Is your processor running at full capacity during games?
Is your processor running at full capacity during games?
Hey! Your PC setup looks solid with that RTX 4070Ti and the rest of the components. The issue you're facing sounds like a CPU bottleneck, especially when gaming at full resolution. It seems like your GPU isn't keeping up, which can cause performance drops or even crashes under heavy load. You mentioned trying to tweak NVIDIA DSR settings—good idea! Adjusting those can sometimes help balance the load. A 1440p display might also make a difference. I'd suggest checking your thermal paste and ensuring everything is properly cooled. If you're open to it, sharing the graphs will help others see what's going on. Let me know your thoughts!
The CPU is built to operate at full capacity and is not prone to damage under such conditions. The temperature readings are also within the expected range. The 7000 series from AMD is engineered to reach a maximum of 95°C before any other limits are triggered. If you're interested, I can provide links to two explanatory videos. Everything here is safe and within specifications—no concerns needed.
There appears to be an issue, I wouldn't anticipate a brand new 7600x loading at 100% in a typical game. The newest BIOS and chipset drivers need to be started; something seems misconfigured.
It seems this approach mainly boosts visual demands rather than improving actual performance. The GPU often ends up being the limiting factor, causing FPS gains to stall. A heavy graphical load doesn’t automatically translate to better raw scores, especially if other parts of the system are slower. Watching DigitalFoundry’s Spider Man Remastered video highlights spikes in CPU usage due to asynchronous asset streaming, which can explain the high workloads. At 1080p, a 4070 Ti might feel like it’s struggling unless you’re using efficient settings. Consider checking individual core performance by adjusting the graph view—see if all cores ramp up or if just one is overworked.
I experienced a BSOD during a Fortnite session to verify stability. A kernel security check failed, prompting me to run all system diagnostics, test disk and RAM health, install the newest GPU and chipset drivers, AMD software, and update the BIOS. Once completed, everything functioned normally with no blue screens. After that, I opened Steam, Afterburner, and some Razer tools. Spider-Man consumed around 97% of its battery. It seems the differences mattered. I enabled DSR in the NVIDIA Control Panel, adjusted Spider-Man’s resolution to 1440p, and observed CPU and GPU performance stabilizing between 70-80%.
It's up there, but if performance is fine then nothing to really worry about. From what I could gather, with Spider Man I would attribute it to loading of assets or some residual shader compilation (if you haven't played it much yet).