R9 280x low fps

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ASK18

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hey guys

yesterday I made a new pc and it is a high end gaming pc for sure.

specs
i5 4670k
r9 280x amd gigabyte
ram 8gb corsair vengeance
psu 650 watt corsair
gigabyte z87 ud3h

i got 60 fps average on borderlands 2 with max setting and i got 50 fps average on mc with max setting too. what is wrong here? Im pretty sure I updated my gpu driver... thanks
 
Solution
I wouldn't really call it red circles, but (1) weird oval :)

surprisingly for your card, you don't want the 14.4 driver, it has stability issues with the R9 280X in particular, you want one of the 13.XX series drivers.


my motherboard is gigabyte z87 ud3h
 
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Both are pci-e slots.