[SOLVED] Why is my new RX 6950 XT performance so bad ?

[SomethingRandom1]

I bought RX 6950xt 2 days ago from amazon and it lags and stutters in all games
I had rtx 3060 before

this is my setup
ryzen 9 5900x
32 gb ram in dual channel config.
nvme ssds
rx 6950xt

in many games like gta or red dead the card is not even detected, I have all the latest drivers and i have tried every single thing and nothing has worked to fix it!

Should i just retun it and buy a rtx 3090 ?

 

[SomethingRandom1]

You can go the RMA route but what you're describing sounds like a software issue like others have mentioned. Have you tried to roll back to stable drivers from AMD? Check the Radeon settings and try an older driver standard. Have you tried your GPU in a different slot? I had a PCIe slot that crapped out and I thought it was my GPU changing PCIe slots seemed to work for me.

i did try the other pcie slot yesterday but the same thing was there,
my 3060 works on this slot so thats not the issue

which is the stable driver for amd radeon RX 6950 XT ??

 

[SomethingRandom1]

Ive seen hundreds of comments on reddit about rx 6900x and 6950xt lag and micro stutter im sure its the card or the drivers and not anything else on my computer now

 

[COLGeek]

When you reinstalled everything, did that include the AMD chipset drivers (provided directly by AMD)? Are you overclocking anything?

I have a X570 mobo, RX 6900 XT, and Ryzen 9 5950X and I can assure you that not all users experience your issues.

 

[SomethingRandom1]

When you reinstalled everything, did that include the AMD chipset drivers (provided directly by AMD)? Are you overclocking anything?

Yes amd chipset are installed, the set installed all drivers with amd chipset
I am not overclocking anything

 

[COLGeek]

How hot are your CPU and GPU at idle and under load?

 

[SomethingRandom1]

How hot are your CPU and GPU at idle and under load?

Ill check them again and give u an exact number but i know they are not thermal throttling
The cpu was around 65 f and gpu same or even lower
I have 7 fans in the case and a really good corsair AIO

 

[COLGeek]

watts isnt the issue and i know it

Wattage may not be the issue, but amperage could.

Need to look at the specs for this PSU. Will try to look shortly.

 

[COLGeek]

Is your motherboard BIOS the most current version?

 

[SomethingRandom1]

Is your motherboard BIOS the most current version?

I have tried the 2 latest verison now


and right now im on the latest one of rmy asus b550 f gaming

 

[COLGeek]

Are you using multiple PCIe power cables connected to the GPU, or one cable using two connectors?

 

[SomethingRandom1]

Are you using multiple PCIe power cables connected to the GPU, or one cable using two connectors?

The rx 6950xt has 3 x 8 pin connectors and i have used 3 pcie cables for that
I am not using any pig tail connectors, before installing looked it up and it showed to not use any pig tail connectors
meaning 3 cables of pcie attached to psu

 

[SomethingRandom1]

The PROBLEM IS SOLVED!
I was using a UPS and it was connected to my desktop incase of powerloss
maybe the ups wasnt providing enough power because now games have little to no stutter
it was a 900w UPS i thought i would work but that seems to be the issue

 

[spentshells]

what should i fix then? i have already installed and unintsalled the drivers many times and even reinstalled and reset windows and done all that over again

fresh instal of windows, not reset, not repair not restore... fresh install from an official and lisenced version of windows.

 

[spentshells]

The PROBLEM IS SOLVED!
I was using a UPS and it was connected to my desktop incase of powerloss
maybe the ups wasnt providing enough power because now games have little to no stutter
it was a 900w UPS i thought i would work but that seems to be the issue

this is great news, yeah an old ups isn't gonna cut it for that setup.

Super glad to hear you got rolling