• Welcome to TechPowerUp Forums, Guest! Please check out our forum guidelines for info related to our community.

AMD to Fix GCN Latency Issues with Driver Updates

Joined
Oct 1, 2006
Messages
4,874 (0.76/day)
Location
Hong Kong
Processor Core i7-12700k
Motherboard Z690 Aero G D4
Cooling Custom loop water, 3x 420 Rad
Video Card(s) RX 7900 XTX Phantom Gaming
Storage Plextor M10P 2TB
Display(s) InnoCN 27M2V
Case Thermaltake Level 20 XT
Audio Device(s) Soundblaster AE-5 Plus
Power Supply FSP Aurum PT 1200W
Software Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
Yeah, I can't even overclock it anymore now after repasting it because it will suddenly shoot up to 95c if I add a little voltage without clock increase and the PC blanks out. Idle temp is around 40c and BOINC still runs it at 55-60c but fire up Far Cry 3 and the card practically reaches meltdown after a minute or two.
What is interesting is I just tested my card with Unigine Heaven turned all the way up, and I am getting 90C @3000RPM as well, but my card isn't crashing at all.
I wonder what actually is the problem that causes your XFX to crash. I have all the cases fans turned down at the moment.

Edit: @1050/1500 it gets up to 96C and the card is still going :wtf:
 
Last edited:
Joined
Mar 16, 2012
Messages
30 (0.01/day)
I have no latency issues with my 7970.
But i will happy if any performance boost come again.
GTX680 ass kicked for a while, with new driver NV again fall deeper and deeper...:laugh:
 
Joined
Aug 11, 2011
Messages
4,355 (0.95/day)
Location
Mexico
System Name Dell-y Driver
Processor Core i5-10400
Motherboard Asrock H410M-HVS
Cooling Intel 95w stock cooler
Memory 2x8 A-DATA 2999Mhz DDR4
Video Card(s) UHD 630
Storage 1TB WD Green M.2 - 4TB Seagate Barracuda
Display(s) Asus PA248 1920x1200 IPS
Case Dell Vostro 270S case
Audio Device(s) Onboard
Power Supply Dell 220w
Software Windows 10 64bit
Yeah, I can't even overclock it anymore now after repasting it because it will suddenly shoot up to 95c if I add a little voltage without clock increase and the PC blanks out. Idle temp is around 40c and BOINC still runs it at 55-60c but fire up Far Cry 3 and the card practically reaches meltdown after a minute or two.

Have you tried to change the screws? I've had to change some on my own because the standard screws were longer than needed and the die had poor contact with the heatsink. Even 1/10 of a mm can make a difference in cooling performance.
 

qubit

Overclocked quantum bit
Joined
Dec 6, 2007
Messages
17,866 (3.00/day)
Location
Quantum Well UK
System Name Quantumville™
Processor Intel Core i7-2700K @ 4GHz
Motherboard Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3
Cooling Noctua NH-D14
Memory 16GB (2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance Black DDR3 PC3-12800 C9 1600MHz)
Video Card(s) MSI RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming X Trio
Storage Samsung 850 Pro 256GB | WD Black 4TB | WD Blue 6TB
Display(s) ASUS ROG Strix XG27UQR (4K, 144Hz, G-SYNC compatible) | Asus MG28UQ (4K, 60Hz, FreeSync compatible)
Case Cooler Master HAF 922
Audio Device(s) Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty PCIe
Power Supply Corsair AX1600i
Mouse Microsoft Intellimouse Pro - Black Shadow
Keyboard Yes
Software Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
So, the GCN cards have been out for over a year and AMD is only now just starting to get a grip on the drivers? :eek: That's rubbish. The drivers should be pretty much optimised on the day of release, with only a few bugs here and there to fix. They're certainly not getting my money, that's for sure.

