r9 280x usage problems

Aceface007

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Jun 5, 2014
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cpu: fx 6100
gpu: xfx r9 280x
ram: 8gb
using 14.7 beta drivers (to have mantle)

ok so here's the deal, my gpu seems to slack off a lot. when i play battlefield 4 i get 30-40 fps. when i play planetside 2 the same thing happens but it only happens when lots of stuff is going on (many people shooting). the thing that really annoys me is that my gpu usage is always very low, especially in bf4. in planetside 2 the gpu usage is quite high (70%) but when there is lots of shooting then it goes down - wth??? and no its no cpu bottleneck because the cpu cores never go over 50%.
 
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It may still be the CPU causing the issue. It may not be bottlenecking the GPU directly, but the CPU could still be the bottleneck even though it is not cranking at 100%. If it is just too slow to process all the players on a busy 64 player server, it may not need to run at 100%, but it still takes too long for completion of the operations it faces.

You might have too much other activity going on at the same time. Do you have a lot of other apps open while you are trying to game? Check your tray for stuff you can disable. Run CCleaner to free up resources and fix registry errors. https://www.piriform.com/CCLEANER

clutchc

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It may still be the CPU causing the issue. It may not be bottlenecking the GPU directly, but the CPU could still be the bottleneck even though it is not cranking at 100%. If it is just too slow to process all the players on a busy 64 player server, it may not need to run at 100%, but it still takes too long for completion of the operations it faces.

You might have too much other activity going on at the same time. Do you have a lot of other apps open while you are trying to game? Check your tray for stuff you can disable. Run CCleaner to free up resources and fix registry errors. https://www.piriform.com/CCLEANER
 
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