I recently upgraded from an RTX 2060 to an RX 7900 XTX and so far I can't quite understand how to get the best performance out of it. At the moment, it's overall performing worse than my RTX 2060. (Full specs below)
For example, when I play Warzone. I play on a single 1080p monitor. No matter what settings I change, it's always roughly sitting around 130fps. I.e, if I have it on fully maxed out settings, it's usually at 120-130 FPS. If I play on fully minimised settings, it's usually at 130-140fps.
I have AMD metrics enabled and when I'm playing Warzone, GPU utilisation often is around 80% and the gpu around 65-70 degrees celcius. My CPU temp sits around 60 and utilisation can go as high as 80%. It idles around 30 degrees.
Same when I'm playing FC 25. I had exactly the same in game graphics settings enabled as I had on my RTX 2060, which could comfortably sit at 144FPS solid whilst playing, only having frame rate drops during cutscenes. I can't get an FPS counter to display on FC 25 but again it feels super stuttery and choppy, and GPU utilisation goes very high whilst playing, but CPU barely goes over 50%.
The only game that I've tried so far that seems to perform as expected is Total War: Pharoah Dynasties. That sits at 400fps easily on maxed out settings. Typical that it's the only game where I couldn't care less about FPS!
It seems as if any graphics settings I change in any game make a clear visual difference, but have little to no effect on FPS.
I already posted this on Reddit and searched online and YouTube videos, and here's the steps I've taken as a result:
- Set all CPU cooler fans and pump to 'extreme' in iCue
- DDU'd all AMD and Nvidia drivers and reinstalled AMD drivers fresh with a factory reset.
- Updated my BIOS
At first I thought the DDU had improved Warzone. It seemed to get rid of a lot of the choppiness, and now the 120fps that it puts out actually feels like 120fps instead of the 60fps that it felt like before, but it's still nowhere near the level I would expect from my setup. Any help or ideas would be hugely appreciated.
EDIT: Cinebench results:
GPU: 15323
CPU: 796
My CPU sat at 75 degrees for the entire test, but I saw another identical CPU score 824 in the rankings, obviously mine isn't overclocked or anything.
Specs:
Case
Fractal Design North XL
CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX)
RAM
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 16GB)
GPU
XFX SPEEDSTER MERC 130 RX 7900 XTX 24GB BLACK EDITION
M.2 Boot Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
**2******nd M.2 Drive
1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR RM1000X 1000W
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
For example, when I play Warzone. I play on a single 1080p monitor. No matter what settings I change, it's always roughly sitting around 130fps. I.e, if I have it on fully maxed out settings, it's usually at 120-130 FPS. If I play on fully minimised settings, it's usually at 130-140fps.
I have AMD metrics enabled and when I'm playing Warzone, GPU utilisation often is around 80% and the gpu around 65-70 degrees celcius. My CPU temp sits around 60 and utilisation can go as high as 80%. It idles around 30 degrees.
Same when I'm playing FC 25. I had exactly the same in game graphics settings enabled as I had on my RTX 2060, which could comfortably sit at 144FPS solid whilst playing, only having frame rate drops during cutscenes. I can't get an FPS counter to display on FC 25 but again it feels super stuttery and choppy, and GPU utilisation goes very high whilst playing, but CPU barely goes over 50%.
The only game that I've tried so far that seems to perform as expected is Total War: Pharoah Dynasties. That sits at 400fps easily on maxed out settings. Typical that it's the only game where I couldn't care less about FPS!
It seems as if any graphics settings I change in any game make a clear visual difference, but have little to no effect on FPS.
I already posted this on Reddit and searched online and YouTube videos, and here's the steps I've taken as a result:
- Set all CPU cooler fans and pump to 'extreme' in iCue
- DDU'd all AMD and Nvidia drivers and reinstalled AMD drivers fresh with a factory reset.
- Updated my BIOS
At first I thought the DDU had improved Warzone. It seemed to get rid of a lot of the choppiness, and now the 120fps that it puts out actually feels like 120fps instead of the 60fps that it felt like before, but it's still nowhere near the level I would expect from my setup. Any help or ideas would be hugely appreciated.
EDIT: Cinebench results:
GPU: 15323
CPU: 796
My CPU sat at 75 degrees for the entire test, but I saw another identical CPU score 824 in the rankings, obviously mine isn't overclocked or anything.
Specs:
Case
Fractal Design North XL
CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Eight Core CPU (3.8GHz-4.7GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX)
RAM
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3600MHz (2 x 16GB)
GPU
XFX SPEEDSTER MERC 130 RX 7900 XTX 24GB BLACK EDITION
M.2 Boot Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
**2******nd M.2 Drive
1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2000 MB/R, 1100 MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR RM1000X 1000W
Processor Cooling
Corsair H100i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
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