Acer Nitro 5 AN517-54 17 Weird low GPU usage problem in some games.

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Intel i5-11400H

Nvidia RTX3060 95W

32GB Dual Channel 3200 Ram

SSD

Windows 10 last version

I played many games since i buy it. Mostly games i get full potential of system. But some games i never get full performance because of low gpu usage without any cpu bottleneck, any thermal issues. I tried everything. All power settings, all drivers, format and clean Windows with only vital drivers, with or without nitrosense, external screen, different Nvidia settings etc...

Here the list of played games;

Games without any problem with good GPU usage (almost everytime %99)

Superposition Game mode or benchmark mode

Dying Light 2

Bright Memory Infinite

Re Evil Village

Wolfenstein 2

Wolfenstein Youngblood

Wolfenstein New Order

Doom Eternal

Mildly troubled; (higher than %60GPU usage mostly ~%90)

Far Cry 6

Far Cry 5

Far Cry New Dawn

Heavily troubled (lower %60)

Cyberpunk 2077 (out of the city i get full %99 but in city and indoor %40-%50)

Snowrunner (%50-%90)

DeathLoop

What do you think? It's just bad optimization games or Is there some kind of problem with my system? I suspect battery or charger but Dying Light 2 is a heavy game and works perfecly.

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StevenGen

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/677704/weird-low-gpu-usage-problem-in-some-games

Install the GeForce Experience software as that applies the Nvidia best and ultimate settings for these games (as most are on the GFE list) and also set the NVidia Control Panel for these games to be played by the RTX-3060 gpu and you can also individualise the settings for each game.

See also the GeForce Experience settings and see how NVIDIA sets these games up as your laptop should play those games with no problems.

paxmahnhob

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1173240#Comment_1173240

I tried with or without GFE. I tried different Nvidia Control Panel settings.

Here the list of what i tried;

Format and clean Windows install with USB

Than again clean install but only vital drivers install

All drivers Acer don't allow Windows update drivers

Allow Windows update drivers

Different GPU drivers

Thermal check (all cores)

Bottleneck check (all cores)

Different power plan, settings.

With nitrosense or without nitrosense (never installed on clean windows)

Acer care center battery saver with or without

Nvidia settings combinations, performance counters etc.

GFE settings, without GFE installed

Same game with steam and epic

Same game cracked pirate version (maybe copy protection cause of this, but nope) and old versions

And so many things i don't remember right now.

If you think anything about this pls leave comment. i try.

leonaip

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/677704/weird-low-gpu-usage-problem-in-some-games

11th gen processors have lots of problems.. sell your laptop and buy a new one that has 12th or 13th gen Intel i9 processors with latest NVIDIA GPU, 32 GB or 64 GB RAM and 1 TB or 2 TB SSD 😉

surely, all your problems solved. 😁

leonaip

I think there is a problem with the CPU, GPU, and the certain game itself. Intel, NVIDIA should work together with the game developers to avoid the existing issues in the future.

paxmahnhob

I have a silly thought; (at least in some games) CPU start to bottleneck at lower usage, way before %100. Like %60-70. (of course single core, not all cores average) Because lower settings does not effect performance. Lower settings only reduce GPU usage. Just like CPU bottleneck situation. (and yes V-Sync or any other FPS limiter off)