Performance Issues

[Warthog_Farmer]

Believe me I've tried. It's odd that 13.1 is so stable compared to 13.4/.8 with no tweaking at all.

 

On my last install of Windows I put on 13.4 to see if it would help out with DCS. It was a little bit better (possibly) so I left it installed and forgot about it. A week passes and I boot up FSX with my nice shiny new TM Warthog and I get hit with the above issues. I spend a couple of weeks trying to change settings, tweak my hardware, reinstalling FSX multiple times trying to solve the issue.... to no avail.

 

Then I remembered I had updated the drivers... I tried rolling back and it failed. This is when I picked up the AMD tool I warn people about. I downloaded it (it did say "For use with Windows 7" but never mentioned "NOT for use for Windows 8") and ran it. This screwed my Windows install and forced a reformat/reinstall session.

 

So that takes us to the present day. It seems 13.4 and afterwards for me cause the above issues in FSX. The surprising thing is that it only seems to be me getting these problems nowadays. I was worried about a bad chip somewhere in my rig but it's only these complex sims that ever show it any problems. I can chill out on max settings stressing the same chips in new games with no issues.

 

So 13.1 it is for the foreseeable future. I'll live with my issues and pray EDGE will be my savior I guess =\

[SkateZilla]

I'll have to load up FSX again to see if I cant get it sorted.

[Warthog_Farmer]

If you don't mind booting up FSX with 13.8 and buzzing around for a bit that'd be great. See if you can recreate or if it really is just me...

 

It starts screwing up for me randomly but I seem to be able to 'encourage' it by forcing terrain textures to reload. Either by accelerating time, slewing fast or cycling around the tower views. Otherwise it will just happen when flying around. Almost guaranteed to happen within 20 minutes.

 

Fwiw I normally fly the PMDG737 and use some ORBX scenery but its happens on a completely clean FSX install too so it isn't addon problems.

[SkateZilla]

Googlin' around that seems to be a World Camera Bug of some sort.

[Warthog_Farmer]

At the risk of derailing this thread completely I believe that bug affects EzDock which I don't use =p

 

My problems seem to lie with even a vanilla copy of FSX and the 13.4 and 13.8 drivers. 13.1 seem stable so far

[SkateZilla]

At the risk of derailing this thread completely I believe that bug affects EzDock which I don't use =p

 

My problems seem to lie with even a vanilla copy of FSX and the 13.4 and 13.8 drivers. 13.1 seem stable so far

 

Yup... My mistake, overlooked that part.

[SkateZilla]

ATI / Windows 8 Users:

This will be the first thing you read if you are reading this so take note!

Do NOT use the AMD Catalyst Uninstall Utility on Windows 8. It is not clearly marked on the website but multiple reports (me included) that it cocks up some Windows files. I confirmed that something happened to mine by checking "Power Settings" in Control Panel and it just wasn't there anymore. So I don't know what it corrupts but having Windows running in limp mode meant nothing except re-format and re-install for me.

 

You have been warned.

 

Im Pretty sure AMD States on their Website or in the Docs that the AMD CUU is for Windows 7 Only

 

This standalone uninstallation utility will clean your system of any existing AMD Catalyst™ drivers to prepare your PC for the clean installation of a new driver version. Currently supports Windows 7 at this time.

After running the utility, a restart of the computer is required to fully remove driver files that may be in use during the uninstall process. Installing a new driver prior to a system restart may cause the operating system to not function properly.

 

 

 

The Only thing I Can think of is to Find out what is causing the FPS Hit

(Sun Setting, Black Smoke, Explosions, etc)

 

Also Make sure your CPU does not throttle (Disable APM, and Power Saving States.)

 

I Also Disabled ULPS for my AMD GPUs now.

 

 

 

But once I get home and update my drivers, I'll do some quick tests with settings in CCC for DCS's Profile.

Edited August 1, 2013 by SkateZilla

[Warthog_Farmer]

Every power saving option in BIOS is disabled and I am running a single GPU so I am not sure that ULPS would help me in particular - others with Crossfire may benefit as far as I understand.

 

Your quote from AMD is fair but - let's be honest - how many apps have you run that haven't specifically stated 'Windows ____ compatible'. For something that will irreversibly corrupt some windows components it should have a big red flashing sticker before you hit 'download'... or better yet a quick OS check and prevent you from running it with a small explanation.

 

I agree with finding the cause. Tomorrow I will have a good rummage around the files and see if the Jsmoke equivelent files are in there... I just hope they haven't been put into another file that's inaccessible for someone like me ^_^

 

I'll be back!

[VanjaB]

Warthog_Farmer I notice you mentioned that you are running Windows 8. Why in the world would you want to run that horrible OS? If I was to hazzard a guess, that right there is your main problem.