R9 390 performance concerns

[Blinkybill44]

I recently purchased an msi r9 390 and have found that it's not performing as well as other people's cards.

My system is consistently achieving lower bench mark scores in Valley and firestrike and lower fps in a lot of games than similar cards at stock speeds.

I have run msi afterburner and monitored CPU and ram usage in game and these don't appear to be a bottleneck.( I have an i5 4460 and a single stick of g skill rip jaws 8gb)

The only other things I can think might be causing this is old drivers interfering or a bad card itself.

If anyone could help me correctly uninstall all old drivers or offer any other help or ideas I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks.

 

[Tradesman1]

Display DRiver Uninstaller

http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

then download the latest Drivers - don't use the CD, it's drivers are probably out of date

 

[Blinkybill44]

Sadly I have already used this tool and had no change in performance

 

[pete_101]

When you say your card is not performing as well as other people's cards, where are you finding this information and were they using the same settings as you? Personally, I think a lot of people "cheat" when it comes to what performance they claim to be getting. What score do you get in Valley on "extreme HD" pre-set?

 

[Blinkybill44]

I have always thought that could of been a possibility. On extreme HD I had an average of 63.6 fps and a score of 2660.

 

[madmatt30]

Your valley score is right where it should be for 1080p extreme settings.

 

[pete_101]

Yeah, nothing wrong with that score. As I said, many people claim to have some ridiculously high score, sometimes they even post screenshots to back it up, but you really can't believe everything you see on the internet 🙂

 

[Blinkybill44]

thanks guys
so is it possible that the cpu could be a limiting factor for some games?

 

[pete_101]

thanks guys
so is it possible that the cpu could be a limiting factor for some games?

It's possible. The 4460 is well matched with a R9 390, however there are certain games that aren't very well optimized and require a lot of CPU power, this is where it may be a limiting factor.