Is it possible that newer drivers cause a big hit in performance?

[dn7309]

I've seeing reviews posting mid tier cards like the 280x or GTX 960 having Hitman absolution in the high 70s to mid 80s FPS using the in game benchmark with the highest preset while my 290X barely breaks 60 (AVG 58 FPS) @ 1080P!

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[tweakboy]

That is great then.

 

[night.fox]

proof? guess vsync is on for the 290x benchmark. i find it hard to believe that flagship gpu has lower performance compared to the lower gpu.

 

[imaheadcase]

It happens, ive had to revert every once in awhile to a older driver because broke function in older games.

 

[MeldarthX]

You've given us almost no details; Which driver? Hitman had some performance updates in last few drivers for 290....

290 shouldn't be anywhere that low; could be old driver conflicting with new driver........more details you put the better we can help.

 

[Piotrsama]

Make sure Vsync is off, then monitor temps while gaming to see if it's throttling.

 

[dn7309]

I run the in game benchmarks three times and avg 56.3 FPS. I am using a 290X with the latest omega driver.

here is the in game setting just to high preset no MSAA



here is the GPUZ showing that I am not being temperature throttled, but the stupid game will not run my GPU to it max clock speed while the game is running, only during the menu screen I start my hearing my fan ramp up to 100%