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    Aenor7's Avatar Junior Member
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    Nvidia 3080 - Low GPU usage & crap performance

    Hi all guys,

    the game for me is currently unplayable. The GPU usage is so weird; i mean no matter which graphic settings i choose (mid-high-ultra) and/or the combo of the DLSS / RTX i use, the GPU load never goes to the cap as it should be to reach the 60 fps. It means, i always have 40-50 fps outside the world (London City). Things get worse while driving a vehicle. Here below a video example of what is happening (i'm not the only one as far as i see.....).

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5_T...l=MarioMachado

    My config:

    AMD Ryzen 2700x @4.15GHz
    Asus TUF 3080
    16GB RAM DDR4 @3266 MHz
    Resolution 4k
    NMVE M2 1TB

    Is anyone noticing my similar issues?

    Hope it will be fixed soon

    PS: funny thing; even if i put Vsync off, the framerate is always the same; what goes down is the GPU usage. Even with crappy res like the 1080p...
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    got the same result with the same cpu but with a 2080...
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    seems like the update have not work for me either...

    Specs:
    i7 9700k Stock!
    16GB DDR4 3600Mhz
    RTX 2080Super

    Raytracing is to this time also for me not an option because even on the lowest settings i get 60fps but i have a 75hz Monitor.

    Perfromance in City is now a lot smoother because my Cpu gets not to 100% usage but i´am hanging here with 48-69fps and the gab is too large for me (1440p Ultra).

    In the Benchmark seems all fine but in the City ...
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    Same thing here at 1440p, regardless of settings, the game caps out at 60-65% GPU usage, CPU is also hovers around 60-80%.

    The game clearly suffers from underutilization.

    Specs:
    Ryzen 3600@4.1Ghz
    RTX 2070 Super
    16GB DualChannel RAM 3200Mhz@CL14
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    UBI-Zuzu's Avatar Community Manager
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    Hey guys, could I ask if you have both Windows update installed, as well as the newest GPU drivers?
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    jep all drivers are new, same as the nvidia driver 457.09

    i have looked for a new Windows Update and yeah there was one so i look, if the performance is now better.
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    Originally Posted by UBI-Zuzu Go to original post
    Hey guys, could I ask if you have both Windows update installed, as well as the newest GPU drivers?
    same result in updates sure . the game need hard work optimization
    my spec
    rtx 2080ti 32gb 9900k @ 1440p ultra
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    Originally Posted by UBI-Zuzu Go to original post
    Hey guys, could I ask if you have both Windows update installed, as well as the newest GPU drivers?
    Nope Perfromance is the same and getting worse when i select the preset Ultra himself...

    when i change some settings then the Utilization getting up to 95% but with same fps 48-69fps constant (i dont know why because befor that it was 10% lower on my GPU)
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    Yeah same problem here, but when we got that performance upgrade, i thin never xDDD
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    Aenor7's Avatar Junior Member
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    Originally Posted by UBI-Zuzu Go to original post
    Hey guys, could I ask if you have both Windows update installed, as well as the newest GPU drivers?
    Absolutely yes. Everything up to date; both windows, chipset and Nvidia drivers. Fyi, i also tell you that the only moment in which the game runs smoothly is the prologue part. Apart that initial chapter, i never saw 60 fps. My cpu usage is about 40-60%.

    The benchmark instead is pretty aligned with the common results. It seems the low gpu usage is a problem that starts immediately after the prologue (even the initial part with the spider drone does not run smoothly).

    Thanks for your interest, i hope you can fix it soon.
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