BF4 , gtx970 low gpu usage

[MadManMarsBar]

so after being very happy with my 970 for a few weeks i decided to do some monitoring to see what exactly my GPU was doing while i play BF4 ( im curious like that )

and i noticed something weird my gpu is only running at about 50%-70% usage, even if i set all settings to low it will sit at a max of 80% , i know that in 64 player servers it will dip , but surely not that much ?

 

i can get the GPU to run at 99% all the time if i max the game out and put the resolution scale to 200% , but it dosent feel right playing with 30fps on PC ..... i want 60 fps ... lol

 

is there anything i can do to squeeze some more usage out of my GPU ?

 

Also i will be getting a i7 (4790k ) and a new motherboard to go along with it , dunno if that will make a difference tho

 

 

anyone got any ideas ?

 

thanks in advance

[the jolly roger]

you should OC the cpu, why not overclock with a noctua d14 i mean holy balls!

 

i can rule out cpu bottlenecks, the fx is pretty stong

 

maybe the gpu is too damn powerful??

[MadManMarsBar]

you should OC the cpu, why not overclock with a noctua d14 i mean holy balls!

 

i can rule out cpu bottlenecks, the fx is pretty stong

 

maybe the gpu is too damn powerful??

CPU is too hot to OC even under a NHD-14 , gets to 57c while playing BF4 , max is 65c .....

[eelnico09]

I don't understand, the gpu is so OP that can max out BF4 with 50-70% of usage, and you want more because?

 

Here are some benchs:

 

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_geforce_gtx_970_g1_gaming_review,15.html

 

Game can be pretty much maxed out in 1440p and you have an average of 62fps

[MadManMarsBar]

I don't understand, the gpu is so OP that can max out BF4 with 50-70% of usage, and you want more because?

 

Here are some benchs:

 

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_geforce_gtx_970_g1_gaming_review,15.html

 

Game can be pretty much maxed out in 1440p and you have an average of 62fps

because when i max BF4 out at 1080p i dont get 60 fps ..... it drops down to as low as 35fps .....

[eelnico09]

because when i max BF4 out at 1080p i dont get 60 fps ..... it drops down to as low as 35fps .....

Try setting the AA lower, i guess your cpu is bottlenecking.

[MadManMarsBar]

Try setting the AA lower, i guess your cpu is bottlenecking.

nope , AA dosent make a difference 

[the jolly roger]

CPU is too hot to OC even under a NHD-14 , gets to 57c while playing BF4 , max is 65c .....

i think you can reach up to 80 and be fine

[Monarch]

CPU bottleneck. I've heard many complaints from people with 8350. It's not fast enough to keep 970 fed on 64 players servers at 1080p.

I have the same problem with 4670k and 290x, but luckily I can use Mantle. Using D3D the game is unplayable.

 

BF4 seems to be extremely heavy on the CPU. According to test case 2 in this article, posted by DICE, FX-8350 is not able to feed 7970.