Low GPU usage and High CPU usage

[Gheo97]

Hi,

PC specs:
CPU: i3 3220 3.3GHz
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 660 OC
RAM: 8GB 1600mhz DDR3
PSU: 500W
MOBO: DH61BF
Resolutin: 1280x1024,but I play in 720p

My problem is that while I'm playing Battlefield 4 my GPU usage is max 60% and my CPU is 80%.
I have the latest drivers.
I play with ~45FPS on ultra,and 45-55 FPS on low-high ,sometimes more ,but very often I have FPS drops.I have only somewhere on the edge of the map 80-120 FPS and when I'm going near to gunfights or other players my FPS fall.In conclusion the game is unplayable.
In first week or even more after I installed this GPU I don't had this problem and I played with around 70FPS on high,so it's not a bottleneck especially that I play on 1280x720 resoultion.
Can someone help me,please ?

(sorry for bad English)

 

[Arnav01]

Try overclocking you GPU.Use MSI Afterburner!
Happy To Help!

 

[Gheo97]

I think that an overclock won't help,and probably will bottleneck it the CPU

 

[Arnav01]

I think that an overclock won't help,and probably will bottleneck it the CPU

Sorry try CPU overclocking!

 

[Gheo97]

But i3 3220 can not be overclocked ,just some mhz what doesn't make any differences...

 

[Joseph99]

Ya im afraid if you do that it wil bottleneck bur arnav has a CPU badge so he knows what hes talking about

 

[Kratos47]

Yes i3 has a locked multiplier and all 2nd, 3rd gen i3/5/7 don't respond well with Bclk. So a little boost in MHz isn't even worth it.

Here you can't really do anything since Low GPU usage and High CPU usage = low fps due to CPU bottleneck. Although, origin has 2 versions x86 and x64.

If you have windows 64 bit then you need to install origin games in program files not program files (x86) otherwise it treats the program has a 32 bit. Try to run the game in 64 bit mode and see if that resolves your issue.

 

[Gheo97]

I run everytime in x64, so that's not the problem.

 

[Kratos47]

Dunno then but you should able to play the game at high settings:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/battlefield-4-graphics-card-performance,3634-6.html

Could it be some auto-update of BF4 that isn't responding well with the current hardware now?

 

[Gheo97]

According your link,in BETA I'm able to run on Full HD on high settings with min. 50FPS,but since the BETA the game was optimized more better,so I'm able to run it with more FPS especially that I play at 1280x720 resolution and I play in any settings with 35-45 FPS with drops altough,because of that the GPU usage is only ~50%.
I told,in first week or even more after I installed this GPU I don't had this problem and I played with around 70FPS on high settings.

 

[simon12]

If the single player plays fine but multiplayer lags and the larger the map the larger the lag then its the CPU holding it back. BF4 (&3) doesn't run well in multiplayer on dual core CPUs.

 

[Gheo97]

But before ran perfectly BF4 and BF3 too and yesterday BF3 ran well...
Ayway,I will test in SP.

EDIT: I tested in BF4 SP and there i have good 60FPS on ultra,and much better in high and GPU usage is 99%.
But I don't understand,because before in MP I had 70FPS on high.

 

[Gheo97]

I forgot an important thing,when I'm dead the GPU usage is 99%