Had just swapped my Tri-X 290 into my other PC, replacing a Windforce 280X. Wasn't sure if a driver cleaning/reinstall would be necessary, so I did it in probably the worst(?) way possible, running the AMD driver and attempting uninstall through that method. It succeeded-ish(?), at which point I proceeded with the install of the driver. I booted up BF4 and noticed immediately that my FPS was the same as it was moments earlier with the 280X. Ran GPU-z temp monitor to make sure the 290 wasn't throttling or something and it wasn't. Got a couple more FRAPS instances and they showed same.
Downloaded Driver Sweeper (or whatever the new name is), ran it, and reinstalled the AMD driver again. This time, I have my expected FPS with the 290, 15-20% higher than the 280X.
Moral of the story, always clean drivers and reinstall when swapping GPUs (or at least don't do the half-headed method I tried
Just passing on the info.
Here's the unnecessary data
4770k, WF 280x, 1080P, Ultra, 80 FOV
2014-08-30 05:46:17 - bf4
Frames: 36679 - Time: 515359ms - Avg: 71.172 - Min: 41 - Max: 122
2014-09-02 17:04:32 - bf4
Frames: 30323 - Time: 418016ms - Avg: 72.540 - Min: 49 - Max: 131
2014-09-02 21:02:00 - bf4
Frames: 51261 - Time: 669719ms - Avg: 76.541 - Min: 40 - Max: 166
4770k, Tri-X 290, 1080P, Ultra, 80 FOV
2014-09-04 03:17:34 - bf4
Frames: 15727 - Time: 205922ms - Avg: 76.374 - Min: 40 - Max: 113
v-sync on
2014-09-04 03:28:32 - bf4
Frames: 9821 - Time: 163907ms - Avg: 59.918 - Min: 56 - Max: 62
v-sync off
2014-09-04 03:33:35 - bf4
Frames: 9719 - Time: 134828ms - Avg: 72.084 - Min: 29 - Max: 115
2014-09-04 03:36:11 - bf4
Frames: 50860 - Time: 639141ms - Avg: 79.576 - Min: 46 - Max: 151
after driver cleaning/reinstall
2014-09-04 04:05:11 - bf4
Frames: 18234 - Time: 216562ms - Avg: 84.198 - Min: 29 - Max: 148
2014-09-04 04:09:32 - bf4
Frames: 28958 - Time: 358328ms - Avg: 80.814 - Min: 46 - Max: 125
2014-09-04 04:16:46 - bf4
Frames: 38931 - Time: 454703ms - Avg: 85.619 - Min: 54 - Max: 146
Downloaded Driver Sweeper (or whatever the new name is), ran it, and reinstalled the AMD driver again. This time, I have my expected FPS with the 290, 15-20% higher than the 280X.
Moral of the story, always clean drivers and reinstall when swapping GPUs (or at least don't do the half-headed method I tried
Just passing on the info.
Here's the unnecessary data
4770k, WF 280x, 1080P, Ultra, 80 FOV
2014-08-30 05:46:17 - bf4
Frames: 36679 - Time: 515359ms - Avg: 71.172 - Min: 41 - Max: 122
2014-09-02 17:04:32 - bf4
Frames: 30323 - Time: 418016ms - Avg: 72.540 - Min: 49 - Max: 131
2014-09-02 21:02:00 - bf4
Frames: 51261 - Time: 669719ms - Avg: 76.541 - Min: 40 - Max: 166
4770k, Tri-X 290, 1080P, Ultra, 80 FOV
2014-09-04 03:17:34 - bf4
Frames: 15727 - Time: 205922ms - Avg: 76.374 - Min: 40 - Max: 113
v-sync on
2014-09-04 03:28:32 - bf4
Frames: 9821 - Time: 163907ms - Avg: 59.918 - Min: 56 - Max: 62
v-sync off
2014-09-04 03:33:35 - bf4
Frames: 9719 - Time: 134828ms - Avg: 72.084 - Min: 29 - Max: 115
2014-09-04 03:36:11 - bf4
Frames: 50860 - Time: 639141ms - Avg: 79.576 - Min: 46 - Max: 151
after driver cleaning/reinstall
2014-09-04 04:05:11 - bf4
Frames: 18234 - Time: 216562ms - Avg: 84.198 - Min: 29 - Max: 148
2014-09-04 04:09:32 - bf4
Frames: 28958 - Time: 358328ms - Avg: 80.814 - Min: 46 - Max: 125
2014-09-04 04:16:46 - bf4
Frames: 38931 - Time: 454703ms - Avg: 85.619 - Min: 54 - Max: 146
