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Can you bottleneck without your CPU maxing out?

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3 minutes ago, basar_basar said:

even though my cpu doesnt max out

You are looking at the average CPU usage, instead of each core separately. All it takes is for one core to bottleneck, so you need to look at every core, not the overall average.

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Is this normal? I also installed NFS Heat today and again CPU and GPU usages both hover around %80 and %70. even though my cpu doesnt max out its still bottlenecking. games are playable but still i just wanna know if its normal

Specs:

RX 570 Pulse

i5 4590

Win10 (fresh install)

12G Ram

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3 minutes ago, basar_basar said:

even though my cpu doesnt max out

You are looking at the average CPU usage, instead of each core separately. All it takes is for one core to bottleneck, so you need to look at every core, not the overall average.

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