EuroFight Posted October 8, 2012 Posted October 8, 2012 (edited) Hi everyone, I have a AMD Bulldozer FX rig with a HD5570 GPU (I will be upgrading the GPU shortly), however I noticed something unexpected when looking at the BF3 performance log, below is a screenshot: I noticed the GPU and CPU usage correspond almost exactly, the only plausible explaination of which I can find is that the CPU is somehow rendering as a GPU? Or, more concerningly, is my CPU bottlenecking my GPU? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Euro Edit: Moved to new post Edit 2: Just realized this is in the wrong category since I changed the thread title, if any mods or admins would like to move this to 'Graphics Cards and Monitors' that would be greatly appreciated Edited November 24, 2012 by EuroFight Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarWeeny Posted October 8, 2012 Posted October 8, 2012 (edited) faildozer isnt exactly a fast processor so it could well bottleneck your gpu Edited October 8, 2012 by WarWeeny Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroFight Posted October 8, 2012 Posted October 8, 2012 (edited) faildozer isnt exactly a fast processor so it could well bottleneck your gpu Hmmm I should think even a Faildozer should be able to keep up with a low-mid end 2010 card though? Our am I wrong? Cheers for the reply though Edited October 8, 2012 by EuroFight Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted October 8, 2012 Posted October 8, 2012 Bulldozers are pretty slow single threaded. Even my 4870X2 was slower with my 8120 versus my older Phenom 2 in games. Anyway - high CPU usage along with high GPU usage isn't terribly uncommon. I wouldn't worry about it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroFight Posted October 8, 2012 Posted October 8, 2012 Bulldozers are pretty slow single threaded. Even my 4870X2 was slower with my 8120 versus my older Phenom 2 in games. Anyway - high CPU usage along with high GPU usage isn't terribly uncommon. I wouldn't worry about it. I thought BF3 was multithreaded...ah well thanks for putting my mind at rest anyway Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted October 8, 2012 Posted October 8, 2012 It is, but even with multithreading the slowest thread can keep the whole game waiting. Borderlands 2 running PhysX on the CPU is a perfect example of this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d6bmg Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Sadly, fx-6100 isn't one of the great processor made by AMD. It could bottleneck your system. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroFight Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Sadly, fx-6100 isn't one of the great processor made by AMD. It could bottleneck your system. Looking back I probably should have gone with Intel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroFight Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 I'm wondering if this is how a card dies, the crashes have happened with increasingly, and just now; Catalyst Error (Will now not show card details) GPU-Z Details: The system crashed with no BSOD (Had to shut down from blank screen manually) while in-game World of Tanks I noticed GPU temp at 62C while fan was at 15%, hence I checked VISION engine and noticed the error...one for an RMA? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroFight Posted October 12, 2012 Posted October 12, 2012 Update: Have contacted Sapphire support regarding an RMA (I think I must be getting my name around there) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d6bmg Posted October 12, 2012 Posted October 12, 2012 From the first screen, it is clear that the GPU is having some issues. Nice to hear that you have send it for RMA already. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroFight Posted October 12, 2012 Posted October 12, 2012 From the first screen, it is clear that the GPU is having some issues. Nice to hear that you have send it for RMA already. Need to wait for the response from support though...apparently they get weekends off Surprisingly, reinstalling the latest version of Catalyst today resolved the 'driver' issue (Although it decided not to yesterday)...just hit 63.5C and the tin can's at 22% fan now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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