Help with Low fps on 295x2

[tical2399]

Hey all,

I just got an xfx 295x2 and installed it, but i'm getting low fps in all games. It's replacing a 2gb gtx 770 that played games nicely at 1440.

The system is a intel 5820k at stock (cpu will not bottleneck even at stock), cooled by h100i, on an msi x99 xli plus, 8 gigs crucial 2400 ram, evga g2 1000w psu. MSI after burner shows cpu is not hot (40-50 c) in games and is running at a very high percentage of gpu usage. Running on Windows 10 9926 build 64 bit.

Ram usage is rarely over 1500 mb. Games I tested with were far cry 3 which was getting 20-30 fps (got higher on 770) FFXIV, which got 60 but dipped to low 50s often, when the 770 only did it in wide open mod filled ares. FEAR 3 is around 30, when it has a solid 60 on the 770. Borderlands Pre Sequel runs the same.

When I got the card I uninstall the nvidia drivers with driver sweeper. I then did a registry cleanup with ccleaner. I rebooted and did it over just to make sure nothing was left over. After that, I installed the amd omega driver and rebooted and that's where I am now after trying some games. Any ideas on whats causing this issue? Help appreciated.

 

[sincreator]

I know this may be a stupid question, but did you enable crossfire in the Catalyst control center?

 

[chrisb99]

i think the problem is Windows 10 but i am not sure as its just a sugestion

 

[tical2399]

I know this may be a stupid question, but did you enable crossfire in the Catalyst control center?

I was looking for that option in the ccc software and I dont see it. In ccc I have categories called; pinned, presets, desktop management, common display tasks, my digital flat panels, video, gaming, performance ando information. xfire setting are not showing up under gaming or performance.

 

[TechyInAZ]

I know this may be a stupid question, but did you enable crossfire in the Catalyst control center?

I was looking for that option in the ccc software and I dont see it. In ccc I have categories called; pinned, presets, desktop management, common display tasks, my digital flat panels, video, gaming, performance ando information. xfire setting are not showing up under gaming or performance.

That's your problem then. It's most likely windows 10. Try running CCC in windows 8 compatibility mode and see if that solves the lack of Xfire.

 

[andy_Man]

I recommend trying another version of windows and testing things out. You are expecting a good driver that supports crossfire before windows 10 is even out, it's asking quite a lot.

 

[tical2399]

I know this may be a stupid question, but did you enable crossfire in the Catalyst control center?

I was looking for that option in the ccc software and I dont see it. In ccc I have categories called; pinned, presets, desktop management, common display tasks, my digital flat panels, video, gaming, performance ando information. xfire setting are not showing up under gaming or performance.

That's your problem then. It's most likely windows 10. Try running CCC in windows 8 compatibility mode and see if that solves the lack of Xfire.

Tried in window 8 mode. Still nothing.

 

[tical2399]

I recommend trying another version of windows and testing things out. You are expecting a good driver that supports crossfire before windows 10 is even out, it's asking quite a lot.

Had no issues with my 770 and 660 ti doing physx. It had all the options available as if I was using windows 8/ 8.1 Seems like amd drivers that people always gripe about is actually a real thing

 

[andy_Man]

I recommend trying another version of windows and testing things out. You are expecting a good driver that supports crossfire before windows 10 is even out, it's asking quite a lot.

Had no issues with my 770 and 660 ti doing physx. It had all the options available as if I was using windows 8/ 8.1 Seems like amd drivers that people always gripe about is actually a real thing

Different company, I am an AMD fan but they are just starting to get their drivers up to par.