Radeon r9 290x can't hit more than 30fps

[DippingSauce]

Hi everyone!

A while ago I bought the R9 290x, with the idea of upgrading the rest of my system later. I tried using the card for the sake of it, but as I expected it didn't work properly on my old mobo. It actually often crashed.


Now I recently updated my mobo and CPU, and although the crashes are gone, playing a game like Tomb Raider on ultra settings (without the shady hair effects that is) gets me barely to 30fps.

CS:GO actually performs worse then when it did with my old card, playing at 60fps but dropping down to 30 with every shot.



Advice from friends goes no further than "well mate it's AMD lol", so not that's not helping

Any thoughts?

Specs:
CPU: i5-4690K
RAM: 8192MB
Mobo: Asus z87-c
Display: 1920x1080 (60Hz)
PSU: 650W (which should be more than enough)
ICY vision rev.2

 

[bignastyid]

Whats the make and model of that PSU? A good 650w psu should be enough, but a bargain basement model not so much. Also have you checked the temps of the card?

 

[Littlesackninja]

What psu is it exactly? The R9 290X Cards can pull alot of power, Although with your system it shouldnt be that much. Which model of 290X did you get?

 

[bignastyid]

Also where you have a Z87 board make sure to update the bios so the cpu is fully supported.

 

[DippingSauce]

It's definitely a bargain model, and 630W at that. First thing I thought and first thing I'm gonna try and replace, but it just strikes me odd that my system can't even handle CS:GO properly. Also the card seems to get quite hot, even for AMD (90-95C during CS:GO).


Mobo is flashed

 

[Littlesackninja]

It is a problem with your graphics card then, Since even a R9 290X should not reach 95c during Cs:Go, If it was the power supply it wouldnt beable to give it enough power to get to that temperature, Rma your graphics card.

 

[Littlesackninja]

I would recommend upgrading your power supply anyway, as 630w is probably not very healthy for your system.

 

[frag06]

It's definitely a bargain model, and 630W at that. First thing I thought and first thing I'm gonna try and replace, but it just strikes me odd that my system can't even handle CS:GO properly. Also the card seems to get quite hot, even for AMD (90-95C during CS:GO).


Mobo is flashed

If you can still return the card, do it and then buy a 970. No reason to buy a 290X anymore.

 

[DippingSauce]

Will first upgrade my PSU, see what happens. And then return it if there are still problems. Will post when it's all fixed.

Thanks a lot everyone!

 

[bignastyid]

"90-95C" I'm guessing you have a reference heatsink. There were plagued with thermal throttling issues as they can't cool the card properly. So you want a new PSU and a new GPU cooler.
http://www.arctic.ac/us_en/accelero-xtreme-iii.html
http://www.arctic.ac/us_en/accelero-hybrid-ii-120.html
But if it's still in the return period returning if for a 970 or a 980 is a better option.

 

[DippingSauce]

Heh. I just fixed the issue myself. The fans were directly connected with my PSU instead of to my mobo and a cpu-fan. I knew this, but didn't think this would be a problem since I thought it would be going at a 100%. Apparently not. One might think it even didn't turn on at all.

Either way, idle is now on 30C and Tomb Raider on 50-54C Ultra, 85-90 FPS!

Will replace PSU for the sake of it, but thanks for the help everyone anyway