Getting 0-4 FPS in Star Citizen with <1% GPU Usage

[thetimeistwo]

Just got Star Citizen's early access 3.0, and was real excited to get started, but after loading into the universe, my GPU usage went down to under 1%. It was at like 30% in the menus, and works fine with every other game, but it just does not want to work for Star Citizen. I've tried changing Windows to high performance power settings, I've checked my thermals, which stayed under 7 degrees the entire time, I've set it to high priority in task manager, I've gone into nVidia CP an changed it to high performance in global 3D settings, and nothing has been working. It's not a CPU or RAM throttle, either. I'm getting 0-4 FPS, and my other components are working at around 80%

Specs:
8GB DDR4 2133MHz HyperX Fury
i5-6500 being aftermarket air cooled (I don't remember what the fan's called but it's keeping it fine)
EVGA 1060 3GB
500w Lepa PSU

What's causing the GPU usage drop?

 

[Lutfij]

Probably the game being badly coded? You might want to try and uninstall your GPU drivers using DDU and reinstall them using the latest from Nvidia's support site. Make sure you're on the latest BIOS revision for your motherboard. On another note, how old is your PSU?

 

[thetimeistwo]

Probably the game being badly coded? You might want to try and uninstall your GPU drivers using DDU and reinstall them using the latest from Nvidia's support site. Make sure you're on the latest BIOS revision for your motherboard. On another note, how old is your PSU?

My PSU is about 10 months old. I've reinstalled all my drivers prior. Considering it is Star Citizen, I'm not surprised by the thought that it could be bad coding one bit. I'll just have to wait until the next update. Thanks

 

[bignastyid]

Is the monitor plugged into the motherboard or gpu?