Low CPU Usage

[reapersivan]

Hey so my CPU has been having very low usage during gaming so around 50% or under, causing me to have less FPS. This has also made my cooler for it be more louder. I reinstalled AMD Drivers thinking it was for the GPU but nothing happened. I have an R9 390, Fx 6300. I noted the low amount of FPS ever since I rolled back to windows 7

[Marcus Torre DeProspero]

what is the speed of the cpu?

[Marcus Torre DeProspero]

8 minutes ago, reapersivan said:

Hey so my CPU has been having very low usage during gaming so around 50% or under, causing me to have less FPS. This has also made my cooler for it be more louder. I reinstalled AMD Drivers thinking it was for the GPU but nothing happened. I have an R9 390, Fx 6300. I noted the low amount of FPS ever since I rolled back to windows 7

Haven't responded yet so either way it might be cpu bottlenecking if the cpu isn't at a high enought speed if not then you are playing games that don't use every core just one or two

[Electronics Wizardy]

Games normally don't use 100% of the cpu and will only use a few cores.

[reapersivan]

8 hours ago, Marcus Torre DeProspero said:

what is the speed of the cpu?

it is running at 3.5ghz

[reapersivan]

8 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Games normally don't use 100% of the cpu and will only use a few cores.

The usage is too low, the cooler seems to be louder with temps at 50c

[MisterK]

8 hours ago, reapersivan said:

Hey so my CPU has been having very low usage during gaming so around 50% or under, causing me to have less FPS. This has also made my cooler for it be more louder. I reinstalled AMD Drivers thinking it was for the GPU but nothing happened. I have an R9 390, Fx 6300. I noted the low amount of FPS ever since I rolled back to windows 7

What game are you running, because you will defiantly stat bottlenecking in some games with that cpu.

[reapersivan]

44 minutes ago, MisterK said:

What game are you running, because you will defiantly stat bottlenecking in some games with that cpu.

GTA V, CSGO, Dying Light. I never had problems with it. I used to get better FPS for all of them. I think there may be something in the settings that makes my CPU hotter but have lower usage.

[MisterK]

1 hour ago, reapersivan said:

GTA V, CSGO, Dying Light. I never had problems with it. I used to get better FPS for all of them. I think there may be something in the settings that makes my CPU hotter but have lower usage.

What was the fps you were getting before and after?

[reapersivan]

23 minutes ago, MisterK said:

What was the fps you were getting before and after?

Before was 170 and over, now 50-90 for CSGO

[MisterK]

Just now, reapersivan said:

Before was 170 and over, now 50-90

I would reinstall the game. Your heat-sink isn't super dusty for cpu/gpu?

[reapersivan]

1 minute ago, MisterK said:

I would reinstall the game. Your heat-sink isn't super dusty for cpu/gpu?

Some has built up, hmmm should I buy a can on the air spray thingy? The gamer gear dust off one?

[MisterK]

1 minute ago, reapersivan said:

Some has built up, hmmm should I buy a can on the air spray thingy? The gamer gear dust off one?

 Most of the time dust has a marginal effect on temperature. As long as its not like a thick coat it should be fine. If you don't want to reinstall the games I would mess around with the settings. Like taking off AA and see how the performance is then.

[reapersivan]

3 minutes ago, MisterK said:

 Most of the time dust has a marginal effect on temperature. As long as its not like a thick coat it should be fine. If you don't want to reinstall the games I would mess around with the settings. Like taking off AA and see how the performance is then.

I'll reinstall CSGO and I'll see what goes on. I have most of my settings in SSD and games in HDD