Low fps in Apex Legends but low GPU/CPU use

[sapientpearw00d]

Title says it all. I get 144 fps usually, then when I move into an open area the framerate drops, sometimes in excess of ~30 fps. Wobbly frametimes, too. Meanwhile, GPU utilization stubbornly sits at 60% or lower. CPU usage rarely goes above 40%. Why? How can I fix this? Please tell me I didn't buy this 144 hertz monitor for nothing. T-T

 

Specs:

CPU:           AMD Ryzen 7 2700X (Pinnacle Ridge, PiR-B2)
               3700 MHz (37.00x100.0) @ 4041 MHz (40.50x99.8)
Motherboard:   ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming 4S
BIOS:          P3.20, 08/11/2020
Chipset:       AMD X570 (Bixby)
Memory:        16384 MBytes @ 1330 MHz, 16-18-18-36
               - 8192 MB PC17000 DDR4 SDRAM - Patriot Memory (PDP Systems) 3200 C16 Series
               - 8192 MB PC17000 DDR4 SDRAM - Patriot Memory (PDP Systems) 3200 C16 Series
Graphics:      MSI RX 5600 XT MECH OC
               AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, 6128 MB GDDR6 SDRAM
Drive:         ST1000DM003-1ER162, 976.8 GB, Serial ATA 6Gb/s @ 6Gb/s
Drive:         Samsung SSD 860 EVO 500GB, 488.4 GB, Serial ATA 6Gb/s @ 6Gb/s
Drive:         WDC WD10EZEX-08M2NA0, 976.8 GB, Serial ATA 6Gb/s @ 6Gb/s
Drive:         SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000H1, 250.1 GB, NVMe
Drive:         PLDS DVD-RW DH16AESH, DVD+R DL
Sound:         ATI/AMD Navi10 - High Definition Audio Controller
Sound:         AMD Zen - HD Audio Controller
Network:       Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7265
Network:       Intel I211AT Copper (Pearsonville) Network Adapter
OS:            Microsoft Windows 10 Home (x64) Build 19042.804 (20H2)

 

[Applefreak]

6 minutes ago, sapientpearw00d said:

Title says it all. I get 144 fps usually, then when I move into an open area the framerate drops, sometimes in excess of ~30 fps. Wobbly frametimes, too. Meanwhile, GPU utilization stubbornly sits at 60% or lower. CPU usage rarely goes above 40%. Why? How can I fix this? Please tell me I didn't buy this 144 hertz monitor for nothing. T-T

 

Specs:

CPU:           AMD Ryzen 7 2700X (Pinnacle Ridge, PiR-B2)
               3700 MHz (37.00x100.0) @ 4041 MHz (40.50x99.8)
Motherboard:   ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming 4S
BIOS:          P3.20, 08/11/2020
Chipset:       AMD X570 (Bixby)
Memory:        16384 MBytes @ 1330 MHz, 16-18-18-36
               - 8192 MB PC17000 DDR4 SDRAM - Patriot Memory (PDP Systems) 3200 C16 Series
               - 8192 MB PC17000 DDR4 SDRAM - Patriot Memory (PDP Systems) 3200 C16 Series
Graphics:      MSI RX 5600 XT MECH OC
               AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, 6128 MB GDDR6 SDRAM
Drive:         ST1000DM003-1ER162, 976.8 GB, Serial ATA 6Gb/s @ 6Gb/s
Drive:         Samsung SSD 860 EVO 500GB, 488.4 GB, Serial ATA 6Gb/s @ 6Gb/s
Drive:         WDC WD10EZEX-08M2NA0, 976.8 GB, Serial ATA 6Gb/s @ 6Gb/s
Drive:         SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000H1, 250.1 GB, NVMe
Drive:         PLDS DVD-RW DH16AESH, DVD+R DL
Sound:         ATI/AMD Navi10 - High Definition Audio Controller
Sound:         AMD Zen - HD Audio Controller
Network:       Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7265
Network:       Intel I211AT Copper (Pearsonville) Network Adapter
OS:            Microsoft Windows 10 Home (x64) Build 19042.804 (20H2)

 

Adjust game settings, the game usually is somewhat capped in terms of max fps. That being said, make sure the game is running off the SSD. Also set your memory to the right speed. Currently your memory is running below base spec.

[sapientpearw00d]

2 minutes ago, Applefreak said:

Adjust game settings, the game usually is somewhat capped in terms of max fps. That being said, make sure the game is running off the SSD. Also set your memory to the right speed. Currently your memory is running below base spec.

I have it set to 2666 because it was unstable at 3200 and 3000 mhz, but maybe the oc was sloppy. The game is running off a hard disk. Why do I need to move it to my ssd? Game settings are all set to lowest with a vram budget of 3gb. Fps is capped at 144.