Ryzen 5 3400G optimization

[Kamiyama]

In case anyone else has the same CPU as I do, and uses the integrated graphics. You'll want to do this:

In Windows:
Open Power Options
Click "Change Plan Settings"
Click "Change Advanced Power Settings"
Click the plus sign + next to "Processor Power Management"
Click the plus sign + next to "Maximum Processor State"
* Change the maximum to 85% *

In the game:
Click Escape key
Click "Settings"
Click "Visuals"
Make sure the game resolution is the lowest it can go for your size screen. Mine is 1280x720
Make sure all the graphics options from "Video Quality" to "Water Detail" is Low
Make sure Vsync is ON
** Set Max FPS to 30 **

Before I made these changes playing New World caused my CPU temp to rise above 100C.

Now my CPU temp stays below 90C.

[Kamiyama]

Well this helped but I'm still pushing up towards 100C on long gameplay sessions.

Anyone else know any other settings to better optimize the game? I'm actually looking to lower game performance in order to lower temps. So things I could turn off or limit are what I'm looking for.

[thegodsend]

sounds like u have to address ur temps... shouldnt be getting 100c playing games. its not THAT demanding... dont buy crappy prebuilds, crap cases, or cheap coolers. Theres also no such thing as too much thermal paste as long as its non conductive, there is such a thing as too little though.

if all that is good and ur still having cpu temp issues congrates, u have a lemon. i also have a lemon. stock voltage with custom liquid cooling and 6.5GPM flow i would hit 100c during stress tests before i delided to fix.

[Kamiyama]

Originally posted by thegodsend:

sounds like u have to address ur temps... shouldnt be getting 100c playing games. its not THAT demanding... dont buy crappy prebuilds, crap cases, or cheap coolers. Theres also no such thing as too much thermal paste as long as its non conductive, there is such a thing as too little though.

if all that is good and ur still having cpu temp issues congrates, u have a lemon. i also have a lemon. stock voltage with custom liquid cooling and 6.5GPM flow i would hit 100c during stress tests before i delided to fix.

I can play Dark Souls 3 and World of Warships with no issues. I have lots of other games that work just fine.

My hardware is fine. This game is terribly unoptimized.

I'm still fiddling with settings. I'll update if I can find something that works better.

I was poking around in the game folder looking for an .ini file with settings I could change that weren't listed in the in-game menu. Unfortunately I didn't find one. But I did find a folder for "Easy Anti Cheat" which I looked up and it seems that this anti-cheat software is known for being a CPU hog.

Apparently it's the same anti-cheat software used in Fortnight and I've found threads on other forums where they have been trying registry edits to change easy ant-cheat's CPU priority to reduce it's CPU usage.

However I suspect the primary reason for the high temps is GPU stress. Since I am using an APU both of these issues are combined into 1 chip.

I was poking around in my Radeon control panel and they have a thing called "Radeon Chill" that lets you set a maximum FPS cap. Unfortunately I can't turn it down lower than 30 FPS. I would like to set it to 25. All I can do is disable Radeon Chill and set the 30 FPS limit in game.

If I could find an .ini file with a FPS limit inside it, I bet I could edit it manually and set a FPS limit of 25 and see if that improves my temps.

[Kamiyama]

So I also did the following:

In Power Options:
Click the plus sign + next to "AMD Graphics Power Settings"
Click the plus sign + next to "AMD Powerplay Settings"
*Change the setting to "Optimize Battery"*

My system doesn't have a battery, but I believe this reduces power to the GPU when it's not being actively used. This seemed to help a little bit?

Also I updated my Radeon Graphics software to the latest version

In the Radeon Software settings for New World:
I turned on Radeon Chill and set the maximum FPS to 30.
I turned off Radeon Image Sharpening

This has helped a little bit. I've been playing about an hour now and haven't seen the CPU temperature hit 100C.

In town when there are lots of other players running around I hit about 90 to 92C.

[Kamiyama]

I've reduced my temperature by almost 20C so far, just by doing optimizations on my end.

What this means is it's a software problem - we need more graphics controls in the game.

Things they could do:

1. Let us set our own maximum FPS by entering a number, instead of selecting 3 settings from a list.

2. Completely turn shadows off.

3. See if they can doing something in the backend to enable better throttling? I don't care if I get a little stutter now and then as long as my temp stays below 90C.

4. My temp seems to suffer the most when there are lots of other players around. Is there anything they can do to address this?

[Kamiyama]

https://www.buildcomputers.net/amd-cpu-temperature.html

^ According to this the Ryzen 5 3400G should throttle at 95C.

So I don't know why or how New World was able to push it to 105C?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2624130161

[Sarina]

Originally posted by Kamiyama:

https://www.buildcomputers.net/amd-cpu-temperature.html

^ According to this the Ryzen 5 3400G should throttle at 95C.

So I don't know why or how New World was able to push it to 105C?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2624130161

Have you tried GPU-Z? and does it show the same CPU temperatures?

[Kamiyama]

I came across this thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/cbls9g/the_final_word_on_idle_voltages_for_3rd_gen_ryzen/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

"Is There Anything Else I Need To Know?

Yes, actually. The Ryzen CPU depends heavily on a low-power state called cc6 sleep. In this sleep state, core clockspeeds and voltages are basically nil as the core is sleeping and gated. It is not possible to report out the state of the core in this sleep state without waking the core, probing the status, and killing the power savings of cc6. Therefore, MOST tools can only show you the last clock and voltage of the core before the core went to cc6. So if you were at full 4.5GHz+ boost @ 1.48V, then the core went to sleep, many tools might show the core(s) stuck at that value. The tool just doesn't know any better.

However, the latest version of AMD Ryzen Master can uniquely show you clocks and voltages in a cc6 state. No other tool can do it. Neat piece of info for the people looking to understand how their core behaves!

tl;dr: Observer effect bad. You can't always trust your tools. CPU-Z gives you the right idle voltage. We'll look at the rest. Thank you everyone for your reports and insight, which helped us get to the bottom of this once and for all."

I installed Ryzen Master and it's showing my CPU temp under 70C while I'm running the game.

I feel better now. This is much more acceptable.

[Kamiyama]

Haha. This is why Speedfan gave me an accurate reading when idle. Speedfan can't read the cc6 setting properly. When my PC was idle speedfan wasn't reading the cores stuck in boost clock. So it gave an accurate 50C temperature.

But when I played the game, it used boost clock. Speedfan read the cores stuck in boost clock and thought it was running at a scorching 105C.

Ryzen Master is showing under 70C during gameplay. Because it can read the cores using cc6 sleep when they aren't boosting.

[Kamiyama]

Sometimes you learn something new.

This was fun.