cpu and gpu usage problem

shan1234

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so my gpu usage is rarely at 90% or higher in gta v at 1440p (scaled down to 1080p) max settings. I thought it would be a cpu bottleneck but the usage is in the 50s-60s for the cpu as well. can anyone help? also, the fps is still extremely low if I go down to regular 1080p. here are my system specs
CPU: Ryzen 5 1500x (oc to 3.7ghz)
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1070ti (stock speeds)
Motherboard: MSI B350 Gaming Pro
RAM: G-Skill DDR4 RAM 3000mhz (clocked at 2133mhz because im bad at overclocking)
PSU: EVGA 430w 80+
HDD: WD Black 1TB 7200 RPM

In game settings:
FXAA: On
MSAA: Off
Nvidia TXAA: Off
Vsync: Off
Population Density, Population Variety, Distance Scaling all maxed
Texture Quality: Very High
Shader, Shadow, and Reflection Quality are high
Reflection MSAA: 2X
Water Quality, Particles Quality, Grass Quality: Very High
Soft Shadows: Softest
Post FX: Very High
In game depth of field: On
Anisotropic Filtering: 16X
Ambient Occulsion: High
Tesselation: Very High

any help or feedback is appreciated
 
Solution
65W for the CPU at stock speeds, 225W for the videocard. Let's call it 300W for just those two things. You have a 430W power supply...and you're overclocking.

A power supply like is perfectly fine for a simple one GPU gaming computer with nothing unusual going on, like overclocking. If you want to overclock a Ryzen and also run a 1070 Ti with game graphics maxxed out I think you need to do better than that.

I'd run MSI Afterburner or something like that to see onscreen while you game both CPU and GPU usage as well as clockspeeds. Are your CPU and GPU both operating as fast as they are rated? I bet they aren't. I think your system isn't properly powered.
65W for the CPU at stock speeds, 225W for the videocard. Let's call it 300W for just those two things. You have a 430W power supply...and you're overclocking.

A power supply like is perfectly fine for a simple one GPU gaming computer with nothing unusual going on, like overclocking. If you want to overclock a Ryzen and also run a 1070 Ti with game graphics maxxed out I think you need to do better than that.

I'd run MSI Afterburner or something like that to see onscreen while you game both CPU and GPU usage as well as clockspeeds. Are your CPU and GPU both operating as fast as they are rated? I bet they aren't. I think your system isn't properly powered.
 
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shan1234

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I had Afterburner open while running the game, probably should've mentioned that before but it runs at around 1800mhz on the card and then 3.7 ghz on the cpu, I thought power might be the issue as well but the clock speeds don't seem to be showing that, but seeing as the recommended psu is 500w I'll try upgrading the power supply and seeing if that will change anything