Low Resolution = Low Gpu usage?

[Edgars]

Hello. So i have a simple question. Can a low resolution, ( 1360x768 ), cause a low gpu usage? My thoughts are that on low resolution it puts more load on cpu instead of gpu? Or im completely wrong? Thanks.

 

[Hysteriia95]

Sure! If u play for exaple a battlefield 4 at low resolution the use of the GPU is less..
If u play in 1920x1080 u use more gpu that in 1360x768.
Ok man?

Sorry for my bad english..

 

[qubit]

The answer is it depends.

With vsync on, GPU use will go down since it completes drawing the scene more quickly and therefore waits longer for the next vsync. With vsync off, the GPU is running flat out, so the limiting factor (frame rate limit) there will be either the GPU or the CPU, depending on the game and the specific scene being drawn. Regardless though, it will be used much more than with vsync on.

Something like GPU-Z or MSI AfterBurner will show you GPU usage.

 

[Jetster]

Lower res is not going to change the work load but you will have less usage of the GPU. Why do you ask?

 

[BarbaricSoul]

Yeah, like Jester said, it's not that you shift the workload to the CPU, the CPU is working just as hard at low resolutions as it is at high resolution. When you lower resolution, you are simply lowering the amount of load on the GPU.

 

[xfia]

gaming at 4k and with triple 1080p tends to turn your gpu's into the bottleneck and eat less cpu cycles. I'm sure you could find a article on it if you search around.

 

[AsRock]

As some have said it depends( savings might not be worth it ), for example Diablo 3 ran at 1152x648 runs on my system 162w were as 1920x1080 it runs at 186w.

 

[Edgars]

Okay thanks everyone. I was just curios, because i had low gpu usage in bf4 on my low res monitor, which caused some fps drops. But i managed to fix it by increasing resolution scale ingame. I' ll have to save up for 1920x1080p monitor i guess.

 

[peche]

Okay thanks everyone. I was just curios, because i had low gpu usage in bf4 on my low res monitor, which caused some fps drops. But i managed to fix it by increasing resolution scale ingame. I' ll have to save up for 1920x1080p monitor i guess.

1920x1080 its going to last pretty much time more!
4K stills far away so investing on a Decent or asskicker 1920x1080 monitor its gona be excellent deciscion!

Regards,