timings would be the problem. Yes, you'll have slightly lower fps, but it shouldn't cause stuttering.

So? What should I do then? Also should I be worried I ruined my PC? Sorry I think you didn't answer that question.

Thank you

 

[gggplaya]

So? What should I do then? Also should I be worried I ruined my PC? Sorry I think you didn't answer that question.

Thank you

You can enable XMP, as long as you don't have any blue screens or crashes, you should be fine.

But I would do what I said in post and disable ULPS and manually clock your GPU.

 

[logainofhades]

no i didn´t use DDU, i simply updated them;

my psu is a corsair RM850x

I would do that before trying fresh install of Windows.