290x & V-sync = STUTTERING galore!!

Well I don't know how many people are running dual 290X on an X58 system but clearly some people are. I would love to get some info from AMD on this.
 
RyanLucier said:
System specs:
2 x 290x saphhire radeons, 13.11 v9.5 beta drivers
i7 920 @ 4ghz
3 x 8gb 1600mhz ddr3
Asus P6T Deluxe x58
Soundblaster X-Fi
corsair hx1000 PSU
2560x1600 resolution

So far, every single game is a stutter fest if I enable vsync, and if I don't enable vsync there is major microstuttering. Furthermore, the sound is crackling and in "slow mo". Doesn't seem to matter if I'm running crossfire or one card, the stutter fest still occurs.

I am finding with vsync on, framerates are GARBAGE like 15-30fps (oddly enough, league of legends is reporting 60fps on the nose). If I turn vsync off, the framerates are normal (even crazy high like 300+ in some games) but it is definitely not smooth, it feels like microstuttering, big time.

Specific games:

League of Legends, everything maxed, vsync on = super slow fps even though the game reports 60fps, sound crackling. With vsync off, it's microstuttering whether crossfire is on or off.

Hitman Absolution, everything maxed except 2x FSAA, vsync on = super slow fps, sound crackling, and there is major mouse lag.

Far Cry 3, everything maxed except 2x FSAA, vsync on = super slow, sound crackling, major mouse lag. With vsync off, it's microstuttering in crossfire.

Borderlands 2, everything maxed, vsync on = getting a lot of stuttering, like a game thats alternating between 30 and 60fps. Definitely not smooth, getting the sound crackling. With vsync off, its not microstuttering but there's coil whine galore...

I've tried turning off frame pacing, enabling +50% power limit, and max fan speed of 100% and it makes no difference. Tried a different sound card (soundblaster x-fi) / onboard sound, no difference. Tried enabling/disabling crossfire and typically makes no difference.

Anyone else experiencing this? Anyone know how to fix it by chance?
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Hello Ryan,

Could you please use our Catalyst Feedback Form to report the issue you're experiencing? Here is the link: http://www.amdsurveys.com/se.ashx?s=5A1E27D25AD12B3D

Your feedback is important to us and will help our Dev team quite a bit. :)
 
I have stuttering and sound crackling in Arkham City but BF4 is fucking glorious at 6148x1200 everything maxed. Probably twice as fast as the 7950 crossfire it replaced. I don't like the new Powertune at all. Let me set a voltage and fan speed and GTFO of my way!!!
 
I have Sound Crackling in AC4 BF with the newest betas only with vsync on. As soon as I turn it off, it goes away. Have not tested other games.
 
Vengance_01 said:
I have Sound Crackling in AC4 BF with the newest betas only with vsync on. As soon as I turn it off, it goes away. Have not tested other games.
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Vsync off sound simply stops working for a bit. Dice really delivered a dicey game to rush it out the door.
 
I have reported this issue since driver V9.4 where it fist showed up. And now the 13.12 whql seems to have this issue again.

It's a driver issue, not a platform issue. (V9.2 was fine, besides several blackscreens)
 
Skinnered said:
I have reported this issue since driver V9.4 where it fist showed up. And now the 13.12 whql seems to have this issue again.

It's a driver issue, not a platform issue. (V9.2 was fine, besides several blackscreens)
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I dunno if it's really a driver issue because I've had sound drop outs with every driver since the game came out. What are the odds with that? Nvidia owners are having the exact same issues.
 
This thread is exactly why after switching to AMD after being a log time Nvidia user. It only took a month of having AMD and I sold and went back to Nvidia.

For me, I was just having many more problems with games not playing as smooth as I was used to.

Went to Red team with an open mind , wanted to like them, tried my best. But just was not as much as a polished experience as Nv.

But when they did work well, the value of the AMD 290s are unmatched,
 
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psyside said:
Use frame limiter instead of vsync - solved.
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Frame limiters generally introduce tearing. I'll echo the opinion that nega shared above, although I won't get too deeply into that. Dealing with these types of software issues and bugs just gets tiring, which seems to occur way more often (in my experience) on the red side than it does on green.

Anyway, i've never seen fps limiters as a true answer because i've always had tearing with a framerate limit. Which doesn't happen with true vsync so long as the FPS doesn't dip below 60. I used to do that with MSI afterburner and i'd get tearing in consistent intervals, like clockwork. Really annoying.
 
xoleras said:
Dealing with these types of software issues and bugs just gets tiring, which seems to occur way more often (in my experience) on the red side than it does on green.
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Is there a single thread, with AMD cards involved, in which you don't bash them?
 
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