GPU not using max potential

[Sir0Tek]

CS:GO not at fps60+? You've got 2 graphics units integrated, is this correct? Are you sure that it's not the Intel integrated working with the games but the Radeon?

[jakeslayer9091]

18 minutes ago, Sir0Tek said:

CS:GO not at fps60+? You've got 2 graphics units integrated, is this correct? Are you sure that it's not the Intel integrated working with the games but the Radeon?

I have the radeon working, and yeah csgo is 60+ fps obv even with 400 MHz but gta and cod lag at medium settings and in low settings, their playable i guess, but still at medium and high settings, the gpu doesnt even try and just stays at 60% usage even tho it can do more

[Mark Kaine]

4 minutes ago, jakeslayer9091 said:

I have the radeon working, and yeah csgo is 60+ fps obv even with 400 MHz but gta and cod lag at medium settings and in low settings, their playable i guess, but still at medium and high settings, the gpu doesnt even try and just stays at 60% usage even tho it can do more

Download Timespy (free demo),  run the benchmark for laptops and compare with same hardware,  best to post the link tbh. 

 

That's imo the best way to figure out if something isn't right with your system. 

[jakeslayer9091]

16 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

Download Timespy (free demo),  run the benchmark for laptops and compare with same hardware,  best to post the link tbh. 

 

That's imo the best way to figure out if something isn't right with your system. 

timespy is 6 gb big, and it's gonna take a long time, it'll prob download tmrw morning or smthing like that

[jakeslayer9091]

3 minutes ago, jakeslayer9091 said:

timespy is 6 gb big, and it's gonna take a long time, it'll prob download tmrw morning or smthing like that

nvm it'll download quick and i'll see what i can do

[DobertRownySr]

4 hours ago, jakeslayer9091 said:

yea, it's at performance mode, and cpu is 100% and gpu is at "Maximum Performance", I dont have percentage option for the gpu 

if the CPU is at 100% load, that means you're being bottlenecked.

[jakeslayer9091]

1 minute ago, DobertRownySr said:

if the CPU is at 100% load, that means you're being bottlenecked.

its not at 100% load, we were talking about battery options that time.

[DobertRownySr]

Just now, jakeslayer9091 said:

its not at 100% load, we were talking about battery options that time.

Oh, my bad, I misunderstood.

[jakeslayer9091]

1 minute ago, DobertRownySr said:

Oh, my bad, I misunderstood.

it's fine

[Mark Kaine]

11 minutes ago, jakeslayer9091 said:

it's fine

What does time spy say?  Link please. 

[jakeslayer9091]

1 minute ago, Mark Kaine said:

What does time spy say?  Link please. 

i just started downloading time spy hold up, its cuz i was updating gta before downloading timespy so hold on it needs 9 minutes and then I'll run the benchmark

[jakeslayer9091]

53 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

What does time spy say?  Link please. 

bro ill do it tmrw, time spy takes so long to install its still at 50% its 4 am rn in the uk and ive been tryna fix this issue all day so i'll continue tmrw, i need some sleep.

[ReachModifier]

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[ReachModifier]

If you were looking at upgrading I would look at the gtx 1650 but if you were willing to buy a used card I would check craigslist and also on ebay you can get a rx 580 or any other good graphics card. Just make sure that you have enough power with your graphics card and have power pins for the graphics card required or you can always upgrade to a 650w power supply from evga,corsair, or any other reputable company. Also If you are trying to get more money out check out evga midweek madness its every wednesday at 12am pst to 12pm pst. and they have deals on power supplies and used / refurbished graphics card new and older ones. even rtx cards. 

[Whiro]

6 hours ago, jakeslayer9091 said:

aight i cant fix it, what gpu do you recommend? something that's cheap and  can get me playable fps like maybe 30-60 on medium or high settings

I’m not mistaking it you are on the laptop yes? 
You know that swapping gpu on laptop is impossible??

[jakeslayer9091]

4 hours ago, Whiro said:

I’m not mistaking it you are on the laptop yes? 
You know that swapping gpu on laptop is impossible??

Yea your right, I guess I have to build a pc

[jakeslayer9091]

9 hours ago, Mark Kaine said:

What does time spy say?  Link please. 

Time spy aint working for some reason man

[jakeslayer9091]

6 hours ago, ReachModifier said:

If you were looking at upgrading I would look at the gtx 1650 but if you were willing to buy a used card I would check craigslist and also on ebay you can get a rx 580 or any other good graphics card. Just make sure that you have enough power with your graphics card and have power pins for the graphics card required or you can always upgrade to a 650w power supply from evga,corsair, or any other reputable company. Also If you are trying to get more money out check out evga midweek madness its every wednesday at 12am pst to 12pm pst. and they have deals on power supplies and used / refurbished graphics card new and older ones. even rtx cards. 

