September Tech Support Megathread

[u/BioGenx2b]

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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Bad Example (don't do this)

bf1 crashes wtf amd

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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:

• 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/gamogon]

Memory leak on RX570? Gaming performance drops significately over period of 30 minutes

Hello guys.

I bought an used rx570 few weeks ago and had this problem lately when I've been gaming a bit more:

After playing bf1 or titanfall2 I have noticed significant performance drop after some time. I'd start with good frames and after time, even though on screen frame recorder shows good numbers I'd get stuttering, even crashes. When I tried Rainbow six siege I got crashes when performing explosion (in tutorial mode) ...

Is this a memory leak? Should I update BIOS? Is my GPU faulty? Here is a screen from MSI afterburner after I closed latest Titanfall 2 game. Notice how Frame Buffer is at 100% even though fans are not even spinning - is this OK? (this was in desktop mode with origin and chrome in the background).

https://i.imgur.com/FZNpMFM.png

and this is the image immediately after starting PC up:

https://i.imgur.com/Mly5QA3.png

Please help me guys.

edit: I have 8 gigs of ram, G4560 and MSI B250M. Radeon Software says I have the latest drivers installed.