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WashingtonIrving
Journeyman III
‎09-16-2024 08:42 AM

Poor Performance on RX 6800 and Ryzen 5 7600

Hi guys,

I am having some difficulty troubleshooting low performance on a XFX RX 6800. In Baldur's Gate 3, I am getting from 45-62 FPS on 1440p (165Hz monitor) Ultra settings (which bumps to 78-95 FPS on Low settings), benchmarks indicate I should be achieving at least double what I'm getting. My PC is just a week old, I hadn't noticed any issues in other games though none were particularly graphically demanding (e.g. Civ series).

My specs:

AMD Ryzen 5 7600
Asrock B650M Pro RS WiFi
XFX Speedster SWFT 319 Radeon RX 6800 16 GB
G.Skill Flare X5 DDR5 - 32 GB: 2 x 16 GB - 6000 MHz / PC5
Lexar NM790 2 TB - SSDM.2 - 2 TB - NVMe 1.4 - PCI Express 4.0 x 4
Gigabyte GP-UD850GM - 80 PLUS Gold - 850 Watt - 100-240 V

 

I have run GPU-Z and everything seems normal (open to correction): Image

 

I have also run a 3DMark Steel Nomad test, which shows my GPU/CPU combo is in the lowest 2% compared to systems using same components and achieving about half the score.

 

I have searched around and have tried everything that has been suggested including:

 

  • Fully updated drivers (Driver Version 24.10.37.04-240823a-407010C-AMD-Software-Adrenalin-Edition)
  • Turned off V-Sync (both in-game and monitor settings)
  • Turned off anti-aliasing
  • Turned off/adjusted additional shadowing and rendering settings in game (all turned off gives a 4-6 FPS bump)
  • FPS cap turned off in game settings
  • Ensured correct GPU is selected in game settings

 

  • Turned on Best Performance mode in Windows
  • Ensured display/monitor refresh rate set to 165Hz
  • Tried both HDMI and DisplayPort cables

 

  • Disabled AMD FreeSync in Adrenaline
  • Ensured Chill Mode is off

 

  • Enabled XMP in BIOS (was turned off initially)
  • Ensured ResizeBAR is enabled in BIOS and Adrenaline

 

  • Normal power usage from GPU
  • Temperatures low-normal
  • GPU utilisation >75%+ in-game

 

  • Re-seated GPU to ensure proper fit
  • GPU power cords all fully inserted
  • GPU in correct slot and using PCI x16 4.0

 

If anyone has any further suggestions or advice, that would be most appreciated. I am at my wit's end trying to figure this out.

 

Let me know if you need any other info! Thanks!

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WashingtonIrving
Journeyman III
‎09-17-2024 04:41 AM

For future people:

Issue seems to be solved now.

 

I reset factory settings in BIOS and re-enabled XMP, and also used DDU to uninstall/ reinstall all graphics drivers, but still had no improvement. So, I decided to manually tweak the settings in Adrenaline (which were all set to default).

 

I discovered that Adrenaline had set Max Clock Speed to 1200MHz by default. I hadn't gone into manual tuning at all prior to this, so not sure why this was happening. I set the Min value to 500MHz and Max to 2299MHz with voltage of 1025 (which should be the default factory settings). Now getting normal clock speeds and near average performance vs other systems with same specs.

 

All components are brand new and it was a totally fresh Windows install on an empty drive. Adrenaline, across 2 clean installs, seemed to be heavily limiting the GPU by default for some reason (which was also adding strain to the CPU). All working as expected now after manually setting the factory defaults

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WashingtonIrving
Journeyman III
‎09-17-2024 04:41 AM

For future people:

Issue seems to be solved now.

 

I reset factory settings in BIOS and re-enabled XMP, and also used DDU to uninstall/ reinstall all graphics drivers, but still had no improvement. So, I decided to manually tweak the settings in Adrenaline (which were all set to default).

 

I discovered that Adrenaline had set Max Clock Speed to 1200MHz by default. I hadn't gone into manual tuning at all prior to this, so not sure why this was happening. I set the Min value to 500MHz and Max to 2299MHz with voltage of 1025 (which should be the default factory settings). Now getting normal clock speeds and near average performance vs other systems with same specs.

 

All components are brand new and it was a totally fresh Windows install on an empty drive. Adrenaline, across 2 clean installs, seemed to be heavily limiting the GPU by default for some reason (which was also adding strain to the CPU). All working as expected now after manually setting the factory defaults

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