Ark not using 100% of GPU - Low FPS

[KW]

So recently ARK has never used more than 20-30% of my GPU usage, and inside my base I get around 20-25 FPS. ARK is the only game that does this, its not a CPU or RAM overheat or bottleneck, as those never go above 60%. Anyone have a solution?

Lowering or raising graphics settings does nothing, ive even tried putting on an INI and that doesnt improve fps or usage at all

I have all my drivers up to date, even did a clean install, I have my GPU to 'prefer maximum performance' in my NVIDIA Settings

SPECS:
Ryzen 5 2600X
GTX 1070
16 Gb DDR4 RAM

[tametheark]

Send me a message on Discord, I can create a custom INI to help boost your graphic settings, I also don't recommend the newest nvidia card updates if you have a 1070, because it's adding all the new Raytracing files and stuff that you don't even own. tametheark#8442

[-A7 Demon Seed-]

Originally posted by wKing36:

So recently ARK has never used more than 20-30% of my GPU usage, and inside my base I get around 20-25 FPS. ARK is the only game that does this, its not a CPU or RAM overheat or bottleneck, as those never go above 60%. Anyone have a solution?

Lowering or raising graphics settings does nothing, ive even tried putting on an INI and that doesnt improve fps or usage at all

I have all my drivers up to date, even did a clean install, I have my GPU to 'prefer maximum performance' in my NVIDIA Settings

SPECS:
Ryzen 5 2600X
GTX 1070
16 Gb DDR4 RAM

cpu bottleneck is the only thing it could be

[KW]

Originally posted by ☘︎A7 Nebula☘:

Originally posted by wKing36:

So recently ARK has never used more than 20-30% of my GPU usage, and inside my base I get around 20-25 FPS. ARK is the only game that does this, its not a CPU or RAM overheat or bottleneck, as those never go above 60%. Anyone have a solution?

Lowering or raising graphics settings does nothing, ive even tried putting on an INI and that doesnt improve fps or usage at all

I have all my drivers up to date, even did a clean install, I have my GPU to 'prefer maximum performance' in my NVIDIA Settings

SPECS:
Ryzen 5 2600X
GTX 1070
16 Gb DDR4 RAM

cpu bottleneck is the only thing it could be

Ive chekced msi afterburner while playing, most of my cores stay at about 30% usage and only go up to max 60%, temps are all low as well

[Zera_Fox]

Originally posted by wKing36:

Originally posted by ☘︎A7 Nebula☘:

cpu bottleneck is the only thing it could be

Ive chekced msi afterburner while playing, most of my cores stay at about 30% usage and only go up to max 60%, temps are all low as well

Msi afterburner iirc has been proven to cause issues with ARK.
Try disabling it.

[Pisaro]

Originally posted by wKing36:

Originally posted by ☘︎A7 Nebula☘:

cpu bottleneck is the only thing it could be

Ive chekced msi afterburner while playing, most of my cores stay at about 30% usage and only go up to max 60%, temps are all low as well

When the gpu usage is below 95%, then you have a CPU bottleneck, no matter how high the cpu usage is.

Problem here: that shouldn't be with a GTX 1070. With that card you should have a full gpu limit.

What is the mhz clock from you cpu DURING Ark? Don't tab out to the desktop to check that.

There must be a problem with the core clock or whatever. What are your temperatures exactly?

[retsam1]

Originally posted by wKing36:

So recently ARK has never used more than 20-30% of my GPU usage, and inside my base I get around 20-25 FPS. ARK is the only game that does this, its not a CPU or RAM overheat or bottleneck, as those never go above 60%. Anyone have a solution?

Lowering or raising graphics settings does nothing, ive even tried putting on an INI and that doesnt improve fps or usage at all

I have all my drivers up to date, even did a clean install, I have my GPU to 'prefer maximum performance' in my NVIDIA Settings

SPECS:
Ryzen 5 2600X
GTX 1070
16 Gb DDR4 RAM

1. For the sake of clarity, go to the steam help menu, click system information and then copy paste all that information here so we can see what steam detects for your rig and any potential discrepancies. What you say and what steam detects can have such discrepancies.

2. As mentioned, do not overclock, use msi afterburner, etc. They're well known issue makers for ark.

3. Play ark within the means of your rig. A 1070 is not meant to play ark in the best settings for the game. Use geforce experience to show you the base line settings you should be using in game AND lower them accordingly if you are playing with more demanding game considerations(ie urban sprawl of bases and dino lots, super boosted settings, modded content use etc). In other words ground your expectations accordingly.

[KW]

Originally posted by retsam1:

Originally posted by wKing36:

So recently ARK has never used more than 20-30% of my GPU usage, and inside my base I get around 20-25 FPS. ARK is the only game that does this, its not a CPU or RAM overheat or bottleneck, as those never go above 60%. Anyone have a solution?

Lowering or raising graphics settings does nothing, ive even tried putting on an INI and that doesnt improve fps or usage at all

I have all my drivers up to date, even did a clean install, I have my GPU to 'prefer maximum performance' in my NVIDIA Settings

SPECS:
Ryzen 5 2600X
GTX 1070
16 Gb DDR4 RAM

1. For the sake of clarity, go to the steam help menu, click system information and then copy paste all that information here so we can see what steam detects for your rig and any potential discrepancies. What you say and what steam detects can have such discrepancies.

