Is there an issue or a constraint in progress?
Is there an issue or a constraint in progress?
Hello, welcome! I'm not entirely sure if I'm in the right discussion or forum. Still, I have a Ryzen 7 2700G 6900X with an ASRock Phantom Corsair RMA850 G.skill 2x16GB X570s Tomahawk Max Wi-Fi. Recently, I replaced my previous GPU (RTX 2060 6GB Phoenix) with the new 6900X. A bottleneck calculator and PCPartPicker suggested my CPU would be limited by about 6%. After removing NVIDIA drivers with DDU and installing AMD Adrenaline drivers, my performance is similar to the old RTX 2060 on low settings for the game Scum. When using Unigine Heaven, my GPU usage is near 99% and CPU activity fluctuates between 11% and 17%. Is this typical for a CPU that should be bottlenecked by my 6900X? Also, any thoughts on why I don't notice a noticeable frame rate boost in the games I usually play? Any advice would be appreciated. This is my first PC build, thanks!
It relies on the game's configuration and your monitor's display quality. At a low resolution of 1080p, the CPU is managing the GPU heavily, almost reaching 4K performance.
Bottleneck calculators are unreliable, disregard them. Whether a bottleneck exists hinges on the game or app and your chosen settings. A vague figure like "6% bottleneck" offers little clarity. You encounter a bottleneck when the CPU can't process game code efficiently while simultaneously supplying the GPU with data. The fewer tasks the GPU handles, the quicker it can request fresh information, allowing the CPU to operate more smoothly. When the GPU is constantly starved of data, it can't run at full speed, which explains why performance gains aren't visible. Raising resolution or detail can help maintain stability without sacrificing speed. Adjust settings in the game that mainly stress the CPU—such as NPC count—and lower them to free up processing power.