Extremely high CPU-usage?

[Karth vs Mario vs Sonic]

Hey, so like others, I've been getting some pretty bad performance on PC. I've kept on eye on my CPU usage and though I exceed the recommended requirements, I'm using almost 100% on medium settings with lots of features turned off. I keep stuttering and have generally low framerates, even when there aren't any explosions happening!

I really don't want to have to upgrade my GPU or CPU considering they're both less than 3 years old!

Specs:
i5-750 OC'd to 4.0ghz
GTX 770 2 GB
Win 7
8GB DDR3

[FactionSlayer]

You have to play the game at 720p with that GPU, you honestly do not have enough Vram for anything much higher. Settings mean almost nothing in this game, the only way to see performance increases is tied to resolution sadly.

Not sure why you are getting so much CPU usage, but i'm 95% sure your issue lies with your Vram/System ram.

[Veeshan]

I vastly imkproved my framerate and overall performance by allowing WIndows to use 16g of virtual memory on my SSD (I also only have 8gb ram). I hear it's RAM heavy. But I do have a 3g vram card, perhaps that contributed.

[Karth vs Mario vs Sonic]

Publicado originalmente por FactionSlayer:

You have to play the game at 720p with that GPU, you honestly do not have enough Vram for anything much higher. Settings mean almost nothing in this game, the only way to see performance increases is tied to resolution sadly.

Not sure why you are getting so much CPU usage, but i'm 95% sure your issue lies with your Vram/System ram.

Sigh, I guess that was 300 bucks down the drain. Maybe I'll be able to afford a new GPU somewhere down the road. Still don't know why it performs so badly on a 2 gig card on medium settings. I mean, I got GTAV working fairly well on medium-ish settings.

[CursedPanther]

Playing at 720p with a 770 is exaggerated. What really is bottlenecking your PC is the CPU.

[FactionSlayer]

Publicado originalmente por CursedPanther:

Playing at 720p with a 770 is exaggerated. What really is bottlenecking your PC is the CPU.

Not really, this game uses 3.5GB Vram at least on 1080p with med settings and he only has 8GB of system ram as well so he will run out of both.

[CursedPanther]

Publicado originalmente por FactionSlayer:

Publicado originalmente por CursedPanther:

Playing at 720p with a 770 is exaggerated. What really is bottlenecking your PC is the CPU.

Not really, this game uses 3.5GB Vram at least on 1080p with med settings and he only has 8GB of system ram as well so he will run out of both.

That only means he'll get lower fps and not necessarily 'unplayable'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYJ1K9Plq84

[Samadhi]

Your I5 750 is a 6 year old CPU mate, not 3.
Add to that your GPU being underwhelming, its no surprise you are having issues.

[Karth vs Mario vs Sonic]

Publicado originalmente por Samaister:

Your I5 750 is a 6 year old CPU mate, not 3.
Add to that your GPU being underwhelming, its no surprise you are having issues.

Regardless, it's running at 4ghz. Shouldn't it be a non-issue?

[Samadhi]

Publicado originalmente por Karth the College Dropout:

Publicado originalmente por Samaister:

Your I5 750 is a 6 year old CPU mate, not 3.
Add to that your GPU being underwhelming, its no surprise you are having issues.

Regardless, it's running at 4ghz. Shouldn't it be a non-issue?

No, its a big issue.
The older CPUs are much slower due to not having the northbridge on the CPU die etc etc.
If you had a 4GB GPU then you could nail it down whether its your CPU or GPU but with both below spec its hard to be certain.

Just FYI i have an I7 950 + GTX970 and the game runs great, but i need to OC the CPU to 3.7GHz to use the GPU effectively(with JC3).
So it may work for your I5 but your GPU is def. holding you back.

[Karth vs Mario vs Sonic]

Publicado originalmente por Samaister:

Publicado originalmente por Karth the College Dropout:

Regardless, it's running at 4ghz. Shouldn't it be a non-issue?

