Insanely high GPU usage

[Amins]

GPU is RX 5700 XT. Drivers are up to date.

Even on the lowest possible settings, GPU usage is at a constant 100 percent. Sitting on the main menu runs at 75 percent. I have seen other reports of people having high GPU usage, with my model as well as others. It doesn't appear to exclusively be effecting AMD either. Hopefully this is something that can be addressed by the developers in the near future.

[Green1]

You want your GPU to be used 99 to 100%. Cpu no.

[Cryzoa]

it's bad to not have 100% usage.

[Amins]

Interesting. I thought this may be the cause of the poor performance. Even at lowest settings, there is a significant amount of stutter. Although, plenty of other people are having no issues.

CPU is Ryzen 7 3700X 8-core
32GB RAM

I feel like this should be more than enough.

[Hairy Mouse]

My GPU usage stays at a consistent 85% with all settings at epic, and DLSS off.

My GPU usage stays at a consistent 85% with all settings medium, and DLSS Performance.

[Gokuofuin]

Originally posted by Amins:

GPU is RX 5700 XT. Drivers are up to date.

Even on the lowest possible settings, GPU usage is at a constant 100 percent. Sitting on the main menu runs at 75 percent. I have seen other reports of people having high GPU usage, with my model as well as others. It doesn't appear to exclusively be effecting AMD either. Hopefully this is something that can be addressed by the developers in the near future.

I fixed mine by lowering my system res to 1080, because I run fullscreen and there is no borderless fullscreen in the game it means that if you are like me and running a 4K monitor with that res then the game trys to run in 4K. Which is why my GPU was capped.

Once I went to 1080 then the GPU calmed down even on high graphics its still chill at like 60%

[Amins]

Originally posted by Gokuofuin:

Originally posted by Amins:

GPU is RX 5700 XT. Drivers are up to date.

Even on the lowest possible settings, GPU usage is at a constant 100 percent. Sitting on the main menu runs at 75 percent. I have seen other reports of people having high GPU usage, with my model as well as others. It doesn't appear to exclusively be effecting AMD either. Hopefully this is something that can be addressed by the developers in the near future.

I fixed mine by lowering my system res to 1080, because I run fullscreen and there is no borderless fullscreen in the game it means that if you are like me and running a 4K monitor with that res then the game trys to run in 4K. Which is why my GPU was capped.

Once I went to 1080 then the GPU calmed down even on high graphics its still chill at like 60%

Yeah, I did this immediately as well, but it isn't having enough of an effect. It's also defaulting to the lowest possible resolution when playing in windowed mode, and even that isn't enough it seems. It's playable but still kind of choppy.

[Notius]

Originally posted by karhu:

Originally posted by Green1:

You want your GPU to be used 99 to 100%. Cpu no.

Originally posted by Cryzoa:

it's bad to not have 100% usage.

Careful with the generalizations. If you want your GPU to run colder/generate less heat, pay less money for electricity or have a frame rate that is actually useful with your devices refresh rate, then there is no reason to run your GPU at 100%

The gpu will run as fast as it can unless you limit it somehow. Unlimited, basically any 3d game is 100%. If you want to reduce usage or have your card run cooler, then you'll need to start looking into adjusting your fan curves or undervolting.

[The Seraph of Tomorrow]

Capping the frame rate does wonders for making the game run smoothly.

I set mine to cap at 60 for the smoothest performance without sacrificing visual quality.

[Gokuofuin]

Originally posted by Amins:

Originally posted by Gokuofuin:

I fixed mine by lowering my system res to 1080, because I run fullscreen and there is no borderless fullscreen in the game it means that if you are like me and running a 4K monitor with that res then the game trys to run in 4K. Which is why my GPU was capped.

Once I went to 1080 then the GPU calmed down even on high graphics its still chill at like 60%

Yeah, I did this immediately as well, but it isn't having enough of an effect. It's also defaulting to the lowest possible resolution when playing in windowed mode, and even that isn't enough it seems. It's playable but still kind of choppy.

Ya really weird thing, I just noticed now that my GPU is back up to 90% so I assume that the update did something to effect it. Because it was chilling like 50% to 60% max. Oh well dont worry they will fix it.

[drdan123456CZ]

Originally posted by Tech-Priest:

Capping the frame rate does wonders for making the game run smoothly.

I set mine to cap at 60 for the smoothest performance without sacrificing visual quality.

Right? here i am uncappedfps at 100% than 120fps 100% we got the 90fps at a whoppin 100% usage and then the epic 60fps which, you already guessed, its 100%

[Xaxiel9106]

Originally posted by Gokuofuin:

Originally posted by Amins:

GPU is RX 5700 XT. Drivers are up to date.

Even on the lowest possible settings, GPU usage is at a constant 100 percent. Sitting on the main menu runs at 75 percent. I have seen other reports of people having high GPU usage, with my model as well as others. It doesn't appear to exclusively be effecting AMD either. Hopefully this is something that can be addressed by the developers in the near future.

I fixed mine by lowering my system res to 1080, because I run fullscreen and there is no borderless fullscreen in the game it means that if you are like me and running a 4K monitor with that res then the game trys to run in 4K. Which is why my GPU was capped.

Once I went to 1080 then the GPU calmed down even on high graphics its still chill at like 60%

Thank you! I'm a bit stingy with my power bill and was startled when I opened up my AMD software to find I've been AFKing at 300+ watts this whole time. Just changing my display res from 4k to 1440 cut the power usage by more than half on same settings (300w vs 130-150w)

[montybrutals]

So, I have a 4070 desktop gpu that normally undervolts to 1000mv at around 2850 mhz.

This game WILL NOT lock my clock speeds to that number unless I am getting close to 120 fps.

Dlss on balanced settings on epic barring shadows and effects. Their ultra settings are light versions of Lumen effects, which are the entire reason unreal engine games have performance issues. It DOES run well for said effects.

They also seem to be the more optimized effects as I get tons of crashes at high framerates without settings being above medium. Just some insight here from someone who ♥♥♥♥♥♥ with engines alot at a prior job/school. Game's still a little shaky when setting custom setting, so I just use High preset.

So anyway, by capping my mhz to 2715 (about 15 percent lower) I finally saw the game lock to full usage while in world.

Capping framerate to 82 hz also did wonders for stutters/crashes.

Irregular framerate seems to really tax the games pathing; ideally lock to 60 if youre not a frame ♥♥♥♥♥ like me.