I remember when I compared my then current HD 4870 512MB with an old GTX 8800 I got used three years ago, how much smoother and more responsive the nvidia card generally felt even though performance was lower. I see that nothing's changed and I'm sticking to nvidia.
 
Joined
May 24, 2007
Messages
5,401 (0.88/day)
Location
Tennessee
System Name AM5
Processor AMD Ryzen R9 7950X
Motherboard Asrock X670E Taichi
Cooling EK AIO Basic 360
Memory Corsair Vengeance DDR5 5600 64 Gb - XMP1 Profile
Video Card(s) AMD Reference 7900 XTX 24 Gb
Storage Samsung Gen 4 980 1 TB / Samsung 8TB SSD
Display(s) Samsung 34" 240hz 4K
Case Fractal Define R7
Power Supply Seasonic PRIME PX-1300, 1300W 80+ Platinum, Full Modular
They need to fix the overdrive features... Occasionally, its gets buggy and you have to uninstall the drivers. On top of that use driver sweeper. Reinstall the driver suite. It works again. AMD needs to fix this.
 
Joined
Sep 27, 2012
Messages
59 (0.01/day)
Location
Juiz de Fora - MG / Brazil
System Name Mec Machine
Processor Intel Core i5 8600K
Motherboard Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming
Cooling Coolermaster N620
Memory 1x 8GB Crucial DDR4 2400 @ 3000 MHz
Video Card(s) Asus GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB DirectCU II
Storage Seagate 1TB 7200.12 + Samsung 840 EVO 120GB
Display(s) 24'' BenQ RL2455HM
Case Thermaltake Commander
Audio Device(s) Creative Sound Blaster Audigy FX
Power Supply Corsair CX650
Mouse Logitech G302
Keyboard Anything that can actually write
Software Windows 10 Education
Am I the only Radeon user who never noticed any kind of sttutering?
 
Joined
Nov 18, 2010
Messages
7,096 (1.46/day)
Location
Rīga, Latvia
System Name HELLSTAR
Processor AMD RYZEN 9 5950X
Motherboard ASUS Strix X570-E
Cooling 2x 360 + 280 rads. 3x Gentle Typhoons, 3x Phanteks T30, 2x TT T140 . EK-Quantum Momentum Monoblock.
Memory 4x8GB G.SKILL Trident Z RGB F4-4133C19D-16GTZR 14-16-12-30-44
Video Card(s) Sapphire Pulse RX 7900XTX + under waterblock.
Storage Optane 900P[W11] + WD BLACK SN850X 4TB + 750 EVO 500GB + 1TB 980PRO[FEDORA]
Display(s) Philips PHL BDM3270 + Acer XV242Y
Case Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO
Audio Device(s) Sound Blaster ZxR
Power Supply Fractal Design Newton R3 1000W
Mouse Razer Basilisk
Keyboard Razer BlackWidow V3 - Yellow Switch
Software FEDORA 39 / Windows 11 insider
They need to fix the overdrive features... Occasionally, its gets buggy and you have to uninstall the drivers. On top of that use driver sweeper. Reinstall the driver suite. It works again. AMD needs to fix this.

They haven't fixed it since I owned Radeon 8500/9200 oh pardon... 2600XT?, oh 3850?, oh 4850? nope... was it ever been working like it should? :D
 

cadaveca

My name is Dave
Joined
Apr 10, 2006
Messages
17,232 (2.63/day)
Well kudos to The TechReport for getting AMD off their butts.

I doubt it was TechReport alone. the 12.11 betas with big performance boosts say hello, nice to meet you, do you like my memory management?


That's why, I think, this beta is so long in approval...they have to test literally EVERYTHING, since such a change can drastically affect how well things run.


If it's not...well...maybe it WAS them. Funny though, since Microstutter has been complained about for years now, and AMD has finally admitted to it?

That is literally what microstutter is, large variations in render times, which many said they could not detect, so AMD ignored it.

