Ragemeteora81
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Hi guys,
Just wanted to get some advice on issues I am facing on Battlefield 4. I bought a new rig recently (i7-4790k, GTX 980 Ti) and for BF4, on maps such as Paracel Storm and Hainan Resort, I noticed that my GPU usage usually hovers at around 60 to 70%, with my framerate dipping to the 80s. I have settings mostly on Ultra (MSAA turned off). Performance feels a bit sluggish and I get the feeling that I should be getting higher frames with my setup.
I am gaming at 2540x1440 on a 144Hz ASUS ROG Swift monitor. I tried lowering the resolution to 1080p and with the same graphic settings, my GPU usage dropped further (to about 40%) and with the framerate still hovering around the 80s. I have set Nvidia Control panel settings to "Prefer maximum performance" but the problem persists.
One more thing I notice is when I use the console command “perfoverlay_drawgraph 1”, the yellow line (representing CPU) seems to be consistently higher than the green line (GPU) – this seems to mean my i7-4790k is bottlenecking my GPU? Does that make sense? It is something similar to the attached pic (not my actual performance, found this pic (bf3 actually) online) but without the spikes.
http://theblackduck.net/bf3/bf3_normal.jpg
With my rig setup, I was expecting better performance actually - the thing is this issue seems to crop up for BF4 only. For other games like The Witcher 3, I have no issues getting 99% GPU usage with good framerates.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
*Edit: one more thing to mention is that I have the 980Ti at a modest overclock of 86MHz using MSI Afterburner. I tried reverting to stock clocks and uninstalling MSI Afterburner but it didn’t seem to help.
Just wanted to get some advice on issues I am facing on Battlefield 4. I bought a new rig recently (i7-4790k, GTX 980 Ti) and for BF4, on maps such as Paracel Storm and Hainan Resort, I noticed that my GPU usage usually hovers at around 60 to 70%, with my framerate dipping to the 80s. I have settings mostly on Ultra (MSAA turned off). Performance feels a bit sluggish and I get the feeling that I should be getting higher frames with my setup.
I am gaming at 2540x1440 on a 144Hz ASUS ROG Swift monitor. I tried lowering the resolution to 1080p and with the same graphic settings, my GPU usage dropped further (to about 40%) and with the framerate still hovering around the 80s. I have set Nvidia Control panel settings to "Prefer maximum performance" but the problem persists.
One more thing I notice is when I use the console command “perfoverlay_drawgraph 1”, the yellow line (representing CPU) seems to be consistently higher than the green line (GPU) – this seems to mean my i7-4790k is bottlenecking my GPU? Does that make sense? It is something similar to the attached pic (not my actual performance, found this pic (bf3 actually) online) but without the spikes.
http://theblackduck.net/bf3/bf3_normal.jpg
With my rig setup, I was expecting better performance actually - the thing is this issue seems to crop up for BF4 only. For other games like The Witcher 3, I have no issues getting 99% GPU usage with good framerates.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
*Edit: one more thing to mention is that I have the 980Ti at a modest overclock of 86MHz using MSI Afterburner. I tried reverting to stock clocks and uninstalling MSI Afterburner but it didn’t seem to help.
