Low GPU usage in Rage!!

[dust]

For the most part I can play the game just fine(FPS 59-60), with just a few slowdowns with the 11.10 preview2 driver. From time to time I do have chokes that send the frame rate to low 20ies.

I noticed the GPU-z reports an average usage of 35-40% with AA off, and a 55ish with AA on. I was running the 11.8 previously and it was slightly worse and I also tried 11.10 preview 1 that gave me a steady 60% usage but a horrible texture flicker. With the second preview I also experience random flicker for some NPC's only.

My CPU is an Yorkfield at 3,2 speed and I can see the usage varies for the four cores between 40-80%, perhaps two cores are more used than the other two, but I really can't tell, as I am using Coretemp and I didn't see a log option yet(if there is another monitor for the CPU usage please don't hold back).

Any ideas?

I'm running 1080.

 

[destrekor]

What GPU?

How much VRAM, and what of your system RAM?

 

[dust]

6950 2gb, sorry for not mentioning it. System RAM 4gb DDR 2

 

[AdamK47]

I don't see much GPU usage on my system either while playing Rage. It doesn't use SLI either. A single GTX 580 in my system averages around 25% usage.

 

[nenforcer]

The game has very low GPU requirements. Geforce 8800GT for nVidia and Radeon HD 4250 for ATI!

I played it just fine on my 512MB GDDR3 9800GT and Core 2 DUO E6600 2.4GHz after the initial patch was released.

 

[mazeroth]

Carmack ftw! Way to push the limits of modern PC's!

 

[dust]

Oh well, that's that then!

 

[tweakboy]

You should never see 30's or 20's with that video card. ATI drivers must be botched.

Boot into safe mode and uninsatll ati , then install latest WHQL , Rage should fly on that card 60fps all the time 50's here and there,,,,,gl

 

[tweakboy]

The usage should be 100 percent... thats weird.. 25 percent on a 580 hmmmmm talk about CPU intensive game ???

 

[toyota]

tweakboy WHY do you always post back to back like that? use the freaking edit button and make ONE post.

and go do some research on RAGE. it only uses as much resources as necessary to try and maintain 60fps. and really there are plenty of games where gpu usage will not go above 30% or even 20% sometimes if I am using vsync or capping it at 60fps.

 

[cmdrdredd]

The usage should be 100 percent... thats weird.. 25 percent on a 580 hmmmmm talk about CPU intensive game ???

Uh...no. It varies from game to game and situation to situation in the game. Screenshots below for examples. Notice how in skyrim when I move around the GPU usage changes.

P.S. The screenshots were taken with afterburner and are jpg so they are not how the game actually looks, this is to illustrate the GPU usage only. (click thumbnail to view full size). Line one shows GPU usage percentage. All games are 1920x1200 4x AA, 16x AF with the exception of Crysis 2 and Battlefield 3 where MSAA is off. BF3 has AA Post on high.

Battlefield 3


Crysis 2 w/DX11 and High Res textures


Rage


Skyrim example one (outdoors)


Skyrim example two (indoors)


Skyrim Example 3 (indoors but I moved to a different part of the room)

 

[Grooveriding]

Funny, I get the opposite behaviour to you.

Outdoors in Skyrim I get low GPU usage, indoors I get 99%.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Funny, I get the opposite behaviour to you.

Outdoors in Skyrim I get low GPU usage, indoors I get 99%.

Outdoors where? Out in the field it's going to use less, inside a town where there's more happening it will load up more. It changes a lot as I move around, I've seen it up to 99% sometimes.