What Tech Report did very well was present this in a way that was very understandable, and with benchmarks. That deserves a pat on the back, for sure.
 
Joined
Jun 12, 2007
Messages
4,815 (0.79/day)
Location
Wangas, New Zealand
System Name Darth Obsidious
Processor Intel i5 2500K
Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V/Gen3
Cooling Cooler Master Hyper 212+ in Push Pull
Memory 2X4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600
Video Card(s) ASUS R9 270x TOP
Storage 128GB Samsung 830 SSD, 1TB WD Black, 2TB WD Green
Display(s) LG IPS234V-PN
Case Corsair Obsidian 650D
Audio Device(s) Infrasonic Quartet
Power Supply Corsair HX650w
Software Windows 7 64bit and Windows XP Home
Benchmark Scores 2cm mark on bench with a razor blade.
So, the GCN cards have been out for over a year and AMD is only now just starting to get a grip on the drivers? :eek: That's rubbish. The drivers should be pretty much optimised on the day of release, with only a few bugs here and there to fix. They're certainly not getting my money, that's for sure.

I remember when I compared my then current HD 4870 512MB with an old GTX 8800 I got used three years ago, how much smoother and more responsive the nvidia card generally felt even though performance was lower. I see that nothing's changed and I'm sticking to nvidia.

I agree, regardless of new architecture the drivers should be at an optimal performance without compromises such as noticeable image corruption which has lead to pointless RMAs for some people.

Since I am noticing large improvements since the 12.8s I'm sticking to AMD.
Was pretty close to going to nVidia though near the end of 2012 despite my last nVidia card was a POS.
 
Joined
May 22, 2010
Messages
2,516 (0.50/day)
Location
Canada
System Name m1dg3t | DeathBox | HairPi 3
Processor 3570k @ 4.0 1.15v BIOS | q9550 @ 3.77 1.325v BIOS
Motherboard Asrock z77e iTX | p5q Dlx 2301 BIOS
Cooling Custom Water | D-14 & HR-03gt | Passive HSF
Memory Samsung MV-3V4G3D 4g x 2 @ 1866 1.35v | OcZ RpR 2g x 4 @ 1067 2.2v
Video Card(s) MSi 7950 tf3 @1000 / 1350 | Asus 5870 V2 @ 900 / 1275
Storage Adata sx900 256Gb / WD 2500 HHTZ | WD 1001 FALS x 2
Display(s) BenQ gw2750hm | 46" Sharp Quatron
Case BitFenix Prodigy - m0dd3d | Antec Fusion Remote MAX
Audio Device(s) Onboard Toslink > Yamaha HTR 6290 | Xonar HDAV1.3 > Yamaha DSP z7
Power Supply Ocz mXp700w | Ocz zx850w | Cannakit 5v 2.5a
Mouse Logitech G700s | Logitech G9x - Cable Repaired
Keyboard TT Meka G1 - Black w Cherry Blacks| Logitech G11
Software Win7 Home | Xp sp3 & Vista ultimate | Raspbian
Benchmark Scores Epeen!! Who needs epeen??
With all the driver problems? ATi has/had at least they never put out a self destruct driver. :eek:

Good job to the people who presented the issue and good job to ATi for stepping up. GCN looks like it's only gonna get much better in the future :rockout:
 
Joined
Jun 27, 2011
Messages
6,666 (1.43/day)
Processor 7800x3d
Motherboard Gigabyte B650 Auros Elite AX
Cooling Custom Water
Memory GSKILL 2x16gb 6000mhz Cas 30 with custom timings
Video Card(s) MSI RX 6750 XT MECH 2X 12G OC
Storage Adata SX8200 1tb with Windows, Samsung 990 Pro 2tb with games
Display(s) HP Omen 27q QHD 165hz
Case ThermalTake P3
Power Supply SuperFlower Leadex Titanium
Software Windows 11 64 Bit
Benchmark Scores CB23: 1811 / 19424 CB24: 1136 / 7687
So, the GCN cards have been out for over a year and AMD is only now just starting to get a grip on the drivers? :eek: That's rubbish. The drivers should be pretty much optimised on the day of release, with only a few bugs here and there to fix.

