Game barely using my gpu or cpu to to their potential

(aviynw) #1

I have a core i7 920 not overclocked and a gtx 590. When I play in windowed mode at 800*500 resolution with high settings, windows control panel tells me I’m only using about %30 of my cpu, and the “nvidia inspector” tool tells me I’m only using %50 of 1 of my 2 gpus (the second is at %0).

With those settings I probably average 100 fps. Why won’t the game push my gpu and cpu to the max by simply increasing my fps!?!? I really want to consistently get 120 fps (yes, I have an 120hz monitor).

Are other people able to push their high-end rigs to the max and and consistently get more than 120 fps?

Does splash damage consider this a problem or is the engine simply designed to have some sort of max fps? Is it common for games institute some sort of max fps, because I didn’t think it was. I thought that while horsepower is available games simply try to spit out as many fps as possible

If I switch to 1680*1050 resolution my average fps only drops to like 85, and one of my gpu maxes out while the second one only goes to %10. (I’ve tried with and without the evga sli patch with no difference) I’ve had this problem with multiple nvidia drivers and all iterations of the game. I made a related post about my disappointing performance a month ago (http://www.splashdamage.com/forums/showthread.php?p=32839).

(esomonk) #2

You think thats bad? I have a radeon 5850 and it only uses 50% of the gpu, even when it drops into the 20s on sec tower, its still 50%.

(Smoochy) #3

[QUOTE=aviynw;352320]I have a core i7 920 not overclocked and a gtx 590. When I play in windowed mode at 800*500 resolution with high settings, windows control panel tells me I’m only using about %30 of my cpu, and the “nvidia inspector” tool tells me I’m only using %50 of 1 of my 2 gpus (the second is at %0).

With those settings I probably average 100 fps. Why won’t the game push my gpu and cpu to the max by simply increasing my fps!?!? I really want to consistently get 120 fps (yes, I have an 120hz monitor).

Are other people able to push their high-end rigs to the max and and consistently get more than 120 fps?

Does splash damage consider this a problem or is the engine simply designed to have some sort of max fps? Is it common for games institute some sort of max fps, because I didn’t think it was. I thought that while horsepower is available games simply try to spit out as many fps as possible

If I switch to 1680*1050 resolution my average fps only drops to like 85, and one of my gpu maxes out while the second one only goes to %10. (I’ve tried with and without the evga sli patch with no difference) I’ve had this problem with multiple nvidia drivers and all iterations of the game. I made a related post about my disappointing performance a month ago (http://www.splashdamage.com/forums/showthread.php?p=32839).[/QUOTE]

thats a low resolution for such a beastly card. i get avg 85 FPS with my 580 and everything maxed out in game options and nv panel. maybe the 590 is overkill for this game? you also have a better cpu than me.

on the brink configurator app there is a setting for refresh rate. maybe if you set that to 120 and enabled vsync you might get the 120fps? what does vsync do by itself? 60 or 120?

(Smoochy) #4

ATI drivers im affraid. i got down to 17fps on shipyard with my old 6970. never below 50fps on my 580 and generally average ~85fps