I get appropriate fps and have a very well working system.
Here's my 3DMark score:
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/3206228?
very good score for 8350/single r9 290
And most other games run fine...
Except for Saint's Row 3, BF3, BF4, and BFH beta...
BF games ONLY run on Mantle... BF3 MP, BF4 MP with DX11, and BFH MP beta with DX11 run 38-80fps... (all ultra presets)
Yet... the BF3 and BF4 Single Player runs great with DX11... the first mission in BF3 runs 114-180fps in the train scenes.... All ultra 90FOV... but 30-80 fps in Caspian Border in MP...
BF4 SP, I was 60+ a majority of the campaign...
And in BF4 and BFH MP with mantle... it seems to run fine... like 60-120fps in all multiplayer scenarios... Like it should. Yet I can't run BF3 still... And I want to fix this issue, i case its hurting me in other games and programs using DX (I have the same issue in Sleeping dogs, and Saints Row 3/4)
Whats going on is that my CPU stays the same, about 50-60% usage in BF3, and 50-75% in BF4/BFH... but my GPU usage drops in certain areas...
Here's some footage with PLENTY of PC stats in there. DON'T be foold by the temp stats, My CPU is never over 54C, and my CPU never drops below 4.4ghz. My GPU is never over 74C, and is always at 1000/1300, again, the clocks never drop... Just the GPU usage...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcTPLMuQ610
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq9dSLOElX4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaVKMNL-aS4
Watch until you see my issue... Its so VERY odd... All FPS are my REAL fps... this was recorded frame for frame with DXtory. My fps is really that bad...
Isn't that a bottleneck? but my CPU never reaches 100%? And other games and programs use the game fine...(Unigine heaven extreme HD 51fps, Valley extreme HD 55fps, Metro LL tool maxed 43fps, Metro 2033 tool maxed 51fps, Hitman absolution tool 8xmsaa ultra 51.6fps) They all benchmark perfectly, and so do all other games.
Thought CPU was underperforming
Cinibench R15 scored 719... well... 3770k stock runs at 667 so...
I know that doesn't mean a thing, since games don't run like Cinibench but... that is about what my 8350 at 4.4ghz should be getting so it is performaning as it should.
+reinstalled drivers dozens (yes dozens) of times, all very cleanly
+I've tried ALL drivers from 13.9 to the current 14.6 beta... all run just as poorly
+latest Bios released May 2014 (I've tried the ones before it too)
+unparked cores
+high perforamnce mode and tweaked so 8350 never slows down
+OC'd CPU (only helped other games)
+fine tuned BIOS and turned off power saving features
+Swapped out to 16gb ram... didn't help, I am never over 6gb/8gb now in game
+Ran Memtest, results were great
+My MOBO tells me that the RAM is compatible and running right.
+reseated GPU (not that that helps, all other programs run fine)
+thought it was MOBO/PSU not supplying enough power... nope, +12v, +5v +3.3v rails ALL gave out the appropriate voltage, and the GPU maintains the proper 11.63V 24/7... so the parts are getting power.
+ CCC set to default/Tweaked settings
+Vsync was in fact off in game and CCC.... not that dumb
+many many MANY other fixes (probably 70+ fixes)
It's so Program specific and I've tried EVERYTHING you can do tho this Mobo/CPU and Installed every driver I can possibly think of. I tracked all the temperatures, voltages, fan speeds, CPU clocks, GPU clocks, RAM speeds... It all adds up to a VERY solid mahcine
Since Its only in BF games
+Repaired BF3, BF4, BFH
+Redownloaded and Reinstalled each
+Tried custom configs
Non of these gimmicks work...
Here's what gets me...
+I reinstalled Windows 8.1 to a freshly formatted HDD.
+Only installed Drivers, Origin, BF3/BF4.... Ran identical to my main rig... Same issue...
I installed 14.4 chipset, 14.4 graphics only at first. Then tried my Mobo chipset and other mobo drivers. Still didn't work. I have every driver available for all of my hardware properly installed... installed each one at a time and tested, and non have helped...
I have a friend with 8350, 970 mobo, 8gb 1333mhz, 650w, and Power color R9 290 PCS+
He also has this issue... and He's on windows 7. He hasn't troubleshot as overkill as I have, but I couldn't get his working either.
I ordered a 4790k, Asus Z97 Pro, and 250GB Samsung 840 Evo... but am still troubled as to why I should need a $339 processor (entire bill for the 3 was $637...they were on sale...) when people seem to run BF3, BF4, and BFH fine with fx 6300's and far worse hardware than I have in my rig (see my signature)
4 months of troubleshooting, and 350+ hours of fiddling with it. Please don't insult my intelligence in your answer, and tell me to RMA something... it's all working fine as you can see in a MULTITUDE of benchmarks and games. (If I can run Metro 2033/Metro Last Light and Crysis 2/3 60+ on max or near max settings... It's obviously putting out perforamance. I can even Run Metro LL at 50-75fps very high + 2x SSAA and Crysis 3 50-70 with Very High and FXAA, Even 45+ with 2x SMAA.