No, its a big issue.
The older CPUs are much slower due to not having the northbridge on the CPU die etc etc.
If you had a 4GB GPU then you could nail it down whether its your CPU or GPU but with both below spec its hard to be certain.

Just FYI i have an I7 950 + GTX970 and the game runs great, but i need to OC the CPU to 3.7GHz to use the GPU effectively.
So it may work for your I5 but you GPU is def. holding you back.

I see. Well, I was hoping it wouldn't have to come to this, but if I buy a new CPU, I need a new mobo. If I need a new mobo, might as well get a new GPU. New GPU, might as well get a new case. New case, might as well get a modular PSU. I'll basically be building from scratch.

Oh man, this ain't gonna be cheap ;_;

[Samadhi]

Publicado originalmente por Karth the College Dropout:

Publicado originalmente por Samaister:

No, its a big issue.
The older CPUs are much slower due to not having the northbridge on the CPU die etc etc.
If you had a 4GB GPU then you could nail it down whether its your CPU or GPU but with both below spec its hard to be certain.

Just FYI i have an I7 950 + GTX970 and the game runs great, but i need to OC the CPU to 3.7GHz to use the GPU effectively.
So it may work for your I5 but you GPU is def. holding you back.

I see. Well, I was hoping it wouldn't have to come to this, but if I buy a new CPU, I need a new mobo. If I need a new mobo, might as well get a new GPU. New GPU, might as well get a new case. New case, might as well get a modular PSU. I'll basically be building from scratch.

Oh man, this ain't gonna be cheap ;_;

Get the GPU first, you may be ok just with that.
Plus, you need a new one anyway if you wan't to play todays games at decent framerates.
Like i said, you may be ok with your I5, they are still a reasonable CPU.

[Karth vs Mario vs Sonic]

Publicado originalmente por Samaister:

Publicado originalmente por Karth the College Dropout:

I see. Well, I was hoping it wouldn't have to come to this, but if I buy a new CPU, I need a new mobo. If I need a new mobo, might as well get a new GPU. New GPU, might as well get a new case. New case, might as well get a modular PSU. I'll basically be building from scratch.

Oh man, this ain't gonna be cheap ;_;

Get the GPU first, you may be ok just with that.
Plus, you need a new one anyway if you wan't to play todays games at decent framerates.
Like i said, you may be ok with your I5, they are still a reasonable CPU.

That still brings up the issue that I bought a mid-tower when I built my first rig. Any bigger cards basically force me to get a bigger case, and at that point I might as well just build from scratch.

[Samadhi]

Publicado originalmente por Karth the College Dropout:

Publicado originalmente por Samaister:

Get the GPU first, you may be ok just with that.
Plus, you need a new one anyway if you wan't to play todays games at decent framerates.
Like i said, you may be ok with your I5, they are still a reasonable CPU.

That still brings up the issue that I bought a mid-tower when I built my first rig. Any bigger cards basically force me to get a bigger case, and at that point I might as well just build from scratch.

Different manufacturers produce the same cards but with different size specifications.
I recommend you have a look around before you throw away your old PC :)

[Karth vs Mario vs Sonic]

Publicado originalmente por Samaister:

Publicado originalmente por Karth the College Dropout:

That still brings up the issue that I bought a mid-tower when I built my first rig. Any bigger cards basically force me to get a bigger case, and at that point I might as well just build from scratch.

Different manufacturers produce the same cards but with different size specifications.
I recommend you have a look around before you throw away your old PC :)

You raise a point, but that's some time in the future anyhow. I can't afford a new card right now and definitely don't NEED to play JC3. With any hopes they'll optimize the game a bit and maybe I'll be able to play at a better framerate. For now, I'll just let it be.

[CursedPanther]

I think the 770 is still a fairly decent card, unless you demand top notch graphics with all the latest triple-A titles. Upgrade the CPU and motherboard first.