how to make GPU sweat so CPU can Chill?

[coral folio]

So I have a better GPU than CPU.

That is why In order to have better performance, I need to set the settings high as possible for GPU,
BUT, low as possible for the CPU.

I'm not sure which settings put load to GPU and which to CPU

[eager prairie]

Not sure its even possible to say what is best without knowing which GPU and CPU as I assume that some GPUs may push more of a load into the driver when the hardware may lack a capability or have a limited implementation.
That and the game itself I think does not make great use of the engine and could stand some significant optimisation work relative to my experiences with some other unreal engine games - particularly lighting/shadows.

[coral folio]

OK, I understand.
So, can you tell me what settings are GPU heavy and what lift CPU load?

I have rx 6600xt

[eager prairie]

and the CPU?
I do not have that GPU, am only familiar with much old AMD GPUs (480/580) and I know for them that Icarus just plain hates them and I had to run on them with the lowest quality setting of any game I havew ever tried to run because of the terrible performance of lighting/shadows on the old AMD GPUs. I have seen comment that suggest not much better on newer AMD GPUs either relative toi what one might reasonably expect based on other unreal engine games. These days I have an i14900k and RTX4090 so I just max everything and switch raytracing on along with frame generation etc and just get 144fps at 2560x1440 and basically cease to care how bad the performance is without some heavy hardware help.
At the very least - switch lighting shadows off (and anything else to do with shadows) - even on my hardware it is a heavy hit and quite honestly produces horrible black shadow zones I assume because they never got around to doing surface reflectivity properties.

[coral folio]

I have a low end pc, so a can't afford these settings.
That is why I have to play with the settings.

Thank you for your input.
However what I'm looking for is a step-by-step help

2400ge I my cpu. 4 core 8 t.

I have 1080p monitor, but if I set it to 1440p, runs better.

The thing is, I have to Mach to cpu load to gpu load.
Because as of now, the gpu sending data much faster than the cpu can process.

So, if I increase the work of the gpu, the delay will be smaller

[eager prairie]

Then you need it from someone with your GPU or very similar type and a similar performance CPU. nvidia GPU perf profile seems to be quite different - I have a friend who had a low end AMD CPU and nvidia GPU is his issues were very different to my RX580/i7700k setup.

[coral folio]

I think we misunderstood each other.
Or my English is bad, I don't know:D
But, if a setting is gpu heavy, it doesn't matter what gpu I have.
Right?