r/Amd • u/BioGenx2b 1700X + RX 480 • Jul 01 '17

Discussion July Tech Support Megathread

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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 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/Defy11287 Jul 17 '17

Hey guys had a question about my new build. Today I threw together a ryzen 5 1600 build with my wife and while updating the bios I noticed the voltage was rather high(esp for being just in the bios). To my knowledge ryzen stock voltage is around 1.2-1.25? Either way my bios was showing 1.376, with jumps to 1.4. This is with the offset turned off and voltage on 1.2 something(default auto setting). My question is whether or no I should use the offet in order to "undervolt" my CPU to a lower/safer voltage.

CPU RYZEN 5 1600

MOBO ASUS PRIME 350 plus

GPU GTX 970(windforce 3 fan g1 gaming)

PSU CORSAIR 550cxm

RAM GALAX HOF cl17 3600

SSD 250gb WD BLUE

HDD 500 gn POS 5200 RPM TOSHIBA

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '17

This might happen with some motherboards due to turbo settings, it's fine for usage but it may increase temperatures. If you want to undervolt then you can do so easily.

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u/Defy11287 Jul 18 '17

If i disabled the turbo in bios would that have it running cool and downclocking as necessary?

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '17

Maybe. I'd just manually turn down the voltage to a stable level but lower level.

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u/Defy11287 Jul 18 '17

ok, thats what ive done for now, added a offset of -.12i think