Low fps and low gpu usage - Bioshock Infinite

[Zatchsmayr]

No bottleneck of any kind. While maxed out, GPU goes down to 50% resulting in terrible frame drops. Any solutions to max out the GPU usage?

Specs:
Q9500 CPU
8GB DDR3 (4 x 2gb)
GTX 1050 OC Gigabyte
Installed on 7200rpm HDD

 

[ingtar33]

you sure the cpu itsn't being maxed? sounds like the cpu is bottlenecking your system on "max"

 

[Zatchsmayr]

It is normally on 50%

 

[Zatchsmayr]

you sure the cpu itsn't being maxed? sounds like the cpu is bottlenecking your system on "max"

CPU doesn't go above 50 to 70% unless initially opening the game. Which is normal. Performance doesn't change from maxed out to low as possible.

 

[Subressor]

Do you have the latest drivers / updates? Use Windows update and manually install NVidias 1050 driver

 

[Zatchsmayr]

Do you have the latest drivers / updates? Use Windows update and manually install NVidias 1050 driver

It claims to be on the latest Nvidia drivers and my system says its up to date.If I were to manually update, how would I do so?

 

[sizzling]

you sure the cpu itsn't being maxed? sounds like the cpu is bottlenecking your system on "max"

CPU doesn't go above 50 to 70% unless initially opening the game. Which is normal. Performance doesn't change from maxed out to low as possible.

Are any cores/threads hitting 100%? Often a CPU is the bottleneck even though its not at 100%

 

[Zatchsmayr]

you sure the cpu itsn't being maxed? sounds like the cpu is bottlenecking your system on "max"

CPU doesn't go above 50 to 70% unless initially opening the game. Which is normal. Performance doesn't change from maxed out to low as possible.

Are any cores/threads hitting 100%? Often a CPU is the bottleneck even though its not at 100%

I was watching all of the cores through MSI Afterburner and they are all being utilized equally.

 

[ingtar33]

how about ram? is your computer or gpu ram getting maxed? I wouldn't be surprised if this is a ram issue.

 

[Zatchsmayr]

how about ram? is your computer or gpu ram getting maxed? I wouldn't be surprised if this is a ram issue.

Nowhere close to the limit. Ram hits under 4gb. VRAM hits somewhere between 800mb and 1200mb

 

[ingtar33]

is there a temp issue? is the cpu or gpu getting throttled back?

 

[Zatchsmayr]

is there a temp issue? is the cpu or gpu getting throttled back?

Temps are extremely low, they get much higher in other games so heat has never been an issue. Around 70 degrees on each which is normal for me at least. Never have I had any thermal throttling.

 

[ingtar33]

reboot your pc into safe mode, uninstall afterburner, download and run DDU, reboot your pc, install the latest gpu drivers and test.

you can reinstall afterburner after reinstalling the drivers

 

[Zatchsmayr]

reboot your pc into safe mode, uninstall afterburner, download and run DDU, reboot your pc, install the latest gpu drivers and test.

you can reinstall afterburner after reinstalling the drivers

I will try this.

 

[Guest]

Bioshock infinite is a title that is well known to have very variable frame-rate. Even with a GTX 1080 and an i7-6950, it might average 130 fps on ultra, but it dips into the 30's fps sometimes.