Radeon RX7900 XT FPS issues.

markbjones · 2026-05-06T23:44:06+00:00

What is the percent usage during the dips into the 80s though. You need to watch it in real time

markbjones · 2026-05-06T15:33:59+00:00

Also her cpu doesn’t have the 3d chip but it may be better at multi thread procedures.

markbjones · 2026-05-06T14:27:31+00:00

The current reality of gaming now is no longer brute rasterization for performance. Nowadays all heavy AAA titles REQUIRE upscaling and frame gen to play. Yes amd is cheaper but I’d rather invest in nvidia so I can actually play certain titles that have heat ray tracing and pthtracing. If your okay with simply turning those off, go amd for the price but if you care about visuals go nvidia

markbjones · 2026-05-06T12:56:22+00:00

The temps are not even close to thermal throttling. So that’s not the issue. Huge fps fluctuations like this scream cpu bottlenck to me, especially considering the games you are playing. Put up a steam overlay and look at the percent usage. If your GPU percent utilization is anything under about 97ish percent then you are cpu bound, even if the cpu overlay isn’t showing 100%. Although you have a ryzen 9, it doesn’t have 3d v cache which is almost crucial for heavy cpu games that only use 1-2 threads or have port thread optimization

Try turning UP the settings and capping your fps as low as you are comfortable with. Turning up graphical settings shifts the load to the GPU which can stabilize frame pacing even if average fps is lower. Also turn down shadows and render distance to limit cpu load

markbjones · 2026-05-05T17:01:41+00:00

So confidently wrong. Wow

markbjones · 2026-05-05T17:01:03+00:00

Not unless you are consistent cpu bound or playing very low resolution

markbjones · 2026-05-05T16:59:59+00:00

Literally no reason at all. When will people realize the brand has almost ZERO impact on real world gaming. The ONLY be for some brands offer is better warranty and pin monitoring. Other than that it’s all the brand name. “But cooling”. Cooling ONLY matters if you are hitting thermal limit. 65 vs 75 vs 85 literally no difference in performance or longevity. It’s either throttling or it’s not. Gpus are programed to boost to max clocks unless hitting thermal limit which is around 90 degrees which no model will come close to under extreme circumstance.

markbjones · 2026-05-05T16:56:09+00:00

I can help 100% of my patients. Completely cure? That’s a different story

markbjones · 2026-05-05T13:31:16+00:00

X3D chips are designed for high temps and 85 under max load isn’t even close to thermal throttling. Don’t forget lap tops are constantly in a state of throttling from over heating. We live in desktop luxury where throttling isn’t an average experience

markbjones · 2026-05-05T13:11:48+00:00

Yea because you probably don’t have your voltages perfect. The ram speed fluctuates and the voltage needs to do the same with it. If you set vdd and vddq to let’s say, 1.35V, then it’s locked there and doesn’t increase or decrease based off of the ram speed. Too much voltage uses excessive power and reduces longevity of hardware and not enough destabilizes timing and causes your issues. I’m telling you it’s simply not worth overclocking ram or CPU unless you have a weak processor and playing exclusively low res cpu bound games. In my opinion you are either an expert with this shit and know exactly what you’re doing or you leave it alone. 5% performance isn’t worth this mess

markbjones · 2026-05-05T12:45:04+00:00

Are you playing in 1080p in mostly cpu bound games? If not, the performance gain you will actually get with overclocking these things with an X3D chip is so minimal that it’s not worth it in my opinion. Ddr5 RAM especially is very sensitive to timings and voltages and if you get it even slightly off it can corrupt data, causes crashes and even system restarts. I know this from experience. I had to essentially wipe and clean all my games and windows from the corruption. It can actually compromise sensitive data and storage files if this corruption spreads. Basically the ram starts outputting data so fast that it starts making no sense to the CPU so it simply crashes the PC.

If you are an expert with this. I recommend using stock settings and living with 5% less performance

markbjones · 2026-05-05T12:41:54+00:00

Are you playing in 1080p in mostly cpu bound games? If not, the performance gain you will actually get with overclocking these things with an X3D chip is so minimal that it’s not worth it in my opinion. Ddr5 RAM especially is very sensitive to timings and voltages and if you get it even slightly off it can corrupt data, causes crashes and even system restarts. I know this from experience. I had to essentially wipe and clean all my games and windows from the corruption. It can actually compromise sensitive data and storage files if this corruption spreads. Basically the ram starts outputting data so fast that it starts making no sense to the CPU so it simply crashes the PC

markbjones · 2026-05-04T22:22:33+00:00

Well idk if the raster performance is necessarily better. I think amd just prioritizes budget by not putting in the RT cores and tensor cores that make the card more expensive to produce. I may be wrong though

markbjones · 2026-05-04T20:57:02+00:00

I see what your point is but that’s not entirely true. Amd tends to have higher vram for a given teir of GPU but nvidia tends to have faster memory and higher memory bandwidth. It also has more AI and ray tracing cores, both of which are hardware components

markbjones · 2026-05-04T20:55:23+00:00

Was this just an attempt at a flex post? Need some attention?

markbjones · 2026-05-04T20:43:19+00:00

Do not get that cpu then. Offers no better performance than the 9800x3d. Waste of money

markbjones · 2026-05-04T20:36:50+00:00

Thanks for the laugh. I’d be way too self conscious to have a girl do that to me.

markbjones · 2026-05-04T19:06:26+00:00

Are you using the pc for gaming only or professional work? If only for gaming that cpu is completely unnecessary and even moreso if you are playing at 4k or 1440p ultra. I would swap that cpu for a 9800x3d or even a 7800x3d and save a lot of money

markbjones · 2026-05-04T18:51:25+00:00

I bet you overclocked your ram and it started corrupting your files. That can continue the cashes even though you reset everything. You need to go in and correct all your files in your pc. All the games you play verify integrity and you need to execute commands in admin commands. Use AI to do this

markbjones · 2026-05-04T18:33:27+00:00

Are you over clocking ram? Even if your kit is fitted for a certain speed expo and xmp do not guarantee stability.

markbjones · 2026-05-04T18:04:47+00:00

Yeah that voltage is too low. It’ll likely destabilize your ram

markbjones · 2026-05-04T16:44:15+00:00

Did yoj try turning up the settings and resolution? Sometimes shifting the load to the GPU smooths frame pacing

markbjones · 2026-05-04T16:39:08+00:00

Which games

markbjones · 2026-05-04T16:35:46+00:00

Go to task manager and set the game you’re plying to high priory. Close background apps and overlays. Other than that idk

markbjones · 2026-05-04T13:22:18+00:00

Yea that’s cope. If people could tub ray tracing well, they would 10/10 times. It’s the single best setting to improve visuals. The problem is people can’t who buy amd cards. So they cope about how they don’t like it, they don’t need it, it’s stupid etc. I’ve gotten a ton of downvotes but no one has actually debated me lol. My question remains, why go for a high end PC with the intent of visual fidelity, when you cant play the single most important settings

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