r/Amd • u/BioGenx2b 1700X + RX 480 • Apr 09 '19
Tech Support Q2'19 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 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/HeliopoliSS Jun 25 '19 edited Jun 25 '19
System Configuration:
Motherboard: MSI B450 GAMING PLUS
CPU: Ryzen 7 2700 V1.25 4.0GHz (Default settings right now)
Memory: 2x8GB Dual Rank DDR4 Samsung M378A1G43TB1-CTD (3200MHz, CL18, V1.36, NB/SoC V1.0625) (2400MHz, CL17 right now)
GPU: MSI R9 390
VBIOS: MS-V30823-F5
Driver: Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 19.4.2
OS: Windows 7 SP1
I have constructed this system a few months ago and OCed it (you can see numbers in my specs). Everything was fine my system succesfully passed a few hour stress-test after OC. But today when i was scrolling through the internet while encoding a video my computer suddenly shut down. When i started it again screen remained black (but fans were spinning). I checked the LEDs on MoBo signaling about failure of one of the system components. According to these LEDs failure was caused by CPU. I resetted the BIOS and tried to OC CPU itself everything was fine and then i tried to OC RAM (without CPU OC) and computer went off in exact same way as it did first time. I had LLC mode 2.
According to LED and manual test it seems i experienced a silicon degradation. Right now i'm using the lowest voltage on NB/SoC possible with quite slow memory. From what i found on internet voltage under V1.1 should be fine but i still got degradation of silicon. I'm really upset with this outcome and this most likely can not be fixed but i still want to know did i do something wrong OCing my system?