Why is this game using an absurd amount of GPU?

[Necroniks]

I have like 80% of GPU usage and i'm using a RTX 3080! I already caped the FPS at 30 and such but it won't change a thing. Anyone else with that problem?

[Good Old Gamer]

Originally posted by Capt.Luke:

Originally posted by Raxxis:

The problem with developing for the pc is that everyone has different hardware, so one person plays fine, another can hardly play it if at all. It isn't a matter of how expensive your computer is.

that is why they did 2 year of closed beta ?
at some point you have to stop adding and start optimazing or else your game just wont run at all like atm. well it run , but its melting my PC

exactly this... makes me wonder what the beta test was even about >.>

[Invictus]

Originally posted by CoUsT:

Jesus christ guys, it's not about games, it's about your hardware. Is this your first time using PC? If you let GPU work at 100%, it will work at 100%. If you let it pull 200W, it will pull that much no matter if you render Windows Pinball at 10000 fps or if you render any 3d game at 100 fps or do 3d rendering. 200W is 200W. If something is wrong then it is your cooling or GPU, not the game. If the game makes your PC overheat then fix your PC because game can't simply "melt" the PC. It is using whatever you let it use. If you cap it to 60 fps then obviously it won't render 100+ fps and stay at 100% load so it won't pull as much power (aka it won't heat as much). But it is not a solution for garbage cooling or faulty GPU/fans.

Another thing, if your GPU load is 80% then it is most likely in low load state (aka working at 500 MHz instead of 2000 MHz or something similar), meaning the card is in "low power mode" and the lower power mode load is at 80%. Don't check the GPU usage, check either GPU frequence AND GPU load OR the POWER USAGE instead. This game doesn't use that much GPU. I have RX 6800 XT and the card is constantly sitting at 500 MHz GPU core instead of full 2000+ MHz.

Come on guys, some common sense.

PS. A better solution would be to open GPU-tuning app (such as MSI Afterburner) and lower Power Limit from 100% to 75% or 66% or 50% or to increase fans speed.

Such a long post for such weak arguments, some wrong plainly wrong, and other partially correct.

Summary is that is that it probably is a an Unity Engine problem. And the game is very badly optimized, whether you cap or uncap FPS. But GPU usage (and I mean looking at wattage consumption and core speed as well) is too much for the frames rendered.

Capped at 60 FPS it uses 55% of my RTX 3080, which is too much for this game. With VSync on FPS cap does not work at all and usage spikes to +90%, and power consumption to +300W easily.

And my cooling is prepared to handle 100% constant load sub 80C.

[Good Old Gamer]

Originally posted by Invictus:

Originally posted by CoUsT:

Jesus christ guys, it's not about games, it's about your hardware. Is this your first time using PC? If you let GPU work at 100%, it will work at 100%. If you let it pull 200W, it will pull that much no matter if you render Windows Pinball at 10000 fps or if you render any 3d game at 100 fps or do 3d rendering. 200W is 200W. If something is wrong then it is your cooling or GPU, not the game. If the game makes your PC overheat then fix your PC because game can't simply "melt" the PC. It is using whatever you let it use. If you cap it to 60 fps then obviously it won't render 100+ fps and stay at 100% load so it won't pull as much power (aka it won't heat as much). But it is not a solution for garbage cooling or faulty GPU/fans.

Another thing, if your GPU load is 80% then it is most likely in low load state (aka working at 500 MHz instead of 2000 MHz or something similar), meaning the card is in "low power mode" and the lower power mode load is at 80%. Don't check the GPU usage, check either GPU frequence AND GPU load OR the POWER USAGE instead. This game doesn't use that much GPU. I have RX 6800 XT and the card is constantly sitting at 500 MHz GPU core instead of full 2000+ MHz.

Come on guys, some common sense.

PS. A better solution would be to open GPU-tuning app (such as MSI Afterburner) and lower Power Limit from 100% to 75% or 66% or 50% or to increase fans speed.

Such a long post for such weak arguments, some wrong plainly wrong, and other partially correct.

Summary is that is that it probably is a an Unity Engine problem. And the game is very badly optimized, whether you cap or uncap FPS. But GPU usage (and I mean looking at wattage consumption and core speed as well) is too much for the frames rendered.

