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fps capping for amd

Post by SkyDome007 » September 10th, 2017, 3:48 am

Hi My friend is using amd video card and the fps usually stays below 40 but it does occasionally spike to 100 or higher especially in CAS or Edit tows mods. For Nvidia I used Nvidia inspector but what to do for amd?
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Post by igazor » September 10th, 2017, 5:15 am

The vendor tools for AMD cards are Catalyst Control Center (CCC) and/or Crimson. The first one doesn't work to cap the fps for me and I can't use Crimson, so like many others turned to RivaTuner Stats Server (RTSS).

http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/rts ... nload.html
(The real downloads are 2/3 of the way down the page, ignore any you might see in the upper right corner if you don't have an ad blocker as those would be rogue advertising)
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Post by igazor » September 10th, 2017, 5:17 am

Forgot to add, the odd thing about RTSS is that it must be running when the game is launched. It can bet set to launch with Windows and the resources it uses are minimal, but it can be easy to quit the application entirely by mistake after configuring it when it should be minimized. It's okay if it hides out where the hidden icons are near the system clock.
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Post by Benmc50 » September 10th, 2017, 5:46 am

Sorry for the french, but it'll show you how to activate frequency control about your game with the Crimson drivers.

At first, you need to create a custom profile for this game (it isn't detected by default). And after that edit this profile:
http://reho.st/self/bc5dff6e2122c4ee79e ... 716136.png

Follow the link (screen capture).

What is your friend's graphic card ?
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Post by SkyDome007 » September 10th, 2017, 9:18 am

Thanks Igazor I've notified her about RivaTuner. Benmc50 I asked her waiting for the reply.
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Post by SkyDome007 » September 10th, 2017, 10:28 am

Graphics card name:- AMD Radeon (TM) R5 Graphics
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Post by sittingbear » September 10th, 2017, 11:21 am

An R5 I'm surprised the game even runs with that card that card is exactly identical to the Radeon HD 5450 only with better RAM http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Gam ... quirements
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Post by sittingbear » September 10th, 2017, 11:31 am

Just a note on the system requirements page they got it a little messed up it seems take a look at the second part of the colored worksheet they got the EP and SP sections switched on it for the 5450 so it can run at least the Base Game and WA but that's about it
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Post by Benmc50 » September 10th, 2017, 11:33 am

The same, R5 series aren't good for games at all. And, I'm not sure there is any Crimson compatible for this series of card.

Actually, I have a Radeon RX-480 Gaming X 8G and the Crimson 17.3.3 driver. My Freesync monitor is set-up to 144Hz, wich don't annoy this game. The Sims3 seems to run pretty nicely. It wasn't the case with my old R9 380X ...
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Post by igazor » September 10th, 2017, 12:03 pm

While it's true that the R5s and many of the R7s are underpowered for TS3, the fact remains that many players carry on with their games on them anyway at least as best they can. And left unchecked, their fps rates will wander all over the place, just not usually as rampantly as the more powerful cards. If Crimson cannot be used, I would again suggest RTSS but it sounds like that message already got through successfully. :)
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