XFX 4890 V 1.6

[1337Roflcopter]

I recieved my XFX 4890 V1.6, it means i have the 4890 with a bigger fan smack in the middle. thinking it would be a great cooler i got excited. Played crysis maybe 20 mins and my computer crashes from what is most likely an overheat. The fan is at 100% (not as loud as you think D but when i put my hand near the exhaust at the back, the slightest amount of the hot air comes out. Why is this happening? why is it not cooling properly?

 

[Rustyy117]

yeah I would close it if it goes above 90C

 

[Rustyy117]

You shouldnt have to much trouble as your fan speed is at 100%

 

[JofaMang]

Not to mention, your load temps during gaming are only 50c, so furmark probably won't volcano your card like it does my 4870.

 

[1337Roflcopter]

Alright im back form Crysis.

High settings (physics very high)

the lagging etc stopped.

but its the fact im still only getting 20-30 FPS on a 1280X1024 resolution

no AA
no AF

whats wrong? (BTW TEMPS ARE FINE NOW )



and yeah i got off the phone with them and said the lack of performance is software or something like that


even tho i close everything b4 playing that game -__-

 

[branflakes71]

I've got a HIS 4890 factory overclocked to 900, that runs Crysis in 1280x1024 with things on High/Very High and a little AA on. No lagging - more than 40fps avg. My system is a i7-920, though.

I'm not as current with the AMD cpu's, but could your cpu be a bottleneck now?


Here's an article from Tom's with benchmarks:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/balanced-gaming-pc,2477-8.html

 

[1337Roflcopter]

Thats what i was gonna ask next

would i be bottlenecking ;D

 

[redwave3099]

wait you have an older amd x4?

 

[1337Roflcopter]

i guess

its a AMD Phenom X4 @ 2.4 GHZ

planning when i get cash to a Phenom II Black edition @ 3.0 GHZ


sadly im out of cash paying for this video card ):

 

[branflakes71]

Yes, I think the Phenom is bottlenecking you in Crysis. Look at those benchmarks. Those are all Phenom II's and some of them can't handle playable rates in 1280x1024 with the eye candy up.

 

[notty22]

One thing to do, its simple and most are probably already doing it but to make sure that the drivers are letting the game run the fastest before the in game settings take over.
Right click on ati red icon in task bar.
scroll to ati Hd 4890
then to 3d settings
then to standard settings,
and make sure
Optimal performance is checked.
I noticed differences in windowed benchmarks with different settings, but with same in program settings.

 

[1337Roflcopter]

Alright

notty22 i did that i am now going to go play crysis and see the fps etc

if it helped or not

THANKS in advance if it does work

 

[1337Roflcopter]

Alright im back

playing onslaught ( guess its one of the more harder levels to play for gpu)

and turning on optimal performance, it actually gave me a boost D:

used to have 20-30


when i was playing got maybe 30-40-45

and at one point 50! D:

so thanks everyone and thanks notty22!

but one more question

what if i set it to High performance

would that give me better fps?