Low GTX 1080 usage and fps, no bottleneck or v-sync

[curtisbain95]

Message for a friend as he has this issue, in GTA he found himself running at 90fps on a 144hz panel at just 30-50% gpu usage, paired with an i7- 4770k @ 3.9, no frame limiter. Baffled as to what is happening here as I've surpassed those framerates whilst running the same settings on a 970 with an i7 4790k (basically the same processor) any ideas?

Nvidia control panel is set to maximum performance, as is standard windows control panel

i7-4770k @3.9 (stock)
Zotac GTX 1080
MSI z87-g43
Ripjawz 1600 ddr3 16gb
OCZ zs series 750w
2 WD blue 7200 RAID 0
OS on ssd

 

[rgd1101]

and the cpu usage?

 

[Greeko85]

Check the cpu and gpu usage and temps under load-gta V is notorious for being cpu heavy.

 

[larrycumming]

sounds like cpu bottleneck


most of the time if your gpu runs below 95% utilization during gaming, there's a bottleneck somewhere

 

[curtisbain95]

and the cpu usage?

I believe CPU usage was 60% and below, my i7 goes higher than that and GPU stays at 90%+

He's been running rivatuner all temps are fine too

 

[curtisbain95]

Check the cpu and gpu usage and temps under load-gta V is notorious for being cpu heavy.

Cpu isn't bottlenecking though, forgot to mention that, apologies. It hovers around 90fps mark at medium and low settings and only increases when looking at the sky. He also has latest drivers, as do I, my 970 drivers work fine on GTA too

 

[curtisbain95]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from curtisbain95 : "GTX 1080 fluctuating performance"

A repost from yesterday, my friend has a GTX 1080 paired with an i7-4770k in the hope of 1080p 144hz, which should be more than capable with the rig he has, I've been round his house today for hours trying to diagnose the issue, but can't make heads or tails of it, for instance when playing games on low settings he'll get 90fps @60% GPU usage, where's the extra 40%?? His CPU is within fine ranges of 50-70% so cant be cpu bottlenecked, occasionaly he'll get 90% usage and high frames but only for a few moments, it's very very strange, even on fortnite at all low, he struggles to hit and maintain 144fps, all temps are fine, so thermal throttling isn't a concern. Control panel is set to max performance as is nvidia. This is a last gasp attempt at help, sorry for a lengthy post, trying to make sure I cover everything.

Is there any conflicts when using an nvidia card with a freesync panel?

AOC G2460Pf Full HD 24" LED Gaming Monitor

i7-4770k @3.9 (stock)
GIGABYTE G1 GTX 1080
MSI z87-g43
Ripjawz 1600 ddr3 16gb
OCZ zs series 750w
2 WD blue 7200 RAID 0
OS on ssd

GPU's usage will drop when lowering settings, thats expected.

Have a look at this benchmark and read the part where they mention display resolution.

https://www.techspot.com/article/1557-fortnite-benchmarks/

4770k is more than capable. I believe the issue is settings, in Windows, Nvidia and game.

GPU's usage will drop when lowering settings, thats expected.

Have a look at this benchmark and read the part where they mention display resolution.

https://www.techspot.com/article/1557-fortnite-benchmarks/

4770k is more than capable. I believe the issue is settings, in Windows, Nvidia and game.

I understand the lower percentages at lower visual quality, but that in-turn should raise the frames, which is just doesnt, He should be hardlocked to 144fps, as I can pull that off with my 970, the card is just restricting itself, the link you posted showed a guy running 150fps average at high settings, my friend struggles to break 120 and averages around 80- 100 at lowest settings at 1080p. Somehow his card pulls 100% on unigine heaven @1080p

 

[rgd1101]

Please stick with 1 thread

 

[curtisbain95]

Please stick with 1 thread

Sure man apologies

 

[larrycumming]

download a program like MSI Afterburner, and increase the power %

if you getting current or electric throttles you might have a bad capacitor underneath the big fan cover somewhere.

Please stick with 1 thread

Sure man apologies

 

[larrycumming]

additionally, download gpu-z and check your pcie link mode. some defective mobos might run the pcie slot at pcie 2.0 or even 1.0 modes which creates a big bottleneck for gpu. if you cant adjust them accordingly in the bios/uefi then you need to rma the motherboard.

Check the cpu and gpu usage and temps under load-gta V is notorious for being cpu heavy.

Cpu isn't bottlenecking though, forgot to mention that, apologies. It hovers around 90fps mark at medium and low settings and only increases when looking at the sky. He also has latest drivers, as do I, my 970 drivers work fine on GTA too

 

[l.nashuts]

Hello guys.

Thank you to everyone that has replied.

Thank you Curtis for posting this for me!

I think I have solved the issue, it was simply a case of tinkering with the Nvida control panel settings.

The video I got some of the settings from is here, he has popped the settings in the description: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCzGeLGxytc

I then changed a couple more which are:

Under 'Manage 3D Settings' (like in the video, make sure you have selected 'Use the advanced 3D image setting' under 'Adjust image settings with preview').

Texture filtering - Aniotropic sample optimization = On
Texture filtering - Negative LOD bias = Allow
Texture filtering - quality = Performance
Texture filtering - Trilinear optimization = On


The settings I changed probably haven't had much of an impact but they work for me.

I hope this helps someone else that is having this sort of issue.

Also to add to that, since I changed these settings my card clocked up to 2000mhz for the first time (that I have noticed at least).