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GTX 1070 Ti not at 100% usage

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I made a post about this a while ago, and it ruled out the possibility of my Ryzen 5 1600 bottlnecking my GTX 1070 Ti.

So I have been noticing that my 1070 Ti is not pushing itself to the limit. I am a hardcore Overwatch player. And for some reason, compared to my old GTX 1070, which I broke not long ago in an attempt to install a waterblock, the 1070 Ti did not show the improvements in performance that I expected, especially when I pull down the graphics settings. And when I open Task Manager, it only showed 50-60% utilization. Even if I set the priority to High, it showed no difference.

One possible answer is my 450 watt power supply from Corsair is not supplying enough power. And that I've actually considered. But could it be software based? Is there a problem with the game? Or could it be Windows messing with everything?

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If you have a tool like afterburner, check the power usage of your GPU, that may be an indicator if it is your PSU as 450watt is a bit low for that card. Also, is your CPU at 100% (or rather are some of the cores its using for Overwatch at 100%)? that will indicate a CPU bottleneck.

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Either way, sounds like you are on the right track. I don't think Windows is the culprit in this case, and Overwatch is a very well-optimized game, It scales very nicely with older hardware, so I doubt it's the game either.

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Just now, EarthWormJM2 said:

Either way, sounds like you are on the right track. I don't think Windows is the culprit in this case, and Overwatch is a very well-optimized game, It scales very nicely with older hardware, so I doubt it's the game either.

'aight thanks for the input.

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3 hours ago, Munchie said:

One possible answer is my 450 watt power supply from Corsair is not supplying enough power. And that I've actually considered. But could it be software based? Is there a problem with the game? Or could it be Windows messing with everything?

You can easily run a 1080Ti with 450W. If the powersupply is not faulty that is not your problem.

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The most common reasons for this are either:

-Do you have a framerate limit set or vsync turned on? (this can be in game settings, in control panel settings, or in GPU tools like PrecisionX)

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-Is your CPU running at 100% (either overall OR per-thread)

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Are you getting weird fan behavior, speed fluctuations, and/or other issues with Link?

Are you running AIDA64, HWinfo, CAM, or HWmonitor? (ASUS suite & other monitoring software often have the same issue.)

Corsair Link has problems with some monitoring software so you may have to change some settings to get them to work smoothly.

-For AIDA64: First make sure you have the newest update installed, then, go to Preferences>Stability and make sure the "Corsair Link sensor support" box is checked and make sure the "Asetek LC sensor support" box is UNchecked.

-For HWinfo: manually disable all monitoring of the AIO sensors/components.

-For others: Disable any monitoring of Corsair AIO sensors.

That should fix the fan issue for some Corsair AIOs (H80i GT/v2, H110i GTX/H115i, H100i GTX and others made by Asetek). The problem is bad coding in Link that fights for AIO control with other programs. You can test if this worked by setting the fan speed in Link to 100%, if it doesn't fluctuate you are set and can change the curve to whatever. If that doesn't work or you're still having other issues then you probably still have a monitoring software interfering with the AIO/Link communications, find what it is and disable it.

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4 hours ago, Munchie said:

I made a post about this a while ago, and it ruled out the possibility of my Ryzen 5 1600 bottlnecking my GTX 1070 Ti.

So I have been noticing that my 1070 Ti is not pushing itself to the limit. I am a hardcore Overwatch player. And for some reason, compared to my old GTX 1070, which I broke not long ago in an attempt to install a waterblock, the 1070 Ti did not show the improvements in performance that I expected, especially when I pull down the graphics settings. And when I open Task Manager, it only showed 50-60% utilization. Even if I set the priority to High, it showed no difference.

One possible answer is my 450 watt power supply from Corsair is not supplying enough power. And that I've actually considered. But could it be software based? Is there a problem with the game? Or could it be Windows messing with everything?

which PSU (specific model) are we talking about. Grey Corsair were nice PSUs while Green were kinda garbage compared to competitors..

 

Are you using a power connector adapter or something of the sort?

 

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If it was power the system wouldn’t run under load. Or the gpu drivers would keep crashing. 

 

Looking at the task manager would tell you where to start. 

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On 8/7/2018 at 2:39 PM, faziten said:

which PSU (specific model) are we talking about. Grey Corsair were nice PSUs while Green were kinda garbage compared to competitors..

 

Are you using a power connector adapter or something of the sort?

 

I am using the CX450 Watt

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