Capped at 60 FPS it uses 55% of my RTX 3080, which is too much for this game. With VSync on FPS cap does not work at all and usage spikes to +90%, and power consumption to +300W easily.

And my cooling is prepared to handle 100% constant load sub 80C.

If its about hardware... how can someone (me) have no isssues at all with overheating on

windows 10
32 gig DDR4
RTX 2080 Super (OC edition) (2 gens? behind the op)
Ryzen 7 3700x
950 PSU

Maybe its a bottle-neck issue somewhere?

[Invictus]

Originally posted by Mr.Niche:

Originally posted by Invictus:

Such a long post for such weak arguments, some wrong plainly wrong, and other partially correct.

Summary is that is that it probably is a an Unity Engine problem. And the game is very badly optimized, whether you cap or uncap FPS. But GPU usage (and I mean looking at wattage consumption and core speed as well) is too much for the frames rendered.

Capped at 60 FPS it uses 55% of my RTX 3080, which is too much for this game. With VSync on FPS cap does not work at all and usage spikes to +90%, and power consumption to +300W easily.

And my cooling is prepared to handle 100% constant load sub 80C.

If its about hardware... how can someone (me) have no isssues at all with overheating on

windows 10
32 gig DDR4
RTX 2080 Super (OC edition) (2 gens? behind the op)
Ryzen 7 3700x
950 PSU

Maybe its a bottle-neck issue somewhere?

Turn on VSync every block and check how GPU usage/temperature changes.

I got an RTX 3080 and no bottleneck.

[Good Old Gamer]

Originally posted by Invictus:

Originally posted by Mr.Niche:

If its about hardware... how can someone (me) have no isssues at all with overheating on

windows 10
32 gig DDR4
RTX 2080 Super (OC edition) (2 gens? behind the op)
Ryzen 7 3700x
950 PSU

Maybe its a bottle-neck issue somewhere?

Turn on VSync every block and check how GPU usage/temperature changes.

I got an RTX 3080 and no bottleneck.

as i say i am 2 gens??? behind you and have ZERO issues even with vsync

source = MSI/ HW-monitor and CPUid

[Invictus]

Originally posted by Mr.Niche:

Originally posted by Invictus:

Turn on VSync every block and check how GPU usage/temperature changes.

I got an RTX 3080 and no bottleneck.

as i say i am 2 gens??? behind you and have ZERO issues even with vsync

source = MSI/ HW-monitor and CPUid

So maybe is an issue for other GPUs and this game. In other unity games this issue was more recurrent in high-end GPUs.

In my case, with VSync on the FPS limit does not work and GPU usage spikes to +90% (CPU 40%), even if the menu. If I turn that off, usage drops to 45-55% (CPU 15%).

[Good Old Gamer]

there you go... vsync in this game *appeares* to be bottle-necking your usage ;)

[Invictus]

Originally posted by Mr.Niche:

there you go... vsync in this game *appeares* to be bottle-necking your usage ;)

Yes, turning it on makes the bottleneck disappear, and my electricity provider a 100% more happier.

[YRYR Yui]

I have a pretty good fan system and this game is cranking up my GPU

[stretch]

I don't know about the heat issue and I don't really know about cards in general but I would point out that I have read many, many times that 100% GPU usage is NOT an absolute indicator of any problem. This is from a google search:

People also ask
Is 100 percent GPU usage bad?
While Gaming its perfectly normal and is expected to be at its maximum usage. More GPU usage the better when playing Games. When Idle, if its still got its 100% usage then something is wrong. If it backs off in idle, then its normal.6 June 2014

100% GPU Usage - Good? Bad? - Graphics Cards - Linus ...https://linustechtips.com › ... › Graphics Cards
Search for: Is 100 percent GPU usage bad?
Is it normal for GPU to run at 100?
It's normal for a GPU to work at 100%. Just make sure the temperatures are normal.4 Jan 2015

