GPU load varies a lot in games.. 7950
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freddy1765
February 6, 2013 7:05:51 PM
Just my 7950 today and been playing around with it.
I just noticed something strange - in SC2, GPU usage is quite low, around 30-70%, despite not having constant 60 fps. And in WoW the GPU usage is higher when just standing still than when there's actually a lot going on. For instance, I just did Sha of Anger and FPS was 20-40 during the fight, with GPU load at like 40%. After the raid when just standing around i get over 100 fps and GPU usage is in the high 90s.
Is the card throttling or something? Temps were low, also VRM ones so I can't really figure it out.
I just noticed something strange - in SC2, GPU usage is quite low, around 30-70%, despite not having constant 60 fps. And in WoW the GPU usage is higher when just standing still than when there's actually a lot going on. For instance, I just did Sha of Anger and FPS was 20-40 during the fight, with GPU load at like 40%. After the raid when just standing around i get over 100 fps and GPU usage is in the high 90s.
Is the card throttling or something? Temps were low, also VRM ones so I can't really figure it out.
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freddy1765
February 6, 2013 7:20:21 PM
2500k at 4.2GHz
Gigabyte GA-Z68AP3
8 GB of RAM
Gigabyte 7950 WF3
550W PSU (408W on 12V rail)
Win7 64bit
500GB 7200rpm HDD
I would think that during graphics intensive situations (like a raid) the GPU is going to be stressed a lot. If the CPU were the bottleneck, wouldn't I experience low FPS all the time?
Gigabyte GA-Z68AP3
8 GB of RAM
Gigabyte 7950 WF3
550W PSU (408W on 12V rail)
Win7 64bit
500GB 7200rpm HDD
I would think that during graphics intensive situations (like a raid) the GPU is going to be stressed a lot. If the CPU were the bottleneck, wouldn't I experience low FPS all the time?
Your system looks good you are running the same processor I did when I played as well as the same overclock. I have a 670 though a 1 TB western digital black and a Samsung 830. I found a SSD really helped things for me in WoW. Do you have all the settings maxed out? Do you have Vsync turned on? What resolution do you run at?
Derza there have been a few people throughout the forums who have experienced less then crazy frames in WoW with a AMD card. I really feel it has something to do with it. However, in MMO's typically they are more CPU/HDD bound. Before quitting WoW prior to MoP I was getting around 100-120 FPS with a similar setup to his and a GTX670
freddy1765
February 6, 2013 8:06:41 PM
freddy1765
February 6, 2013 9:39:22 PM
Yea makes sense. I played BF3 earlier completely maxed out and the lowest FPS I got was like mid 50s. Crysis 3 still screws me over, but I guess that's just because it's Crysis. It's just annoying that WoW doesn't provide the same satisfying experience that other games do. Guess I'll need to tinker with graphics settings, because it seems to primarily afflict the Pandaria zones; even LFR gets me a solid 50-70 FPS most of the time, even during boss fights.
Well Crysis is Crysis at the moment because its a game that hasn't been released yet and optimizations will occur over time with that game from both camps Nvidia and AMD.
I understand the frustration I guess the only things I would point towards are maybe looking into a ssd as a boot drive or to place the game on itself something in the 128 gigabyte range. Also how fast is your internet. I have myself 50 down 30 up.
I understand the frustration I guess the only things I would point towards are maybe looking into a ssd as a boot drive or to place the game on itself something in the 128 gigabyte range. Also how fast is your internet. I have myself 50 down 30 up.
freddy1765
February 6, 2013 9:58:02 PM
freddy1765
February 6, 2013 10:17:44 PM
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