Since when is anything pretty much optimized on release. I will only use games for example. How many patches on average do AAA titles have in their first month of release. Skyrim had 3.
 
Joined
Dec 4, 2012
Messages
81 (0.02/day)
From TR`s own benches, the 7970 GE is faster and smoother (99% sites confirm this including TR). The 7870 and 7850, 7770 or 7750 is not affected. The only card TR stating is effected is the stock speed 7950 @ 925mhz (overclocked ones have not shown to have problems). The 660TI was the highest clocked card tested against. The games tested were few and BF3 and other major games have not been shown to have any problems but 2 games which are BL and Skyrim (Skyrim doesn’t count since it was run without VSync which breaks the game), so we can assume AMD is faster and smoother apart from the few cherry picked benches TR have shown until otherwise proven or shown. What people forget is; nvidia were not smoother in all the few games tested :banghead:

On TR`s site, Amd 6 series were smoother than the nvidia 5 series according to the benches they have, yet we had people saying the nvidia cards were smoother? So which is it? I think it’s all in the head, or people imagining stuff.:laugh:
 

eidairaman1

The Exiled Airman
Joined
Jul 2, 2007
Messages
40,435 (6.62/day)
Location
Republic of Texas (True Patriot)
System Name PCGOD
Processor AMD FX 8350@ 5.0GHz
Motherboard Asus TUF 990FX Sabertooth R2 2901 Bios
Cooling Scythe Ashura, 2×BitFenix 230mm Spectre Pro LED (Blue,Green), 2x BitFenix 140mm Spectre Pro LED
Memory 16 GB Gskill Ripjaws X 2133 (2400 OC, 10-10-12-20-20, 1T, 1.65V)
Video Card(s) AMD Radeon 290 Sapphire Vapor-X
Storage Samsung 840 Pro 256GB, WD Velociraptor 1TB
Display(s) NEC Multisync LCD 1700V (Display Port Adapter)
Case AeroCool Xpredator Evil Blue Edition
Audio Device(s) Creative Labs Sound Blaster ZxR
Power Supply Seasonic 1250 XM2 Series (XP3)
Mouse Roccat Kone XTD
Keyboard Roccat Ryos MK Pro
Software Windows 7 Pro 64
From TR`s own benches, the 7970 GE is faster and smoother (99% sites confirm this including TR). The 7870 and 7850, 7770 or 7750 is not affected. The only card TR stating is effected is the stock speed 7950 @ 925mhz (overclocked ones have not shown to have problems). The 660TI was the highest clocked card tested against. The games tested were few and BF3 and other major games have not been shown to have any problems but 2 games which are BL and Skyrim (Skyrim doesn’t count since it was run without VSync which breaks the game), so we can assume AMD is faster and smoother apart from the few cherry picked benches TR have shown until otherwise proven or shown. What people forget is; nvidia were not smoother in all the few games tested :banghead:

On TR`s site, Amd 6 series were smoother than the nvidia 5 series according to the benches they have, yet we had people saying the nvidia cards were smoother? So which is it? I think it’s all in the head, or people imagining stuff.:laugh:

thing is not everyone experienced microstutter, but from sounds the driver probably just needs to be built from the ground up and a separate set be made for GCN and VLIW
 