[SOLVED] - GPU usage 100% when playing? | Tom's Hardware Forumhttps://forums.tomshardware.com › threads › gpu-usage-1...
Search for: Is it normal for GPU to run at 100?
What happens if my GPU is at 100?
Your GPU will push the FPS as high as possible, hence why it's always at 100% usage. Your CPU will probably never hit 100% usage in any game because games usually don't need that amount of processing power. If your GPU is not hitting 100% usage that's because there's some sort of FPS cap or bottleneck somewhere.18 Apr 2016

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Just saying... 100% is not actually an indicator of badness... high heat on the other hand might be an issue that you need to look at. As far as I am concerned though if your PC is overheating while running at 100% then you simply don't have enough cooling for your card. Generally hitting 100% means you have unlocked your FPS and it is trying to give you all the FPS it can and it uses everything it has to do that. It's what you are asking it to do. Would you be happier if you were trying to get max FPS and it just used a max of 55%? What's the other 45% doing idle?
I can only go on what I have read and am not particularly tech savvy in this sort of thing.

[Cantore]

I find this is a bigger issue when you have hundreds (even thousands) of things on Storage plots and the conditions of many of those objects are changing constantly when you have the game speed at a higher rate.

[Invictus]

Originally posted by stretch:

I don't know about the heat issue and I don't really know about cards in general but I would point out that I have read many, many times that 100% GPU usage is NOT an absolute indicator of any problem. This is from a google search:

People also ask
Is 100 percent GPU usage bad?
While Gaming its perfectly normal and is expected to be at its maximum usage. More GPU usage the better when playing Games. When Idle, if its still got its 100% usage then something is wrong. If it backs off in idle, then its normal.6 June 2014

100% GPU Usage - Good? Bad? - Graphics Cards - Linus ...https://linustechtips.com › ... › Graphics Cards
Search for: Is 100 percent GPU usage bad?
Is it normal for GPU to run at 100?
It's normal for a GPU to work at 100%. Just make sure the temperatures are normal.4 Jan 2015

[SOLVED] - GPU usage 100% when playing? | Tom's Hardware Forumhttps://forums.tomshardware.com › threads › gpu-usage-1...
Search for: Is it normal for GPU to run at 100?
What happens if my GPU is at 100?
Your GPU will push the FPS as high as possible, hence why it's always at 100% usage. Your CPU will probably never hit 100% usage in any game because games usually don't need that amount of processing power. If your GPU is not hitting 100% usage that's because there's some sort of FPS cap or bottleneck somewhere.18 Apr 2016

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Just saying... 100% is not actually an indicator of badness... high heat on the other hand might be an issue that you need to look at. As far as I am concerned though if your PC is overheating while running at 100% then you simply don't have enough cooling for your card. Generally hitting 100% means you have unlocked your FPS and it is trying to give you all the FPS it can and it uses everything it has to do that. It's what you are asking it to do. Would you be happier if you were trying to get max FPS and it just used a max of 55%? What's the other 45% doing idle?
I can only go on what I have read and am not particularly tech savvy in this sort of thing.

"I don't know anything about this but I will say something anyway after a Google search".

GPU usage should reflect the resources required to render the game. It is not the same rendering Rimworld and Cyberpunk 2077.

I have a RTX 3080 and sufficient cooling to have constant 100% usage (79C at 100% in summer).

If I leave VSync on (which for me causes 100% usage even in the menu), it will mean that my card will draw north of 320W, all the heat exiting the case will be in my room, I will have to turn on AC, and my computer will make a lot more noise.

And that for a game that should only need 25% of my card at most, being generous.

Edit: Of course, no bottlenecks.

Also, with VSync on and FPS uncapped the game will demand 100% of my RTX 3080 for a meager 115 FPS or a little more, whilst I can play much more demanding games at 144 FPS (my monitor refresh rate) using 80% of my GPU.

[Kozzy]

Played 8 hours and my temp never goes above 65. Playing at 1440p with a 2600x and 2070. After I added two more fans a few months ago no games put my temp above 70, where as before adding my two new fans it was much higher.

[stretch]

Originally posted by Invictus:

"I don't know anything about this but I will say something anyway after a Google search".

GPU usage should reflect the resources required to render the game. It is not the same rendering Rimworld and Cyberpunk 2077.

I have a RTX 3080 and sufficient cooling to have constant 100% usage (79C at 100% in summer).