I saw a 600$ build online with a 1660 and a ryzen 3 2600, I might get it and try to overclock everything that I can overclock I heard that I can make the 1660 perform as a 1600 ti

[ReachModifier]

If you want a pc around the 500-600$ range ill go on pc part picker and set one up. and it will have all new parts fyi

[ReachModifier]

this is a build that I made 

and I  wanted to make sure that there was a m.2 drive since their is a m.2 slot
if you wanted to save a little money or found a good deal you could always change out the ram or motherboard, etc and the ryzen 5 2600 comes with the wraith stealth cooler and the samsung 970 evo is a really good option and should be fine for your window 10 os and a few games and if you need you could always pickup a 2tb wd blue hdd for 60$ or ssd on sale online. And if you wanted you could get a smaller motherboard and save 30$ but I prefer bigger hard drives and getting more name branded hardware. I use the samsung 970 evo with my i9 9900k and gtx 1080 and love it because of the fast boot times and great game loading times.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$119.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ B&H
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$64.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$89.99 @ B&H
Video Card	MSI GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card	$199.99 @ B&H
Case	Phanteks P300 ATX Mid Tower Case	$59.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	EVGA BQ 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$59.99 @ ModMyMods
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$719.93
	Mail-in rebates	-$10.00
	Total	$709.93
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-26 03:20 EST-0500

 

[Sumolizer]

On 12/25/2019 at 6:22 AM, jakeslayer9091 said:

what do you mean try it without msi afterburner?, and yeah its the 8870m n im playing games like gta, csgo, cod, etc.

I think that is due to a old driver ( The 5000 and 6000 series don't get driver updates now)

The last one is from maybe Feb 2016

[jakeslayer9091]

10 hours ago, ReachModifier said:

this is a build that I made 

and I  wanted to make sure that there was a m.2 drive since their is a m.2 slot
if you wanted to save a little money or found a good deal you could always change out the ram or motherboard, etc and the ryzen 5 2600 comes with the wraith stealth cooler and the samsung 970 evo is a really good option and should be fine for your window 10 os and a few games and if you need you could always pickup a 2tb wd blue hdd for 60$ or ssd on sale online. And if you wanted you could get a smaller motherboard and save 30$ but I prefer bigger hard drives and getting more name branded hardware. I use the samsung 970 evo with my i9 9900k and gtx 1080 and love it because of the fast boot times and great game loading times.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$119.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ B&H
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$64.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$89.99 @ B&H
Video Card	MSI GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card	$199.99 @ B&H
Case	Phanteks P300 ATX Mid Tower Case	$59.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	EVGA BQ 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$59.99 @ ModMyMods
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$719.93
	Mail-in rebates	-$10.00
	Total	$709.93
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-26 03:20 EST-0500

 

Yea I'm prob going to get a similiar build for around 500-600$ with a 1660 and ryzen 3 3200 and I'm going to overclock everything as much as they can handle, since as i heard you could overclock a 1660 to perform as a 1660 Ti, and for the SSD I'm thinking to get a 500 GB with similar specs but a cheaper brand or maybe a 256 GB with a 1 TB HDD, hold on I'll set one up on pcpartpicker so you can see

[ReachModifier]

I would go with the ryzen 5 2600 since its roughly 50$ more and you get the better performance since its a 6core and you can over clock it also going with a m.2 drive is night and day better than an ssd since I have all 3 and I boot into windows 10 within 20seconds ready to go

[jakeslayer9091]

3 minutes ago, ReachModifier said:

I would go with the ryzen 5 2600 since its roughly 50$ more and you get the better performance since its a 6core and you can over clock it also going with a m.2 drive is night and day better than an ssd since I have all 3 and I boot into windows 10 within 20seconds ready to go

Yea, but I'm getting a custom cooler for it for maximum overclocking, but if I had extra money, I'll get the ryzen 5 2600, hold on I'm almost done with the pc part picker

[jakeslayer9091]

11 hours ago, ReachModifier said:

this is a build that I made 

and I  wanted to make sure that there was a m.2 drive since their is a m.2 slot
if you wanted to save a little money or found a good deal you could always change out the ram or motherboard, etc and the ryzen 5 2600 comes with the wraith stealth cooler and the samsung 970 evo is a really good option and should be fine for your window 10 os and a few games and if you need you could always pickup a 2tb wd blue hdd for 60$ or ssd on sale online. And if you wanted you could get a smaller motherboard and save 30$ but I prefer bigger hard drives and getting more name branded hardware. I use the samsung 970 evo with my i9 9900k and gtx 1080 and love it because of the fast boot times and great game loading times.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$119.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ B&H
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$64.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$89.99 @ B&H
Video Card	MSI GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card	$199.99 @ B&H
Case	Phanteks P300 ATX Mid Tower Case	$59.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	EVGA BQ 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$59.99 @ ModMyMods
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$719.93
	Mail-in rebates	-$10.00
	Total	$709.93
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-26 03:20 EST-0500

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/q8ZFPn

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($77.98 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool GAMMAXX GTE 56.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($29.89 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock B450M Pro4-F Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($69.98 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Patriot Viper 4 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($34.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Kingston A400 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($52.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB GAMING OC Video Card  ($249.99 @ Walmart) 
Case: Rosewill CULLINAN ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake Smart 500 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $610.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-12-26 14:57 EST-0500

 

I chose the AMD ryzen 3 2200G because I'm getting a custom Cooler which Will maximize my CPU Overclocking which is great, I got 8GB for now since I'll prob upgrade to 16 GB later and for the card I chose Gigabyte 1660 6GB OC since I'm going to overclock everything to it's max, and it comes to a cheap 600$, I watched a benchmark video for the CPU&GPU w/out overclocking and it could run csgo (max) at 200 and gta (ultra) at like 90, and way more games, and I'm also gonna go on pcpartpicker again and try and get a cheaper 500$ build