What should my GPU usage be while gaming
I have an i5 6600k, R9 390 and 16GB RAM.
When running the game, my GPU usage is at a constant 100%, be that in menu's, the firing range, or any map.
My FPS can fluctuate between slightly above 60 indoors down to around 40 and maybe a tad lower for most of the game out in the open.
My CPU usage almost never exceeds 50% on all 4 cores.
This is at 1080p, and mostly high/epic settings with shadows down to medium. The other settings don't seem to affect the FPS much at all that I can see, other than in smoke/firefights.
Does this sound right? Should my GPU be at such high usage, CPU such low usage, fps be around that?
Hmm, I have the same hardware but never hit 100% GPU. I play at 1440p and get between 40-60 fps depending on how many players are on the server. My CPU usage is about the same though.
Same here. I have a 980ti and it barely goes over 50-60% load. My CPU seems to be fully utilized though.
Thats effectively where you want it at first look. This would tell me your CPU is able to effectively pass on enough for your GPU to work at 100%. If your CPU was at 70%+ and yoru GPU was at like 50-60 or so and you were still getting bad performance, would tell me your CPU was bottlenecking. Your premonition is effectively correct. This games pretty single threaded with AMD GPU's, I haven't been able to see anyone provide screenshots of their CPU utilization while running this game with an Nvidia GPU.
As a side note if you want to try some of these to see if it helps your FPS feel free.
/r/joinsquad/comments/456tq2/things_you_can_do_to_potentially_help_with/
OMBDBlazie·5yi got a i7 6700k and my cpu is around 40% and my gpu at 100% (980Ti) 1440p and i got around 75-80 in 72p maps
[deleted]·5yMeans that your GPU is limiting your frames per second, which is something you always want to have.
Your GPU will push the FPS as high as possible, hence why it's always at 100% usage.
Your CPU will probably never hit 100% usage in any game because games usually don't need that amount of processing power.
If your GPU is not hitting 100% usage that's because there's some sort of FPS cap or bottleneck somewhere. In other words, you're fine.