Low gpu usage?

[Gabbatek]

I 've been trying to fix this for ages now!
Mechwarrior Online and Star Trek Online

I'm getting between 15%-60% gpu usage but mainly around 35% and low fps drops with a 980ti 1440p.

any ideas how to fix this?

I want to get a gsync high refresh rate but no point if i'm struggling 60fps.

 

[Orcvader]

Have you checked your CPU usage? You could be getting bottlenecked?

 

[Gabbatek]

have you checked my signature? hehe

my 5820k @ 4.2ghz is not bottling thankfully. I managed to get mechwarrior online to work fine again, it seems nvid control panel was somehow forcing vsync.

Now its just sto that i need to fix

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

It could be because the games you are playing are more CPU limited and less GPU taxing??

 

[Marine-RX179]

Yes there are games which its game engine don't use more than 1-2 CPU cores, and having a 6 cores 12 threads CPU won't make much difference comparing to a CPU with 4 cores...

 

[Orcvader]

As above, it doesn't matter what CPU you have, if the game is not properly multithreaded then it doesn't matter how many cores you have if the game can't take advantage of them.

 

[SkeeterUK]

If your playing sto through steam, dont just run it from the launcher it came with in its directory as running through steam causes a lot of fps issues or did for me during borderless window i think or fullscreen, one of the two. Using the normal launcher it came with and not using steam in anyway it was fine.

Could also try forcing it from adaptive power use to full performance in nvidia panel?

 

[Aretak]

MWO at least seems to be heavily CPU-bound.

Considering it's running like a dog there on a 2600K, I'm not surprised that even Haswell can't keep it stable. A lot of these older games rely heavily on a single core. I played through the original Witcher recently and it ran absolutely appallingly on a 1090T clocked at 4GHz, because it just hammered one core and left all the rest idle. The Witcher 2 and 3 run far, far better on the same system.

 

[r7slayer]

Cmon guys while you are right with the CPU bound stuff look at what FPS and usage he is getting at 1440p. Certainly something up.

He's struggling to get 60FPS?
Even the bench shows a 690 getting 48 FPS on average on a 3930k @ 3.2
I would expect a faster cpu IPC/clock to show better results but not only that but a much faster GPU should be getting much better results.

 

[ishoeyi]

memory speed set correctly?

 

[Aretak]

Even the bench shows a 690 getting 48 FPS on average on a 3930k @ 3.2
I would expect a faster cpu IPC/clock to show better results but not only that but a much faster GPU should be getting much better results.

But the 690 is clearly CPU bottlenecked there, and is probably barely being utilised even towards the top. The way it gains a couple of frames with every 100MHz boost on CPUs using the same architecture towards the top demonstrates that. The results there would be identical even if you swapped it out for a Titan X (at least in theory). A faster GPU will do nothing in a situation like that.

Yes, Haswell is faster than Sandy Bridge, but not that much faster. You could add 40% onto the performance of the 3930k there and still not get a locked 60fps. In fact, looking at it, they actually cranked the 3930k up to 4.8GHz for their GPU benchmarks, and even then minimums only just crept over 60.

The CPU is still the limiting factor even overclocked that high, given the near-identical performance from the top cards (and rigidly locked minimums).

 

[r7slayer]

But the 690 is clearly CPU bottlenecked there, and is probably barely being utilised even towards the top. The way it gains a couple of frames with every 100MHz boost on CPUs using the same architecture towards the top demonstrates that. The results there would be identical even if you swapped it out for a Titan X (at least in theory). A faster GPU will do nothing in a situation like that.

Yes, Haswell is faster than Sandy Bridge, but not that much faster. You could add 40% onto the performance of the 3930k there and still not get a locked 60fps. In fact, looking at it, they actually cranked the 3930k up to 4.8GHz for their GPU benchmarks, and even then minimums only just crept over 60.

The CPU is still the limiting factor even overclocked that high, given the near-identical performance from the top cards (and rigidly locked minimums).

Now look at the results you can see that minimums are over 60FPS right???

this is when the CPU is only just slightly faster than what OP cpu is at. However OP is still struggling to maintain 60FPS with a 980Ti and you can see as the GPU gets faster the FPS only marginally gets faster which means yes there is a cpu bottleneck sure... But shouldn't prevent OP getting and maintaining 60FPS with his rig. I still think something is up.

 

[Freddie1980]

Just to confirm its the CPU why don't you downlod and run 3D Mark or the Haven benchmark. At the same time run msi afterburner overlay and keep an eye on clockrates and temps to make sure your card isn't throttling down due to overheating.