Low CPU/GPU usage BF3 paired with low fps?

[billybob42]

So, recently I installed my brand new gigabyte 7950 into my custom built PC. I started up battlefield 3, (it's a great game and a good way to stress test my cpu/gpu) and I got average/low fps. What's odd is that even after I formatted my hard drive, Re installed the latest drivers, and overclocked, my CPU usage never goes above 65% and my GPU usage never goes above 70%. I've tried overclocking both to no avail. I know for a fact that it's not a cpu bottleneck, because it's usage is always low.
Any ideas?

PS🙁Please Intel fanboys, restrain yourselves. This CPU is great, it's just not using itself very well.)

Specs here:
PSU: Rosewill GREEN 630w
GPU: Gigabyte 7950 windforce edition
CPU: FX-6200
HDD: 1TB WD 7200

 

[iceclock]

whats ur fps count and ur gpu temperatures?

 

[billybob42]

whats ur fps count and ur gpu temperatures?

My fps idles between 30-60 on ultra, and my temps are always good, below 60c

 

[iceclock]

thats weird, u should get 50 ish in ultra. have u tried defragmenting ur hard-drive. game folder for bf3. scandisking it, and running cccleaner to clean ur registry?

also running the latest drivers from amd?

 

[billybob42]

thats weird, u should get 50 ish in ultra. have u tried defragmenting ur hard-drive. game folder for bf3. scandisking it, and running cccleaner to clean ur registry?

also running the latest drivers from amd?

Yep, I've even re-installed windows 🙁

 

[iceclock]

er, uve got all the latest drivers for ur pc? latest bios also?

 

[billybob42]

er, uve got all the latest drivers for ur pc? latest bios also?

Yep 🙁

 

[iceclock]

hmm. u overclocking ur gpu?

 

[billybob42]

hmm. u overclocking ur gpu?

Tried it, didn't help at all.

 

[iceclock]

no i asked if ur overclocking it, cuz somethimes can cause performance issues.

 

[billybob42]

no i asked if ur overclocking it, cuz somethimes can cause performance issues.

The CPU or GPU? I've tried both separately, and neither caused any problems or made it run faster :/

 

[billybob42]

And yes, my clokc is from 3.8 to 4.3

 

[iceclock]

gpu.

 

[billybob42]

gpu.

Not clocking any more, the old clock was at 1100/1500 using afterburner. Still getting the same problem even after restoring defaults.

 

[billybob42]

Oh, and now the gpu usage goes up to 75%, but never 99 which I hear is the max amount.

 

[iceclock]

hmm. maybe try not playing on ultra.

 

[iceclock]

id try running in lower settings for optimal framerate.

 

[billybob42]

id try running in lower settings for optimal framerate.

That's what I do, I lower mesh quality and the framerate gets a huge boost. Anyway, 30 fps is still very playable and it does average above that. A new cpu heatsink is going to be here soon, so I'll try overclocking some more. :/

 

[iceclock]

what u getting?

 

[maxalge]

Oh, and now the gpu usage goes up to 75%, but never 99 which I hear is the max amount.

Your processor can't keep up it's bottlenecking.

Ultra bf3 is too much.



Turn down or completely off cpu intensive eye candy, Post processing, Shadows & Physics etc.

 

[iceclock]

already been discussed, his cpu can keep up if overclocked beyond 4.5

 

[loops]

How about your memory use? GPU ram are reg ram? Do you have a lot of background programs running?

The 1st thing I would do is turn off AA. Then run a few MP maps..check FPS..then slowly turn it up and keep checking.

Then play with the other settings till you find a good mix.

You can also try other drivers ...roll em back to see if others are better. I am getting FPS dips more so now than before and I run 560s in sli. It may be something about the new maps. More things going on in less space.

 

[Guest]

my CPU usage never goes above 65%

If that is for the CPU as a whole - do you have usage figures per core?

 

[billybob42]

So, I left vsync on, that turned out to be rather problematic. I turned it off and now my gpu is being fully utilized for most of the time. This still brings to question the lack of CPU usage, I guess it's just a good cpu, as it still gets around 65% used when my card is working 99% loaded.

 

[iceclock]

coolio