Joined
Sep 15, 2011
Messages
6,443 (1.41/day)
Processor Intel® Core™ i7-13700K
Motherboard Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX
Cooling Noctua NH-D15
Memory 32GB(2x16) DDR5@6600MHz G-Skill Trident Z5
Video Card(s) ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3080 AMP Holo
Storage 2TB SK Platinum P41 SSD + 4TB SanDisk Ultra SSD + 500GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD
Display(s) Acer Predator X34 3440x1440@100Hz G-Sync
Case NZXT PHANTOM410-BK
Audio Device(s) Creative X-Fi Titanium PCIe
Power Supply Corsair 850W
Mouse Logitech Hero G502 SE
Software Windows 11 Pro - 64bit
Benchmark Scores 30FPS in NFS:Rivals
I only noticed big stutter on crossfire configs with my 5870/5850. Even if I was running 60+ fps I can feel sometime that is getting sluggish for a fraction of a sec, like the movement is choking, Really annoying especially on car games.
 

qubit

Overclocked quantum bit
Joined
Dec 6, 2007
Messages
17,866 (3.00/day)
Location
Quantum Well UK
System Name Quantumville™
Processor Intel Core i7-2700K @ 4GHz
Motherboard Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3
Cooling Noctua NH-D14
Memory 16GB (2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance Black DDR3 PC3-12800 C9 1600MHz)
Video Card(s) MSI RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming X Trio
Storage Samsung 850 Pro 256GB | WD Black 4TB | WD Blue 6TB
Display(s) ASUS ROG Strix XG27UQR (4K, 144Hz, G-SYNC compatible) | Asus MG28UQ (4K, 60Hz, FreeSync compatible)
Case Cooler Master HAF 922
Audio Device(s) Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty PCIe
Power Supply Corsair AX1600i
Mouse Microsoft Intellimouse Pro - Black Shadow
Keyboard Yes
Software Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
So which is it? I think it’s all in the head, or people imagining stuff.:laugh:

How can it all be in people's heads when AMD's David Baumann confessed to this problem himself, saying it was due to driver issues with GCN?
 

EarlZ

New Member
Joined
Jan 10, 2006
Messages
339 (0.05/day)
Processor Intel Core i7 2600K @ 4.8Ghz
Motherboard Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3 Rev1.1
Cooling Noctua D14
Memory 4GB G.Skill 9-10-9-27-1T 2133Mhz
Video Card(s) GTX580 1.5Gb
Storage 2x Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
Display(s) Samsung T220
Case Lian Li PC-P80
Audio Device(s) X-Fi Extreme Music
Power Supply Silverstone Strider Gold 850
Software Windows 7 Ultimate x64
At least they are admitting that they have terrible drivers, though this issue has been around for the longest of time. This is actually good news if they can fix this, gives nvidia more reason to lower their card prices :laugh:
 
Joined
Feb 27, 2005
Messages
179 (0.03/day)
Processor Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4,8 GHz
Motherboard Asus Z170 Pro Gaming
Cooling Alpenfön Brocken 2
Memory 32 GB G.Skill DDR4-3000
Video Card(s) Asus DirectCU II R290
Storage 1 TB HD + 180 GB SSD + 500 GB SSD
Display(s) Philips BDM4065 39,95" Ultra-HD
Case Antec P280
Audio Device(s) Onboard HD sound on 5.1 system
Power Supply Silverstone SST-ST85F-GS Strider Gold Series - 850 Watt
Software Windows 10 Pro x64
Now, I don't care about AMD vs. Nvidia or AMD vs. Intel or any of that crap... but if I need a high-speed camera to detect latencies I can't notice on my own and which therefore didn't bother me at all, wouldn't a fix for this "problem" be just as undetectable for me without a high-speed camera? An undetectable fix for a undetectable problems (for most people)?
 
Last edited:

EarlZ

New Member
Joined
Jan 10, 2006
Messages
339 (0.05/day)
Processor Intel Core i7 2600K @ 4.8Ghz
Motherboard Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3 Rev1.1
Cooling Noctua D14
Memory 4GB G.Skill 9-10-9-27-1T 2133Mhz
Video Card(s) GTX580 1.5Gb
Storage 2x Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
Display(s) Samsung T220
Case Lian Li PC-P80
Audio Device(s) X-Fi Extreme Music
Power Supply Silverstone Strider Gold 850
Software Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Maybe what they ment is that its easily detectable by a high speed camera that AMD's rendering interval is pretty bad. at 60fps with a dual 7950 I can easily feel/notice micro-stuttering even on a single 7950.
 
