gtx 1080 not under full load?

[robstyler]

Hi I have a asus gtx 1080 strix and a i7 4790k at 4gz - I am getting terrible fps in games at 1080p and when i check afterburner it shows my gpu was working at 40-58% load?? cpu temps and usage all fine too - any help would be much appreciated.

for example i'll watch a benchmark on youtube which has the same setup as me and the fps is so much lower on mine. I have a evga 850 psu gold.

 

[smorizio]

make sure your mb bios is up to date to rule out a bios bug...reload the intel chipset drivers see if thta helps.

 

[ko888]

What was the CPU load when this was happening?

 

[bignastyid]

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Question from robstyler : "gtx 1080 not under full load?"

Hi I have a asus gtx 1080 strix and a i7 4790k at 4gz - I am getting terrible fps in games at 1080p and when i check afterburner it shows my gpu was working at 40-58% load?? cpu temps and usage all fine too - any help would be much appreciated. during benchmarks that are not in game gpu works at 100% load without issue, just seems to be in game.

for example i'll watch a benchmark on youtube which has the same setup as me and the fps is so much lower on mine. I have a evga 850 psu gold.

Whats the terrible FPS?

Do you have vsync enabled in the game or nvidia control panel?

no turned it off - so frustrating - I watched a video on you tube on farcry primal bench mark with same gpu and cpu and was 40 fps difference - I have aslo been into nvidia settings to chose maximum performance.

So what FPS do you get?

 

[robstyler]

min 62 avg - 155 max - 255, but on video minimum never went below 91

 

[robstyler]

What was the CPU load when this was happening?

cpu usage never going aboce 77%

 

[robstyler]

make sure your mb bios is up to date to rule out a bios bug...reload the intel chipset drivers see if thta helps.

how can i do this - thanks

 

[Philballer17]

The lower the resolution, the more the CPU takes control btw. 1080p is a little bit more CPU demanding than higher resolutions such as 1440p and 4k. So, the GTX 1080 isn't going to be under full load at that resolution. Also, The GTX 1080 is recommended for 1440p resolution gaming. Not really for 1080p gaming. But if wild frame rate gaming is what you're after, than it will give you that on 1080p.

 

[robstyler]

The lower the resolution, the more the CPU takes control btw. 1080p is a little bit more CPU demanding than higher resolutions such as 1440p and 4k. So, the GTX 1080 isn't going to be under full load at that resolution. Also, The GTX 1080 is recommended for 1440p resolution gaming. Not really for 1080p gaming. But if wild frame rate gaming is what you're after, than it will give you that on 1080p.

really?? why is the benchmark video i was watching which was also at 1080p have such a higher frame rate?

 

[Philballer17]

The lower the resolution, the more the CPU takes control btw. 1080p is a little bit more CPU demanding than higher resolutions such as 1440p and 4k. So, the GTX 1080 isn't going to be under full load at that resolution. Also, The GTX 1080 is recommended for 1440p resolution gaming. Not really for 1080p gaming. But if wild frame rate gaming is what you're after, than it will give you that on 1080p.

really?? why is the benchmark video i was watching which was also at 1080p have such a higher frame rate?

Was the video you were watching, using the same CPU you are using? Or a higher end one?

 

[Karadjgne]

Detail settings, nvidia global settings, performance vs quality, AA or MXAA, what's got the physX gpu or cpu, do you have Xbox DVR crap disabled, have you installed the Spectre/meltdown fix.

And there's plenty more.

Understand, the YouTube videos will only show what's possible, not what's probable. With different hardware setups, different hardware settings, different OC, different lan, different running software like AV in background etc, you will more than likely get lower fps than what's shown.

 

[Philballer17]

Detail settings, nvidia global settings, performance vs quality, AA or MXAA, what's got the physX gpu or cpu, do you have Xbox DVR crap disabled, have you installed the Spectre/meltdown fix.

And there's plenty more.

Understand, the YouTube videos will only show what's possible, not what's probable. With different hardware setups, different hardware settings, different OC, different lan, different running software like AV in background etc, you will more than likely get lower fps than what's shown.

This is correct, as you're RIG would have to be absolutely identical with the testers in order to be able to match his frame rate tests.

If you were watching a video where he used an i7 8700k for 1080p testing, you can't compare that to your i7 4790k. Because the 8700k is a solid 20% faster than the 4790k.

 

[robstyler]

I didn't think a 4790k would bottleneck the performance of a 1080?

 

[Karadjgne]

It doesn't. As such. But you are comparing a 4c/8t cpu against a 6c/12t cpu with higher stock clocks, faster IPC, added instruction sets, newer driver sets on the mobo, faster and larger bandwidth ram etc.

And thats now what you base your assumed bottleneck on. If you think back to the day before the 8700k was released, the 4790k wasn't bottlenecking anything, it's performance was just behind skylake/kabylake.

A bottleneck is something that slows down the flow of data to the components further down the line. Your cpu isn't pushing 100% or close, it's not slowing down anything. It's just simply not as fast as the newest and baddest.

 

[robstyler]

I also habe frame rates drops on the new vampyr game at 1080p going to the mid 30's back to 62 due to fps lock - should this be happening with a gtx 1080?

 

[Philballer17]

I also habe frame rates drops on the new vampyr game at 1080p going to the mid 30's back to 62 due to fps lock - should this be happening with a gtx 1080?

Possibly, are you on a 60hz monitor? Because if so, that could be limiting your FPS.

 

[robstyler]

I also habe frame rates drops on the new vampyr game at 1080p going to the mid 30's back to 62 due to fps lock - should this be happening with a gtx 1080?

Possibly, are you on a 60hz monitor? Because if so, that could be limiting your FPS.

yes but to my understanding that shouldn't matter at all it will just increase screen tearing at not show all fps noted, but would decrease input lag - i did not think that had a direct impact on gpu load

some reason im getting 35 fps in vampyr all gpu and cpu load is around 30%