Sapphire Nitro R9 390 Awful Framerate...?

[jpavs688]

Hey guys,

So i'm hoping someone could shed some light as to what's been happening with my FPS using my new card. First off, some specs:

Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0
CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz
RAM: 4x4GB Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz
GPU: Sapphire Nitro R9 390 8GB
PSU: EVGA 220-G2 750W
SSD: 120GB Kingston V300

and an ASUS VG248 144hz monitor.

So, what I did first was reformatted my computer and reinstalled Windows on my SSD. Old GPU drivers were obviously uninstalled and I installed all the latest drivers for my chipsets, mobo, and GPU. Everything to my knowledge is up to date. I play on 144hz and 1920x1080p resolution.

I launched Rust and regardless of whether I put it on extremely low settings or extremely high settings, the result was the same.. choppy gameplay and mini freezes every second or so. I don't know what it could possibly be that's causing this. If anyone has any ideas as to what I could try, I'd appreciate the help. The temps are fine on both my CPU/GPU when playing and the CPU usage doesn't go above 70%.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

I had a similar problem in a game (AC Brotherhood) and found that before starting the game, clicking on the little ^ in the bottom-right corner of Windows and closing the Raptr (AMD Gaming Evolved) program fixed the issue.

 

[jpavs688]

I had a similar problem in a game (AC Brotherhood) and found that before starting the game, clicking on the little ^ in the bottom-right corner of Windows and closing the Raptr (AMD Gaming Evolved) program fixed the issue.

Yea I chose to not even install that.

 

[renz496]

What about other games?

 

[jpavs688]

What about other games?

Seems to just be Rust at this point. I have a friend who has an identical setup to mine and he runs it perfectly, so I'm unsure as to what the issue could be...

 

[renz496]

Did your friend use the same drivers as you?