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bonzobenny Sep 1, 2018 @ 11:55am
GPU 100%
I have a laptop with a GTX 950M. I have ensured this graphics card is running as default for Two Point Hospital. Even so, when I am in game the card is running extremely hot at 100% performance. Even when I set the the resolution and graphics settings to the lowest possible the card is still at 100%, and that's just sitting at the menu! I know it's not the most powerful card but I can't believe that this performance can be right at these settings.

Has anyone had any similar experiences?
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BumpInTheNight Sep 1, 2018 @ 12:06pm 
By default vsync is off and (for me) it set my max FPS to 150, turn on vsync and see if that helps, it could be over-drawing beyond what your laptop's display can do.
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Akanaro Sep 1, 2018 @ 12:06pm 
Yeah the game is somewhat heavy on GPU's. Mine stays around 80% while playing but it is a very old card (GTX 660 Ti). I'm playing at default settings. It might just be time for an upgrade.
Last edited by Akanaro; Sep 1, 2018 @ 12:07pm
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Tech Enthusiast Sep 1, 2018 @ 12:06pm 
The 950m is actually a damn slow card. So id guess the performance you see is as expected.
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Jeruzalem Sep 1, 2018 @ 12:15pm 
MINIMUM:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i3 6100 or AMD FX-4350
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce GT 1030, 2GB (Legacy: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460), AMD RX550, 2GB (Legacy: AMD Radeon HD 6850), Integrated: Intel HD Graphics 630
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 5 GB available space

i dont know what legacy means, maybe the lowest of the lowest requirement, but its safe to say that a 1000 series is needed to play the game properly.
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bonzobenny Sep 1, 2018 @ 12:41pm 
Ok appreciate the replies. Yea I never bought it as a gaming laptop, the dedicated card has at least let me play pretty much any indie game and older gen games pretty well.

Maybe the art style had me fooled, as I thought it wouldn't be too intensive. I had to try it though for the memories!
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Jeruzalem Sep 1, 2018 @ 12:45pm 
Originally posted by bonzobenny:
Ok appreciate the replies. Yea I never bought it as a gaming laptop, the dedicated card has at least let me play pretty much any indie game and older gen games pretty well.

Maybe the art style had me fooled, as I thought it wouldn't be too intensive. I had to try it though for the memories!
well, thats the weird thing. such a game shouldnt have such high requirements. but even i noticed some lagging when i had a sudden big influx of patients, so i guess it comes down to optimization. to tell you my experience, star wars battlefront 2015 on high graphics ran fine on my gtx 670, while in fallout 4 i could barely hit 40 fps on medium settings :P
Last edited by Jeruzalem; Sep 1, 2018 @ 12:46pm
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Super Bambaspis Sep 1, 2018 @ 12:46pm 
Originally posted by bonzobenny:
Ok appreciate the replies. Yea I never bought it as a gaming laptop, the dedicated card has at least let me play pretty much any indie game and older gen games pretty well.

Maybe the art style had me fooled, as I thought it wouldn't be too intensive. I had to try it though for the memories!

Your problem is likely two fold:

1) Your GPU is pretty much exactly the min spec. That's fine, but it's going to be easily taxed.

2) You need to cap your FPS. The game is running at as many frames as possible, so that means 100% on that GPU at any detail level. There is a slider in the video options for 'Maximum FPS'. Change that setting to see how it affects your GPU usage. You can take it all the way down to 30, which is probably where you should start and increase from there.

edit: I just tested. Even on my GTX 1070 the GPU usage ramps up to 99% when I increase the frame cap high enough when I'm in the main menu.
Last edited by Super Bambaspis; Sep 1, 2018 @ 12:51pm
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Tech Enthusiast Sep 1, 2018 @ 12:55pm 
Just for comparisons sake, here is the difference between an integrated intel GPU and a 950m:
http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Iris-Pro-580-Mobile-Skylake-vs-Nvidia-GTX-950M/m132950vsm27713

The 950m is about 12% faster than not having a GPU at all.
Also, 7% slower than minimum spec.
Last edited by Tech Enthusiast; Sep 1, 2018 @ 12:56pm
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bonzobenny Sep 1, 2018 @ 1:06pm 
Ah that bad lol ok. Like I said it handles some older things quite well, a lot of which you'd consider to be more taxing, Splinter Cell Blacklist for example. It doesn't always work like that I guess. I'll try the suggestions thanks, otherwise I'll cross my fingers for a console release sometime.... more of these types of games do seem to be coming now thankfully.
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Godfather Ferrando Sep 1, 2018 @ 1:09pm 
Originally posted by Jeruzalem:
MINIMUM:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i3 6100 or AMD FX-4350
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce GT 1030, 2GB (Legacy: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460), AMD RX550, 2GB (Legacy: AMD Radeon HD 6850), Integrated: Intel HD Graphics 630
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 5 GB available space

i dont know what legacy means, maybe the lowest of the lowest requirement, but its safe to say that a 1000 series is needed to play the game properly.
You're just making things up here right now.. please dont. There are plenty of cards that are not '1000' series that can run this game.
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Akanaro Sep 1, 2018 @ 1:13pm 
I did some checking and it seems that the problem is Unity specific. Apparently it's a known issue that is still waiting for a fix. Whether or not that is the case here I can't say but I thought it might be worth pointing out.
Last edited by Akanaro; Sep 1, 2018 @ 1:15pm
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Tech Enthusiast Sep 1, 2018 @ 2:16pm 
Which issue would that be?
There is a working MAX-FPS slider and there is a working v-sync checkbox.

Do those only work for some people? Just double checked and both do indeed work for me. All the way from 30fps (min) to 300fps (max). There is however a slight variance for the slider that makes it about 5-10% off. So setting it at 300 results in 315ish FPS. But that is about it for me.
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Akanaro Sep 1, 2018 @ 2:20pm 
Originally posted by Rattenmann:
Which issue would that be?
There is a working MAX-FPS slider and there is a working v-sync checkbox.

Do those only work for some people? Just double checked and both do indeed work for me. All the way from 30fps (min) to 300fps (max). There is however a slight variance for the slider that makes it about 5-10% off. So setting it at 300 results in 315ish FPS. But that is about it for me.

I was referring to the 100% GPU usage issue.
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nagi Sep 1, 2018 @ 2:20pm 
The v-sync helps somewhat. I'm on a desktop 1080, and it reduced GPU usage to about 50% at startup. But as the hospitals fill up with more and more patients and rooms, the GPU usage creeps up, and reaches 100% again. Mind you, at otherwise max settings and high resolution.

tl;dr: turn on v-sync, and hope the devs optimize for a few months. In the meantime, reduce settings and target framerate.
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Tech Enthusiast Sep 1, 2018 @ 2:28pm 
strange. I do infact not have that issue, no matter how big the hospital gets.
Running a 970 only, not even a 10series card. At basically maxed settings with 60fps lock the GPU is sitting around 75% pretty much.
Only playing at 1440p tho, not 4k... so that may be why i don't see this. At 4k i would again think a 100% usage is pretty normal.

Will see if i can replicate something here.
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