What's up with my 1050Ti?

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I recently upgraded to the 1050Ti from previously only having my APU cores for graphics processing. I've benchmarked my GPU now in Heaven Benchmark 4.0 on ultra settings with 8x anti-alliasing and I'm getting a consistent 120fps. The overall benchmark score was 3059.

However, when I run demanding games like PUBG and Assassin's Creed Origins on the very lowest settings possible (literally POTATO graphics,) I'm barely getting a solid 30fps. Somtimes in a game of PUBG it'll be up at 60/70fps and then it'll drop to 15-20fps.

I already have the card overclocked at 1911MHz and 4004MHz for core and memory clocks respectively, and my GPU temperatures are at around 50 degrees while the CPU temps are no higher than 45 degrees when the game is running.

Anyone got any ideas why it's so low, especially on such forgiving settings, why it's so inconsistent and any solutions?

Perhaps my CPU is bottlenecking, but that doesn't explain the difference in bencmark performance and in-game performance.


GPU: Gigabyte 1050Ti 4GB OC
CPU: AMD A10-8750K Kaveri APU
RAM: 8GB DDR3 (2x4GB)
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB
PSU: EVGA Integrator 500W


Thanks very much for reading, any comments are appreciated :)
 
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That very well could be a CPU bottleneck. If you will install MSI Afterburner and monitor CPU and GPU usage with the on-screen display you can see if your CPU is being maxed out at 100% while your GPU usage drops.

Unigine Heaven doesn't use very much CPU, which is why it would make sense that a graphics benchmark doesn't show any signs of a CPU bottleneck. While PUBG will use considerably more CPU.
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That very well could be a CPU bottleneck. If you will install MSI Afterburner and monitor CPU and GPU usage with the on-screen display you can see if your CPU is being maxed out at 100% while your GPU usage drops.

Unigine Heaven doesn't use very much CPU, which is why it would make sense that a graphics benchmark doesn't show any signs of a CPU bottleneck. While PUBG will use considerably more CPU.
 
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heaven tests gpu capabilities only

something like 3dmark tests both




a real game uses both cpu and gpu to perform well



PUBG, and ass. origins are cpu bound games

you need a stout cpu to see good performance on those

a10's are entry level not made for gaming, if you are lucky you get ~30 fps

as you have found out


 
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We should also mention that if your are CPU limited, you can increase the graphics settings further without losing performance; until you reach the limitations of your GPU. So medium-high graphics settings should perform close to the same as low settings so long as you don't use any CPU related settings.
 
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Thank you, you're exactly right.

In Afterburner, my GPU usage is way down at ~40% while all 4 of my CPU cores are maxed out at 100%.

I'll have to upgrade my CPU in time.
 
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Yeah that's the problem, thanks for helping.
 
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Which settings are CPU related and which ones would I be able to crank up in the meantime?
 
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For GPU is resolution, anti-aliasing, textures, shadows,.. there may be more but these you should be able to increase to put more load on GPU.
 
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