r9 290 thread?

[maxmax]

I've been trying to look up what kind of performance people have with the r9 290.

 

Seems it performs badly.

 

I've got one, coupled i5 4670 @4,4 and 8gb ram. Running at 5000+1080 (or something similar, I have a bad combination of monitors) one screen. Most settings on high, civ traffic off, mssaa 8x (changing makes no impact on fps, even seems 2x makes it worse), tssaa off, no mirrors. Edited lua to 20, 10000.

 

I get between 30 and 50 fps most of the time. Then, sometimes, it drops to 25, then 20 and then 17. Usually when getting near ai in BS2 second campaign. And then... it drops to 11. When this shit goes to eleven, it's not good. This usually happens in a town with plenty of ai.

 

CPU runs at around 90%, gpu peaks at 100%. Memory around 78%.

 

I read somewhere that it's a good idea to set target temp to around 80c, and increase power and fan.

 

Not tried that yet, will today after work.

 

Any other tips for me? This is a good rig. Shouldn't go to 11.

Edited January 9, 2014 by maxmax
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[159th_Falcon]

I've been trying to look up what kind of performance people have with the r9 290.

 

Seems it performs badly.

 

I've got one, coupled i5 4670 @4,4 and 8gb ram. Running at 5000+1080 (or something similar, I have a bad combination of monitors) one screen. Most settings on high, civ traffic off, mssaa 8x (changing makes no impact on fps, even seems 2x makes it worse), tssaa off, no mirrors. Edited lua to 20, 10000.

 

I get between 30 and 50 fps most of the time. Then, sometimes, it drops to 25, then 20 and then 17. Usually when getting near ai in BS2 second campaign. And then... it drops to 11. When this shit goes to eleven, it's not good. This usually happens in a town with plenty of ai.

 

CPU runs at around 90%, gpu peaks at 100%. Memory around 78%.

 

I read somewhere that it's a good idea to set target temp to around 80c, and increase power and fan.

 

Not tried that yet, will today after work.

 

Any other tips for me? This is a good rig. Shouldn't go to 11.

 

Yes it should, specially whit such an insane resolution.

Try running the game on a single monitor and see if anything changes.

 

Also, if you export MFD's like the Skvhal, Abris, or the A-10 ones, your rendering the world X times

 

once for your view outside the cockpit

once for the display in the cockpit

once for the other display in the cockpit

once for your exported view

and one for your other exported view

 

If i may ask, what is your "ress of cockpit displays" set to?

 

If it is "....every frame" change it to a value without that.

And try lowering it if possible.

[maxmax]

Not exporting anything, just the one screen.

 

On just a single monitor frames are ok.

 

Displays are at 1024, not every frame. Might look and see if 512 changes anything.