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Minimal frame rates on low GPU and CPU performance, yet significant memory consumption

Minimal frame rates on low GPU and CPU performance, yet significant memory consumption

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Tanky201
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03-30-2018, 09:08 PM
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Hello,
Recently installed Elden Ring, and found my ever-growing nightmare has stepped up a level.
The past couple of years I've had my build, it's gotten less and less fps with every new title I play. I've tried many fixes (apart from new RAM - I'll get to that). However I feel as though my build is adequate for it's use.
Here are my specs:
CPU:
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Eight-Core Processor, 3.40 GHz
GPU:
EVGA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070, 8GB
RAM:
T-Force Nighthawk DDR4-3000 CL16, 16GB (2x8GB)
OS:
Windows 10, 64-bit
Storage is okay (SSD + HDD) and cooling seems ok but I don't know enough about cooling to offer any indication of fault.
As I'm writing this (no major programs running, just one-tab Firefox and discord) my processes are sitting at around:
CPU
6%
Memory
41%
GPU
0%
(Disk 0%)
(Network 0%)
But in-game (Elden Ring for this example) I easily get to this:
CPU
51%
Memory
80
%
GPU
70%
but then may drop to
12%
and completely halt and game will freeze.
(Disk 1%)
(Network 0%)
With about 30-50fps (similar to a lot of newer games)
I'm at a loss of what to do - I get the idea I may need more RAM, (but I was always told 16GB was enough) however the RAM I currently have installed is no longer in-stock anywhere, with no indication of re-stock. So I should either install 2 more sticks of RAM with the same specs, or completely switch out my RAM for another better one?
Open to any suggestions
Thank you.
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Tanky201
03-30-2018, 09:08 PM #1

Hello,
Recently installed Elden Ring, and found my ever-growing nightmare has stepped up a level.
The past couple of years I've had my build, it's gotten less and less fps with every new title I play. I've tried many fixes (apart from new RAM - I'll get to that). However I feel as though my build is adequate for it's use.
Here are my specs:
CPU:
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Eight-Core Processor, 3.40 GHz
GPU:
EVGA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070, 8GB
RAM:
T-Force Nighthawk DDR4-3000 CL16, 16GB (2x8GB)
OS:
Windows 10, 64-bit
Storage is okay (SSD + HDD) and cooling seems ok but I don't know enough about cooling to offer any indication of fault.
As I'm writing this (no major programs running, just one-tab Firefox and discord) my processes are sitting at around:
CPU
6%
Memory
41%
GPU
0%
(Disk 0%)
(Network 0%)
But in-game (Elden Ring for this example) I easily get to this:
CPU
51%
Memory
80
%
GPU
70%
but then may drop to
12%
and completely halt and game will freeze.
(Disk 1%)
(Network 0%)
With about 30-50fps (similar to a lot of newer games)
I'm at a loss of what to do - I get the idea I may need more RAM, (but I was always told 16GB was enough) however the RAM I currently have installed is no longer in-stock anywhere, with no indication of re-stock. So I should either install 2 more sticks of RAM with the same specs, or completely switch out my RAM for another better one?
Open to any suggestions
Thank you.

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Ninj7
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03-31-2018, 05:20 AM
#2
80% memory consumption remains within a safe range, no major issues expected. Likely the CPU is the root cause of this slowdown. The 51% usage across all threads suggests only a small portion is active at any time, while the game probably uses just a fraction of those threads to reach full performance. When the CPU reaches 100%, the GPU may experience abrupt drops in activity leading to freezes. Considering Elden Ring hasn't been fully optimized yet, this gives a complete picture.
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Ninj7
03-31-2018, 05:20 AM #2

80% memory consumption remains within a safe range, no major issues expected. Likely the CPU is the root cause of this slowdown. The 51% usage across all threads suggests only a small portion is active at any time, while the game probably uses just a fraction of those threads to reach full performance. When the CPU reaches 100%, the GPU may experience abrupt drops in activity leading to freezes. Considering Elden Ring hasn't been fully optimized yet, this gives a complete picture.

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03-31-2018, 06:33 AM
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80% memory consumption remains within a safe range, no major issues expected. Likely the CPU is the root cause of this slowdown. The 51% usage across all threads suggests only a small portion is active at any time, while the game probably uses just a fraction of those threads to reach full performance. When the CPU reaches 100%, the GPU may experience abrupt drops in usage, leading to freezes. Also, since Elden Ring isn't fully optimized yet, this gives a complete picture.
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Sloths__
03-31-2018, 06:33 AM #3

80% memory consumption remains within a safe range, no major issues expected. Likely the CPU is the root cause of this slowdown. The 51% usage across all threads suggests only a small portion is active at any time, while the game probably uses just a fraction of those threads to reach full performance. When the CPU reaches 100%, the GPU may experience abrupt drops in usage, leading to freezes. Also, since Elden Ring isn't fully optimized yet, this gives a complete picture.

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