Hi all,
I am going to save myself the trouble of retyping my earlier posts on another forum and paste them here instead... They are thorough, so hopefully I will be able to get some assistance from anyone who may know something about this issue.
With that, here they are.. (Also, for organizational purposes.. I will separate the posts with lines)
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Hey everyone,
I know this is not a technical support forum, however, seeing as how we are all gamers.. I thought I would see if I could get some help from you guys regarding my issue! With that..
Before I state the issue, understand that I am running a very capable system; specifications are as follows:
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- Windows 7 (64 Bit)
- Core i7 2600k - Overclocked: 4.4 GHZ
- 8 Gigabytes of Memory
- 850W Power Supply
- Nvidia GTX 570 - Overclocked and stable (1.075 voltage -- 900 Core Clock -- 2,000 Memory Clock)
- 2 Solid State Drives (1 for operating system, 1 for WoW and other files)
- 1 10,000 RPM Western Digital Raptor Storage Drive
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In addition to this, everything on my system has been optimized meticulously for the best performance possible.
Now, here is where my problem lye's.
Most of the time in World of Warcraft I will periodically minimize to look something up on the internet, and upon minimizing I will glance at my copy of MSI Afterburner to see how my temperatures are; and they are always fine! However, what stumps me is the GPU Usage %.
Elaborated, when I am outside of major cities the GPU Usage % usually runs at about 90 - 99%. Though, when I am in any major city, the GPU Usage % drops to about 45 - 50%; and I cannot get it to go any higher.
Below is a link to screen shot that shows what I am speaking of:
Furthermore, here is another link to a screen shot of the settings I use to play WoW. (And let me tell you.. They are FAR below what my system is capable of running.. Almost a joke really.)
System Graphics Screen Shot:
System Graphics - Advanced Screen Shot:
Anyway, if anyone could shed some light on this issue I would greatly appreciate it!
Thank you in advance,
Jamespond / Basmastersix
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Stede,
I attempted to lower my "4x AA" .. to .. "2x AA" .. And the results were moot.
Also, I will copy and paste a post that I made in the official WoW technical support forums regarding this.. As someone there suggested that this was an issue of "bottlenecking" -
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I have considered the "Bottllenecking" of my GPU due to my CPU, however, with the CPU that I have and the way that I have it configured, I have a strong hunch that that is not the case.
In addition, the fact that the GPU % dips from the high 90%'s to 40-50% immediately when I enter a city boggles my mind. In fact it almost seems backwards..
Example: When you are rendering a video, with say, Adobe After Effects.. The program will utilize 99 - 100% of the CPU's capability to render it in the most efficient way possible. This example examplifies a scenario where a process needs a lot of CPU power to perform "well."
Now, would you not think that the GPU would be the same way? Elaborated.. If you enter a city where there are more models to load, and such.. Wouldn't you expect that the GPU would attempt to squeeze all that it could (Such as it does outside of major cities when it runs at 99% usage) to provide the best FPS and experience possible.
Or look at it this way, if there is more to load inside cities such as:
- Models
- Shadows
- Buildings
- Players, etc.
Wouldn't the GPU have to work harder.. Thus, keeping the GPU Usage % in the high 90%'s.. Just like the CPU would act if we were rending a video (such as that in the above example)?
It's just confusing to me.
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I feel like it cannot be a "Bottleneck" ..
These 2 screen shots will help explain:
The first screen shot is taken inside the "Shrine of the Two Moons" -
The second screen shot it taken directly outside of the shrine, in the "Vale of Eternal Blossoms" -
As you can see, in the first screen shot:
- Only 17% of the processor is being used.. Across all 4 cores + the 4 additional "virtual cores" (threads).
- And yet, my GPU Usage % stands at about: 44%
- With 85 FPS
Then.. In the second screen shot:
- Only about 17% of the processor is being utilized.. Across all 4 cores + the 4 additional "virtual cores" (threads).
- And yet, my GPU Usage % stands at about: 95%
- With 120 FPS
And the factors of the screen shot of me in the "Vale of Eternal Blossoms" would assumably present more factors that would cause me to view lower frame rates, such as:
- The ultra view distance
- More terrain
- More models
- Etc.
Where as, opposed to being in the shrine..
- I am staring at a wall that is 10 feet in front of me
- And very few things beyond that
Just doesn't make sense
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Hopefully that was not to confusing, and if anyone knows anything regarding this issue I would greatly appreciate the insight.
- Basmastersix