I'm facing some strange performance issues after switching from an NVIDIA graphics card to an AMD 5800XT. I recently got the 9060XT but I'm only reaching about 90 FPS even on low settings in Arc Raiders, despite having 32GB of 3200 RAM. I initially installed the AMD drivers without using DDU because I was transitioning from NVIDIA. After realizing this was an issue, I followed up with a DDU uninstall and reinstalled the AMD drivers, but I'm still seeing minimal changes — around 100 FPS at best. Is this performance level typical, or should I consider a clean install of Windows? Just to note, I'm playing at 1080p.
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It sounds like there could be more going on here. You should check how hot your CPU is running. The 5800XT can push the temps up. What's your CPU temperature?
I just checked and it's running about 67C, but MSI Afterburner shows around 70% usage on the CPU and only 40% on the GPU while getting an average of 80 FPS.