Sapphire Tri-X R9 290 OC
Core i5 3570k @stock
Windows 7 64bit
8GB RAM
Asus P8 Z77-V LK
Seasonic M12II 620 Bronze
In some games like Far Cry 3, I get 45-50 fps average with everything on ultra 8x msaa, but since I'm the type of person who likes 60fps with vsync on, I lower some settings with 2x msaa to achieve that. Now when I do this, instead of the fps going up, the GPU usage just drops and I get the same fps as before (without vsync).
This also happens in NFS MW 2012 and Crysis. Heat is not a problem as this card runs at 80c full load with other games plus Unigene Heaven and doesn't downclock or lower GPU usage. CPU usage stays at 60% and below so no bottleneck there. I don't use any frame cap.
Core i5 3570k @stock
Windows 7 64bit
8GB RAM
Asus P8 Z77-V LK
Seasonic M12II 620 Bronze
In some games like Far Cry 3, I get 45-50 fps average with everything on ultra 8x msaa, but since I'm the type of person who likes 60fps with vsync on, I lower some settings with 2x msaa to achieve that. Now when I do this, instead of the fps going up, the GPU usage just drops and I get the same fps as before (without vsync).
This also happens in NFS MW 2012 and Crysis. Heat is not a problem as this card runs at 80c full load with other games plus Unigene Heaven and doesn't downclock or lower GPU usage. CPU usage stays at 60% and below so no bottleneck there. I don't use any frame cap.