Is it supposed to be 100% CPU usage in New Atlantis?

[mtkdragon]

Damn, seems like the game really hates the 5800X3D. I dont remember been like hits on GP.

[Ultrabot]

It's a CPU heavy game yes, apparently the the process manager view is misleading though, does it say the same in Nvidia/AMD overview?

[mtkdragon]

Originally posted by Ultrabot:

It's a CPU heavy game yes, apparently the the process manager view is misleading though, does it say the same in Nvidia/AMD overview?

It's 95-100% usage in AMD Overview, yes.

[HeyYou]

What processor ya got? What else is running in the background?

[mtkdragon]

Originally posted by HeyYou:

What processor ya got? What else is running in the background?

5800X3D with a 7800XT, 16Gb Ram @ 1440p

I guess only Steam and Discord?

[HeyYou]

Might wanna have a look at task manager, and see which processes are eating your CPU's lunch..... Also check the startup tab, that'll tell ya most of what is starting with windows.

[󠀡󠀡]

Depends on settings and resolution.

[K§H]

Originally posted by mtkdragon:

Originally posted by Ultrabot:

It's a CPU heavy game yes, apparently the the process manager view is misleading though, does it say the same in Nvidia/AMD overview?

It's 95-100% usage in AMD Overview, yes.

You probably know this, but just in case someone reading this doesn't - the total calculated CPU usage or load is useless in gauging game performance, what you have to be looking at is each individual thread (this can also be set in the Task Manager's Performance tab). This wouldn't apply directly in this specific case, but I have often had games where the CPU collectively is only at 10-15% usage, while my CPU was clearly struggling with the game, but looking at each individual thread it was clear that the main threads of the game were completely maxed out, my CPU simply not able to calculate faster, leading to stuttering and whatnot.

TL;DR Always look at the individual threads, ignore the total usage metric.

And also, yeah, this game is insanely CPU intensive, much more than it should be. It has also hated AMD CPUs from the beginning - at launch at least, many newer AMD CPUs were crushed by considerably older Intel CPUs. They may have balanced that out more a bit now though

For reference, my old and trusty 9900K @ 5GHz on all cores was always at or near 100% CPU usage in New Atlantis last time I played, with every single of the sixteen possible threads more or less completely maxed out.

[dprijadi]

Originally posted by mtkdragon:

Damn, seems like the game really hates the 5800X3D. I dont remember been like hits on GP.

never once it hit 80% CPU and i am using old intel CPU

i think your winddows setting is wrong , or you use 'full performance' instead of 'balanced' power setting

use THROTTLESTOP app and click the 'disable turbo' so your CPU dont rampage full power

[K§H]

Originally posted by dprijadi:

never once it hit 80% CPU and i am using old intel CPU

That's completely dependent on FPS, though - the higher the FPS the more demand will be placed on the CPU as it still has to make all its calculations per frame. If you are below 80% total usage on an older CPU (thinking older than 10th gen Intel here) in New Atlantis, that also tells me that your FPS cannot be very high, and that you are actively forcing the CPU to under-perform (which is usually only sensible if you have insufficient cooling, or if the CPU is so weak that you want to avoid maxing out the threads, which can cause instability in many games).