BF3 CPU/GPU Loads

[justasomeone]

2700k oc'd 4.8ghz
6950 2GB oc'd (850/1440)
8GB Ram 1600mhz

ultra
vsync on

Hi,

my bf3 runs beautifully on ultra, i never get any sort of lag. the problem is when i look at the cpu/gpu load, my cpu is only at 24%-30%, while my gpu is at a average of 85% on 64 maps, 60% on smaller maps. isn't that a bit low for a game like bf3? I thought the load would be something like at 100%.

basically what i'm asking is, are my loads good? lol. any type of bottleneck or whatever?

 

[Avotir]

I get the opposite.

bf3, 16x AA forced in cp, no AA, ultra everything else, smaa injector, 1920x1200
2500k @ 5GHz, 6990, and my cpu stays around 98% and gpu around 60%.

 

[CaptNumbNutz]

Your CPU usage is showing that low because your i7 2700k can run 8 threads at a time. Windows subsequently spreads out the load. It shows up as 8 cores under windows task manager even though it is a quad core cpu. BF3 supposedly can max out a quad core. 30% of 8 cores = 2.4, or 2 cores fully loaded, and another 40% loaded. There will be dozens of other threads that will be running at the same time, but they will barely load the cpu.

If you want to know how much of the CPU is truly being loaded during the game, turn off hyperthreading.

 

[trick0502]

2700k oc'd 4.8ghz
6950 2GB oc'd (850/1440)
8GB Ram 1600mhz

ultra
vsync on

Hi,

my bf3 runs beautifully on ultra, i never get any sort of lag. the problem is when i look at the cpu/gpu load, my cpu is only at 24%-30%, while my gpu is at a average of 85% on 64 maps, 60% on smaller maps. isn't that a bit low for a game like bf3? I thought the load would be something like at 100%.

basically what i'm asking is, are my loads good? lol. any type of bottleneck or whatever?

turn off vsync and retest.

 

[Forceman]

Your CPU usage is showing that low because your i7 2700k can run 8 threads at a time. Windows subsequently spreads out the load. It shows up as 8 cores under windows task manager even though it is a quad core cpu. BF3 supposedly can max out a quad core. 30% of 8 cores = 2.4, or 2 cores fully loaded, and another 40% loaded. There will be dozens of other threads that will be running at the same time, but they will barely load the cpu.

If you want to know how much of the CPU is truly being loaded during the game, turn off hyperthreading.

It's this. My 2600K shows about 50% use most of the time. Are you running deferred or post-processing AA? If deferred, you might try post-processing (medium is good) and see what that does for your performance.

 

[jbz7890]

The low CPU usage is good -- it means your CPU is powerful.

The low GPU usage is due to vsync, which I recommend removing. If you insist on having it, download D3DOverrider and run it whenever you play.