There HAS to be something I'm missing?
Here's my 3DMark score:
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/3206228?
very good score for 8350/single r9 290
And most other games run fine...
Except for Saint's Row 3, BF3, BF4, and BFH beta...
BF games ONLY run on Mantle... BF3 MP, BF4 MP with DX11, and BFH MP beta with DX11 run 38-80fps... (all ultra presets)
Yet... the BF3 and BF4 Single Player runs great with DX11... the first mission in BF3 runs 114-180fps in the train scenes.... All ultra 90FOV... but 30-80 fps in Caspian Border in MP...
BF4 SP, I was 60+ a majority of the campaign...
And in BF4 and BFH MP with mantle... it seems to run fine... like 60-120fps in all multiplayer scenarios... Like it should. Yet I can't run BF3 still... And I want to fix this issue, i case its hurting me in other games and programs using DX (I have the same issue in Sleeping dogs, and Saints Row 3/4)
Whats going on is that my CPU stays the same, about 50-60% usage in BF3, and 50-75% in BF4/BFH... but my GPU usage drops in certain areas...
Here's some footage with PLENTY of PC stats in there. DON'T be foold by the temp stats, My CPU is never over 54C, and my CPU never drops below 4.4ghz. My GPU is never over 74C, and is always at 1000/1300, again, the clocks never drop... Just the GPU usage...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcTPLMuQ610
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq9dSLOElX4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaVKMNL-aS4
Watch until you see my issue... Its so VERY odd... All FPS are my REAL fps... this was recorded frame for frame with DXtory. My fps is really that bad...
Isn't that a bottleneck? but my CPU never reaches 100%? And other games and programs use the game fine...(Unigine heaven extreme HD 51fps, Valley extreme HD 55fps, Metro LL tool maxed 43fps, Metro 2033 tool maxed 51fps, Hitman absolution tool 8xmsaa ultra 51.6fps) They all benchmark perfectly, and so do all other games.
Thought CPU was underperforming
Cinibench R15 scored 719... well... 3770k stock runs at 667 so...
I know that doesn't mean a thing, since games don't run like Cinibench but... that is about what my 8350 at 4.4ghz should be getting so it is performaning as it should.
+reinstalled drivers dozens (yes dozens) of times, all very cleanly
+I've tried ALL drivers from 13.9 to the current 14.6 beta... all run just as poorly
+latest Bios released May 2014 (I've tried the ones before it too)
+unparked cores
+high perforamnce mode and tweaked so 8350 never slows down
+OC'd CPU (only helped other games)
+fine tuned BIOS and turned off power saving features
+Swapped out to 16gb ram... didn't help, I am never over 6gb/8gb now in game
+Ran Memtest, results were great
+My MOBO tells me that the RAM is compatible and running right.
+reseated GPU (not that that helps, all other programs run fine)
+thought it was MOBO/PSU not supplying enough power... nope, +12v, +5v +3.3v rails ALL gave out the appropriate voltage, and the GPU maintains the proper 11.63V 24/7... so the parts are getting power.
+ CCC set to default/Tweaked settings
+Vsync was in fact off in game and CCC.... not that dumb
+many many MANY other fixes (probably 70+ fixes)
It's so Program specific and I've tried EVERYTHING you can do tho this Mobo/CPU and Installed every driver I can possibly think of. I tracked all the temperatures, voltages, fan speeds, CPU clocks, GPU clocks, RAM speeds... It all adds up to a VERY solid mahcine
Since Its only in BF games
+Repaired BF3, BF4, BFH
+Redownloaded and Reinstalled each
+Tried custom configs
Non of these gimmicks work...
Here's what gets me...
+I reinstalled Windows 8.1 to a freshly formatted HDD.
+Only installed Drivers, Origin, BF3/BF4.... Ran identical to my main rig... Same issue...
I installed 14.4 chipset, 14.4 graphics only at first. Then tried my Mobo chipset and other mobo drivers. Still didn't work. I have every driver available for all of my hardware properly installed... installed each one at a time and tested, and non have helped...
I have a friend with 8350, 970 mobo, 8gb 1333mhz, 650w, and Power color R9 290 PCS+
He also has this issue... and He's on windows 7. He hasn't troubleshot as overkill as I have, but I couldn't get his working either.
I ordered a 4790k, Asus Z97 Pro, and 250GB Samsung 840 Evo... but am still troubled as to why I should need a $339 processor (entire bill for the 3 was $637...they were on sale...) when people seem to run BF3, BF4, and BFH fine with fx 6300's and far worse hardware than I have in my rig (see my signature)
4 months of troubleshooting, and 350+ hours of fiddling with it. Please don't insult my intelligence in your answer, and tell me to RMA something... it's all working fine as you can see in a MULTITUDE of benchmarks and games. (If I can run Metro 2033/Metro Last Light and Crysis 2/3 60+ on max or near max settings... It's obviously putting out perforamance. I can even Run Metro LL at 50-75fps very high + 2x SSAA and Crysis 3 50-70 with Very High and FXAA, Even 45+ with 2x SMAA.
There HAS to be something I'm missing?