980TI under-performing/ weird performance

[OllieJ_]

So, I have a Ryzen 5 1600, 16gb ram and a 980ti (desktop). I'm new to high refresh rate gaming, and yes I've made sure windows is set to 144hz and up to date drivers.

 

I'm playing modern warfare a lot recently, and cannot, for the life of me, get it to 144hz. My ram never maxes out with several gigs of headroom so it isn't that. CPU fluctuates between 45 and 75% utilisation, and GPU pinning to 100% (in game reading VRAM Usage is less than 75% as well) . So it's a GPU bottleneck. Problem is, at minimum settings I'm getting between 70 and 150 fps (max staring at a rock) usually around the 100 fps range, with everything cranked to higher or ultra 60 to 100 fps (hovering around 70fps).

 

Benchmarks of modern warfare for both CPU and GPU seem to agree with the fps I'm getting at high / ultra settings. But benchmarks show I should get averages of 200+ fps with my hardware in modern warfare. And forgetting benchmarks, the drop in performance does not seem realistic considering the drop in visual fidelity between max and min settings (or conversely as I'm trying, the fps gains I'm getting by destroying graphic quality is pitiful) .

 

also in-game limits/targets are for 144hz so it isn't that. I've done a clean install of the game and I've even done a "reset this PC" through windows to uninstall everything and start again, to no avail. 

 

Anyone have any idea why I'm not getting much performance improvement even when I bring everything down/off to help out my gpu? 

[Kilrah]

Resolution? 

Note that MW is very CPU heavy. My guess is once you reduce graphics settings the CPU can't keep up.

[OllieJ_]

ah yeah sorry, 1440p. CPU never goes above 75% and is usually around 50-60% usage whatever settings. plus there's benchmarks using the 1600 getting 200+ fps. 

https://www.gpucheck.com/compare-game-cpu/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2019/amd-ryzen-5-1600-vs-amd-ryzen-5-1600