#Low cpu usage

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rugged mauve
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100% GPU, but 5-10% CPU how to fix it?

random seal
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Seems like ur gpu is a lot better then the cpu so the gpu is bottlenecking ur cpu

rugged mauve
random seal
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That’s weird

rugged mauve
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yep

fickle vessel
# random seal Seems like ur gpu is a lot better then the cpu so the gpu is bottlenecking ur cp...

it's the exact opposite he mentioned that his cpu is the one that's not being used up therefore the GPU is the bottleneck, I went quickly to test out my spare 1050ti and u can say safely I got the exact same issue with my i5 8400 so the answer to ur issue, it cannot be improved, the GPU is simply too weak to let the CPU stretch it's wings in this game. All u can do to get a better CPU usage tho it will not help a lot is overclock ur GPU which is usually safe.

echo grail
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I currently have more or less the same issue, an RTX 3060ti and an i7-5960x, never saw the cpu go above like 65% and the gpu is always at 99-100%

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in my case I will probably upgrade once the rtx 50 series comes out, I suggest for you to do the same or buying an amd gpu, cuz rtx 40 series is simply cringe

rugged mauve
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feels like optimization issue

glass flume
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yeh so if your gpu is at 100% then the cpu is serving it the perfect amount for it to perform at max. if your cpu on the otherhand is super low in % then its not busy enough for what it could actually perform.

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as the others said your gpu is just so weak that your cpu almost idles. which is good in this case because the cpu is in most cases the bottleneck and its responsible for feeding the gpu so if the cpu is kinda easy lifting the feeding then this is best case

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the worst case is if your cpu is the bottleneck because it would mean mostly to change out your motherboard in a lot of cases thats a bigger endevour

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having the gpu demand information and the cpu is too slow thats really a big problem. the other way around everything is fine. its just that your gpu is at max of its capabilities. there is no bottleneck its just that its not powerful enough to deliver more performance.

echo grail
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@glass flume Do you know the definition of a bottleneck? ANY component not being able to go to its max because of another component IS what bottleneck means.

glass flume
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bottleneck means that a component that is dependant on another cannot perform with its full potential

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the gpu depends more on the cpu than the cpu depends on the gpu

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since the cpu is the main point of distribution

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so if the main point of distribution is weak then every other hardware is getting bottlenecked

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if the cpu is strong enough to serve all hardware then there is no bottle neck

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just plain full performing hardware that has low performance due to its engineering

echo grail
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so you know the definition of a bottleneck... but it seems you have no idea what it means

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by definition me and op have a bottleneck

glass flume
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how is it a bottleneck if the gpu is not asking for MORE and not getting it. The Gpu is going 100% so the gpu is fully satisfied how is there a bottleneck

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the cpu is not experiencing a bottleneck because it doesn't care for how much the gpu driver asks

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in that case

echo grail
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me boi

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you got it mixed up

glass flume
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a bottleneck would it be if the gpu is asking for more than the cpu can deliver

echo grail
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no

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ANY component

glass flume
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wait a moment. isn't it with modern gaming that its about the gpu being able to perform to its maximum potential and this is how we build our pcs?

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so if the gpu is served to go 100% how is that bottlenecked?

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just because the gpu may not perform good on the game because its too low in performance in general does it mean its bottlenecked?

echo grail
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yeah, i got it, seems like I was the one misinformed, did a bit of googling

glass flume
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bottleneck for me is when a component fails to do its part for full gpu performance.

echo grail
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I was led to believe that if any component is being barely utilized while the other is at max that, means a bottleneck, but now the more i think about it, it does make sense that cpu being barely utilized is good

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or maybe not necessarily... idk, i'm gonna have to do a little bit of research on this

echo grail
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@glass flume nvm the shit i said before, I was right, me and op do have a bottleneck. Cpu is responsible for generating fps in games, but if the gpu is at max, the cpu can't generate anymore. Idk how to describe it in a way that would be easily understandable but basically if you got a better gpu, the cpu load would also increase as it is generating more frames (unless of course you limit it to an exact amount).