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Hi !

 

so i just started playing fallout 4 but right away i noticed that my gpu was maxing out at 60% utilization and not even clocking to its max 970 mhz !

so i looked around and saw that fallout 4 was cpu dependent  but is this true ? 

 

i am using a R9 290 on ultra and only getting 24 FPS ! i think my fx 8350 is the bottleneck here though what cpu from intel is a good option if so ? 

 

also fallout 4 only uses 6 of my 8 cores and 2 of the 6 at 60% -_-

 

 

EDIT 1 nope fallout 4 is using all 8 cores but at max 50% utilization each core

 

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You would think Ubisoft would support the Bulldozer based architectures more given their digging themed names like bulldozer, Piledriver, Steamroller and Excavator.
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No, something is wrong somewhere else.

 

I'm running lower specs at 30fps (vsync on) with everything maxed out. EVERYTHING.

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No, something is wrong somewhere else.

 

I'm running lower specs at 30fps (vsync on) with everything maxed out. EVERYTHING.

well what, i mean a fx 8350 and r9 290 shouldn't be getting 24 fps with dips to 19 fps.... the game uses 2gb vram 6gb ram normal ram i got 8gb and i am running it on a ssd :/

 

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You would think Ubisoft would support the Bulldozer based architectures more given their digging themed names like bulldozer, Piledriver, Steamroller and Excavator.
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true that.

my friend has some lag spikes with his 390x 

yeah okay but ive got a constant 24fps no spikes nothing 19-24fps 

 

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You would think Ubisoft would support the Bulldozer based architectures more given their digging themed names like bulldozer, Piledriver, Steamroller and Excavator.
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I get 100% utilization of my 390x at ultra on 1080p, with about 144+FPS, all 8t of my CPU are at 20-40% most of the time.

 

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Fallout 4 is rather unoptimized on AMD's side atm.

 

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I get 100% utilization of my 390x at ultra on 1080p, with about 144+FPS, all 8t of my CPU are at 20-40% most of the time.

yeah alright but thats a different cpu.

 

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You would think Ubisoft would support the Bulldozer based architectures more given their digging themed names like bulldozer, Piledriver, Steamroller and Excavator.
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well what, i mean a fx 8350 and r9 290 shouldn't be getting 24 fps with dips to 19 fps.... the game uses 2 vram 6 ram normal ram i got 8 and i am running it on a ssd :/

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yeah alright but thats a different cpu.

I'm just trying to show you that something is wrong.

Your 290 should be getting higher FPS, even with that 8350 holding it back. The 8350 isn't going to hold the CPU all the way back to 24fps.

 

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exactly

so therefore it must be a CPU bottleneck 

do the following first

Update drivers set the tasks priority to high and see if that fixes it (in task manager)

then OC

not helping this is what i get,https://gyazo.com/bb4f583a5daf3f4b56e1862a1f08210d

 

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You would think Ubisoft would support the Bulldozer based architectures more given their digging themed names like bulldozer, Piledriver, Steamroller and Excavator.
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I'm just trying to show you that something is wrong.

Your 290 should be getting higher FPS, even with that 8350 holding it back. The 8350 isn't going to hold the CPU all the way back to 24fps.

thats why i am posting 

 

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You would think Ubisoft would support the Bulldozer based architectures more given their digging themed names like bulldozer, Piledriver, Steamroller and Excavator.
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thats why i am posting

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I will admit. I just pulled a pretty hard moment of stupidity right there.

 

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exactly

so therefore it must be a CPU bottleneck 

do the following first

Update drivers set the tasks priority to high and see if that fixes it (in task manager)

then OC

OC isn't possible since the cpu already has overheating issues

 

On 11/19/2014 at 2:14 PM, Syntaxvgm said:
You would think Ubisoft would support the Bulldozer based architectures more given their digging themed names like bulldozer, Piledriver, Steamroller and Excavator.
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fx 4300 @ 4.6, r9 270x 2gb, 8 gigs of ram, running off a crusty 80gb sata-1 hdd

what dafuq is going on in my rig -_-

 

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You would think Ubisoft would support the Bulldozer based architectures more given their digging themed names like bulldozer, Piledriver, Steamroller and Excavator.
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Fallout 4 is rather unoptimized on AMD's side atm.

alright but why is this other guy getting more fps than me on a 270x -_- and a fx 4300

 

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You would think Ubisoft would support the Bulldozer based architectures more given their digging themed names like bulldozer, Piledriver, Steamroller and Excavator.
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https://gyazo.com/9aa2c196771534b91ceb1f0dbb6b06f4

 

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You would think Ubisoft would support the Bulldozer based architectures more given their digging themed names like bulldozer, Piledriver, Steamroller and Excavator.
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Steam friend has an amd fx8350 with a 970 and he's never going below 60fps.

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Steam friend has an amd fx8350 with a 970 and he's never going below 60fps.

yes but why arent i getting that kind of performance?

 

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You would think Ubisoft would support the Bulldozer based architectures more given their digging themed names like bulldozer, Piledriver, Steamroller and Excavator.
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so i just started playing fallout 4 but right away i noticed that my gpu was maxing out at 60% utilization and not even clocking to its max 970 mhz !

The game has Vsync on by default, so you're locked to 60 FPS. If you're hitting 60 FPS but capable of higher, then you're not going to see 100% utilization from anything.

Isn't it the same engine as Skyrim? It probably is somewhat platform-bound, if that's the case.

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The CPU might be thermal throttling but I don't know if AMD CPUs do that. An AMD FX8350 seems like a pretty good processor. While you are running the game, check in task manager maybe on a second screen and see how much CPU usage is being used. Also update graphics card drivers, maybe there are updates out already. My personal rig is a 2600K with a GTX 760 and Fallout 4 runs fine around 30FPS on Ultra (not sure about antialiasing).

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Well, isn't it the same engine as Skyrim? It probably is rather platform-bound, if that's the case.

I believe so. Looks to be like the same engine.

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