Anybody else having frame issues with crimson 16.3?

[Eaglebuckeye125]

All my games run like butt now on my 7950..Like 10-20 fps on games that card should obliterate..Can't find a safe download to attempt to get the 15.7 catalysts back for win 10 64..Any suggestions?

 

[BIGTom-]

Haven't really seen any reports of issues for 7950 and recent crimson releases. I could only suggest a complete uninstall of drivers using Wagnard Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) and reinstallation of the driver.

Anyway, here is a link to the last Catalyst beta driver, 15.11.1
http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/amd-catalyst-15-11-1-beta-driver-download.html

 

[BlitzWulf]

Crimson 16.4.1 is the latest version you could give that a shot

 

[Eaglebuckeye125]

Thanks BigTom..managed to get back what I had to begin with(15.7)..Still not running well at all..Wonder if my 7950 Is finally giving up after 4 years?..and so close to Pascal and Polaris

 

[BIGTom-]

Thanks BigTom..managed to get back what I had to begin with(15.7)..Still not running well at all..Wonder if my 7950 Is finally giving up after 4 years?..and so close to Pascal and Polaris

Since the issue is spanning across driver sets that you knew performed well, I do have one idea that may be the root cause that has happened to me and many other 7000 series users.

About a year ago, my Sapphire 7970ghz had one of it's fans stop working. When I investigated it, I noticed that when my PC was cold booted, one fan would spin for just a second then stop. From that I found that I could force the fan to spin with a manual fan setting of 80% or higher.

I researched it online and found many users having the same issue with their 7000 series cards because many vendors use the same type of 85mm fan and they seem to give out after extended use. Others also noted they could force the fan to spin with high manual fan settings.

Anyway, I thought that I might share this experience because it would definitely cause a big performance drop while under gaming load. The card will be running very high temperatures and it will throttle speed to protect itself.

 

[Eaglebuckeye125]

Thanks BigTom..I used Afterburner to lock at 80%..Seems to be running well again..Just need to push it 3 more months across the finish line for Pascal/Polaris..Thanks agin

 

[tweakboy]

Crimson Tide