Am I suffering from SLI usage issues or something else?

[Drojman]

Hi all,

So I'm playing GTA and others games (ARMA 3) and I have a weird issue.

View distance settings tank my framerate. If I look at my GPU usage it's still super low (mid 40s) and my CPU usage is not at 100%. Any idea what's causing this? I thought it could be my HDD but I have no idea. It's an old thing, ripped out of an external HDD but never had any trouble before.

Also GTA V runs great for me maxed out @ 3440x1440, with distance scaling on medium. Solid 60fps. However in cutscenes it's decidedly less smooth despite still being a locked 60? It just looks choppy.

Any help would be great.

 

[Drojman]

ARMA 3 is a shoddy game and it doesn't like GPUs of any kind. But you can use some startup parameters to attempt to fix. I say attempt as not sure it works

Create an shortcut of the A3 exe and add the last bits. Modify for your system

"C:\GAMES\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\arma3.exe" -skipIntro -maxMem=8000 -maxVRAM=6000 -cpuCount=4 -exThreads=8

As for GTAV, go and see that thread

Is your 4790k OC'd?

Thanks, will definitely give this a go. In fairness to the game I'm standing on one of the highest points so it's not really representative of general play.

And yeah, only to 4.6 atm, haven't figured out how to make 4.8 completely stable.

 

[Drojman]

Also, I am very jealous of your system

Haha thanks this isn't common for me, I just had a point where I thought...why not .

@Gregster SLI has been good for me so far, I mean its not perfect but it hasn't been horrible...GTA V for the most part is pretty smooth outside of combat. Mortal Combat X works well for me pleasingly.

And cheers murah I'll give that a shot. Anything that might make the difference is grand.