Ghost Recon Wildlands 0% GPU Usage

[chrismeade1]

I am using a Dell insipron i5 7000 Gaming laptop, and running GWR I am getting about 40 fps. It has a GTX 1060 Max Q 6GB, an i7 7700HQ, and 16 GB of RAM. I have set the game to use the discreet GPU yet it is still saying that my GPU is at 0%

 

[Frag Maniac]

Sounds about right FPS for that spec on a laptop, which is usually clocked lower than their desktop counterparts.

I'm guessing the 0% reading is an incompat issue between the benching tool and the laptop, or a bug in the in game bench if that's what you're going by. Even more so if you are playing with all the latest year 2 updates. Lot of guys on the Ubi forums really pissed off about bugs and stuff in the new update.

I suggest to get best performance you run Nvidia Inspector, which has built in driver level tweaks for most games. it also has a "Power management mode" setting where you can select "Prefer maximum power". This is great for laptops because instead of setting Windows to High Performance power plan, which stays on even when you're not gaming and drains your battery and makes the LT run way hotter, it automatically kicks off when you exit the game.

Just make sure you navigate to "Tom Clancy's" Ghost Recon Wildlands to find the built in profile for the game, not Ghost Recon Wildlands.

Note with the latest version of NI the applications (games) are pre applied and their title shows in the green bar as soon as you select them. You only need to click Apply settings when changing the default Nvidia profile. DO NOT select Prefer maximum performance in Global settings, only in game profiles.
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[chrismeade1]

Sorry, forgot to mention that the game was running at the lowest settings at 1080 p. The weird thing is that it runs many other games at medium-high settings at 60fps, such as the Division. Thanks for the reply and I'll try the fixes that you suggested.

 

[Frag Maniac]

Yeah at Low settings you should be getting more like 80 FPS at least at 1080p. Can you list ALL of your settings. There are settings other than the general graphics presets that affect performance, like AA, Vsync, Dynamic Resolution, etc.

 

[chrismeade1]

Sorry for the late response.
When I was checking my settings, I realized that I was running on borderless instead of fullscreen. This has fixed the issue. Performance still isnt great, but its far better than before. Thanks for your help!

 

[Frag Maniac]

Borderless vs Fullscreen shouldn't drop FPS to half, or anywhere remotely close to that. Check AA, and Dynamic Res settings.