GPU usage kinda backwards

[Aster]

I recently installed the game again. I used to play on this same pc at a constant 60 fps.
Now the game occasionally had its framerate drop, which was weird, so I monitored a few things for reference.

GPU is at around 40% usage to get this game to 60fps. BUT, if in game I look in a slightly more "intense" direction, the fps drops to a specific 10fps, using only around 20% of my GPU. For reference, I was in Quina's room. Looking at one side of the room to get 60fps, then looking at the opposite side of the room and getting 10fps. Outside the room were similar results.

CPU doesn't seem to be affected.

Checked other usual things, like driver updates, windows updates, trying different options, removing Geforce Experience, verifying files, reinstalling, checking temperature, checking if other games do that (they don't), nothing so far.

What I'm getting is that instead of using more GPU when needed, it lowers the usage instead.

I tried on another pc and no problems there (even though everything there is outdated).

I exhausted my list of things to check so here I am.

[raystevens73]

Open your Nvidia Control panel, since you listed GeForce I now it's Nvidia graphics, and select "manage 3d settings". At the right bottom of the the box click "restore" Then scroll the list and change OpenGL and Power Management to your GPU and max performance. Then at the top click Program Settings and click on the box 1:select a program to customize, scroll the list and make sure you haven't added DDDA.exe in the past. If you do the above for that list instead of the Global list.

[Aster]

I did everything you said step by step but nothing changed.

[raystevens73]

From what you list above about looking around the room, is 60fps wall close to you and 10 fps away from you, same outside? Sounds like your taking a DoF hit or Shadows/Lighting, but that should increase cards usage %. Hence the post above power saving drops performance. Oh! BTW Windows has a setting for this also now under power and sleep.

And on a side note: other games don't do it: are they older games that use DirectX 9c?

[Aster]

Yeah I know about the windows power options. Nothing changed when changing those.

As for the other games I tried, they were modern, so I'm pretty sure they weren't Dx9.
Last ones I tried were Monster Hunter World, Assassin's Creed Origins, and Skyrim SE.

[raystevens73]

I would try using DDU to remove and re-install the GPU drivers(try older drivers also) and re-install DX 9c to start with and maybe do a stress test on your card just to make sure its not a card issue.

[Aster]

I'd rather not mess with GPU drivers, especially since everything else works fine, and my previous version had the same problem even though it was the same one that worked with the game before.
Reinstalling DX9 might not hurt but the normal microsoft installer won't work on win10 so I have no idea how to do that.

[raystevens73]

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34429

[Aster]

This is the one I tried. The downloaded file won't run as it says I need an older version of Windows.

[raystevens73]

Sorry sent the old link, use this:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=35

Note that it will not replace corrupt files just install anything missing.

[Aster]

Ran the installer. It said that no change was made because it found a newer version.

[raystevens73]

Yes so nothing is missing there then and the only way to remove DX and re-install is in safe mode, so I would skip that unless you notice other issues.

[Aster]

I'm not super familiar with that so I'd rather avoid doing that.