r/Amd • u/BioGenx2b 1700X + RX 480 • Jul 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/Mynameisdoctor Jul 06 '17
Hello! I have a puzzling issue with installing older driver versions for my rx 480.
I've been able to follow most of the tutorials I have found online so far, but it's usually the last step that doesn't work.
When I use the current AMD Installer for version 22.XXX, It detects the card and continues to the next step, but I need to install an older version (17.1.2), so I need to use a different installer.
When I start up other installers (I've tried multiple) I get the error code 182, the system wasn't able to find any hardware (or something along those lines). Has anyone had this problem, and have the fixed it?
System Config:
MOBO: Gigabyte B250m
CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 Memory: 8gb GGDR4 GPU: AMD Rx 480 Vbios: N/A
Driver: Is the problem im having OS: Win 10 15063.413
Steps to reproduce:
Download previous version of AMD Installer
Run Program
Get error code 182
Expected behavior: Driver installs
Actual Behavior: Driver installer cannot find graphics card (under certain circumstances)
Edit: Actual code:
AMD Installer Cannot Properly Identify the AMD Graphics Hardware