COD Warzone, CPU/GPU utilization

[HotSauceRoss]

Hello,

I am sure this has been asked but I cant find an answer anywhere. Ill post what I have in my PC then ask my questions.

CPU: I7-9700F
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1660 TI 6gb
RAM: 32 GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3600 running at 2666. (Meant to be 16GB but Amazon sent me an extra two sticks for issues I had with shipping, shout out to Amazon).
Motherboard: ASUS TUF B365m-Plus Gaming

My issue, in order to have the game be playable the CPU must be running at 100% utilization or else textures flicker and stuttering starts happening dramatically.

I have played around with Nvidia control panel to force the GPU to be used for every option possible, I have repaired the game, changed power settings, cleared all caches possible on the machine. I have reduced graphics settings within the game to minimum and still CPU runs at 100%. It feels as if my GPU is being a secondary to the CPU when it comes to rendering the game.

A lot of others can run the game with the same rig on high settings with 80+ FPS and on low settings I can only hit 80 FPS average.
Nvidia tries to optimize the game for all medium-high settings based on hardware in the machine.

I just cannot figure out how to reduce the CPU load without being capped to 30fps and everything set to as low as possible.

My fear is I am dramatically reducing the lifespan of my CPU each time I play. To me, this does not make sense that I have to run my CPU at 100% in order to even play the game at 70fps on all low settings.

I am sure I am missing key details for those of you that know way more than me. Please let me know and I will add that info as soon as possible, I can also add video, screenshots, etc if someone feels they could assist.

Thanks all!

*I am new to the form, so if I broke any rules or unwritten rules in this. Please let me know*

*No other games appear to have this same issue, going to install PUBG, Fortnite, and other similar style games to test tonight/tomorrow to confirm*

 

[LiveOrDie]

Hi,

COD in general is badly optimized no mater what you do, what resolution are you running?

 

[dirtyferret]

 

[MxPhenom 216]

I sit around 60-70 fps with my specs at 1440p. 100% GPU usage, not sure about CPU, but don't think its 100%.

 

[HotSauceRoss]

Appreciate the video, oddly enough. This almost looks like my exact desktop. I use the same HW monitoring software, I did try all these last night. I was able to reduce the load to 90% but the end result was massive flickering of textures if the CPU max is set to anything less than 100%. My GPU sits at 5-10% utilization.



Thanks for the reply!!

I sit around 60-70 fps with my specs at 1440p. 100% GPU usage, not sure about CPU, but don't think its 100%.

yeah, my GPU sits at 5% most the time, at best it goes up to 10%.

Hi,

COD in general is badly optimized no mater what you do, what resolution are you running?

I am running at 1080p 144hz

 

[MxPhenom 216]

Appreciate the video, oddly enough. This almost looks like my exact desktop. I use the same HW monitoring software, I did try all these last night. I was able to reduce the load to 90% but the end result was massive flickering of textures if the CPU max is set to anything less than 100%. My GPU sits at 5-10% utilization.



Thanks for the reply!!



yeah, my GPU sits at 5% most the time, at best it goes up to 10%.


I am running at 1080p 144hz

have you tried a clean driver install using DDU in safe mode to clean it up and then install new ones after reboot to normal mode? Its almost always a driver issue when GPU utilization is that low.

 

[HotSauceRoss]

have you tried a clean driver install using DDU in safe mode to clean it up and then install new ones after reboot to normal mode? Its almost always a driver issue when GPU utilization is that low.

I have not, I will be sure to do that tonight when I get out of work. Thanks again for the advice!

I have been spamming F5 on 5 different retailers since the RTX 3080 dropped to purchase one. I am at the stage where I am debating getting a new motherboard and CPU, but if I can fix this issue. I would like to hold off until Intel has boards/chips with PCIe 4.0 support.

have you tried a clean driver install using DDU in safe mode to clean it up and then install new ones after reboot to normal mode? Its almost always a driver issue when GPU utilization is that low.

As a follow up, this would make some sense. The other day I could not get Nvidia Control Panel to recognize my GPU. I did a few registry "fixes" and reinstalled drivers separately to correct the problem. When I pulled up the GeForce experience 10 minutes later it stated I needed the same exact update so I ran the install.

Wondering if something got messed up and its leaning on my CPU to make up for it.

You may be on to something brotha!

 

[MxPhenom 216]

I have not, I will be sure to do that tonight when I get out of work. Thanks again for the advice!

I have been spamming F5 on 5 different retailers since the RTX 3080 dropped to purchase one. I am at the stage where I am debating getting a new motherboard and CPU, but if I can fix this issue. I would like to hold off until Intel has boards/chips with PCIe 4.0 support.



As a follow up, this would make some sense. The other day I could not get Nvidia Control Panel to recognize my GPU. I did a few registry "fixes" and reinstalled drivers separately to correct the problem. When I pulled up the GeForce experience 10 minutes later it stated I needed the same exact update so I ran the install.

Wondering if something got messed up and its leaning on my CPU to make up for it.

You may be on to something brotha!

For one, during the Nvidia driver install, i would uncheck "Geforce Experience" from the install options. That program is a PoS