CPU usage in Battlefiled 5

[FredricoSWE]

I have a I5 9600K and when i'm playing Battlefiled 5 on low settings neither my CPU or my GPU is at 100% utilization, is that normal?

[TheKDub]

What's your FPS at?

 

If your FPS is being capped by VSync or similar, that could be why.

[FredricoSWE]

1 minute ago, TheKDub said:

What's your FPS at?

 

If your FPS is being capped by VSync or similar, that could be why.

Ca. 120-140 and i have turned off V-sync

[Paul Rudd]

16 minutes ago, FredricoSWE said:

is that normal?

Completely normal. Crank up them settings and they'll go up. Plus your game will look better.

[FredricoSWE]

Just now, A Random Dude said:

Completely normal. Crank up them settings and they'll go up. Plus your game will look better.

But if neither of the GPU or the CPU are at 100%, shouldn't something else be bottle-necking them? Or am i misunderstanding this?

[Paul Rudd]

2 minutes ago, FredricoSWE said:

But if neither of the GPU or the CPU are at 100%, shouldn't something else be bottle-necking them? Or am i misunderstanding this?

Your settings being on low is most likely the reason your GPU and CPU are not pushing much usage.

[Princess Luna]

1 minute ago, FredricoSWE said:

But if neither of the GPU or the CPU are at 100%, shouldn't something else be bottle-necking them? Or am i misunderstanding this?

It gets to a point the bottleneck is the game engine itself, or some other software, games won't keep scaling forever as you turn settings down.

[FredricoSWE]

3 minutes ago, A Random Dude said:

Your settings being on low is most likely the reason your GPU and CPU are not pushing much usage.

 

2 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

It gets to a point the bottleneck is the game engine itself, or some other software, games won't keep scaling forever as you turn settings down.

Ok, so i might get around the same fps at medium settings, compared to low?

[Princess Luna]

2 minutes ago, FredricoSWE said:

 

Ok, so i might get around the same fps at medium settings, compared to low?

Why don't you go ahead and test it yourself? usually you should start on all ultra and set it down seeing whether or not that gives desirable fps boost and not start on the absolute lowest when you have good hardware like an i5 9600K

[FredricoSWE]

3 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Why don't you go ahead and test it yourself? usually you should start on all ultra and set it down seeing whether or not that gives desirable fps boost and not start on the absolute lowest when you have good hardware like an i5 9600K

Yea of course i can test it, but theoretically should it not lower my fps so much going from low to medium. Because the game engine won't bottleneck as much?

[Ebony Falcon]

Well I have to disagree because on all low I hit the 200 FPS limit and it doesn’t budge

 

run msi after burner overlay and see if 1 thread is being maxed out or something 

 

what at are I using to know that it’s not pushing ur hardware 

 

make sure there are no dynamic settings enabled etc 

[Princess Luna]

Just now, FredricoSWE said:

Yea of course i can test it, but theoretically should it not lower my fps so much going from low to medium. Because the game engine won't bottleneck as much?

Say the engine caps fps to 120 and your system is capable of achieving 120fps on high, that means going from low to medium will keep getting you the exact same 120fps.

 

Again, you'll know it when you try it.

[Ebony Falcon]

1 minute ago, Princess Cadence said:

Say the engine caps fps to 120 and your system is capable of achieving 120fps on high, that means going from low to medium will keep getting you the exact same 120fps.

 

Again, you'll know it when you try it.

Caps at 200 

[FredricoSWE]

2 minutes ago, Ebony Falcon said:

Well I have to disagree because on all low I hit the 200 FPS limit and it doesn’t budge

 

run msi after burner overlay and see if 1 thread is being maxed out or something 

 

what at are I using to know that it’s not pushing ur hardware 

 

make sure there are no dynamic settings enabled etc 

What hardwear do you have?

[Ebony Falcon]

8700k and 2080 

hardware regaurdless u should be able to get urs running 100 percent usage on at lease one or the other

[FredricoSWE]

1 minute ago, Ebony Falcon said:

8700k and 2080 

hardware regaurdless u should be able to get urs running 100 percent usage on at lease one or the other

Yea, that's how i understand it. I checked on msi afterburner and all my cores are at 70-80% in-game. So i can't understand where the bottleneck is...:(

[Ebony Falcon]

Just now, FredricoSWE said:

Yea, that's how i understand it. I checked on msi afterburner and all my cores are at 70-80% in-game. So i can't understand where the bottleneck is...:(

Can U post a screen show with the overlay from In Game pls

 

it may well be a issue because it’s still very new game/ hasn’t officially released yet 

are u on latest drivers ?

[Ebony Falcon]

Is it a nvdia or amd gpu

[FredricoSWE]

Just now, Ebony Falcon said:

Can U post a screen show with the overlay from In Game pls

 

it may well be a issue because it’s still very new game/ hasn’t officially released yet 

are u on latest drivers ?

Yes i have the latest Gpu drivers (416.81 Nvidia), what do you want me to monitor in msi afterburner?

[FredricoSWE]

The Frostbite engine can use 6 cores so the CPU usage should be at 100%

[Paul Rudd]

23 minutes ago, FredricoSWE said:

Ok, so i might get around the same fps at medium settings, compared to low?

With your hardware, most likely very similar fps. Just crank them up already. No clue why you would own the hardware you have to not use it to it's full potential. Don't you monitor your specs? CPU/GPU/RAM/VRAM usage/power, CPU/GPU temps, etc. 

[Ebony Falcon]

Gpu usage gpu clocks

frame buffer

cpu utalisation and individual core utilization

cpu and gpu temps

cpu clocks

 

[Ebony Falcon]

Also if there is a dx11 and 12 option 

try both 

[FredricoSWE]

1 minute ago, A Random Dude said:

With your hardware, most likely very similar fps. Just crank them up already. No clue why you would own the hardware you have to not use it to it's full potential. Don't you monitor your specs? CPU/GPU/RAM/VRAM usage/power, CPU/GPU temps, etc. 

Priority 1 when i play games is to get 144Hz, so i don't mind lowering the settings to get higher fps. It's when i started monitoring my specs, that i noticed the cpu was not at 100% utilization.

[FredricoSWE]

6 minutes ago, Ebony Falcon said:

Gpu usage gpu clocks

frame buffer

cpu utalisation and individual core utilization

cpu and gpu temps

cpu clocks

 

What is frame buffer?