Question Low fps when playing

[emiloliver591]

My components:

GPU: Rtx 3080 (Gigabyte Gaming OC)
CPU: I7-9700K
Motherboard: Asus Prime (Z390)
Powersupply: Gigabyte 60+ Gold 750w
AIO Cooler: Kraken NZXT M22
Case: NZXT H510
Ram: Ballistix 2X8GB (3200 DDR4)

Screen: VG27AQL1A 1440P 170HZ

I can't seem to get over 72 fps in Horizon Zero dawn. When i watch benchmarks, they get over 120fps with the same graphic card and cpu. I upgraded from a RTX 2080 Super to Rtx 3080 1 week ago. Help?

 

[sizzling]

The RAM, is it 1x16gb or 2x8gb?

 

[emiloliver591]

2x8

 

[sizzling]

Run userbenchmark and share the public link to the results. This might point us to what is underperforming.

Are all motherboard and gpu drivers up to date?

 

[sizzling]

Also try using DDU to completely remove the gpu driver and then reinstall the latest driver.

https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

 

[emiloliver591]

my results:

UserBenchmarks: Game 232%, Desk 103%, Work 221%
CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K - 101.1%
GPU: Nvidia RTX 3080 - 236.3%
SSD: Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB - 185.7%
RAM: Crucial BLS8G4D32AESBK.M8FE1 2x8GB - 106.3%
MBD: Asus PRIME Z390-P
linnk: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/34810996

 

[sizzling]

my results:

UserBenchmarks: Game 232%, Desk 103%, Work 221%
CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K - 101.1%
GPU: Nvidia RTX 3080 - 236.3%
SSD: Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB - 185.7%
RAM: Crucial BLS8G4D32AESBK.M8FE1 2x8GB - 106.3%
MBD: Asus PRIME Z390-P
linnk: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/34810996

All looks good. Try DDU

 

[emiloliver591]

Already Reinstalled via control panel. Tried opening Horizon again. 40% load from CPU and 99% from GPU. Is that okay or?

 

[sizzling]

Already Reinstalled via control panel. Tried opening Horizon again. 40% load from CPU and 99% from GPU. Is that okay or?

Use DDU, a regular uninstall is not always enough as it doesn’t remove everything. It is why DDU exists.

 

[emiloliver591]

Did it. Still no improvement, can't get above 80 fps. Exact aame fps as with my 2080 super when i had it

 

[sizzling]

Did it. Still no improvement, can't get above 80 fps. Exact aame fps as with my 2080 super when i had it

Ok, good to rule it out.

Whats the cpu and gpu usage while in game?

 

[emiloliver591]

40% Cpu.
99% Gpu

 

[emiloliver591]

Is that good or bad?

 

[idkwhattonamethisacc]

Thats good in a different way, your gpu is bottlenecking the cpu which means the gpu is running at its full potential and the cpu still has headroom if you want to upgrade to a better gpu

 

[emiloliver591]

But why is my fps so low?

 

[idkwhattonamethisacc]

Idk problably a win 10 issue, good thing i still use win 7 for my pc, if i do upgrade to a 24 core dual socket e5 2678 v3 workstation, ill just use pop linux for gaimg because win 10 is god awful, lower stability, a mobile settings menu which is clunky and slow, forced updates, higher risk of viruses, making you do pointless things like having to "sign in" even though theres no password, very clunky and slow, heavy on telemetry and heavy on computer resources, and many MANY other things i absolutely despise about win 10, please for the love of god just switch to pop linux for gaming or just use win 7 because screw windows 10, it is an absolute abomnitation of a "desktop" operating system

 

[Inductor]

Could you please post your graphic settings? That may lead to solving the problem, considering your specs.

 

[RodroX]

Sorry to ask this but, are you 100% sure you are runing the latest drivers and that the game is fully patched?

 

[emiloliver591]

Horizon zero dawn.

Ultimate quality everything maxed out at 1440P

And yeah, ran DDU installed the newest drivers for my motherboard and GPU