sg1969
Newbie Boot Camper
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Post by sg1969 on Dec 17, 2019 7:36:03 GMT
So i've been using bootcamp to play Final Fantasy 14 on 5k iMac with Radeon 570, and I've been having problems with FPS dropping every few seconds. Game runs fine on max settings for a few minutes, then the problem starts. FPS would be a constant 60 fps, then it would drop to around 10fps for 2-3 seconds, then back to 60fps for 5-6 seconds, then down, then up...
When looking at stats, I would notice that GPU clock would drop to 300Hz, then back up. GPU usage would drop from 100% to 0% then back up. CPU usage would shoot up for a few seconds. So looked like GPU was somehow being throttled.
At first I could play for a few hours before problem started, but since last couple weeks, it just happens from when i start the game and it was unplayable.
I tried August, September, November drivers, all the same. In fact it got worse and worse and November was just unusable for me.
After a lot of trial and error, I settled on the 19.2.2 drivers and I am not having this problem anymore. I can play for hours without any FPS drops. So give it a try if you're having problems. I'm not sure what changed after 19.2.2 maybe Matt can look into it
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Post by zuongpham on Dec 17, 2019 17:40:07 GMT
Hi,
I have the same issue, was running on 19.2 version (I believe) then went back to bootcamp version 17.12. Same issue and performance. Runs Control really well around 60fps but then drops sometimes randomly to 14fps without anyhthing happening in the scene.
It seems that Apple has pulled their Bootcamp 6.1.10 update? Did they have a serios bug there? I can only go as high as bootcamp 6.1 now.
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Post by zuongpham on Dec 17, 2019 17:40:58 GMT
I might give 19.30.31 a try, not sure how versions here work, will I get 19.30 on my Vega 20?
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Post by vega20ok on Dec 17, 2019 23:51:16 GMT
Maybe it's just a coincidence since December is the coldest month of the year.
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Post by zuongpham on Dec 24, 2019 15:39:40 GMT
I've just updated to 2020 drivers from bootcampdrivers.com .... Gained 15fps in games but the stutter now is even worse, goes down to 3-4fps in games.... Seems to be not related to temperature (as I far as I can see on GPU, Memory and CPU sensors). But just see that wattage and clock speed for GPU goes really low in Control and fps low and only fps low in Star Wars battlefront 2 (no change in clock speed and wattage OR changes so quickly the monitor doesn't catch it. In Control it goes down every 2-3s when 15-20min in game and in Star Wars more regular, like every 1-2 sec.
Really don't know what to do. Tried running Heaven and Valley benchmarks in MacOS, everything seems to run normally.
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Post by Mat HD on Dec 24, 2019 16:59:59 GMT
How does it compare with the official drivers recently released? Does using an fps limiter help the issue at all?
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Post by diego351 on Dec 25, 2019 8:20:38 GMT
Hey! Thanks for posting this!
I’m facing similar issues on MacBook Pro i9 2.3 with 5500M 8GB. I guess the first driver released for boot camp for my gpu is 19.30, at least that’s what I could dig out from and site.
How did you install 19.2.2?
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Post by gamerpro on Jan 5, 2020 20:41:11 GMT
How does it compare with the official drivers recently released? Does using an fps limiter help the issue at all? happening to me on 2020 drivers. idk about the offical drivers but frame limiter does not help at all. |
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Post by jjgadgets on Jan 5, 2020 21:24:04 GMT
So i've been using bootcamp to play Final Fantasy 14 on 5k iMac with Radeon 570, and I've been having problems with FPS dropping every few seconds. Game runs fine on max settings for a few minutes, then the problem starts. FPS would be a constant 60 fps, then it would drop to around 10fps for 2-3 seconds, then back to 60fps for 5-6 seconds, then down, then up... When looking at stats, I would notice that GPU clock would drop to 300Hz, then back up. GPU usage would drop from 100% to 0% then back up. CPU usage would shoot up for a few seconds. So looked like GPU was somehow being throttled. At first I could play for a few hours before problem started, but since last couple weeks, it just happens from when i start the game and it was unplayable. I tried August, September, November drivers, all the same. In fact it got worse and worse and November was just unusable for me. After a lot of trial and error, I settled on the 19.2.2 drivers and I am not having this problem anymore. I can play for hours without any FPS drops. So give it a try if you're having problems. I'm not sure what changed after 19.2.2 maybe Matt can look into it Have you tried December 2019 drivers? And have you tried AfterBurner without PowerPlay support? On my R9 M370X 2015 rMBP, I had to use AfterBurner without PowerPlay support, ThrottleStop without BD PROCHOT & without SpeedStep (probably a bad idea) to force maximum clock speeds on both CPU & GPU. Following that, I underclocked both CPU & GPU, and undervolted CPU (voltage control for M370X in AfterBurner just simply doesn't work), and I now have mostly consistent performance, albeit with a max temperature of 80C (usually 77-78). Lastly, do you have benchmarks showing the performance differences between driver versions? Seems like a number of people here like 19.2.2, but I've never tried it before. |
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