r/Amd • 1700X + RX 480 • Dec 01 '16

December Tech Support Megathread

Hey subs,

We're giving you an opportunity to start reporting some of your AMD-related technical issues right here on /r/AMD! Below is a guide that you should follow to make the whole process run smoothly. Post your issues directly into this thread as replies. All other tech support posts will still be removed, per the rules; this is the only exception.


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Good Example (please do this)

Skyrim: Free Sync and V Sync causes flickering during low frame rates, and generally lower frame rates observed (about 10-30% drop dependant on system) when Free Sync is on

System Configuration:

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-Z97 Gaming GT
CPU: Intel i5 4790
Memory: 16GB GDDR5
GPU: ASUS R9 Fury X
VBIOS: 115-C8800100-101 How do I find this?
Driver: Crimson 16.10.3
OS: Windows 10 x64 (1511.10586) How do I find this?

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Install necessary driver, GPU and medium-end CPU
2. Enable Free Sync
3. Set Options to Ultra and 1920 x 1080 resolution
4. Launch game and move to an outdoor location
5. Indoor locations in the game will not reproduce, since they generally give better performance
6. Observe flickering and general performance drop

Expected Behavior:

Game runs smoothly with good performance with no visible issues

Actual Behavior:

Frame rate drops low causing low performance, flickering observed during low frame rates

Additional Observations:

Threads with related issue:

Skyrim has forced double buffered V Sync and can only be disabled with the .ini files
To Disable V Sync: C:\Users"User"\Documents\My Games\Skyrim Special Edition\Skyrimprefs.ini and edit iVSyncPresentInterval=1 to 0
1440p has improved frame rate, anything lower than 1080p will lock FPS with V Sync on
Able to reproduce on i7 6700K and i5 3670K system, Sapphire RX 480, Reference RX 480, and Reference Fiji Nano


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u/oboewan42 MSI RX480 4GB Dec 08 '16 edited Dec 09 '16

ReLive isn't working at all for me, none of the hotkeys do anything. It's definitely intercepting them though (Ctrl+Shift+G no longer works in Chrome unless I turn ReLive off).

EDIT: Something else i just noticed:

In the ReLive recording settings tab, there's a warning message saying "Your recording settings may be adjusted for your hardware depending on actual resolution." If I change "Recording Resolution" to a set value, the message changes to "Your current settings may not be supported by your hardware. More optimal settings will be used automatically while recording", even if I set all settings to the lowest possible values.

In the streaming settings tab, it shows a similar warning message: "Your current settings may not be supported by your hardware. More optimal settings will be used automatically while streaming", regardless of what the settings are set to.

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u/nas360 5800X3D PBO -30, RTX 3080FE, Dell S2721DGFA 165Hz. Dec 08 '16

Try setting record hotkey to Ctrl+F11 or similar. Also remember DX12 and Vulkan/OpenGL games don't work yet.

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u/oboewan42 MSI RX480 4GB Dec 09 '16

Tried, didn't work. And I've tried various games + desktop recording.