Horrible lag on kickass gaming build

[Awesom3GamerA3G]

In almost any game released in the past year, i get horrible lag on.
Example - 20 fps on Alan Wake
10 fps on The Secret World
5-15 fps on Minecraft with Unbelievable Shaders mod

I have an intel i5 3570k which I OC sometimes
2 7959 crossfire cards
16GB Ram
1TB HDD
1000watt power supply
Windows 8 Basic

Update - here's a picture of my rig
http://imgur.com/596qguM

 

[mauller07]

that cable could be part of the problem, is it a 6 pin cable connecting to the graphics card?

 

[Awesom3GamerA3G]

that cable could be part of the problem, is it a 6 pin cable connecting to the graphics card?

Oh my ****ing hell. I think you may have fixed it, will confirm. I think we're onto something...
Nope...

 

[mauller07]

Oh my ****ing hell. I think you may have fixed it, will confirm. I think we're onto something...

if this is your first build then graphics cards with 6 pin connectors on them need supplementary power to work correctly, i am surprised the system even boots as my amd systems have always failed to boot without supplementary power connected and given out audible and visible warnings of a message on the screen.

best thing to also do is to used the hdmi port on the card rather than the dvi to hdmi, it will also send sound to the tv if you set the hdmi to your sound output.

 

[Awesom3GamerA3G]

Oh my ****ing hell. I think you may have fixed it, will confirm. I think we're onto something...

if this is your first build then graphics cards with 6 pin connectors on them need supplementary power to work correctly, i am surprised the system even boots as my amd systems have always failed to boot without supplementary power connected and given out audible and visible warnings of a message on the screen.

best thing to also do is to used the hdmi port on the card rather than the dvi to hdmi, it will also send sound to the tv if you set the hdmi to your sound output.

It has a good PSU.

 

[mauller07]

It has a good PSU.

just make sure all 4, 6 pin power connectors are connected to both cards and just leave the crossfire bridges connected and try the pc again.

 

[Awesom3GamerA3G]

Oh my ****ing hell. I think you may have fixed it, will confirm. I think we're onto something...

if this is your first build then graphics cards with 6 pin connectors on them need supplementary power to work correctly, i am surprised the system even boots as my amd systems have always failed to boot without supplementary power connected and given out audible and visible warnings of a message on the screen.

best thing to also do is to used the hdmi port on the card rather than the dvi to hdmi, it will also send sound to the tv if you set the hdmi to your sound output.

Nope. I tried to plug in my HDMI cable into the 2nd gfx card but there's no picture whatsoever. Is it dead?

 

[Awesom3GamerA3G]

It has a good PSU.

just make sure all 4, 6 pin power connectors are connected to both cards and just leave the crossfire bridges connected and try the pc again.

Oh. Wait, i have had all the 6pin connectors ever since i got my pc... :/ i have used them, and it was the connector above the 24-pin connector that i plugged in. And no, it still has jarbled graphics

 

[mauller07]

Nope. I tried to plug in my HDMI cable into the 2nd gfx card but there's no picture whatsoever. Is it dead?

most likely not, it is probably just defaulting to the top card, if the pc is still on just swap the cable back and try the top card on its own and see if it is ok.

 

[Awesom3GamerA3G]

Nope. I tried to plug in my HDMI cable into the 2nd gfx card but there's no picture whatsoever. Is it dead?

most likely not, it is probably just defaulting to the top card, if the pc is still on just swap the cable back and try the top card on its own and see if it is ok.

Still http://imgur.com/imybOAr when i go fullscreen in it, even worse with flashing red lines and crazy ****. Maybe it has something to do with a specific graphics engine? Sometimes in valve games itll won't have the http://imgur.com/imybOAr effect but in others it has it really bad.

 

[mauller07]

want to take a picture of the inside just to make sure nothing is amiss.

the only other thing to do is to take out the top card and put the bottom card in its place and plug the monitor into it with it in the system on its own, just remember which card is which just incase you have a faulty card.

 

[Awesom3GamerA3G]

want to take a picture of the inside just to make sure nothing is amiss.

the only other thing to do is to take out the top card and put the bottom card in its place on its own, just remember which card is which just incase you have a faulty card.

It's a pretty horrible mess but http://imgur.com/1g4hZhT

 

[Awesom3GamerA3G]

want to take a picture of the inside just to make sure nothing is amiss.

the only other thing to do is to take out the top card and put the bottom card in its place and plug the monitor into it with it in the system on its own, just remember which card is which just incase you have a faulty card.

You there?

 

[mauller07]

unplug and remove the top card then try the bottom card on its own

 

[Awesom3GamerA3G]

unplug and remove the top card then try the bottom card on its own

I believe i have found that at least one of the cards is faulty, probably due to reckless, stupid overclocking. Well, my best buy warranty covers replacements, so i'll be able to get that done. Thank you so much.

 

[mauller07]

unplug and remove the top card then try the bottom card on its own

I believe i have found that at least one of the cards is faulty, probably due to reckless, stupid overclocking. Well, my best buy warranty covers replacements, so i'll be able to get that done. Thank you so much.

thats ok mate, i would put the faulty card away and put the working card in the top slot and make sure your screen is plugged into that card.

you should be able to enable the OSD in radeon pro to show you framerates in pretty much most game, i know it wont on minecraft.

just add a game profile and enable the osd and show fps and temps and gpu usage etc and see how it goes.

to add a profile its the paper with a green + on it at top of the window then just look for the games .exe

 

[Awesom3Gamer]

unplug and remove the top card then try the bottom card on its own

I believe i have found that at least one of the cards is faulty, probably due to reckless, stupid overclocking. Well, my best buy warranty covers replacements, so i'll be able to get that done. Thank you so much.

thats ok mate, i would put the faulty card away and put the working card in the top slot and make sure your screen is plugged into that card.

you should be able to enable the OSD in radeon pro to show you framerates in pretty much most game, i know it wont on minecraft.

just add a game profile and enable the osd and show fps and temps and gpu usage etc and see how it goes.

to add a profile its the paper with a green + on it at top of the window then just look for the games .exe

Hey dude - 2nd acc here
I found out that my 2nd graphics card was burnt out from overheating. the geek squad confirmed it. Thanks for helping me reach this conclusion - will contact XFX support

 

[mauller07]

no worries mate, glad to help

 

[Awesom3Gamer]

unplug and remove the top card then try the bottom card on its own

I believe i have found that at least one of the cards is faulty, probably due to reckless, stupid overclocking. Well, my best buy warranty covers replacements, so i'll be able to get that done. Thank you so much.

thats ok mate, i would put the faulty card away and put the working card in the top slot and make sure your screen is plugged into that card.

you should be able to enable the OSD in radeon pro to show you framerates in pretty much most game, i know it wont on minecraft.

just add a game profile and enable the osd and show fps and temps and gpu usage etc and see how it goes.

to add a profile its the paper with a green + on it at top of the window then just look for the games .exe

Hey dude - 2nd acc here
I found out that my 2nd graphics card was burnt out from overheating. the geek squad confirmed it. Thanks for helping me reach this conclusion - will contact XFX support

lol...warranty does not cover burning out of gpu due to "stupid" oc-ing.

Thanks. AT least the other guy actually helped me, unlike you >.>