What gpu usage percentage do you consider a gpu bottleneck?
Posted by coldcathodes@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 9 comments
Pretty much title.
In The Finals gpu usage is only 93% no matter what settings i change. 1440p lowest all, ray tracing off, dlss transformer quality. If i change the dlss to cnn, fps goes up very slightly but gpu usage still stays at 93%.
Specs:
13900ks
3080 ti
64gb ram
990 pro ssd
Plenty_South_1952@reddit
95-100% sustained = GPU bottleneck. anything below that means something else is the limit, usually CPU per-thread, sometimes RAM speed or DLSS frame-pacing overhead.
at 93% in The Finals you're CPU-bound. that game is notoriously CPU-heavy because of the destruction physics simulation, and even a 13900ks at 1440p will hit a per-thread limit before the 3080ti maxes out. cranking graphics settings adds GPU work but doesnt move the CPU bottleneck so the usage stays parked at the same number.
coldcathodes@reddit (OP)
Thanks for the detailed insight. That really helps. I guess i need to get a 9800x3d eventually.
Annual-Fan-4944@reddit
You don't need to upgrade CPU, the 13900KS is already one of the best CPUs out there. No point upgrading to get minimal FPS boost.
failmafia66@reddit
A 9800x3D will then be bottlenecked by your GPU. Then let's say you freak out over the word "bottleneck" again, so you buy a 5090. Then you're slightly bottnecked by your CPU but probably your RAM. But then let's say you buy the fastest RAM in the world and manage to make it work w a 9800x3D. Well then you could be bottlenecked by your storage. But then the PCI speeds can't keep up, so you buy a new motherboard w better lanes, then your CPU is bottlenecked again, so you buy the newest baddest boy on the market. Well now your bottlenecked by your GPU, then your RAM, eventually your eyes become the bottleneck and you become a human test subject to become a cyborg.
Worrying about bottlenecks is dumb, because there will ALWAYS be a bottleneck. It's unavoidable. What you're looking for is to make sure that relative power for your use case between CPU and GPU is balanced. Teamwork. And that depends on if your doing more gaming vs productivity. TL;DR - don't worry unless you stop being able to do what you want as well as you want. Then figure out your upgrade path
Ill_Scientist_3681@reddit
Just putting in my two cents I’d say unless you having bad lag or stuttering I wouldn’t worry about the bottleneck for example my 12700k is my bottleneck to my 4070 12gb due to playing in 1080p but all the games I play including ark ascended run perfectly fine 80-90 fps all my other games are indie and battlefield 6 which all run over 100+fps which I’m perfectly fine with.
chsn2000@reddit
Are you happy with the graphics and framerate? Normally you should be happy to see that your GPU isn't at 100% or bottlenecking you...
FatFartingCow@reddit
u try max the graphics settings to see if it changes?
coldcathodes@reddit (OP)
Yeah I've tried increasing the graphics settings even more and the gpu usage still stays the same.
Notnowcmg@reddit
Have you tried just playing the game instead of worrying about imaginary bottlenecks? If you turned the stats off would you be any the wiser what % it was running at? Would you be dissatisfied with the performance you’re currently getting? If not then don’t worry about something that is a non issue.