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NL_Bob_DTC
Seasoned Novice
6 months ago

GPU doesnt use full power ingame

My GPU uses the full 230 watts in the menu, but as soon as I’m in-game it drops to between 100 and 150 watts. What could be causing this? I’ve noticed a significant drop in FPS since the latest BF6 update and the newest AMD driver.

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  • OskooI_007's avatar
    OskooI_007
    Legend
    6 months ago

    NL_Bob_DTC​ The Asus motherboard user manual recommends installing the memory sticks into slots A2 and B2 for optimal dual channel mode performance.

    You should see a noticeable performance boost in memory bandwidth. Resulting in better FPS.

  • OskooI_007's avatar
    OskooI_007
    Legend
    6 months ago

    NL_Bob_DTC​ wrote:

    when i lower the settings ingame the SIM stays on 60 at all time. Is that normal?

    60fps SIM is misleading because it simply means that's the minimum FPS you need.

    You can calculate the actual fps of SIM using this equation.

    1000ms ÷ SIM = FPS

    For example, if SIM is 8ms, 

    1000ms ÷ 8ms = 125fps

    There's 1000 millisecond in one second. SIM is updating every 8ms. Therefore SIM is updating 125 times per second.

    You can calculate the frame rate for CPU and GPU using the same equation. You can also calculate the server's frame rate from server frame time (SFT) in the network performance graph.

  • ScOpEsOnYoU's avatar
    ScOpEsOnYoU
    Seasoned Newcomer
    1 month ago

    Sounds like you guys need to get your MSI sorted. Not the motherboard brand, Message Signal Interrupts. Windows by default ships with line-based interrupts active usually for most things by default, a terribly inneffcient and old school way of devices and peripherals communicating with your CPU. It's called Line based because it literally processes them one at a time in a line or queue. MSI is the new much more efficient method able to perform numerous requests simultaneously. The difference can be staggering. Battlefield 6 at Medium settings was literally unplayable due to input lag and video lag on my system till I optimised this using MSI Utility V3. Just type that into Google and its free to use. You probably need to be shown how to get this right, it involves understanding device manager and enabling the same priority on the device and the PCI express port that homes it, to ensure no bottlenecks, but rather than explain it myself, there's heaps of videos on Google or check out ASUS ROG forums for getting the hang of it. Basically use MSI Utility V3 to turn on this functionality and then assign a priority. I can now run the game in overkill at close to 140fps no input lag its a game changer. I have set my GPU, mouse and keyboard, game M2 SSD drives and audio to high priority, and the associated PCI Express ports that house these devices. Wham no  lag no stutter, no drama.

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