Trouble with GTX 1080ti / VR

[jzenker95]

Hey everyone good morning,

Before I start here are my specs:

CPU: i7-4790 @3.6
GPU: 1080ti
Mobo: Z97 Sabertooth Mark 1
RAM: DDR3 16GB -

I recently just upgraded my GPU to the 1080ti, and picked up a HTC Vive. I use a 1440p 144hz G-Sync monitor for regular gaming (just the one monitor) and it seems to handle anything I throw at it.

But I have noticed something strange, the GPU load stays at around 25-50% at Ultra settings, 1440p. And I also notice that sometimes I will slightly drop frames.

But the reason I'm writing this and asking for help is because when I recently setup the Vive, a very demanding piece of tech, the GPU load still stays at 25-50%. And this time I'm definitely noticing some lag and its very annoying especially when you have those goggles on your face, almost makes you sick.

So I had my friend come over and play Batman Arkham VR to benchmark for me while I read the temps/loads on the monitor. Below are the temps/loads after an hour of playing (with the game still running):

CPU:
51c - Average Temp
35% - Average Load

GPU:
68c - Average Temp
25-50% - Average Load

He was telling me there was noticeable lag, and I really think the lag would go away if the GPU would use full load.

Anyway so hopefully I can find some help and figure this out, as I would love to use VR with no frame drops with whats supposed to be the best card for VR on the market.

Thanks in advance for your help,

JZ

 

[hdmark]

This is probably not it, but have you played with performance/power savings settings at all?

 

[jzenker95]

This is probably not it, but have you played with performance/power savings settings at all?

Yeah tried that last night ,
it's currently set to High Performance but thanks for the quick reply

 

[hdmark]

np.
what settings are you playing at? not sure itll make a difference with this either... but at least in WoW with my 970, if i kept the settings at what i thought would give me 60fps constant (med-high) i was getting iffy performance. I increased the settings to ultra and actually got better performance. My naive thinking was the GPU was kinda sleeping on the job with med-high whereas with ultra, it was running full strength

so something to try would be increase the settings to ultra and see if that doesnt help

 

[jzenker95]

np.
what settings are you playing at? not sure itll make a difference with this either... but at least in WoW with my 970, if i kept the settings at what i thought would give me 60fps constant (med-high) i was getting iffy performance. I increased the settings to ultra and actually got better performance. My naive thinking was the GPU was kinda sleeping on the job with med-high whereas with ultra, it was running full strength

so something to try would be increase the settings to ultra and see if that doesnt help

I was looking for that last night, but in VR I haven't seen too many graphics options unfortunately but will definitely try it in regular games.