R9 390 not performing as it should?

[Spades0]

Hi,

So I bought an MSI R9 390 graphics card about two years ago. I formatted my PC a while back and upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1 and just the other day (after taking playing the Dark Souls series) decided to reinstall Witcher 3. However, it seems to be running at a lower frame rate than it had previously. I don't know if I've just gotten used to the much higher frame rates of DS3, but I'm pretty sure it was never this bad (I've never actually tried to measure the frame rate). It also stutters during the intro cinematic, which I'm sure it never did before. So I've decided to run a benchmark on userbenchmark.com and have noticed my GPU runs much worse than what is expected (at least according to that site). I have no idea what could be causing this.

Please help!

PC specs:

Core i7-4790
16 GB DDR3-2400 memory
600-something watt Seasonic power supply unit
OCC Vertex solid state drive (primary drive on which I've installed Witcher 3)

 

[geofelt]

Benchmark sites will display results from those who are into aggressive overclocking.
Those with mediocre results tend to remain silent.
If you have installed the proper graphics drivers and do not have heat issues I would not worry.

 

[RCPG]

I have an ASUS R9 390 STRIX. Mine seems to be working fine.

I just runned the userbenchmark benchmark. Here's the link, if you want to compare: http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/4081956

In the power settings, do you have the computer in "High performance"? I don't think it's the cause but might have something to do with it, I don't know, just an ideia.

 

[Spades0]

I have an ASUS R9 390 STRIX. Mine seems to be working fine.

I just runned the userbenchmark benchmark. Here's the link, if you want to compare: http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/4081956

In the power settings, do you have the computer in "High performance"? I don't think it's the cause but might have something to do with it, I don't know, just an ideia.

Interestingly, after switching to high performance mode in the power settings menu my graphics card now performs "above expectations". Thanks! Time to fire up Witcher 3 and see if there's a difference.

 

[Spades0]

I have an ASUS R9 390 STRIX. Mine seems to be working fine.

I just runned the userbenchmark benchmark. Here's the link, if you want to compare: http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/4081956

In the power settings, do you have the computer in "High performance"? I don't think it's the cause but might have something to do with it, I don't know, just an ideia.

Yep, Witcher 3 is running smooth again on ultra. Didn't expect it to make a difference but actually worked.

Thanks!

 

[RCPG]

You're welcome 😉