Performance is poor in Warzone, but it runs smoothly on your GPU.
Performance is poor in Warzone, but it runs smoothly on your GPU.
Hey there, so I've really been trying various fixes nonstop. It's totally confusing. I can't seem to figure out why my GPU isn't using more power, which is affecting the FPS I'm seeing. I have a 5600X at 4.65GHz, 16GB RAM, ASUS TUF RTX 3080, and it runs around 120-140fps at 1440p low settings. It should be hitting closer to 170-200. I know the problem is low GPU utilization—my usage is usually in the 60-70% range if it could run at 95%+. I've checked my specs, updated everything, and even changed the game settings and config files, but nothing's working. I just installed Windows fresh too, and the game install also didn't help. What am I missing? I'm really stuck here.
This sounds like a not awful hard problem to run down, but there’s no way to do so with the given info. The “what I’ve tried” list doesn’t seem to have a lot in common with the claim that you’ve tried all sorts of trouble shooting. Both of those things you’ve tried won’t do anything much if there is a below windows level issue. You were also very unspecific about what was looked at in those things you did try. A few Things I can think of off hand regarding those below windows level things you may want to look at: drivers. Are you using current drivers? The 3089 and the 5000 series ryzen chips are both pretty new. There are going to be bug issues that will be fixed with newer drivers. This sounds like a machine you want to keep current. what part of the system is being slow? You are claiming that either you are not able to saturate your GPU with rendered frames, OR your gpu is slow at rendering them. Your CPU if it is running right and has the resources it needs should crush the frame creation part of the equation, but there’s precious little info that says whether or not this is actually happening. I notice while you are reporting GPU usage levels you are not reporting CPU usage levels. your monitor could be a limiter here. If you’ve got a monitor that is only 60hz, more than 60fps is wasted anyway. You won’t be able to see it. if you’ve got a gsynch or freesynch issue going on your computer may simply be going “why should I spin up? It won’t actually do any good. There’s a whole bunch of things that might be an issue, but none of them can be looked at because there’s no information. Memory is one possible for example. You may have a 5000 series cpu but if your memory is running at base 2166mhz, that gigantor cpu still isn’t going to be able to be fast enough to feet your gpu. Motherboard make and model may imply other issues. A given motherboard may have quirks that could cause this sort of thing. You didn’t list the machine specs so there’s all kinds of stuff that can’t be ruled out. This is why complete machine specs are in the list of generic information needed for a troubleshooting post. I suggest reading the pinned posts in the troubleshooting section to find out what you need to list in a troubleshooting post. I suspect there weren’t any replies to your post because you say you’ve tried “everything” but lost almost nothing, and you don’t have machine specs listed outside of CPU and GPU. There’s really a lot more that could be going on. The lapels list allows people to rule out a lot of stuff. People see the absence of one and simply stop reading. Edited January 20, 2021 by Bombastinator