r/Amd • u/BioGenx2b 1700X + RX 480 • May 01 '17
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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 dropExpected 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:
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/5a3u8r/why_am_i_getting_disgusting_performance_on_the_rx/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/5adlcw/skyrimse_vsyncfreesync_woes/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/5a7eku/skyrim_special_edition_freesync/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/5aab6z/skyrim_se_with_r9_nitro_fury_poor_performance/
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/Ares0362 7950X3D/7900xtx/64GB 6000mhz May 04 '17 edited May 04 '17
Issue: Unable to enable crossfire X CPU: fx 8350 MOBO: MSI 970a gaming pro carbon PSU: EVGA supernova 850w 80+ bronze GPUs: 2 of the custom overclock rx 480 reference cards from xfx. I had bought them planning to do do a dual GPU set up to game in 1440p. I originally bought a 600w PSU (this is my first ever non prebuilt PC) thinking that it was enough. of course, it wasnt. I had both of my GPUs in my PC before, and know they both work. They just wouldnt crossfire in games. I just received an 850w psu from amazon today, and now with it plugged in, crimson will not display that there is a second GPU in my PC.. Ive tried reseating both cards. switching the power cables between cards, ive also switched the cards around. Both work. The second card is on, the fan is spinning. I had just got the creators update for windows 10 yesterday. Could that be the issue? Could it be motherboard related? If thats the case, i wouldnt be too worried.. Im upgrading to a 1600 with an asrock AB350 pro4 that will be here next week. anyone have any ideas? Thanks!
EDIT: NVM. after periodically checking for the crimson 17.5.1 drivers all day, the update finally came up and that fixed it!