Question Issues with Graphics Quality/Games Crash - AMD settings

[Icetou87]

Alright so I recently bought the ASUS Dual RX 480 8GB. The rest of my system is Intel i5-4590 3.3Ghz with Intel boost technology enabled for auto-overclocking, but no fixed overclock and 16 Gigs of HyperX 1600Mhz DDR3 ram.

The issue. I will give Need For Speed Payback as an example game, as I tried mostly on this one..I want the graphics to be perfectly smooth, or anti-aliased to be more specific. I've tried so many options in the AMD Settings (got the Crimson software, version is 17.7) but nothing seems to work - either crashes-when I tweak the global/profile settings or doesn't change a thing, or both. I was wondering if that's voltage issue? Tried a few tweaks in the global wattman, but this didn't change a thing either. The card is not overclocked, it runs with 1266Mhz clock and 1150mV voltage in the gaming mode by default.

The cooling isn't an issue either, as I don't run with over 50C. It happens on every single game I try on, and I am starting to get frustrated. Am I missing anything? Could it be because of the auto-overclocked CPU? Any other option? Voltage? Oh and by the way, the PSU is Cooler Master, 600Watts.

 

[knickle]

Why are you using such an old driver? Go to AMD.COM and grab the latest version. The newest is 19.2.1.

 

[Icetou87]

I've just updated it, but it doesn't make any graphical change, on the bright side it doesn't crash anymore when I tweak the settings (not yet at least).

 

[knickle]

If you're no longer crashing, you're half way there.

I always go straight to the in-game graphic settings to make adjustments. Making adjustments in the driver is not reliable in my opinion as the game can override those settings.

 

[Icetou87]

I did manage to sort of fix it, I mean it doesn't crash anymore and graphics are decent - still not fully what I am trying to achieve but I will get there!