# ATI Radeon r9 290x: very disappointing performance **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [October 31, 2013, 6:54am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ati-radeon-r9-290x-very-disappointing-performance/109879 "2013-10-31T06:54:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Xer0daze](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xer0daze](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Xer0daze)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ati-radeon-r9-290x-very-disappointing-performance/109879/21 "2013-10-31T23:25:24Z")
Dude - You’re running beta drivers. I realize that you don’t have a choice here but I wouldn’t expect WHQL performance from a Beta driver. The good news here is that since AMD has a partnership with EA and BF4 is the flagship title for their the 290x, I would expect a WHQL driver in a day or two tops. Otherwise they’re going to face some bad press and a lot of pissed off users. ---
**Author:** ![itsbrandenv2](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@itsbrandenv2](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/itsbrandenv2)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ati-radeon-r9-290x-very-disappointing-performance/109879/22 "2013-11-01T03:10:52Z")
mehh spoke too soon, freezes are happening again. Its only BF4 however that is effected from what I can tell. Frustrated to say the least. Going to try a clean uninstall/reinstall of beta8 and see what happens. ---
**Author:** ![spektralfabrik](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@spektralfabrik](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/spektralfabrik)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 4:53am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ati-radeon-r9-290x-very-disappointing-performance/109879/23 "2013-11-01T04:53:43Z")
Happens all the time, you’re not alone! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![spektralfabrik](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@spektralfabrik](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/spektralfabrik)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 4:57am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ati-radeon-r9-290x-very-disappointing-performance/109879/24 "2013-11-01T04:57:10Z")
Sure, it’s beta drivers, but it’s still pretty frustrating to get sub par performance from a card like this, especially when considering all the positive the reviews, right? Anyway, I seriously hope you’re right! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![spektralfabrik](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@spektralfabrik](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/spektralfabrik)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 5:00am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ati-radeon-r9-290x-very-disappointing-performance/109879/25 "2013-11-01T05:00:15Z")
Thanks for the advice, but I’d rather keep my cash and won’t be upgrading anything for now, maybe next year… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![itsbrandenv2](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@itsbrandenv2](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/itsbrandenv2)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 5:01am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ati-radeon-r9-290x-very-disappointing-performance/109879/26 "2013-11-01T05:01:42Z")
Well I may have resolved it again? I have no idea. I ran this utility called Display Driver Uninstaller. It found remnants of my 560Ti’s still on my machine. I used the utility to remove them and also removed the 290x drivers and software as well with it. I did all of this in safemode, then rebooted and installed the Beta 8 drivers again… so far so good. Will report back. ---
**Author:** ![spektralfabrik](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@spektralfabrik](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/spektralfabrik)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 5:06am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ati-radeon-r9-290x-very-disappointing-performance/109879/27 "2013-11-01T05:06:02Z")
I’ve also done that, but it didn’t solve any performance issues for me… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![itsbrandenv2](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@itsbrandenv2](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/itsbrandenv2)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 12:01pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ati-radeon-r9-290x-very-disappointing-performance/109879/28 "2013-11-01T12:01:29Z")
Yup same problem again… At my wits end. Hopefully WHQL drivers are coming soon. It’s strange- when the card stops responding my screens go black but I can still hear the game running in the background. Its like a driver crash or something. I will look through event logs today and see if anything is in there. I’m running two monitors at 120hz so not sure if that has any bearing on problem. ---
**Author:** ![itsbrandenv2](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@itsbrandenv2](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/itsbrandenv2)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 1:12pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ati-radeon-r9-290x-very-disappointing-performance/109879/29 "2013-11-01T13:12:14Z")
Thats a higher graphics score than me - I’m pulling 10993 in the graphics score and 7711 in physics. Your score looks pretty good to me. ---
**Author:** ![itsbrandenv2](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@itsbrandenv2](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/itsbrandenv2)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ati-radeon-r9-290x-very-disappointing-performance/109879/30 "2013-11-03T00:43:13Z")
Saw you updated the thread to show you had fixed. Thought someone on here might like a follow up on my situation too, in case they’re searching like I was and couldn’t find anything. I ended up fixing my issue by turning off VSync in my games. I control VSync through the AMD CCC and all my crashing has stopped. ---
**Author:** ![twiitter](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@twiitter](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/twiitter)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ati-radeon-r9-290x-very-disappointing-performance/109879/31 "2013-11-03T03:41:43Z")
Haha no problem! Hope everything work out for ya! ---
**Author:** ![spektralfabrik](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@spektralfabrik](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/spektralfabrik)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 6:47am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ati-radeon-r9-290x-very-disappointing-performance/109879/32 "2013-11-03T06:47:20Z")
Really? That’s awesome, because the only problems I still have are random crashes… gonna try this! 🙂 [Previous page](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ati-radeon-r9-290x-very-disappointing-performance/109879.md?page=1)