Joined
Dec 22, 2011
Messages
3,890 (0.87/day)
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Motherboard MSI MAG B550 TOMAHAWK
Cooling AMD Wraith Prism
Memory Team Group Dark Pro 8Pack Edition 3600Mhz CL16
Video Card(s) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 FE
Storage Kingston A2000 1TB + Seagate HDD workhorse
Display(s) Samsung 50" QN94A Neo QLED
Case Antec 1200
Power Supply Seasonic Focus GX-850
Mouse Razer Deathadder Chroma
Keyboard Logitech UltraX
Software Windows 11
How can it all be in people's heads when AMD's David Baumann confessed to this problem himself, saying it was due to driver issues with GCN?

Denial and brand loyalty is a powerful thing.

Even linking to original article induced rage.
 
Joined
Feb 27, 2005
Messages
179 (0.03/day)
Processor Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4,8 GHz
Motherboard Asus Z170 Pro Gaming
Cooling Alpenfön Brocken 2
Memory 32 GB G.Skill DDR4-3000
Video Card(s) Asus DirectCU II R290
Storage 1 TB HD + 180 GB SSD + 500 GB SSD
Display(s) Philips BDM4065 39,95" Ultra-HD
Case Antec P280
Audio Device(s) Onboard HD sound on 5.1 system
Power Supply Silverstone SST-ST85F-GS Strider Gold Series - 850 Watt
Software Windows 10 Pro x64
I can easily feel/notice micro-stuttering even on a single 7950.

Well, THEN it is a real problem for you, no doubt about that. I just wondered because if it would be a huge big problem for everybody, it would have been noticed earlier and would be headlines everywhere. So it's a real problem for people with real good perception.
 
Joined
May 15, 2012
Messages
41 (0.01/day)
Skyrim (Skyrim doesn’t count since it was run without VSync which breaks the game)

Skyrim was stuttering on my 6970 when the load on the card dropped into some scenes due to v-sync and I think the same issue I'm having with 7950, but a little bit less annoying.

My last two nVIDIA cards were a couple of GTX470 (not in SLI). I believe that in most of the games that I've put them through, there was some amount of stutter if PhysX or other Cuda functions (JC 2 for instance) were ON. With 5850 + GT240 for PhysX it was smooth as butter, so I suppose it was a problem regarding resource allocation or something like that. BFBC 2 run with less stutter on my 5850 than on GTX470 although the last one gave higher FPS, especially with AA.
Other "weird" experiences were thanks to Ambient Occlusion, in some games with that option activated, it started to lag or stutter like it was a 20-25FPS or worse even though the actual FPS hit 33-35FPS or more, in others, there was no problem. A powerful card/GPU, in the exact same game, gave a better experience where others lag although the difference shouldn't be that high.

Right now with a 7950@1170/1600MHz I feel some lag or stutter in Sleeping Dogs with Extreme AA, The Witcher 2 with US, Skyrim at times, BF 3 under certain settings/maps (6970 was unplayable on Ultra despite it's 40-45FPS), GTA 4, MP 3 with MSAA, Far Cry 3 under 60FPS, Hitman Absolution with high AA levels etc. I think the problem hangs on AMD/nVIDIA heads but also on the game developers hands and how well they optimize the code. It's not that big of a tragedy as long as the stutter can be avoided by turning of a graphic or other kind of option.

BTW, nVIDIA also had a "stutter problem" with gtx670 and adaptive v-sync I think.

Thankfully AMD is working on a solution for it.
 
