PowerColor 6870 underclocking itself.

[Aceman.au]

Just had a funny thing happen I was getting extremely low frame rates, checked temps on both CPU and GFX with GPU-Z and Speedfan. Both fine. I then went into CCC > AMD Overdrive and hit the apply button because the clock was 300mhz in the 'Current Values' section and that fixed it.

Weird huh?

This is Cross fired 6870's btw

 

[Aceman.au]

On the bars that control the clocks it was set to stock 900mhz and 1150mhz

 

[SlayerJC]

I see 300/1050 when watching youtube videos. I don't know exactly why.

 

[Cpt.Derrek]

Sounds like the 2D and 3D profiles are not set right. 300Mhz is what it should be at for 2D and then it should go the full frequency in 3D.

 

[Aceman.au]

i know clocks go down when Idle, but they seem to stay down for me permanently unless i change it

 

[Cpt.Derrek]

is AMD overdrive the only program you are using to overclock?

 

[Aceman.au]

Im not ocing. Its just a weird glitch

 

[Cpt.Derrek]

you said that you saw a bar control. was that AMD overdrive?

 

[Aceman.au]

Can someone direct me to the 10.11? with hotfix driver

 

[Cpt.Derrek]

why don't you download 11.2?

 

[Aceman.au]

you said that you saw a bar control. was that AMD overdrive?

Yes, but I havent touched it. At all...

 

[Cpt.Derrek]

Yes, but I havent touched it. At all...

Ok and the program you are using to monitor the frequency is?

 

[Aceman.au]

ok and the program you are using to monitor the frequency is?

gpu-z

 

[Aceman.au]

Wait it's happening again. Its only sitting @ 300mhz out of900mhz (Core clock) in game. Ive got Continue refreshing screen on.

 

[Cpt.Derrek]

gpu-z

ok. and so thats the frequency it was reporting while in game or once you left the game? (im just trying to rool things out) you need to have the "continue refreshing this screen while GPU-Z is in the background" checked and then try your game again and watch the graph once you get out of the game and see if they have changed.

Disregard this then. It seems like your driver is not recognising that its in a game. (basically its stuck in the 2D clocks). you can fix this manualy.

 

[Aceman.au]

Yes. Ill alt tab, run GPU-Z and drag it onto my other screen and it will refresh once a second. While ingame the core clock will stay @ 300MHZ and the game will pull poor FPS.

 

[Cpt.Derrek]

Yes. Ill alt tab, run GPU-Z and drag it onto my other screen and it will refresh once a second. While ingame the core clock will stay @ 300MHZ and the game will pull poor FPS.

so does it only happen sometimes while in game? and may I ask which game?

 

[Aceman.au]

Just start an hour ago and so far it's happened in COD4 and WoW. Possible CS:S too, not sure as the frames seemed ok, but its childs play compared to my system.

Edit: Probably more than an hour ago when I think about it, maybe 2-3 hours

 

[Cpt.Derrek]

Just start an hour ago and so far it's happened in COD4 and WoW. Possible CS:S too, not sure as the frames seemed ok, but its childs play compared to my system.

hmm how long ago did this start? and have you changed anything recently in/on your computer? CS:S yeah im sure at even 300Mhz it will still pull 60FPS

 

[Aceman.au]

Nothing changed since I installed all the drivers. The only think I noticed was Steam Synchronization which has only started today. That's about it.

AFK for 10-20mins, so soz if I dont reply

 

[Cpt.Derrek]

Ok so what I would recommend is a full driver reinstall. Using driver sweeper to fully get rid of the drivers. If it is still doing the same afterwards then you will have to create a new 2D profile. You can do that with either MSI afterburner of Riva Tuner. I would recommend MSI afterburner as its a little more simple.
For MSI afterburner you need save the current default settings as one of the presets on the bottom. then you have to go the the setting and pan over to the profiles tab. under Automatic profiles management there will be a 2D profile. you can then set that as your preset default settings and it will force the card to stay in the 3D clock speeds. If it does not work the first time it may be disabled and you will have to go the the MSI directory under program files and find the "MSIAfterburner.cfg" file and open it with notepad. you can then enable unofficial overclocking by changing the 0 to a 1.

Hope that helps

 

[Aceman.au]

Didn't fix it

 

[Cpt.Derrek]

you created the custom 2D profile as well?

I can't think of anyting else other than to contact you manufacture and see what they say :/ sorry to hear that it did not work.

 

[Aceman.au]

yeah did it all. Yeah Ill contact AMD/powercolor

 

[Cpt.Derrek]

yeah did it all. Yeah Ill contact AMD/powercolor

ok. Let us know what was wrong when you find out