A while ago upgraded to an MSI Armor RX 580 4gb from a GTX 750 ti (paired with an i5-4570s, 16gb RAM, and a Samsung 850 EVO SSD) and have seen the improvements I expected as far as playing games at higher settings and still achieving 60fps. Recently, however, I installed and benchmarked GRID2 several times, double checking with FRAPS to find out that my FPS seems very low. First of all, even at the absolute lowest settings I cannot get above an average of 49fps. Furthermore, from lowest settings to substantially higher settings yields very minuscule differences in frame rates (except for load screens seem far choppier at higher settings). Below are three different test scenarios and the fps results
First test::
Resolution: 1366x768 (native screen resolution)
Multisampling: 2xFXAA
Quality preset: Ultra
Results: FPS
Min: 40
Ave: 45
Max: 51
2nd test::
Resolution: 1366x768
Multisampling: 2xMSAA
Quality preset: High
Results: FPS
Min: 38
Ave: 47
Max: 53
3rd test::
Resolution: 800x600
Multisampling: n/a
Quality preset: Ultra low
Results: FPS
Min: 50
Ave: 53
Max: 58
**Update 4th test that makes no sense**
Resolution: 1680x1050
Multisampling: 8f16x EQAA
Quality preset: Ultra
Results: FPS
Min: 40
Ave: 46
Max: 52
I fully understand that this is a game that most likely favors NVIDIA over AMD. Also it is the only game I play that oddly markets Intel Integrated Graphics (so I assume its not this graphic intensive that my RX 580 is incapable of achieving 60fps average). I did perform a quick google search of "GRID2 benchmarks" to find that a system with stock-clocked i7-3770k and a Radeon HD 7970 achieved an average 130fps with identical settings to my 2nd test. Seeing how that processor is nearly on par with mine, and my GPU should certainly outperform the older Radeon, does anybody know what is going on here???? I checked to make sure that all of my drivers are updated, and this is the only scenario that I am not getting anywhere near the FPS that I expect from this modern GPU.
Any troubleshooting advise would be greatly appreciated
First test::
Resolution: 1366x768 (native screen resolution)
Multisampling: 2xFXAA
Quality preset: Ultra
Results: FPS
Min: 40
Ave: 45
Max: 51
2nd test::
Resolution: 1366x768
Multisampling: 2xMSAA
Quality preset: High
Results: FPS
Min: 38
Ave: 47
Max: 53
3rd test::
Resolution: 800x600
Multisampling: n/a
Quality preset: Ultra low
Results: FPS
Min: 50
Ave: 53
Max: 58
**Update 4th test that makes no sense**
Resolution: 1680x1050
Multisampling: 8f16x EQAA
Quality preset: Ultra
Results: FPS
Min: 40
Ave: 46
Max: 52
I fully understand that this is a game that most likely favors NVIDIA over AMD. Also it is the only game I play that oddly markets Intel Integrated Graphics (so I assume its not this graphic intensive that my RX 580 is incapable of achieving 60fps average). I did perform a quick google search of "GRID2 benchmarks" to find that a system with stock-clocked i7-3770k and a Radeon HD 7970 achieved an average 130fps with identical settings to my 2nd test. Seeing how that processor is nearly on par with mine, and my GPU should certainly outperform the older Radeon, does anybody know what is going on here???? I checked to make sure that all of my drivers are updated, and this is the only scenario that I am not getting anywhere near the FPS that I expect from this modern GPU.
Any troubleshooting advise would be greatly appreciated