Joined
Sep 27, 2012
Messages
59 (0.01/day)
Location
Juiz de Fora - MG / Brazil
System Name Mec Machine
Processor Intel Core i5 8600K
Motherboard Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming
Cooling Coolermaster N620
Memory 1x 8GB Crucial DDR4 2400 @ 3000 MHz
Video Card(s) Asus GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB DirectCU II
Storage Seagate 1TB 7200.12 + Samsung 840 EVO 120GB
Display(s) 24'' BenQ RL2455HM
Case Thermaltake Commander
Audio Device(s) Creative Sound Blaster Audigy FX
Power Supply Corsair CX650
Mouse Logitech G302
Keyboard Anything that can actually write
Software Windows 10 Education
Well, THEN it is a real problem for you, no doubt about that. I just wondered because if it would be a huge big problem for everybody, it would have been noticed earlier and would be headlines everywhere. So it's a real problem for people with real good perception.

I keep saying this all time. If it's a big deal, why would it come to discussion only 7 or 8 months after the card was released?

Of course the 7950 had bigger latencies, it was stuck at 850/925 MHz, while the 660 Ti can boost to almost 1100 MHz. The card with higher fps will have the lower latencies...

How can the fps count be higher if the frames comes delayed to the screen? OC Both cards and measure the timings again.
 
Last edited:
Joined
May 15, 2012
Messages
41 (0.01/day)
Well, you can have 30FPS with 33,3ms needed for render every frame or 45FPS with render time from 5ms all the way to 50ms and so on. MHz/MHz performance is not equal between AMD and nVIDIA, so it's not that the problem. It MAY be, if the core/architecture needs X MHz in order to give constant frame times rate and the card was clocked lower than that to begin with.
 
Joined
Feb 26, 2008
Messages
4,876 (0.83/day)
Location
Joplin, Mo
System Name Ultrabeast GX2
Processor Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 @ 4.0GHZ 24/7
Motherboard Gigabit P35-DS3L
Cooling Rosewill RX24, Dual Slot Vid, Fan control
Memory 2x1gb 1066mhz@850MHZ DDR2
Video Card(s) 9800GX2 @ 690/1040
Storage 750/250/250/200 all WD 7200
Display(s) 24" DCLCD 2ms 1200p
Case Apevia
Audio Device(s) 7.1 Digital on-board, 5.1 digital hooked up
Power Supply 700W RAIDMAXXX SLI
Software winXP Pro
Benchmark Scores 17749 3DM06
I only noticed big stutter on crossfire configs with my 5870/5850. Even if I was running 60+ fps I can feel sometime that is getting sluggish for a fraction of a sec, like the movement is choking, Really annoying especially on car games.

I know exactly what you mean, where it kinda slows down (like rubber banding or something) then speeds right back up. This is not limited to ATI, I first noticed it on Need for Speed games on my x1300 then 7900GS. This is probably an example of coding being the culprit.
 
Joined
Jun 12, 2007
Messages
4,815 (0.79/day)
Location
Wangas, New Zealand
System Name Darth Obsidious
Processor Intel i5 2500K
Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V/Gen3
Cooling Cooler Master Hyper 212+ in Push Pull
Memory 2X4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600
Video Card(s) ASUS R9 270x TOP
Storage 128GB Samsung 830 SSD, 1TB WD Black, 2TB WD Green
Display(s) LG IPS234V-PN
Case Corsair Obsidian 650D
Audio Device(s) Infrasonic Quartet
Power Supply Corsair HX650w
Software Windows 7 64bit and Windows XP Home
Benchmark Scores 2cm mark on bench with a razor blade.
I know exactly what you mean, where it kinda slows down (like rubber banding or something) then speeds right back up. This is not limited to ATI, I first noticed it on Need for Speed games on my x1300 then 7900GS. This is probably an example of coding being the culprit.

I had this with the 12.8 drivers and my current card in NFSMW 2012 and to a degree in Saints Row The Third.
Disappeared in 12.11 BETA 11.
 
Top