CPU and GPU usage DROPS during the frame rate drops (!)

Post » Fri Nov 27, 2015 5:23 pm

I have made a thread a few days earlier stating that my frame rate most of the time is around 50 FPS, and that at some parts it falls to single digit numbers, and that changes in the graphics quality of the game has absolutely no effect.

I decided to test the game to see CPU and GPU performance, and I've discovered something surprizing: At no point the game used either 100%, and when the frame drops occur, both the usage of CPU and GPU drops instead of increasing! That means that neither is responsible for the low frame rate, and that they wait for the game to do its thing and send them more commands to execute.

While not at a framedrop infested zone, my CPU is used about 63% max, and my GPU about 74%

When a framedrop occurs, CPU usage drops down to 20s and 30s percent, and GPU usage between 0% and 44%.

The more severe the frame drop, the lower the component's usage falls.

That practically means that neither my CPU or GPU are causing a bottleneck, and well my RAM is 8gb, so that shouldn't be either.

So I guess that its a software bottleneck, and in that case, please Bethesda you have to fix this!!!!

Here is my computer configuration:

CPU : AMD FX 8350

RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz

GPU: AMD HD 6850

HDD: Seagate 1TB 7200RPM

OS: Windows 8.1

DRIVER: Catalyst 15.7.1.

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