I'm running a 6-core duel AMD GPU 3Gb firepro machine (16GB RAM) and running games under bootcamp from an external USB drive. I assumed I should be able to max out any PC game I could throw at this machine but the results so far have been pretty awful.. particularly the frame rate and use of the second GPU. Turning crossfire off helps some and makes some games playable that otherwise are not but so far I'm really disappointed with gaming on Windows 8.1 on this machine. I had better results on Windows 7 running a mere quad core iMac than this. Can anyone help me understand why I'm getting such crappy framerates (under 25fps) when running at high resolutions? Is it because I am running the games from my external drive not my internal? ( The internal is only 256GB unfortunately and simply has no room for all or any of my games since it's almost all being taken up by apps. )
I am thinking maybe I need to install something like catalyst or some graphics drivers maybe I'm missing out on. Would love to hear from someone else gaming via bootcamp on Windows 8 and how they run their system best.. All my settings are on default in the Firepro control centre and I have crossfire turned off. ( As for some reason when I turn it on many games crap themselves. )
I am thinking maybe I need to install something like catalyst or some graphics drivers maybe I'm missing out on. Would love to hear from someone else gaming via bootcamp on Windows 8 and how they run their system best.. All my settings are on default in the Firepro control centre and I have crossfire turned off. ( As for some reason when I turn it on many games crap themselves. )