My i3 not maxing out in GTA V

Milos_10

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So my I3 3220 according to MSI afterburner cant max out in GTA V
Cores 1 and 3 are maxed but cores 2 and 4 are ranging from 50 to 70 precent usage.That results in my average CPU usage being 80 or 85 precent.
GPU is NOT a bottleneck ,its RX 460 and its NOT a botttleneck.
FPS is not that bad ,on medium to high setting fps are from 45 to 90 FPS on 1240x1024.
pls halp is this normal?
 
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The hypertheaded cores will rarely show 100% in gaming situations as the load is too inconsistent. If you have full load on the actual cores and 50-70% on the ht cores that's fully loaded.

What is your GPU usage? It wouldn't be what I'd call a bottlneck but unless you're are 720p low settings it's got to be close to 100% too

Supahos

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The hypertheaded cores will rarely show 100% in gaming situations as the load is too inconsistent. If you have full load on the actual cores and 50-70% on the ht cores that's fully loaded.

What is your GPU usage? It wouldn't be what I'd call a bottlneck but unless you're are 720p low settings it's got to be close to 100% too
 
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Milos_10

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u read the question wrong ,my cpu wont max out IN GTA V ,to be more exact some cores wont max out.
 

Milos_10

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1240x1024 is my native monitor resolution.
so everything is fine isnt it?
thanks.
 

boju

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Your i3 is 100% maxed. Like Supahos said, go by your actual core usage not HT which are cores 2 and 4. For a game that requires a quad to run properly your i3 is doing well.

If you overclock the cpu you might bring the cpu usage down a little and raise the gpu usage a bit more. 70% gpu usage is quite low but thats because of the lowered resolution and cpu being a dual + HT is not keeping up. OC'ing might differentiate usages but if you want to lower cpu and raise gpu usage, need to play in at least 1080p.

 

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Question from Milos_10 : "Hypherthreaded cores not maxing out"



Depends on the game,if the game is capable of maxing out 4 logical cores it will do so but only if it has to.
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Milos_10

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But if any game is coded to use 4 cores than its GTA V .So HT cores dont even max out in gaming?i saw some gameplays on youtube where they had 95 usage all the time on the HT cores.Why is that?