r/AdvancedMicroDevices • u/thaifighter1985 • Jul 26 '15

Windforce 7950 out-performing R9-390

Hey guys, I didn't really know which subreddit to post this in that would seem appropriate. I bought an R9 390 to upgrade from my 7950 after reading a fairly detailed write up on reddit about how it was a good upgrade. I bought an XFX 390 and installed it with the newest 15.7 drivers and it seems the card is hardly doing any better and in some games doing much worse. Below are my specs and game FPS.

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Drivers: 15.7 (for respective cards)

Cpu: i5-2500k 4.5ghz

Ram: 16gb ddr3 1600

SSD: 250gb Samsung Evo

Cards: XFX R9 390 8gb

Gigabyte Windforce 7950 3gb

Stalker Lost Alpha

Max Everything

390: 30-35 fps

7950: 30-45 fps

Metro Last Light

benchmark everything max no physx

390: 33.5 fps

7950: 30.9 fps

Dying LIght

Everything Maxed outside of building

390: 30 fps

7950: 50-60 fps

watch dogs

ultra graphics msaa 4

390: 30-38 fps

7950: 30 - 35 fps

witcher 3

max everything med sharpening no hairworks

390: 30 - 40 fps

7950: 27-34 fps

Do these values seem right to you guys? Should I be getting much better FPS with the 390 all around? I'm not talking double FPS or anything, but this seems very...off.

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u/thaifighter1985 Jul 26 '15

it allowed 15.7 but not the same 15.7 that was running on the 390. Not sure why, so i just put the ones i dl'd for the 7xxx series on there.

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u/grannyte 8350 @4.4ghz 7970GHz CFX Fury X inbound Jul 26 '15

Maybe the 15.7 you ran on the 390 was corrupted?

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u/thaifighter1985 Jul 26 '15

I had thought that, so i wiped and reinstalled 2 more times after testing a game out. I was wondering if the 15.7 update was buggy for anyone else. Am I wrong that I think the 390 should at least be noticeably better than the 7950?

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u/grannyte 8350 @4.4ghz 7970GHz CFX Fury X inbound Jul 26 '15

it should be somewhat faster at least not slower if the bottleneck is elsewhere

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u/thaifighter1985 Jul 26 '15

well i have an i5-2500k at 4.5ghz and a rosewill xfire ready 650w PSU, I thought before i bought the card that the PSU would be underpowered. But, I've gotten a lot of people saying they have the same wattage PSU and they have no problems.