Elden Ring FPS Unlocker low GPU/CPU usage and less than ideal performance

[crispybagel]

Hey, 

I installed the FPS unlocker mod for Elden Ring a few days ago and I love that there is developers out there doing this kind of stuff for games that force Vsync at 60fps. 

However, the performance is not as good as I expected it to be. I reach roughly 75-100 fps on 1440p (max settings) with my setup and I've read that that people with similar setups are reaching 60fps at 4K. I've messed around with the settings in-game and they don't seem to be affecting fps more than 5-10. 

During gameplay I see that GPU-Z logs roughly 30-40% GPU Usage with PerfCap Reason: Idle which I find strange. CPU usage is roughly 20%. No temperature bottlenecks anywhere. 

Anyone who has experienced similar issues? Is this an ELDEN RING issue? Is there anything I could do that will impact my FPS and get my to higher GPU and CPU usage. Wish I could get it to lock on 165fps.

RTX 4080
3900X
32GB RAM

[SpookyCitrus]

FPS for a 5800X3D and 4080 system with FPS unlocker has an average of around 145fps at 1440p on max settings. It's possible you have some sort of bottleneck with the 3900X but I don't think it should be that drastic, your GPU utilization is pretty low. I'd recommend using DDU to remove your GPU drivers and install the latest available using GeForce Experience. Also check the manufacturer support page for your motherboard and do any Bios or driver updates available there as well. Make sure DOCP/EXPO is enabled. If none of that works then there is some other issue.

[jaslion]

17 minutes ago, SpookyCitrus said:

FPS for a 5800X3D and 4080 system with FPS unlocker has an average of around 145fps at 1440p on max settings. It's possible you have some sort of bottleneck with the 3900X but I don't think it should be that drastic, your GPU utilization is pretty low. I'd recommend using DDU to remove your GPU drivers and install the latest available using GeForce Experience. Also check the manufacturer support page for your motherboard and do any Bios or driver updates available there as well. Make sure DOCP/EXPO is enabled. If none of that works then there is some other issue.

Also pbo because the 3900x is usually quite tame until that goes on

[SpookyCitrus]

2 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Also pbo because the 3900x is usually quite tame until that goes on

Ahh yes, PBO too. 

[crispybagel]

1 hour ago, jaslion said:

Also pbo because the 3900x is usually quite tame until that goes on

I turned on PBO, DOCP and matched memory and FCLK frequencies, seeing much better results now, closer to 140 fps. Thank you.