GPU Usage

[Skriptah]

Hello all,

First post here. I recently bought the GTX 670 MSI overclock one that toms hardware recommended. I have been noticing in Counter-Strike:Global Offensive my gpu usage is really low around 20 - 30% and I do not get the high fps I want even with everything on low. I get around 120 - 200 on all low.

My question is; Is my cpu bottlenecking my gpu. I currently have an AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4ghz quad core. I also play The War Z and also have only around 40 gpu usage. When I play Hitman Absoloution I will randomly sometimes get 90 gpu usage and the game will run fine, but it will dip down to around 50 alot and give me lower fps.

Should I upgrade??

A friend told me to buy these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131821
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501

 

[Skriptah]

Yea, I just want a cpu that will last longer than the one I have now, so if i got an i7 it would probably last way longer. I just downloaded the heaven benchmark and I will post the results here. What do you mean run it for 4 hours? And where do I find prime95 and how do i use it exactly?? I don't want to mess up my computer with all of these overclocking programs. Ty for your help.

Edit: So this was the result of my benchmark, my gpu usage went up really high and my clock got arround 1124mhz at the highest.

When playing the games I like csgo,warz,hitman absoloution the gpu usage struggles to get over 20-40% 🙁

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/8693/heavenbenchmark.png

 

[bigshootr8]

Well I wouldn't necessarily say that a i7 would last you longer in terms of gaming you won't get much added performance over something like a i5 3570k. Prime95 is a stability test on your system. It's what overclockers use to test whether or not there overclock is stable.

No stress test will tell you what you already know. Chances are you GPU isn't doing much because your CPU is holding it back. I also really dislike synthetic benchmarks because they aren't going to show you what you would experience in a real life application. Most people who really push hard on these benchmarks overclock to the point where bringing a stock GPU/CPU is pointless.

 

[Skriptah]

Well my question is how come my gpu usage is so low in the games I play and in the benchmark it goes really high? Somebody was telling me that I had a faulty card, but my gpu usage seems to work and my core clock does go to what it is supposed to; so is it safe to assume that my gpu is fine and that it is my cpu bottle necking in some games? Because this guy is telling me to return the card, and that my cpu and setup are fine to run it as is.

 

[bigshootr8]

You could overclock and see if your usage goes up sure. Higher end GPU's tend to perform better with higher end CPU's your i5 2500k's i5 3570k's cards within that range. You aren't receiving bad frames. You just wont hit the cards potential with your current setup.

 

[Skriptah]

I was just playing csgo and I had everything on high and my gpu usage was around 50% should it be higher than that?? Also my core clock was locked at 967 and it was not hitting the boost clock mhz. Does anyone know what it would do that?

 

[bigshootr8]

I wouldn't look at that to much I mean you are getting great frames for what you are doing. I would be concerned if you weren't. Your card probably isn't being pushed very hard with the games that you are playing CS:GO is very non intensive. I felt like source was more intensive then GO.

 

[Osoclocker69]

I wouldn't recommend an Intel i7 if you don't have the money. I rather get an FX-8350/8320 or a 4th gen Core i5. Getting the FX-8350/8320 will save you money that you can spend on a good overclocking motherboard and a good liquid cooler, and then you can overclock the crap out of it. But if you don't want to overclock then I would recommend something like an i5-4570.