stutter in games with sapphire r9 390 nitro please help me fix it

[Randa Ranoosh]

I built that pc
i7 6700k
ga z170x gaming 5
g650 seasonic
sapphire r9 390
I stress test the video card with valley benchmark
I get max 190fps min 39 fps
also I got some stutter while run the test
now
when I try to play the settlers 7 path to kingdom I get
stutter every 5 seconds for a half second
I'm running latest amd beta driver 15.10
how can I fix it please

the sound does not stutter
also just to note I have both intel and sound blaster x -fi drivers instaled

 

[Rexer]

I should clarify where I'm getting 80+ fps., since not every game does that well. Battlefield 4 and Crysis 3 are above 80 fps. They're pretty high in Call of Duty Advance Warfare, 96/120fps+ (numbers look crazy). Witcher3 is pretty low for some reason. 35 fps on average.

 

[CmdrJeffSinclair]

Actually dual 390x's do beat out a 1080 if I recall correctly. Kinda like how 2 980ti's beat a single 1080. Wasn't by much but I do believe the 390x's came out on top. I'm a nvidia user and have been for awhile but nvidia is not without its issues as well in the driver department.

Both you and CmdrJeffSinclair have nice, big EVGA Super Nova G2 Power Supplies. I got a smaller 850w G2 (I should update my specs) Do the 1080s require that much power? What's the power requirement for those Nvidia 1080s?
I know this. 750w psu strains to work with one 390 when overclocking. Last winter was a joke. Lol. Anyone asking, 750w makes a fine heater.

hahahah yeah my PC and TV get so warm that I turn off the heat in winter in my tiny house hahaha sometimes it's 10f outside and I open the windows because it's 80F in the house when gaming all day hahaha toasty 😀

the 1080 only needs 250W to run but you can't have less than a 500w PSU per Nvidia's recommendation. I have a 1000W because I made my PC with AMD cards in mind for 2x390, but turned to the dark side which is Nvidia. 850w would be safe for 2x 1080 but who the hell has that much money, yikes.

Results on the 1080 under full load show it very rarely spikes. AMD cards are infamous for tremendous power spikes which is why people who love AMD usually just double the PSU. Pulling more than 80% load on a PSU isn't healthy so it's good to have wiggle room

So GTX 1080 is 250W, two would require 500W plus most CPUs are around 90-140W, then add 20% more for that safety buffer on the PSU. This is if you're not overclocking. Double it if you're overclocking as spikes become stronger and more common which wears down the PSU over time. And since these babies can last 10 years with just a little love, spending the extra $30 on a gold PSU over bronze with extra watts is easily the smartest investment ever on your PC

 

[Rexer]

Haw, haw! I remember when the 390's came out the power requirement said 750w and I thought, 'you gotta be outta yer mind', that was *Minimum*. Hmm. I ignored it. Oh man, was that a mistake. Lol. I'd overclock the card till it sang like sex for the first time, then,*bink* my picture disappeared. Everything was quiet. It was cool and comfortable in the room because I had the window open, lol, wasn't even thinking it was the psu.
You know what was misleading, is guys were asking on Tom's Hardware, "Is 500w enough for a 390?, and the screwball techies keep saying, "Oh yeah, yeah, it only uses 300 watts." But they don't tell you power spikes and overclocking really sucks out the power in a psu. So when the little psu heats up, straining to put out power, it loses more conductivity at the same time. THEN comes the final attitude, "F__k U. good night!". Haw, haw. Along the way they had more than 2 spyware and 3 anti-virus programs running at the same time. Lol.
And Tom's Hardware threads would look like James Brown was crashing in the Black Sea. "390 crashing, black screen, Help me, help me, please!." Lol.

 

[CmdrJeffSinclair]

Haw, haw! I remember when the 390's came out the power requirement said 750w and I thought, 'you gotta be outta yer mind', that was *Minimum*. Hmm. I ignored it. Oh man, was that a mistake. Lol. I'd overclock the card till it sang like sex for the first time, then,*bink* my picture disappeared. Everything was quiet. It was cool and comfortable in the room because I had the window open, lol, wasn't even thinking it was the psu.
You know what was misleading, is guys were asking on Tom's Hardware, "Is 500w enough for a 390?, and the screwball techies keep saying, "Oh yeah, yeah, it only uses 300 watts." But they don't tell you power spikes and overclocking really sucks out the power in a psu. So when the little psu heats up, straining to put out power, it loses more conductivity at the same time. THEN comes the final attitude, "F__k U. good night!". Haw, haw. Along the way they had more than 2 spyware and 3 anti-virus programs running at the same time. Lol.
And Tom's Hardware threads would look like James Brown was crashing in the Black Sea. "390 crashing, black screen, Help me, help me, please!." Lol.

hahahahah yeah that's how it is for AMD cards, they are beasts for the price but if you are concerned about power at all then you're really stuck with Nvidia. I live in a tiny house so power efficiency has become a real deal for me.

 

[OutCome]

Haw, haw! I remember when the 390's came out the power requirement said 750w and I thought, 'you gotta be outta yer mind', that was *Minimum*. Hmm. I ignored it. Oh man, was that a mistake. Lol. I'd overclock the card till it sang like sex for the first time, then,*bink* my picture disappeared. Everything was quiet. It was cool and comfortable in the room because I had the window open, lol, wasn't even thinking it was the psu.
You know what was misleading, is guys were asking on Tom's Hardware, "Is 500w enough for a 390?, and the screwball techies keep saying, "Oh yeah, yeah, it only uses 300 watts." But they don't tell you power spikes and overclocking really sucks out the power in a psu. So when the little psu heats up, straining to put out power, it loses more conductivity at the same time. THEN comes the final attitude, "F__k U. good night!". Haw, haw. Along the way they had more than 2 spyware and 3 anti-virus programs running at the same time. Lol.
And Tom's Hardware threads would look like James Brown was crashing in the Black Sea. "390 crashing, black screen, Help me, help me, please!." Lol.

I used to use a cheap 550w bronze certified PSU and it did the job. Obviously i didn't OC, you shouldn't OC if you aren't even sure if the PSU can't handle your GPU without OC 😛