CPU Bottleneck?

[FajardoX]

Hi,

Currently I'm playing Fortnite at all low settings at 1920x1080 (Native) and my CPU usage is at 95-100% whilst my GPU usage is between 40-65% according to Task Manager. Also, my textures and graphics slowly load in and I experience massive FPS stutters and mouse lag. (I only have discord open when playing).

 

I'm thinking of upgrading to an i5 9400F and 16GB of Ram DDR4 (8x2) but not sure about what motherboard to get (preferably a cheap one).

 

Specs:

i5 2500 (pretty old)

1060 3GB

16GB Ram DDR3 (4x4)

Gigabyte Z68M-D2H

1TB Seagate HDD

240GB WD Green SSD

Windows 10 Pro

 

Any help is much appreciated. 

[Nick Neuburg]

this is probably a cpu bottleneck or your cpu trying to get you to stop playing fortnite, but anyways, if you do upgrade you will need a new motherboard but you probably new this

[KaitouX]

15 minutes ago, FajardoX said:

Also, my textures and graphics slowly load in and I experience massive FPS stutters and mouse lag.

I don't think the CPU alone is the issue, the FPS stutters likely is the CPU fault, but the textures and graphics issue might be related to something else. What happens when you increase the settings in the game and when you drop them? The textures are at what setting?

 

If you want to upgrade anyway I would recommend either waiting for the new Intel CPUs or going with AMD, the 9400F is not really a good CPU, even more when AMD options are often cheaper.

[GDRRiley]

a 9400F gets beat by a 3600 or 3600x easily.

raise your game settings as you are cpu bound.

[Nick Neuburg]

4 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

a 9400F gets beat by a 3600 or 3600x easily.

raise your game settings as you are cpu bound.

for the price they dont beat it by that much plus they cost a lot more.

[GDRRiley]

1 minute ago, Nick Neuburg said:

for the price they dont beat it by that much plus they cost a lot more.

modern games they do.

a r5 1600af. is going to be 85$ that is a hard chip to beat

[svmlegacy]

1 hour ago, FajardoX said:

Hi,

Currently I'm playing Fortnite at all low settings at 1920x1080 (Native) and my CPU usage is at 95-100% whilst my GPU usage is between 40-65% according to Task Manager. Also, my textures and graphics slowly load in and I experience massive FPS stutters and mouse lag. (I only have discord open when playing).

 

I'm thinking of upgrading to an i5 9400F and 16GB of Ram DDR4 (8x2) but not sure about what motherboard to get (preferably a cheap one).

 

Specs:

i5 2500 (pretty old)

1060 3GB

16GB Ram DDR3 (4x4)

Gigabyte Z68M-D2H

1TB Seagate HDD

240GB WD Green SSD

Windows 10 Pro

 

Any help is much appreciated. 

 

The 2500 should be capable of this. What kind of frame rate are you expecting, and have you monitored the CPU utilization out of game?

[Nick Neuburg]

8 minutes ago, svmlegacy said:

The 2500 should be capable of this. What kind of frame rate are you expecting, and have you monitored the CPU utilization out of game?

1600af would be better, its essentially the same but cheaper

[svmlegacy]

1 minute ago, Nick Neuburg said:

1600af would be better, its essentially the same but cheaper

The Ryzen 5 1600 is a completely different beast compared to a Core i5-2500. The 1600 clocks higher, has better IPC, and has 2 extra cores. Regardless, OP already has the 2500. Why buy a new system if it isn't needed?

[Esper22]

Also keep an eye on you temps to make sure throttling is not a factor.

[FajardoX]

Would you guys recommend a i3 9100F as I'm on a budget? I'm always going to be playing Fortnite at competitive settings (low) and would you recommend turning of Multithread-rendering for a 4Core CPU? Thanks