Graphic usage issue

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I had the game idling while at work. I was alt tabbed and while GC4 was on my second monitor, the GPU usage was pegged to 100%. This is on a 30370TI. When tabbed back, the usage never dropped. I have never seen it get close to this even in beta.

e. played around with graphics setting. Even on low, when zoomed in GPU usage is hitting 90%+, unless I'm zoomed into a spot with fog of war. It's a pretty game, but I never saw this strain on this car with Cyberpunk or control and ray-tracing on.

Win10
GC4 v 1.01

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Reply #2 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

yeah i'm getting the same thing. 3D part of the graphics card was staying right at 100%, just fluctuating slightly. constantly using aprox 2GB GPU when the recommended for the game is 1GB

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Reply #3 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

I noticed the game is actually pretty demanding at 4k, but it looks really nice. 

Maybe a graphic setting could be added where people can set a max frame rate for the game to prevent their cards running at 100%. 

I had this 100% very hot gpu issue as well but the game was running at 120+ fps (on 165hz monitor so vsync would make no difference). 

I used Nvidia Control Panel to set a max frame rate of 80fps and now the gpu is much cooler and doesn’t sound like a hovercraft. :-)

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Reply #4 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Yea, I think a frame rate limiter might address that for users looking to conserve power.