2. As mentioned, do not overclock, use msi afterburner, etc. They're well known issue makers for ark.

3. Play ark within the means of your rig. A 1070 is not meant to play ark in the best settings for the game. Use geforce experience to show you the base line settings you should be using in game AND lower them accordingly if you are playing with more demanding game considerations(ie urban sprawl of bases and dino lots, super boosted settings, modded content use etc). In other words ground your expectations accordingly.

I havnt used afterburner or anything for overclocking, ive just used it to measure my usages over time

I changed the settings to be less than optimal, made no difference

heres the system info:

Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: AuthenticAMD
CPU Brand: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core Processor
CPU Family: 0x17
CPU Model: 0x8
CPU Stepping: 0x2
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 3600 Mhz
12 logical processors
6 physical processors
HyperThreading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Supported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported
AES: Supported
AVX: Supported
AVX2: Supported
AVX512F: Unsupported
AVX512PF: Unsupported
AVX512ER: Unsupported
AVX512CD: Unsupported
AVX512VNNI: Unsupported
SHA: Supported
CMPXCHG16B: Supported
LAHF/SAHF: Supported
PrefetchW: Unsupported

Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
DirectX Driver Name: nvldumd.dll
Driver Version: 27.21.14.6109
DirectX Driver Version: 27.21.14.6109
Driver Date: 12 31 2020
OpenGL Version: 4.6
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
DirectX Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
VendorID: 0x10de
DeviceID: 0x1b81
Revision: 0xa1
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
No SLI or Crossfire Detected
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 20.51" x 11.54" (23.50" diag)
52.1cm x 29.3cm (59.7cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 8191 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x
Memory:
RAM: 16334 Mb

[KW]

Originally posted by Pisaro27:

Originally posted by wKing36:

Ive chekced msi afterburner while playing, most of my cores stay at about 30% usage and only go up to max 60%, temps are all low as well

When the gpu usage is below 95%, then you have a CPU bottleneck, no matter how high the cpu usage is.

Problem here: that shouldn't be with a GTX 1070. With that card you should have a full gpu limit.

What is the mhz clock from you cpu DURING Ark? Don't tab out to the desktop to check that.

There must be a problem with the core clock or whatever. What are your temperatures exactly?

During ark the clock is running at 1582 mHz, considering its marketed as 3600 mHz it looks like that is the issue

GPU temp stays at around 55 and CPU stays around 35

[retsam1]

Originally posted by wKing36:

I havnt used afterburner or anything for overclocking, ive just used it to measure my usages over time

I changed the settings to be less than optimal, made no difference

1. You cut off some system info.
2. Removing msi afterburner is best. Even running in the background as a process can be potentially a problem.

3. Are you using modded content? If so, list all mods by name and in the load order being used.

4. Are playing in single player or on a server? Which map specifically are you having these fps issues strongest with? If you go to an official Island map server(ie best test control due to default settings/no mods etc), do you have the exact same issues? Obviously if you join an official island map with urban sprawl though that's about the only other fps skewing possibility.

5. How are you tracking fps? If you're using an overlay, disable it(overlays aren't recommended in ark either). Use the in game fps meter instead.

6. For now(since you cut that info off) I'll assume you're on win10. If you are not, that could be a contributing issue.

7. Also if you are on an HDD(again you cut off that info ) that can be a possibility for slowness of renders and other things.

8. Remove all launch commands. If you are doing so, most of them are obsolete and can cause issues.

[KW]

Originally posted by retsam1:

Originally posted by wKing36:

I havnt used afterburner or anything for overclocking, ive just used it to measure my usages over time

I changed the settings to be less than optimal, made no difference

1. You cut off some system info.
2. Removing msi afterburner is best. Even running in the background as a process can be potentially a problem.

3. Are you using modded content? If so, list all mods by name and in the load order being used.

4. Are playing in single player or on a server? Which map specifically are you having these fps issues strongest with? If you go to an official Island map server(ie best test control due to default settings/no mods etc), do you have the exact same issues? Obviously if you join an official island map with urban sprawl though that's about the only other fps skewing possibility.

5. How are you tracking fps? If you're using an overlay, disable it(overlays aren't recommended in ark either). Use the in game fps meter instead.

6. For now(since you cut that info off) I'll assume you're on win10. If you are not, that could be a contributing issue.

7. Also if you are on an HDD(again you cut off that info ) that can be a possibility for slowness of renders and other things.

8. Remove all launch commands. If you are doing so, most of them are obsolete and can cause issues.

sorry i swear i put all the specs:
i removed afterburner, didnt do anything
happens on both modded and official
tracking fps using ingame "stat fps" command
using an m.2 ssd
windows 10
have no launch commands enabled

Seems I have a cpu bottleneck as my cpu only runs at 1500 mhZ, do you know any way to fix or improve this? ty for ur help btw

[skyguard]

According to Bottleneck calculator, your CPU and GPU should be working great together at 1080P with no bottleneck (it shows in the green at 4.47% GPU bottleneck, which they consider anything below 10% good to go), there must be something else going on.