BEST AMD Radeon settings for gaming?

[Cappuccino]

Hi I'm a complete noob when it comes to PC. Basically I want to play games smoothly i.e more fps etc. I DO NOT CARE about texture quality or how crappy the picture quality looks. I just want smooth game play. Here are my settings
https://i.imgur.com/ztEaGCK.png
https://i.imgur.com/Dum1iGp.png
What do I need to turn off and on and how much slide do I need to slide? I really really appreciate some help.


EDIT - SPECS https://i.imgur.com/mIowu30.png

 

[Ken g6]

I'm not familiar with all those settings. But I'd turn anti-aliasing off first. "Wait for Vertical Refresh" is probably something to try both ways and see how you like it.

I wouldn't fiddle with the Overdrive settings at all unless you know what you're doing.

Have you found any particular games that aren't playing smoothly for you?

 

[Hitman928]

Set tessellation mode to the lowest value possible (I'm not in windows so I don't remember if you can turn it off entirely).

Anti-aliasing you have as application controlled which is fine, just make sure whatever game you want to play has it off in the game settings.

Anisotropic filtering I would set to like 4x or 8x. You can probably just set it to 16x as modern cards have very little, if any, performance penalty from using it. If you really want to max it out in fps, I guess you could turn it off entirely, but it's essentially free image quality.

Shader cache is new to AMD cards, but I think you want it on for smoother framerates.

Texture filtering options I don't remember off the top of my head what AMD lets you choose, but standard is probably fine. If they have a fast or performance setting, use that.

I agree with don't touch overdrive without doing your homework first on GPU overclocking.

 

[Cappuccino]

Thank you both!
I will test it out when I get home this week. :thumbsup:

 

[Headfoot]

I wouldn't bother turning down anything in the control panel except Tesselation capped at x16, since it looks like you have a 390.

You'll get muuuuuuuuuuch better results turning down settings in-game. Besides you should be able to max out almost everything except a few games at 60 FPS/1080p on a 390.

What game do you feel you aren't getting smooth enough gameplay from??

 

[MajinCry]

Could always see if RadeonPro works with your 390. If it does, ya can enjoy that sweet, sweet Triple Buffering. Cannae play a game without it; VSync at all times is amazin'.

 

[Dave2150]

Could always see if RadeonPro works with your 390. If it does, ya can enjoy that sweet, sweet Triple Buffering. Cannae play a game without it; VSync at all times is amazin'.

144Hz Freesync is so much better than Vsync.

 

[MajinCry]

144Hz Freesync is so much better than Vsync.

Gotta have a monster CPU to hit those framerates, and ya gotta make sure ya don't go sub 40fps (IIRC, 40fps is Freesync's limit). And ya also have to have a FreeSync monitor.


Speakin' of Freesync, I wonder if we'll ever get 5:4 Freesync monitors.

 

[showb1z]

Gotta have a monster CPU to hit those framerates, and ya gotta make sure ya don't go sub 40fps (IIRC, 40fps is Freesync's limit).

Crimson introduced frame doubling for freesync. There is no limit anymore as long as the panel's upper limit is 2.5 times as high as the lower limit.

 

[james1701]

Was you just in game when you took the pic? Does you GPU idle at 62C normally?

 

[guskline]

Cappuccino: Would you please tell us what cpu, amount of ram, whether it is Hard disk drive or solid state drive and what OS you have. Also the size and resolution of your monitor. All of these affect the outcome.

 

[tential]

Could always see if RadeonPro works with your 390. If it does, ya can enjoy that sweet, sweet Triple Buffering. Cannae play a game without it; VSync at all times is amazin'.

We should petition AMD to add this to the drivers. This is utterly ridiculous that I have to screw with external programs to add this.

 

[Cappuccino]

Cappuccino: Would you please tell us what cpu, amount of ram, whether it is Hard disk drive or solid state drive and what OS you have. Also the size and resolution of your monitor. All of these affect the outcome.

Sorry for the super late reply!

Here https://i.imgur.com/mIowu30.png

I also notice when I play on higher settings my PC gets VERY loud and annoying D:

Any ideas why it's doing that? Games like FF14, CSGO, Killing floor and Rocket League.

 

[Cappuccino]

Was you just in game when you took the pic? Does you GPU idle at 62C normally?

I honestly can't remember. But everytime I play a game it's around 70c Temperture, is that normal? If not how do I reduce the heat? :'(


EDIT - When i play on windowed or smaller screen with low settings I get around 55temp but when I full screen and low/mid settings I get around 70c ;_;
wtf is wrong with my PC

 

[guskline]

Size and resolution of your monitor? Also what computer case and fans do you have?

 

[Hitman928]

I honestly can't remember. But everytime I play a game it's around 70c Temperture, is that normal? If not how do I reduce the heat? :'(


EDIT - When i play on windowed or smaller screen with low settings I get around 55temp but when I full screen and low/mid settings I get around 70c ;_;
wtf is wrong with my PC

70C is fine for a gpu. Noise shouldn't be bad if it's only getting to 70C. What brand of 390 do you have?

 

[Cappuccino]

Size and resolution of your monitor? Also what computer case and fans do you have?

https://i.imgur.com/xWf6Kt8.png
case i dont know its a good gaming case though. I have 2 fans.

 

[Cappuccino]

70C is fine for a gpu. Noise shouldn't be bad if it's only getting to 70C. What brand of 390 do you have?

r9 gaming edition

 

[Hitman928]

MSI?

 

[Cappuccino]

MSI?

yup

 

[AMDisTheBEST]

Crank your power setting to the maximum. It is always recommended if you decide to do a gpu overclock. Fan can be left the way it is. Memory and clock speed should be increase in small increments and test using a stress testing software for stability. There is no need to use gaming profiles. The in game setting should be fine.

 

[Cappuccino]

Crank your power setting to the maximum. It is always recommended if you decide to do a gpu overclock. Fan can be left the way it is. Memory and clock speed should be increase in small increments and test using a stress testing software for stability. There is no need to use gaming profiles. The in game setting should be fine.

What do you mean cranch my power settings to the max? How do I do that?

 

[Hitman928]

He means the power limit under the overdrive settings. I wouldn't recommend that though. It shouldn't matter at stock with your card.

When you say the computer gets really loud during gaming, can you confirm it's the video card making the noise? Maybe open up the side of the case while running a game and just confirming the source of the noise. your card should hit ~70C while gaming while being very quiet according to a quick review search.

 

[Cappuccino]

He means the power limit under the overdrive settings. I wouldn't recommend that though. It shouldn't matter at stock with your card.

When you say the computer gets really loud during gaming, can you confirm it's the video card making the noise? Maybe open up the side of the case while running a game and just confirming the source of the noise. your card should hit ~70C while gaming while being very quiet according to a quick review search.

Can't 100% confirm but I think it's the fan??? the cpu fan? i am confused.

 

[Hitman928]

Yes, I mean can you confirm it's the gpu fan and not the cpu fan or a case fan making the noise.