[SOLVED] Is it safe to change the voltage maximum value on nvidia geforce experience?

[chriswa2002]

Hey so i have been getting really bad performance in escape from tarkov, its gpu usage is always pretty low compared to other games, and the cpu usage is alwas under the gpu usage. I normally get 50~% gpu usage in the game, giving me 50~ fps, if i change the settings to high or ultra i will get 98% gpu use, but it will stay near the same fps, so i want to try out the maximum voltage to see if it changes anything.

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Forgot to list the specs:
1660super
ryzen 5 4600g
16gb ram
Game is installed in an SSD

 

[Phaaze88]

It doesn't really do that much and can work against you.
When you move the voltage slider, it acts as more of a 'suggestion' to the gpu; you're telling it that it can use more voltage, but it may not do it.
As Gpu Boost prefers 'the lower, the better' gpu core temperatures and running into power limits less frequently, increasing voltage will increase gpu core temperatures and push the power limit more frequently.

I normally get 50~% gpu usage in the game, giving me 50~ fps, if i change the settings to high or ultra i will get 98% gpu use

That's an expected and normal reaction after turning up the graphics eye candy.
Performance is probably held back by the cpu, ram, storage, or even the game engine - I've no idea where EFT falls in regards to how well the game runs.

As a plus, you shouldn't look at cpu usage the same as gpu. You have to monitor each core - all it can take is just one to hold things up.

 

[chriswa2002]

It doesn't really do that much and can work against you.
When you move the voltage slider, it acts as more of a 'suggestion' to the gpu; you're telling it that it can use more voltage, but it may not do it.
As Gpu Boost prefers 'the lower, the better' gpu core temperatures and running into power limits less frequently, increasing voltage will increase gpu core temperatures and push the power limit more frequently.



That's an expected and normal reaction after turning up the graphics eye candy.
Performance is probably held back by the cpu, ram, storage, or even the game engine - I've no idea where EFT falls in regards to how well the game runs.

As a plus, you shouldn't look at cpu usage the same as gpu. You have to monitor each core - all it can take is just one to hold things up.

Forgot to list the specs, updated the post.
The cpu cores all have the same usage kindof, i tried using process lasso with even cores too but no change.

 

[Phaaze88]

Thanks for updating your specs.... the ram is 2x 8GB, or 1x 16GB?

How high does individual core usage get? It does not have to be a perfect 100%.

 

[hotaru.hino]

Hey so i have been getting really bad performance in escape from tarkov, its gpu usage is always pretty low compared to other games, and the cpu usage is alwas under the gpu usage. I normally get 50~% gpu usage in the game, giving me 50~ fps, if i change the settings to high or ultra i will get 98% gpu use, but it will stay near the same fps, so i want to try out the maximum voltage to see if it changes anything.

This sounds like Tarkov is either not designed to take advantage of multiple cores that well or there's something with CPU performance. But either way this behavior is expected: the CPU determines how much FPS you can get, the GPU determines how much eye candy you can throw on before FPS starts dropping. Cranking up the visuals and getting GPU usage close to 100% while FPS stays the same is more indicative that the game is not using the CPU well or the CPU cannot perform at its best.

 

[chriswa2002]

Thanks for updating your specs.... the ram is 2x 8GB, or 1x 16GB?

How high does individual core usage get? It does not have to be a perfect 100%.

The ram is 2x8gb

 

[chriswa2002]

This sounds like Tarkov is either not designed to take advantage of multiple cores that well or there's something with CPU performance. But either way this behavior is expected: the CPU determines how much FPS you can get, the GPU determines how much eye candy you can throw on before FPS starts dropping. Cranking up the visuals and getting GPU usage close to 100% while FPS stays the same is more indicative that the game is not using the CPU well or the CPU cannot perform at its best.

Its probably unity, the problem is present on most unity games, i have had issues on hurtworld, rust, tarkov, vrchat sometimes, but for fall guys i do get max fps with max gpu usage, and it uses unity.
And in apex legends for example, i get 100+fps with the gpu at 98%.
It's hurting my head not finding a fix for thissss

 

[hotaru.hino]

Its probably unity, the problem is present on most unity games, i have had issues on hurtworld, rust, tarkov, vrchat sometimes, but for fall guys i do get max fps with max gpu usage, and it uses unity.
And in apex legends for example, i get 100+fps with the gpu at 98%.
It's hurting my head not finding a fix for thissss

If your goal is to have more FPS in Tarvkov, the only solution is to get a better CPU. From what you described, this is normal behavior and I see nothing out of the ordinary.