Almost no GPU usage

[xItz_Rewind]

54 minutes ago, RunsWindowsOnMac said:

that's your bottleneck. if you put a matched stick in the second slot you'll have 2X the bandwidth for the gpu to send frames to your cpu. that should resolve your usage issues and frame rates. i've seen quite a few comparisons using 1x8gb and 2x4gb sticks of ram. using 2 sticks is almost exactly double the performance.

So I would require another 8gb ram stick of the same speed right?

[xItz_Rewind]

1 hour ago, RunsWindowsOnMac said:

that's your bottleneck. if you put a matched stick in the second slot you'll have 2X the bandwidth for the gpu to send frames to your cpu. that should resolve your usage issues and frame rates. i've seen quite a few comparisons using 1x8gb and 2x4gb sticks of ram. using 2 sticks is almost exactly double the performance.

I saw some comparison videos and most of them see an 10-15 fps boost but the GPU usage is already quite normal compared to mine for example the videos all have 50-60% GPU usage with single channel however mine is only 3%. I am also on a tight budget and ram prices are very high in my country so I was wondering if if this was the only solution.

[RunsWindowsOnMac]

On 9/13/2018 at 12:13 AM, xItz_Rewind said:

I saw some comparison videos and most of them see an 10-15 fps boost but the GPU usage is already quite normal compared to mine for example the videos all have 50-60% GPU usage with single channel however mine is only 3%. I am also on a tight budget and ram prices are very high in my country so I was wondering if if this was the only solution.

that's the only thing i can think of when it comes to ryzen, unless you know someone with 2 4gb sticks you could trade with. also make sure your ram is running at the speed and timings.

 

 

[RandomGu123]

On ‎13‎/‎09‎/‎2018 at 5:12 AM, xItz_Rewind said:

To begin 
This is my current setup:
Ryzen 3 1200 oc 3.7
8gb ddr4 2667 ram
1060 6gb amp edition
120gb SSD
1tb HDD
Msi b350 mortar motherboard

I recently built this PC two months ago and successfully overclocked my CPU with a stable clock of 3.7 However all the games which I have been playing have been experiencing 45-60 fps. In task manager MY GPU USAGE IS ONLY 2% and is only used by my wallpaper engine. My CPU and RAM both run at around 75-90%. I have tried changing the windows power option, Nvidia control panel power option, changing drivers and even uncapping frames disabling all GPU using apps. All of these have been unsuccessful. In fortnite my GPU runs at 40% while other games such as battlefield run at 2%. Doesnt seem to be a bottleneck as my CPU isn't always maxed out. Was hoping someone would be able to help me solve this problem on my new PC so I could get minimum of 60 on medium settings at least.

Try and use MSI afterburner to monitor the GPU and CPU, my task manager is always wrong

[RandomGu123]

On ‎13‎/‎09‎/‎2018 at 5:12 AM, xItz_Rewind said:

To begin 
This is my current setup:
Ryzen 3 1200 oc 3.7
8gb ddr4 2667 ram
1060 6gb amp edition
120gb SSD
1tb HDD
Msi b350 mortar motherboard

I recently built this PC two months ago and successfully overclocked my CPU with a stable clock of 3.7 However all the games which I have been playing have been experiencing 45-60 fps. In task manager MY GPU USAGE IS ONLY 2% and is only used by my wallpaper engine. My CPU and RAM both run at around 75-90%. I have tried changing the windows power option, Nvidia control panel power option, changing drivers and even uncapping frames disabling all GPU using apps. All of these have been unsuccessful. In fortnite my GPU runs at 40% while other games such as battlefield run at 2%. Doesnt seem to be a bottleneck as my CPU isn't always maxed out. Was hoping someone would be able to help me solve this problem on my new PC so I could get minimum of 60 on medium settings at least.

Im horrible at pc's so idk, but is it possible one of the pcie connectors isn't plugged in and your gpu is starved of power?