[BUG?] Low GPU usage
So. I've played Witcher 3 for around 500+ hrs. And then made a break. After reinstalling the Witcher for my NG+ run I decided that I need to re-allocate my skill points before starting and went to Novigrad, and noticed that my FPS are in mid 30/40 (before that i have almost never once dipped bellow 60 (play on mostly high settings, w/o HW).
**Rig:**
* 970 g1 (w/o OC runs at 1380 mhz max 65c.; w/ OC i get 1458 mhz heats up to 70c. and +500 mhz to memory;
* i7 6700 K, never OC'd, runs under 65 (AIO liquid cooler).
* 16 GB of ram (dual chanel) at 2133.
* Samsungs 950 pro m.2 ssd.
* Silverstones 600w PSU.
* 1080p monitor.
The problem is low GPU (15-50%) usage in the whole game, but in more intense areas like Hierarch SQ. it just gets very obvious. It does not matter if vertical synchronisation is on or off, or settings preset is low or high or that resolution is 1024x768 or 1080p.
Yes, I googled the sh*t out of this problem. I did every variation of Power settings adjustments in OS (windows 10 x64 by the way), in NVidia settings too. I reinstalled Windows, and redownloaded the game. Tried it in the build which comes from the Windows USB, than with anniversary edition, than creators update. Tried latest NVidia drivers, and oldest ones i could access from NVidia drivers section at NVidia.com. Basically i covered all possible solutions that google or my own 15 years gaming w/ PC tought me. Tried playng w/ and w/o OC. Nothing seems to make any difference whatsoever.
So it's probably GPU...? No not really, because e.g. Fallout 4 has normal GPU utilisation, on ultra settings, w/ godrays on low (i'm mostly indie player, other games I play wont stress neither GPU nor any other part of PC, so testing in this regard is limited).
Also, probably worth mentioning that when gpu is active in witcher 3 it makes this choppy coil whine sound, than i thought that maybe CPU is somehow not feeding GPU somehow? But CPU utilisation on all 8 threads seem normal 30-60%.
**Maybe anyone had a similar problem, and could give advise in solving it.**
So. I've played Witcher 3 for around 500+ hrs. And then made a break. After reinstalling the Witcher for my NG+ run I decided that I need to re-allocate my skill points before starting and went to Novigrad, and noticed that my FPS are in mid 30/40 (before that i have almost never once dipped bellow 60 (play on mostly high settings, w/o HW).
**Rig:**
* 970 g1 (w/o OC runs at 1380 mhz max 65c.; w/ OC i get 1458 mhz heats up to 70c. and +500 mhz to memory;
* i7 6700 K, never OC'd, runs under 65 (AIO liquid cooler).
* 16 GB of ram (dual chanel) at 2133.
* Samsungs 950 pro m.2 ssd.
* Silverstones 600w PSU.
* 1080p monitor.
The problem is low GPU (15-50%) usage in the whole game, but in more intense areas like Hierarch SQ. it just gets very obvious. It does not matter if vertical synchronisation is on or off, or settings preset is low or high or that resolution is 1024x768 or 1080p.
Yes, I googled the sh*t out of this problem. I did every variation of Power settings adjustments in OS (windows 10 x64 by the way), in NVidia settings too. I reinstalled Windows, and redownloaded the game. Tried it in the build which comes from the Windows USB, than with anniversary edition, than creators update. Tried latest NVidia drivers, and oldest ones i could access from NVidia drivers section at NVidia.com. Basically i covered all possible solutions that google or my own 15 years gaming w/ PC tought me. Tried playng w/ and w/o OC. Nothing seems to make any difference whatsoever.
So it's probably GPU...? No not really, because e.g. Fallout 4 has normal GPU utilisation, on ultra settings, w/ godrays on low (i'm mostly indie player, other games I play wont stress neither GPU nor any other part of PC, so testing in this regard is limited).
Also, probably worth mentioning that when gpu is active in witcher 3 it makes this choppy coil whine sound, than i thought that maybe CPU is somehow not feeding GPU somehow? But CPU utilisation on all 8 threads seem normal 30-60%.
**Maybe anyone had a similar problem, and could give advise in solving it.**