Hello, thanks for reading!
I recently upgraded my Radeon HD 4650 to a HD 6870 cu on my Athlon II X4 620. My old card ran fantastic, best buy (Perfomance/Price) ever. However, to get BF3 running over 35fps I had to reduce graphic quality considerabily.
The HD 6870 runs BF3 amazingly fast at 1280x1024/high graphics, However the game crashes at the end of almost every match (in the menu screen). Also, in one of my favorite older games (Track Mania Nations Forvever, demo version) The game runs much worst then before, sometimes it runs great 60++fps, but in the same match i'll get stuttering, frame drops and various irritating inconsistencies.
I noticed using the GPU-Z log option that my gpu during gameplay stays constant at 915mhz and then drops to idle @ 300mhz at the end of the match before crashing.
With TM-Nations-Forever the gpu clock speed is all over the place (775,300,326,915 etc..)
My gpu stays constant at 300mhz during normal windows 7 operations.
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My questions:
Is my card faulty? (I got 3 days left on return policy)
How can I fix it?
My best guess is that it has someting to do with ATI-PowerPlay not recongnizing the higher graphic demmands of TMNF. And maybe its the same issue with BF3 when the game returns to the menu after the match. I've read that a flash reset might solve the issue...
I wish I could manually set the minimum GPU usage in catalyst or something, that way I could test my deductions.
Please Help
I recently upgraded my Radeon HD 4650 to a HD 6870 cu on my Athlon II X4 620. My old card ran fantastic, best buy (Perfomance/Price) ever. However, to get BF3 running over 35fps I had to reduce graphic quality considerabily.
The HD 6870 runs BF3 amazingly fast at 1280x1024/high graphics, However the game crashes at the end of almost every match (in the menu screen). Also, in one of my favorite older games (Track Mania Nations Forvever, demo version) The game runs much worst then before, sometimes it runs great 60++fps, but in the same match i'll get stuttering, frame drops and various irritating inconsistencies.
I noticed using the GPU-Z log option that my gpu during gameplay stays constant at 915mhz and then drops to idle @ 300mhz at the end of the match before crashing.
With TM-Nations-Forever the gpu clock speed is all over the place (775,300,326,915 etc..)
My gpu stays constant at 300mhz during normal windows 7 operations.
----
My questions:
Is my card faulty? (I got 3 days left on return policy)
How can I fix it?
My best guess is that it has someting to do with ATI-PowerPlay not recongnizing the higher graphic demmands of TMNF. And maybe its the same issue with BF3 when the game returns to the menu after the match. I've read that a flash reset might solve the issue...
I wish I could manually set the minimum GPU usage in catalyst or something, that way I could test my deductions.
Please Help