My R9 290 cannot handle Tomb Raider at Ultra 60fps

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It frequently drops down to 40-50 fps but this benchmark shows it running at an average of 74.6fps.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-290-review-benchmark,3659-11.html

Full rig specs:
R9 290 TwinFrozr gaming edition
FX6300 w/ Antec Kuhler 930 at Stock
GA-78LMT-S2
8GB 1333mhZ RAM
XFX XXX Edition 750w

Is it being bottlenecked by the cpu? If so can I overclock it with that budget mobo to 4.2ghz if I don't touch the voltage?
 
Solution



Yes your getting core throttle! Look at the memory 4th graph down its a solid 1250mhz, look at the core 3rd graph down its all over the place. 280x or 7970 doesnt suffer this and has a solid fixed core, hence for many better benchmarks and gaming performance from the cheaper card.

Its caused by AMD powertune which to keep noise and temps down, instead of increasing the fan speed more, it throttles the cpu core clocks...
t4gx now you have a 4570, can you disable the core lock fix and post up a screenshot of your afterburner after gaming. I want to see how much the default throttle has improved just by going to the intel CPU.