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    970m utilization in Black Desert Online - help needed

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Bailante, May 15, 2015.

  1. Bailante

    Bailante Notebook Geek

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    Hi Everyone!
    I have MSI GT70 ONE upgraded to 970m ( Windows 8.1, 51x S7 BIOS, Prema vBIOS, 0.993, OC +250/450). Game Black Desert Online. First standing in the field - then running into the city- then back to the field.
    You could see that while CPU utilization does not change and seems to stay low (below 70%, so probably no bottleneck there?) - GPU utilization goes down instead of increasing as workload increases, and hence FPS drops from 50 to 20. ThrottleStop running at "performance" setting. Temperatures seem fine.

    Wondering if anything can be done about it/squeezed from the GPU/CPU?
    Thanks for all the hints!
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    Bailante, May 15, 2015
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  2. Any_Key

    Any_Key Notebook Evangelist

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    Do you have any other hardware to test against or anyone else encountering this problem in the scenario you have described? Troubleshooting to see if it is the game engine first before pointing fingers at the hardware.
     
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  3. Bailante

    Bailante Notebook Geek

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    Unfortunately no other hardware...

    This does has a bit different behaviour in other games:
    Assasins Creed - is just fine, GTA 5 - both usage and fps get lower (less dramatically) under heavier load (car race). Finally in BDO - it is very obvious:
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    Bailante, May 16, 2015
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    Any_Key Notebook Evangelist

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    Hmmm, sorry... my first thought was "new MMO = usual random performance drops" due to the game engine, but since you are experiencing it in other games I have no ideas.
     
    Any_Key, May 16, 2015
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  5. Bailante

    Bailante Notebook Geek

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    I mean it seems to be game specific - Assasin's creed is perfectly fine and utilizes GPU for 100%. But GTA - you could see a bit of it. And then MMOs... oh :*(
     
    Bailante, May 17, 2015
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    Perhaps something is acting up when you are using heavily online features? For example, I get stutters and weird performance sometimes with Killer Software running. I have to close it to have a smooth experience.
     
    ryzeki, May 17, 2015
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  7. Bailante

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    It is an online game, (and a new one, relatively) yes... But that 50% usage of my new GPU... is heartbreaking :D
     
    Bailante, May 18, 2015
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