GPU only using 40% power while getting only 45 FPS

[CruisingNinja]

I have a Dell Inspiron gaming laptop which has an I7-7700HQ and a GTX 1050ti graphics card however while playing Rainbow Six Siege, GTA 5 and many other games i have found that the GPU is only using around 40% of its power but im not getting 60 FPS. My CPU is only using around 40% too with around 8GB of the 16GB of ram being used too. I am not being limited by temperature either as temps maxed out at just 62 degrees Celsius. What can i do??

[Froody129]

Is this on battery?

[CruisingNinja]

no its plugged in

[CruisingNinja]

battery it seems similar though

[Walt]

Check if power saving mode is turned on in windows 10

 

[CruisingNinja]

power saving mode is off.   

 

 

[asand1]

Frame caps in game settings or utilities?

[CruisingNinja]

no cap in game. is there any other way a frame cap could be in place? though NVIDIA?

[A1Mike_W]

I can't find the specs for your screen anywhere but if by chance your display is 90hz and you're got half-rate adaptive vsync on then you'll be capped at 45fps. It's unlikely but worth a shot.

[KarathKasun]

Check CPU clocks while gaming.  I had this problem on an i5-7300 HQ/GTX 1050 Ti laptop (6 months old), the CPU was throttling hard.  Replaced thermal paste and the CPU throttling went away.

 

Also, make sure you are not running a low refresh rate with v-sync on.  Some laptops will default to 20-40hz for battery savings with no obvious way to change it to 60hz.  Under display settings click on display adapter settings and set the refresh rate manually to the max that the display supports..

[i_build_nanosuits]

5 hours ago, A1Mike_W said:

I can't find the specs for your screen anywhere but if by chance your display is 90hz and you're got half-rate adaptive vsync on then you'll be capped at 45fps. It's unlikely but worth a shot.

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[CruisingNinja]

23 hours ago, KarathKasun said:

Check CPU clocks while gaming.  I had this problem on an i5-7300 HQ/GTX 1050 Ti laptop (6 months old), the CPU was throttling hard.  Replaced thermal paste and the CPU throttling went away.

 

Also, make sure you are not running a low refresh rate with v-sync on.  Some laptops will default to 20-40hz for battery savings with no obvious way to change it to 60hz.  Under display settings click on display adapter settings and set the refresh rate manually to the max that the display supports..

For some reason my FPS has increased again closer to 60 however it is fluctuating a lot its not locked at 60 as it once was. I've also set MSI afterburner to monitor CPU usage, temperature and clock speed. Clock speed is constantly at 3610 Mhz, usage is around 60-70% but my temperature is fluctuating massively too as if its the usage. It was at 68 degrees then jumped to 75, dropped back to 71, jumped to 77 and kept fluctuating between 70 and 80 degrees. this is not over time but is changing each second. My GPU temperature is constantly at around 54 in game  

[KarathKasun]

Sounds very similar to the issue I had.

 

My laptop was taken with me every day and the vibration/shock of being carried around impacted the performance of the stock TIM.  I used a more liquid compound when I applied new paste and have not had an issue since.

[CruisingNinja]

do you still carry it everyday? and how long ago did you change the thermal paste?

[KarathKasun]

2 minutes ago, CruisingNinja said:

do you still carry it everyday? and how long ago did you change the thermal paste?

Yes.  Its been about 3 months ago now.

[CruisingNinja]

and that fixed the FPS issues you had?

[KarathKasun]

It did.  Cant 100% say its the same problem, but it sounds very similar.