High GPU usage but low FPS

[OJ Simp]

I just built myself a new pc, which uses an AMD 5 5600G w/ Radeon integrated graphics as the GPU (since I'm poor). This should be more than enough for TF2, but my GPU usage in the main menu is around 10%, and in game, this spikes up to around 60%, with around 30% CPU usage, spiking to 50%. Dispite this usage however, I still get a max of 50 FPS while just facing a wall, and around 20 FPS when actually in combat, with very frequent FPS drops. I know this is not a hardware issue, since I have a laptop with the AMD 5 5600U (which has worse graphics and a worse CPU), and on that, the CPU usage doesn't exceed 10% in game, and GPU does not exceed 5%, and I get over 120 FPS while in combat, and on both these machines, I have all my settings on max. I also know it is not something to do with a texture pack (I use Toonhud), since without it, the FPS and resource usage is essentially the same. If someone could help me with this I would greatly appreciate it, since it is extremely annoying and just doesn't make sense.

[76561198240863610]

Download masterconfig low preset

Set launch options

-novid -nojoy -nosteamcontroller -nohltv -particles 1 -precachefontchars -noquicktime


And try -dxlevel command
Test all of them and see which one will have the highest FPS and a stable game

-dxlevel 80
-dxlevel 81
-dxlevel 90
-dxlevel 95

[OJ Simp]

no but thats on low graphics preset, my pc should handle max graphics easily since my other laptop does

[rocketgreentea]

Tf2 famously can no longer run on the hardware of the year it released, so I would chalk it up to bad optimization on Valve’s part. You might have more luck with frames when the 64 bit version of the game leaves beta.

[OJ Simp]

but then how am i getting 120 fps on my other pc with a worse processor and graphics

[76561199620107954]

Originally posted by escobar es un negro:

but then how am i getting 120 fps on my other pc with a worse processor and graphics

Try to download that masterconfig low preset for me works perfectly, constant 144fps locked without drops

[rocketgreentea]

Originally posted by escobar es un negro:

but then how am i getting 120 fps on my other pc with a worse processor and graphics

Is it only in TF2? Have you benchmarked other games as well? I assume you have already, and if it really is only in TF2 it’s quite puzzling.

It’s a stretch but you can try a few things. Try getting a fresh install of the game. Turn steam cloud off, uninstall the game, go to your common files and delete the TF2 folder. Reinstall the game and reconfigure everything, do a benchmark without any config being installed, just to see if there’s any difference you notice.

[OJ Simp]

ive benchmarker other games and even stress tested it, every time its getting good fps, better than my laptop, and i also reinstalled the game through deleting the common folder, didnt work

[OJ Simp]

now with mastercomfig installed with the settings mentioned, im getting 100% gpu usage, literally hl2 goes up to 99.7%, just in the main menu, and in game the fps only goes up by around 10, andthe frame drops are still quite frequent, along with the fact that the game looks like a turd. on my other laptop i have all settings set to high without mastercomfig, and still getting good fps, so i shouldn't have to lower graphics here to get good fps

[OJ Simp]

alright i think i may have fixed it a bit, i set everything to high, uninstalled mastercomfig, but turned off vsync and set shaders to none, now im getting around 50-60fps while in battle, and 80 at max, and there are essentially no frame drops. still lower than my other pc, but its good enough

[Lady Alcina Dimitrescu]

Originally posted by PETITION TO BAN CLOWN:

Download masterconfig low preset

Set launch options

-novid -nojoy -nosteamcontroller -nohltv -particles 1 -precachefontchars -noquicktime


And try -dxlevel command
Test all of them and see which one will have the highest FPS and a stable game

-dxlevel 80
-dxlevel 81
-dxlevel 90
-dxlevel 95

Please stop, you don't know what you're talking about.

[Lady Alcina Dimitrescu]

For the record people, mastercomfig low is not the solution to every performance problem.
You have to find the config that suits your PC, you cannot directly download "low preset" and get 300 FPS boost.

[Lady Alcina Dimitrescu]

Originally posted by rocketgreentea:

Tf2 famously can no longer run on the hardware of the year it released, so I would chalk it up to bad optimization on Valve’s part. You might have more luck with frames when the 64 bit version of the game leaves beta.

This is also a famous lie, it does work better with updated hardware.
Go and use a Intel i9 13700K and use Intel i5 5700.
Then come back and say that again.

[Lady Alcina Dimitrescu]

Now, AMD cards generally has worse integrated graphics compare to Intel cards.

Can you give us your full PC specs ?
Amount of RAM,
CPU (actually you mentioned it nvm)
The SSD or HDD the TF2 running on.
Did you used any other config before ?
Is your integrated graphics card able to run other source games well ?

Edit:

For the record, I strongly recommend you to purchase a dedicated Graphics card.
Integrated graphics does nothing but slowing down your CPU and PC.

Even something slighty better than your Integrated GPU would be better.
Check for a decent GTX card, they're generally cheaper.
Or purchase an AMD Radeon HD series. (GTX version of AMD)

[Guilion]

Sounds to me like your vram cache is full.
Have you tried to open the console and typed "unbindall"? This releases the VRAM memory bound at the applicatiom startup.

[Bob]

Originally posted by Guilion:

Sounds to me like your vram cache is full.
Have you tried to open the console and typed "unbindall"? This releases the VRAM memory bound at the applicatiom startup.

That is a lie. Do not tryst him. Just think what the words from this command "unbind all" mean.