How to disable Ray-Tracing?

Zeebedy · 21 Feb 2020 at 20:23

Hey guys,

Is there any way to disable Ray-Tracing, so its not used at all across any games?

I just jumped into my "tester" game, BFV, 64 man conquest, 3840x1080 at everything ultra, including RTX!

Im averaging in this setup, 60-70fps and is smooth and fluid, but I would rather it off!

When im in the game menu, in video settings, the stupid RTX option, is greyed out on "ultra".

So can I disable this in W10 at some point? I would rather a little less eye-candy and some more FPS being put into the game..

Also to note : I don't know why but my CPU + GPU are not at high / max output under gaming stress?

My cpu is at around 75% usage and the GPU around 80% :confused:

Any help ASAP is much appreciated guys!

Rroff · 21 Feb 2020 at 20:26

No way to globally disable that I'm aware of current implementations are all 3rd party efforts on a per game basis. You should be able to select custom settings though and put everything else to ultra without ray tracing options.

Zeebedy · 21 Feb 2020 at 20:39

Thanks @Rroff

I loaded up the game, and on custom the RT is still greyed-out? :confused:

Heisenberg · 21 Feb 2020 at 20:43

Under basic, is dxr on?

Zeebedy · 21 Feb 2020 at 20:47

Heisenberg said:
Under basic, is dxr on?

That option isn't on the list mate? :confused:

Should I have in my Nvidia control panel, "prefer maximum performance" on? its currently on "optimal power"? Will that help or not really?

Heisenberg · 21 Feb 2020 at 20:50

rip-the-jacker said:
That option isn't on the list mate?

Should I have in my Nvidia control panel, "prefer maximum performance" on? its currently on "optimal power"? Will that help or not really?

Nvidia control panel setting doesn't matter. I don't have bfv installed at the moment but somewhere in display settings there is a enable dxr toggle. It is under the toggle for enable dx12

Quartz · 21 Feb 2020 at 20:59

rip-the-jacker said:
I just jumped into my "tester" game, BFV, 64 man conquest, 3840x1080 at everything ultra, including RTX!

Are you running DX 11 or DX 12? Because DXR doesn't work at all under DX 11.

Zeebedy · 21 Feb 2020 at 21:01

@Heisenberg @Quartz

Just fired it up again, and yes its on DX 11! DXR OFF!

why are my FPS so poor :eek:

The hardware should blow these games out of the water no?

Added : im running a 3900X and a 2080s

Quartz · 21 Feb 2020 at 21:08

rip-the-jacker said:
why are my FPS so poor

Check the per-core usage. If a core is at 100% then you're getting bottlenecked.

Heisenberg · 21 Feb 2020 at 21:10

rip-the-jacker said:
@Heisenberg @Quartz

Just fired it up again, and yes its on DX 11! DXR OFF!

why are my FPS so poor The hardware should blow these games out of the water no?

Added : im running a 3900X and a 2080s

You should be getting a lot better performance that that with dxr off and that hardware. Is gpu going to full clocks? The game runs better in dx12 but not sure that's the only problem.

Zeebedy · 21 Feb 2020 at 21:12

Quartz said:
Check the per-core usage. If a core is at 100% then you're getting bottlenecked.

Can anything be done to eliminate this??

Heisenberg said:
You should be getting a lot better performance that that with dxr off and that hardware. Is gpu going to full clocks? The game runs better in dx12 but not sure that's the only problem.

GPU usage is only at 82%

Heisenberg · 21 Feb 2020 at 21:15

There's no way you are getting bottlenecked with that hardware. Check the gpu glocks in game. Did you recently upgrade? Is this a new build or upgraded parts?

Zeebedy · 21 Feb 2020 at 21:17

Heisenberg said:
There's no way you are getting bottlenecked with that hardware. Check the gpu glocks in game. Did you recently upgrade? Is this a new build or upgraded parts?

Its a new system yes..I kept the RAM and SSD's.

So you think it could be something to do with the GPU? Considering it wont max out usage? no where near it tbh!

Heisenberg · 21 Feb 2020 at 21:21

rip-the-jacker said:
Its a new system yes..I kept the RAM and SSD's.

So you think it could be something to do with the GPU? Considering it wont max out usage? no where near it tbh!

I would definitely be monitoring the clocks during gameplay. Test some other games and check usage also.

Zeebedy · 21 Feb 2020 at 21:23

Heisenberg said:
I would definitely be monitoring the clocks during gameplay. Test some other games and check usage also.

Now you mention it, I tried Modern Warfare the other day for a quick game, and I was only getting around 90-95 fps in that :mad:

Heisenberg · 21 Feb 2020 at 21:23

Also you mention you kept SSD. Is it a new windows install? Could be a driver issue.

Zeebedy · 21 Feb 2020 at 21:26

Heisenberg said:
Also you mention you kept SSD. Is it a new windows install? Could be a driver issue.

I bought a new m.2 NVME drive for my OS and Apps. And reused two SSD's for games.

Heisenberg · 21 Feb 2020 at 21:32

rip-the-jacker said:
I bought a new m.2 NVME drive for my OS and Apps. And reused two SSD's for games.

I'm not to sure then. Definitely something not right though

loftie · 22 Feb 2020 at 02:49

Is the gpu connecting at the right PCIe, i.e. PCIe 3 x16? IIRC GPUZ can show you.

Poneros · 22 Feb 2020 at 09:43

Put it on low & test that, see if it's not an issue with the CPU. If you're not getting >120 fps with all on low then it's something wrong elsewhere other than GPU.