If I leave VSync on (which for me causes 100% usage even in the menu), it will mean that my card will draw north of 320W, all the heat exiting the case will be in my room, I will have to turn on AC, and my computer will make a lot more noise.

And that for a game that should only need 25% of my card at most, being generous.

Edit: Of course, no bottlenecks.

Also, with VSync on and FPS uncapped the game will demand 100% of my RTX 3080 for a meager 115 FPS or a little more, whilst I can play much more demanding games at 144 FPS (my monitor refresh rate) using 80% of my GPU.

Clown. It's using 100% because you are asking it to render as many frames as it can.... so it does. What is so hard to understand about that?
Why do you feel you should have a super powerful card and it should only ever use 25% of it's capacity like that is a good thing? You are happy it is not working up to it's potential.

OK so this game has issues with vsync. Whoopdeedoo. I never claimed otherwise. I still stand by my point that 100% GPU usage is NOT necessarily an indication that there IS an issue. It could simply be doing the best job it can do. It's not always something to be afraid of or worry about.

As one comment I posted says ' When Idle, if its still got its 100% usage then something is wrong. If it backs off in idle, then its normal.' So if yours is at 100% in the menu then yeah I expect there is an issue. But I didn't say otherwise did I? Try reading the entire post before you make stupid replies.

Oh and Vsync on or off makes no difference at all in my temp. None. Grats on you telling the world about your super expensive video card that's useless. Good choice.

[Invictus]

Originally posted by stretch:

Originally posted by Invictus:

"I don't know anything about this but I will say something anyway after a Google search".

GPU usage should reflect the resources required to render the game. It is not the same rendering Rimworld and Cyberpunk 2077.

I have a RTX 3080 and sufficient cooling to have constant 100% usage (79C at 100% in summer).

If I leave VSync on (which for me causes 100% usage even in the menu), it will mean that my card will draw north of 320W, all the heat exiting the case will be in my room, I will have to turn on AC, and my computer will make a lot more noise.

And that for a game that should only need 25% of my card at most, being generous.

Edit: Of course, no bottlenecks.

Also, with VSync on and FPS uncapped the game will demand 100% of my RTX 3080 for a meager 115 FPS or a little more, whilst I can play much more demanding games at 144 FPS (my monitor refresh rate) using 80% of my GPU.

Clown. It's using 100% because you are asking it to render as many frames as it can.... so it does. What is so hard to understand about that?
Why do you feel you should have a super powerful card and it should only ever use 25% of it's capacity like that is a good thing? You are happy it is not working up to it's potential.

OK so this game has issues with vsync. Whoopdeedoo. I never claimed otherwise. I still stand by my point that 100% GPU usage is NOT necessarily an indication that there IS an issue. It could simply be doing the best job it can do. It's not always something to be afraid of or worry about.

As one comment I posted says ' When Idle, if its still got its 100% usage then something is wrong. If it backs off in idle, then its normal.' So if yours is at 100% in the menu then yeah I expect there is an issue. But I didn't say otherwise did I? Try reading the entire post before you make stupid replies.

Oh and Vsync on or off makes no difference at all in my temp. None. Grats on you telling the world about your super expensive video card that's useless. Good choice.

I don't know who is the clown here, as you show you have no understanding at all on how GPUs work.

My GPU can and will provide 100% when needed, and play most demanding games at maximum FPS as I have been doing, and I am happy about it.

Why should I be happy of this low poly game playable on a GTX 970 demands 100% on my RTX 3080 at 115 FPS? Should I demand in other low poly (and not low poly) games that the devs fix the game because it does not use 100% of my RTX 3080 at 144 FPS? When the game has these graphics, using 100% of a high-end card at not so high FPS it is indeed an indicator of very bad optimization.

This is just a mix of an optimization issue combined with a bug for certain cards.

Edit: Just because you can understand it before going to google to search more randos opinions, GPUs use their processing power to draw the graphics and effects in the geometry determined by the CPU. If a game has low poly design and low quality effects, GPU (and CPU) processing power required is low.

Using 100% of a RTX 3080 with these graphics is just bad optimization which could be caused by a lot of things (like drawing each and every block out of the cone of vision or not visible due to being underground, but could be anything).