Question I'm lagging in games but my gpu isn't fully working.

Feb 27, 2025
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So I'm playing a game right now and I'm lagging a little bit. I'd usually be fine with that but no matter how low I put the setting it keeps lagging. When I check my gpu utilization, it's never at 100% or even close to it. When I'm on low setting it decides it's not worth it's time and is at about 20% utilization which makes me lag. Can anyone help? I'm running a strix g15 with a 3050 and AN Ryzen 7 4800h. In this case it's hogwarts legacy im trying to play. And I'm running about 45fps and every minute or so I get a decent sized lag spike. I've changed every visual setting, v-sync, windowed and full-screen, and dlss/amd fsr.

Thank you
 
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So I'm playing a game right now and I'm lagging a little bit. I'd usually be fine with that but no matter how low I put the setting it keeps lagging. When I check my gpu utilization, it's never at 100% or even close to it. When I'm on low setting it decides it's not worth it's time and is at about 20% utilization which makes me lag. Can anyone help? I'm running a strix g15 with a 3050 and AN Ryzen 7 4800h. In this case it's hogwarts legacy im trying to play. And I'm running about 45fps and every minute or so I get a decent sized lag spike. I've changed every visual setting, v-sync, windowed and full-screen, and dlss/amd fsr.

Thank you
Your GPU not reaching full utilization suggests a CPU bottleneck, power limits, or background processes affecting performance. Try updating your GPU drivers and setting your laptop to high-performance mode in power settings. In NVIDIA Control Panel, force "Prefer maximum performance" for the game. Also, check for background apps using resources and disable unnecessary ones. If issues persist, lowering CPU-intensive settings like draw distance may help.
 
Your GPU not reaching full utilization suggests a CPU bottleneck, power limits, or background processes affecting performance. Try updating your GPU drivers and setting your laptop to high-performance mode in power settings. In NVIDIA Control Panel, force "Prefer maximum performance" for the game. Also, check for background apps using resources and disable unnecessary ones. If issues persist, lowering CPU-intensive settings like draw distance may help.
Will try that. Thank you.
 
Your GPU not reaching full utilization suggests a CPU bottleneck, power limits, or background processes affecting performance. Try updating your GPU drivers and setting your laptop to high-performance mode in power settings. In NVIDIA Control Panel, force "Prefer maximum performance" for the game. Also, check for background apps using resources and disable unnecessary ones. If issues persist, lowering CPU-intensive settings like draw distance may help.
This so looks like an AI generated comment that I asked Google "why is my GPU not reaching full utilization" and got the same answer almost word for word.

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