Wolfenstein New Order - Issues

[burgessanthony]

Just got his game on sale. All has run well so far, but have just reached the large prison (first mission after intro).

GPU usage 60%...CPU at 60%....FPS at 50. Has run suiperbly so far until now

Every single Bethesda game I play (fallout 4 for example) seems absolute garbage in terms of coding for GPU usage. My 390 is more than capable of pushing 60fps all day on this game.

I have googled but most results are from 2015...any ideas?

 

[sizzling]

Its been a long time since I played it but I seem to remember the AMD drivers were never that good

 

[burgessanthony]

Hmm. That's what most of the forums were saying back in 2015. Apparently they got updated and things were better.

I had a bad experience with fallout where a similar thing happened and no matter what, gpu usage in towns hit a 60% cap and fps dropped accordingly.

Guessing it's an AMD + Bethesda thing in some games :/ shame as it's super fun

 

[sizzling]

Yeah I enjoyed, one of the few games that kept me interested long enough to complete it.

 

[burgessanthony]

It is good. I just remember the original when I got into pc gaming. Unfortunately, Bethesda got their hands on this! (for an AMD user lol)

 

[burgessanthony]

Spent an hour trying to sort. Made the temp cache folder, helped. Turns out these guys cant make a game engine if they tried. Nothing works to bring up gpu usage in certain areas. Worst is 50fps at 60% gpu in very intense areas, so shows bow easily I should be able to run it.

It's playable, so I shall continue!

 

[Tom Tancredi]

I would agree it depends on the maker and specific game code on how it was put together and optimized for. For example Second Life uses the old Havok engine still, which works BEST under NVidia and AMD has issues. Other games it is the other way, so it depends on the maker and specific game and how it was put together.

Second to that there is underlying causes as well. The two most common are
1) Virus/ Antivirus. Things get on the computer, and some people never really address it. Also people don't wish to 'pay' for the 'included' Antivirus renewal so it is expired, Then lastly alot of the 'pay for' AV tried to be One Answer for ALL PC issues, and instead became the actual problem because it does so much it makes the PC too busy for other 'intense' things (gaming).
So remove whatever antivirus your using, go to www.filehippo.com and download the latest version of Avira, Panda, Avast, etc. they are free and do NOT EVER rely on the built in 'Antivirus' from Microsoft, it doesn't find anything. Open the software, go to the scanning options and do a full scan (it is NOT set by default, it only does a 'quick scan).
2) Again from filehippo download Malwarebytes and repeat the same thing as step 1. Malware is different from Viruses, like getting 'Spam' calls on your cell is much different than being will with vomiting (virus); same for Malware vs Viruses.

Otherwise I would ask you to get a program like SPECCY (again quick download from filehippo.com) and then copy and paste the first tab results to give us a idea on the hardware your using, then provide what settings your putting Doom on. If your trying to run on a AMD HD7000 at 1080P this may also be the reason too (newer code exceeds your specific hardware capabilities).

 

[burgessanthony]

Thanks for taking the time to reply!

1)All sorted
2)Do every week along with CCleaner etc.

Specs in my sig. I do realise it is the game code/AMD drivers...I am just ranting really! searches of other forums reveal it never really got sorted for AMD. Seeing if anything new had been done.

The game is Wolfenstein by the way, not Doom. I am managing 60fps (its locked in the game code) with about 70% GPU usage maxed at 2560x1080. Hardware more than capable...just in certain areas the game code not happy.

Funny how it can be so different between games; Witcher 3 looks 100x as good, but uses hardware to the max. Frustrating this PC gaming at times!

 

[burgessanthony]

Just to add:
Screen space reflections to medium not high
Create cache folder
Sorted. Locked FPS, even in massive open areas. No issues, runs very nicely. Awesome game!