Hi,
I hope there is help for this particular issue since I've had problems with my GPU for months and months now. In many games, the XFX RX 6800 XT will randomly drop clock speed and utilization for ~ 0.25 - 0.5 seconds, causing repeated frame drops. The drops occur every 5-10 seconds. I've tried a lot of things - all drivers (GPU, Mainboard, Chipset,...) are up to date and on current version. I've tried to hard-set the min usage via tuning options and it still drops. I'm at wit's end. It's "bearable" to deal with some stuttering in single player games but absolutely painful in competitive multiplayer games, where these repeated half second freezes have a huge impact. I've contacted XFX support before but they forwarded me to AMD as they claim it's either a software issue (which is weird because it's persisted over several patches of Adrenaline and down-patching won't fix it either) and I am out of ideas and XFX won't accept a warranty claim for faulty hardware unless AMD can determine that it's definitely not a software/compatability issue.
This issue *most definitely* is GPU related, as I recently upgraded my system pretty much in its entirety and the problems persist. I've been on this for about 1.5 years now with no luck and no information on how to fix this.
Adrenaline Version 23.7.2
Processor: Ryzen 7 7800X3D
RAM: Trident T5 NEO Expo 64 GB 6000 MHz DDR5
MB: Asus ROG Strix X670E-F Gaming
BIOS v.: 1415
PSU: be quiet! Dark Power 13 (750 W)
Screenshots:
Counter Strike: Global Offensive
Trackmania 2020:
Tuning:
Any ideas? Here's a preview from the log with FPS sorted showing these frame drops (0.25 sec) at a set 2255 MHz target for the GPU and hard-locked 180 FPS.
So I've used MPT (MorePowerTools) to disable the following settings:
- DS_GFXCLK
- DS_SOCCLK
- DS_FCLK
- DS_LCLK
- DS_DCEFCLK
- DS_UCLK
- GFX_ULV
- FW_DSTATE
- GFXOFF
- BACO
- DF_CSTATE
This was done to prevent Sleep Mode/Powersaving to trigger but had no noticeable effect. FPS drops and Util/Clock drops still persist. I've then tried via MoreClockTool to overwrite the AMD Adrenalin Tuning settings and manually set clock to 2015 MHz reg. 2250 MHz boost and I suddenly get very stable clock speeds.
HOWEVER the GPU Utilization and the FPS still drop significantly, causing frame drops/stutters in several games. This seems to be a 6800XT issue that is known but I cannot find any fix for this. It's really pushing me to the point where I might have to call it and replace my GPU and after 15 years say "no thanks" to team red...
Here's more screenshots on the matter, this time adding Baldur's Gate 3 (a newer title) which maxes Utilization and pushes the GPU a little more than the other titles. And you can clearly see the performance dips as well (and you can hear it as the GPU fans drop for a second or so whenever the Util. drops)
