25 fps on a 1080 eGPU in Overcooked

[Lurch]

Hey all. I have a Yoga C930 laptop, highest configuration with an i7-8550U CPU, 16 Gigs RAM. I've bought an external GPU, an Aorus 1080. With the eGPU plugged into my computer, I can play Insurgency at 200fps, Witcher 3 at 80fps, and PUBG at 100fps, all at 1080P and ULTRA settings. Yet when I run Overcooked, I struggle to get over 30 fps, often settling around 24fps. This is in the main menu AND during game play. Changing the resolution from 4K to 1440P to 1080P has no effect on frame rate. There's nothing online that helped with this issue. I made sure the game is running on the eGPU and not the integrated graphics. What's up? Why can i get Witcher 3 on ultra to work at 80 fps but this indie game can't even reach 30?

I'm not using an external monitor. The eGPU usually has 50% load when in game, which is normal for any game i'm playing (or higher). I've tried many setting tweaks and a lot of online research and nothing. Polybridge, another Unity game, also has low FPS, yet Witcher 3 on ultra does fine. Maybe there's a correlation there? Please help!

[aznpoopascupa]

I'm having the same problem. Please help!!

[aznpoopascupa]

Just solved the problem on my computer.

1. Search for "Overcooked.exe" in the steam folder in windows explorer
2. Right click overcooked.exe
3. Select "run with graphics processor"
4. Select "high-performance nvidia graphics" or whatever GPU you have.

[Lurch]

I already tried that sadly. I also tried disabling the Integrated graphics completely. If I do that, then it seems that the CPU runs at 100% and i get only 5fps, while the eGPU is not under load at all. Yet if I close Overcooked and open Witcher 3, the eGPU does fine and I get 60fps.

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, Overcooked, and Poly Bridge all have sub 60 fps, while Witcher 3, PUBG and others are all +60fps. It seems the "lighter" games don't think they need the eGPU, and only run on the integrated graphics, which makes them perform badly. Disabling the integrated graphics doesn't work. I made sure all 3 games were running on the eGPU in the Nvidia Control Panell, but even though they were set to the GTX1080, the performance was low, and it was still using the integrated graphics along side the eGPU, but still sub 60 fps on these indie games.

Anyone have any idea how to get the eGPU to get utilized in these games?

[william]

Its just because its a unity game, unity is designed to be able to easily create games by handling the physics and lighting but it sacrifices performance to do it. This is the type of games that isn't effected too much by frame rate so its still playable.

[Caboose]

use the nvida control panel, and check if the game is properly listed in it. if not, add it, sometime it messes up the perf

[Jiheon]

just add overcooked.exe in nvidia control panel, and choose high performance nvidia processor. because of my nvidia experience cannot find from scanning method. i added manually and its work. not locked fps anymore, usually 60 fps but sometimes drop fps till 35 fps, it still acceptable and playable. enjoy

[FiX0N.mX]

I am having the same issue. using gtx1060 getting 25fps when trying coop on split keyboard