Which graphics settings to turn down when CPU is the bottleneck??

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

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[Judd]

There really is none. You can turn up the settings so the GPU is working harder.

[ImNotThere]

upscale it to 1440p if youre on a 1080p panel to make the gpu work harder

[Vandorlot]

You should only tuen it up in this case.

[Judd]

You can turn off windows defender and windows updates to make the CPU work slightly less. Also close all programs running in the background like anti-virus software.

[Judd]

You can overclock the cpu in the bios if you have an aftermarket cooler.

[Jurrunio]

Render distance, no. of displayed objects.

 

5 minutes ago, Judd said:

You can overclock the cpu in the bios if you have an aftermarket cooler.

If his mobo supports overclocking (which it doesnt)

[k.m.p]

If your signature is correct, then the cpu should not be a problem.

 

Also, what resolution/frame rate is your monitor?

[Judd]

Just now, Jurrunio said:

7 minutes ago, Judd said:

You can overclock the cpu in the bios if you have an aftermarket cooler.

If his mobo supports overclocking (which it doesnt)

My mistake. I should read people’s personal build before responding. I’ll do it next time.

[Blatcher2]

1080Ti with a 4 Core 4 Thread.... Should have seen this one coming.

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

On 10/12/2017 at 11:58 PM, Blatcher2 said:

1080Ti with a 4 Core 4 Thread.... Should have seen this one coming.

it's actually regarding the laptop  

[Verrm]

2 hours ago, Edgar R. Zakarian said:

it's actually regarding the laptop  

Ok, then first thing you want to do is to get that old laptop open and clean everything inside with compressed air and then reapply new thermal paste to make sure there is no thermal issues making your CPU clock lower then it actually can run. Check if your fans are turning smoothly.

Then check forums for tweaking your windows setting to get maximum performance out of it. If you run Windows 10 they you can check forums of low-end new machines that run this OS, for example: 2-in-1 cheap hybrid laptops, GPD Win or other GPD products, Kiano products, Laptops with Atom CPUs. Some forums have great knowledge of how to optimize your Windows for max output in games.

Then you can check if your CPU/Bios/Mobo combo can overclock your cpu/ram. Then you can make sure to upgrade your gpu driver.

If everything else fails then check google if there are some tweaks to the game you want to run to make it perform better. Perhaps the run in compatibility mode for older version of windows?

 

Good luck! Currently I am fighting with my own laptop that can run Skyrim at 17-34fps. But I have mostly thermal issues at the moment that I am about to solve this weekend by replacing thermal paste and dusting out interiors   It's not good currently running CPU+GPU both at 90 degrees when gaming lol

[Verrm]

2 hours ago, Edgar R. Zakarian said:

it's actually regarding the laptop  

BTW man, how's you MSI 1080Ti Gaming X is working? I think about getting it for my next build, but not sure if it has good cooling in performance and noise. Did you encounter yours having coil whine?

[Coaxialgamer]

Assuming you don't want to /can't increase gpu utilisation by increasing settings  , here's a few things you can usually tune:

- draw distance 

-physics 

-lighting/shadows

[Nup]

 

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

On 14/12/2017 at 3:54 PM, Verrm said:

BTW man, how's you MSI 1080Ti Gaming X is working? I think about getting it for my next build, but not sure if it has good cooling in performance and noise. Did you encounter yours having coil whine?

Hi,

 

I've got 0 coil whine whatsoever, could be luck? Dno. 
But I check this before i bought it off another guy. 

It's a great card overall, happy with it. So I can recommend it.

 

Works great, too overpowered for 1080p games, but yeah, who knew right?  

[Edgar R. Zakarian]

On 14/12/2017 at 5:12 PM, Coaxialgamer said:

Assuming you don't want to /can't increase gpu utilisation by increasing settings  , here's a few things you can usually tune:

- draw distance 

-physics 

-lighting/shadows

THANK YOU.
reduced draw distance, helped a lot. 

Not a lot of physics in skyrim???

Lightning/shadows are on medium, think it's ok now?

 

FPS is all over the place  from 15 -45 I think? Relatively smooth..

 

Am playing skyrim from the couch on the living room using wireless PS3 controller. (BlueTooth)

So fully fluent performance isn't a must.

 

I also reduced the resolution a bit, because gpu is also pegged at 99%.(so are both cores on cpu, 100%)