Problem with 7870?

[thiagofmelo10]

I'm running Unigine Heaven with my new asus 7870 ghz edition
I get ~34 FPS @ 1280x1024 res (old monitor, using VGA to DVI adaptor)
According to reviews and videos i've seen, my fps is lower than it should be.

DirectX 11
Anti-aliasing set to x8
anisotropy set to x16
tesselation : extreme

help?

CPU: i5 3570k
16 GB RAM
Latest catalyst driver (not beta)
using Unigine 3.0 Basic Edition

 

[xcal237]

sounds about right for tessellation at extreme and with 8xaa

heres one running at 1680

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sps0qMgUluk

although he did overclock so maybe try that?

 

[balane]

I have a computer similar to yours.

3570 (Stock Clocks), 7870 (Slight OC on stock voltage), 8GB, Drivers: 12.10 final

Edit: Here it is at your resolution.

 

[Eureka]

Are you actually using the benchmark feature (hit F9)? It should spit out an exact number and score.

The OC should give you another 5 frames at best, not 20. So something is probably not running right on your system. What power supply do you have?

 

[thiagofmelo10]

Guys thanks for the help, I was desperate but read a lot about it, The updated AMD Catalyst Driver (not the beta one) is having some issues some times with Unigine, I uninstalled it and installed the version that came with the VGA, now it gets AVG 45 FPS @ extreme settings.
Problem solved, Thank you

 

[Eureka]

It might be worth it, if you have the time, to install the beta. It's really stable on mine and offers a good 10-20% bump in performance in most games.

 

[balane]

It might be worth it, if you have the time, to install the beta. It's really stable on mine and offers a good 10-20% bump in performance in most games.

10-20% over what? The 12.10 drivers?

 

[Eureka]

10-20% over what? The 12.10 drivers?

Oops, it's only really 10-20 on BF3*. Should be around a 5% overall bump from launch and/or 12.7 drivers.

 

[RussianSensation]

Enable PowerTune to +20% in CCC. Press Apply.

Download MSI Afterburner and make sure your GPU clocks are not throttling during the benchmark test. Keep the MSI Afterburner running and after Unigine Heaven is completed, check your GPU clocks and temperatures and see if it's a straight line for GPU clocks and that your GPU temperatures are not above 90*C.