Assassin's Creed Unity 100% CPU usage .. HELP!!

[Marjana Ricky]

I know Assassin's Creed Unity is poorly optimized that not even a super computer able to get stable 60 FPS lol. Well i have 2 years old rig but GPU upgrade to GTX 970 last week so i am able to max UNITY @ 1080p and i get stable 50-60 fps mostly but as with everyone it gets to 40-45 often. Now the thing is when i check my cpu usage while gaming in UNITY its mostly 90%-100% (All 4 cores). Is my CPU being bottleneck here? OR the game really demands 100% usage no matter what cpu you throw at it?

SPecs:

i5 2500K OC 4.6Ghz
8GB GSkill Sniper Ram
P8 Z77 VPRO
Seasonic SII 620W Bronze
GTX 970 Amp Extreme Edition (Stock frequency)

 

[clutchc]

Unless you have something else running in the background, or a virus/malware, it would appear to be having trouble keeping up with the GTX 970. But it would surprise me if the OC'ed SB i5 couldn't keep up. I used to have a i5-2500k @ 4.2 GHz and had no issues with the R9-290X I have in my rig below. But I did not play that game, either. Just to be sure, run a FULL virus scan and then run Malwarebytes.

 

[Marjana Ricky]

Unless you have something else running in the background, or a virus/malware, it would appear to be having trouble keeping up with the GTX 970. But it would surprise me if the OC'ed SB i5 couldn't keep up. I used to have a i5-2500k @ 4.2 GHz and had no issues with the R9-290X I have in my rig below. But I did not play that game, either. Just to be sure, run a FULL virus scan and then run Malwarebytes.

I did that all still its the same, having no problem with any other game, Crysis 3, Watch Dogs, Far Cry 4, Shadow of Mordor, no one used more then 70-80% CPU but not sure what's wrong with Unity.

 

[clutchc]

I presume you have the latest Nvidia drivers for that card? 344.75
Seems the game has some issues, then.

I found this review of the game. Scroll down to performance and settings and check out the comments.
http://www.pcgamer.com/assassins-creed-unity-review/

Here is Nvidia's take on the game: http://www.geforce.com//whats-new/guides/assassins-creed-unity-graphics-and-performance-guide
According to them, the i5-2500K is the minimum recommended CPU (!!!??) Must be a CPU limited game big time.

 

[Marjana Ricky]

I presume you have the latest Nvidia drivers for that card? 344.75
Seems the game has some issues, then.

I found this review of the game. Scroll down to performance and settings and check out the comments.
http://www.pcgamer.com/assassins-creed-unity-review/

Here is Nvidia's take on the game: http://www.geforce.com//whats-new/guides/assassins-creed-unity-graphics-and-performance-guide
According to them, the i5-2500K is the minimum recommended CP (!!!??) Must be a CPU limited game big time.

Yeah but after overclocking to 4.6ghz you really think it would be bottle-necking? And i don't get lags or anything, performance is mostly 50-60 fps just in few areas it drops to 40-45 and in between around 35 even when i am just standing at the same place as it was giving me 50-60. The only thing bothering me is CPU usage 100% :/

 

[Seif Samir]

WTF !! .. i have i3 3240 and the [ MAX Usage is 70% ]
Temps ?

 

[Marjana Ricky]

WTF !! .. i have i3 3240 and the [ MAX Usage is 70% ]
Temps ?

Max temp is 65 degree C and well i checked on youtube i5 is being utilized 100% whereas i7 80-85%

 

[clutchc]

WTF !! .. i have i3 3240 and the [ MAX Usage is 70% ]
Temps ?

Do you have a lesser gfx card? Same resolution? Same in-game settings as the OP?

 

[clutchc]

WTF !! .. i have i3 3240 and the [ MAX Usage is 70% ]
Temps ?

Max temp is 65 degree C and well i checked on youtube i5 is being utilized 100% whereas i7 80-85%

What app were you using to read 100% usage? Have you tried other CPU monitoring apps, like HWInfo?

 

[Seif Samir]

WTF !! .. i have i3 3240 and the [ MAX Usage is 70% ]
Temps ?

Do you have a lesser gfx card? Same resolution? Same in-game settings as the OP?

Nope .. but I5 and usage 100% .. this is weird

 

[clutchc]

WTF !! .. i have i3 3240 and the [ MAX Usage is 70% ]
Temps ?

Do you have a lesser gfx card? Same resolution? Same in-game settings as the OP?

Nope .. but I5 and usage 100% .. this is weird

Yeah, I would not expect that at all. That's why I wonder if the app the OP is using is off somehow. Or if he's reading it wrong.

 

[Seif Samir]

WTF !! .. i have i3 3240 and the [ MAX Usage is 70% ]
Temps ?

Do you have a lesser gfx card? Same resolution? Same in-game settings as the OP?

Nope .. but I5 and usage 100% .. this is weird

Yeah, I would not expect that at all. That's why I wonder if the app the OP is using is off somehow. Or if he's reading it wrong.

If really usage 100% .. after 1 hour or 2 .. he will get red screen or blue .. it must happen

 

[clutchc]

Why? I've run Prime95 for longer than that (CPU @ 100%) w/o that happening.

 

[Seif Samir]

Why? I've run Prime95 for longer than that (CPU @ 100%) w/o that happening.

Like a security for CPU .. looks like over hit

 

[clutchc]

???

 

[Seif Samir]

???

That has happened to my old CPU .. when i keep playing a game make a usage 100% for long time i got red screen .. when i get another CPU .. there is no red screen because there is no game make CPU Usage 100% .. got it ? maybe i'm right .. maybe i'm not

 

[bcr1231]

Im pretty sure this is an issue ALOT of people are having just in different ways. Enless you are getting this problem with any other games its just a poorly optimized game

 

[bcr1231]

This video shows this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgpzT5V5Mgs

 

[Marjana Ricky]

OK now after OC my cpu further to 4.7ghz and GPU to 1505 Mhz (GTX 970) now CPU usage is only 100% in really crowded areas and 80-100% normally with 48-60 FPS without any lag spikes. And i am using MSI afterburner for the monitoring and Hwinfo for temperatures. Max temp GPu is 63 degree C and CPU is 65 degree C after 5-6 hours of gaming.