gpu usage 98% on ark!? why!?

[slayerdude18]

for some reason on the normal startup and even the low end graphics direct x10 startup my gpu has a 98% usage i dunno why but is there a way to solve this? my specs are i7- 7700 3,6ghz 32gb DDR4 2400mhz RTX2070 8gb aero [bought today]

[JDaremo Fireheart]

because it's a graphics hungry game.
BTW, ever since i made the switch to Win10 I've noticed that usage for ever game I run. Even the old 32bit ones

[slayerdude18]

wel here's the weird part, i have hitman 2 [2018] kingdom come deliverance, payday 2, and a bunch of other games installed some of em very heavy in graphics, the usage in those games doesnt go over 65 or in some cases 70% usage.

[JDaremo Fireheart]

That's odd. I play some graphic intense games as well, like Space Engineers, Empyrion, Osiris to name a few and it bounces between 70 + 80, while American Truck Sim & Euro Truck Sim 2 both max it out on medium settings.

I did get some stability after Disabling Game Mode in Win 10 as well as Disabling all XBone related apps.

[Turbodog]

I set Vsync on in the .ini file, capping at 60fps cuts way down on the GPU over run.

[margalus]

If your gpu isn't at 100% you are either CPU limited or you need to raise the quality.

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strix 1080ti 11gb @ 2000mhz
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i have every setting in ark at maximum, every slide bar, every extra setting possible turned on and i get nothing under 80fps on ragnarok surrounded by 300+ dinos and a massive base. my cpu usage never goes over 62-65% and my gpu runs around at the 85-95% mark as im not really pushing it too hard (i live in a climate that can hit 30c+ (100f+) and sits around 65% humidity even in winter.

[margalus]

Originally posted by kSp' gfish_:

asus x370-f
1800x @ 3.8g water cooled
g.skill 16gb flare-x @ 2933mhz
strix 1080ti 11gb @ 2000mhz
SSD 250g windows @ 450mb/s
SSD 500g gaming @ 550mb/s
HDD 2t storage @ 7200rpm
asus 33'' curved 144hz monitor

i have every setting in ark at maximum, every slide bar, every extra setting possible turned on and i get nothing under 80fps on ragnarok surrounded by 300+ dinos and a massive base. my cpu usage never goes over 62-65% and my gpu runs around at the 85-95% mark as im not really pushing it too hard (i live in a climate that can hit 30c+ (100f+) and sits around 65% humidity even in winter.

Are you using any launch parameters? The only way you could be getting anywhere near 80fps is if you were running dx10.

[Vesuvius]

Op... it doesnt matter if you are using a 750ti or a 2080ti.... you Want to be using 100% of your gpu.... its your CPU you want to be as low as possible.

[slayerdude18]

100% of the gpu vesuvius?? when that happens you get lags bottlenecking behaviour XD you dont want the gpu on a full 100% are you trying to blast your gpu to smithereens or something?

[Vesuvius]

Originally posted by slayerdude18:

100% of the gpu vesuvius?? when that happens you get lags bottlenecking behaviour XD you dont want the gpu on a full 100% are you trying to blast your gpu to smithereens or something?

100% gpu usage is only abnormal when you are not under load.... when you Are underload you Want high gpu usage.

You buy a powerful car to give you grunt when you need it... doesnt mean you go pedal to the metal in the supermarket car park.

[margalus]

Originally posted by slayerdude18:

100% of the gpu vesuvius?? when that happens you get lags bottlenecking behaviour XD you dont want the gpu on a full 100% are you trying to blast your gpu to smithereens or something?

Yes you do want the gpu at 100%.

[MalGames91]

I have gtx 1080 and i7 9700k and the game maxxes my GPU to get 60fps, I turned it down to 30 cuz I want higher than medium graphics and ya really don't like my card using more than 80% very often. You can control your fps with this console command < t.maxfps 30 > or whatever cap you want, don't have to write 30

[margalus]

Originally posted by lifeb4ai:

I have gtx 1080 and i7 9700k and the game maxxes my GPU to get 60fps, I turned it down to 30 cuz I want higher than medium graphics and ya really don't like my card using more than 80% very often. You can control your fps with this console command < t.maxfps 30 > or whatever cap you want, don't have to write 30

That's fine if you like it. But your gpu is designed to run at 100%. As long as you keep the fans running there is no harm to the gpu.

[BumpInTheNight]

As above mentioned: If you're talking about during the loading/opening menu phase its likely your vsync isn't capped so its drawing as fast as possible even when it doesn't need to. Btw Ark, even in 2019 still doesn't offer this as an in-game setting so you'll have to use Nvidia's control panel or a third party tool like Nvidia Inspector to set that cap.

For instance my 2080TI is also 100% but drawing like 600FPS on the main menu, because I didn't re-add that cap after a driver flush/update. (thanks for reminding me to do that)