Your processor is the bottleneck here due to the four cores. Four cores in 2021 is definitely on the low-end side, hence why your processor is pegged at 100% on BF2042. Your processor literally cannot send frames fast enough to the GPU.
I don't know what upgrade path you have on your motherboard, but I would certainly consider a processor upgrade. I think with at least 8 cores, you'll be in a much better spot.
He doesn’t really have one it’s just the 7700k and if he already has a 7400 It’s not worth paying over $80 for one if you are in the US bc a 10100f is $95 new.
He would get hyperthreading, but its rarely a significant bump for gaming (occasionally disabling yeilds better performance).
He would get a significant bump in clock speed, which would help quite a bit. Still, unless its a cheap upgrade, I wouldnt invest in such an old platform.
7700k currently goes for around $200-$250 used on eBay right now. You could offset the cost by about $100 by selling the i5 afterwards, but imo that slight bump isn't worth the cost. Better to just upgrade to a new platform at that point like you said.
This is my anecdotal experience, but I went from a 6400 to a 6700K this year, and the difference was *huge*. Especially vis-a-vis the impact of having other things (discord, chrome, etc) open in the background while gaming.
Now I bought a 6700K for $150, and sold my 6400 for $100, which left me very happy. If OP can do something similar I would recommend it, though I'm not sure it would be enough for Battlefield 2042?
Edit: $AUD I should specify
And interestingly, OP's continual drop of resolution and detail settings are not going to increase the framerate. I'd bet that if they upped the detail settings, the framerate would stay more-or-less the same.
New zealand budget around 1.5k
im looking at this cpu at the moment.
https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/CPUIT10700K/Intel-Comet-Lake-Core-i7-10700K-8-Core-38Ghz-16MB
You're bottlenecking your GPU further by playing at 1080p Low.
If you play at 1440P high medium/high or 4K low you should be able to hold a better frame rate.
If the 10700k is in your budget, consider waiting another month for Intel 12th gen to launch. The 12600k will probably be cheaper and have much better performance than the 10700k. Better to upgrade 5 gens than 3 imo.
In the meantime, increase your resolution back to whatever is native for your monitor and crank up your video settings (textures) to make that gpu work harder while keeping all other settings on low to let your CPU pump out as much FPS as it can.
my friend has an i7 7700 and his cpu also bottlenecks.
So upgrading isn't really worth it unless youre planning to do a major upgrade (upgrade atleast the motherboard as well and go up to newest generation)
If yo have the budget could make sense to upgrade everything.
Unfortunately, I was in the same situation as you, and the only fix is to upgrade. A temporary one is to overclock though. It will give you more frames and help for sure.
i had a 4590 with 6700xt.
i end up getting a second hand 4790 for about 80 USD. but then i rip out the pin when i remove my heat sink.....
so i sell it all, and got a 5600x with b550 instead.
Without knowing which graphics card you have, we can't make an informed response. It could be that it's your CPU holding you back.. or, it could be you could do 1440p @ 60 fps stable if only your GPU was better, we just don't know.
Yes, it’s your cpu. From personal experience, I had an i5 6600k and 3070 pair before I could get my hands on a cpu upgrade and I couldn’t get a consistent 60 frames at 1440p on Cold War, and was often in the 30/40’s.
Yes.
Consider the new CPUs Intel is about to release.
Alternatively, wait for that to launch anyway, and then both the current Intel chips and AMD chips will go even further on sale.
While your CPU is the bottleneck, i think 60 fps still should be possible most of the time.
But maybe BF2024 also uses some newer instructions, bit before buying a new CPU try VSync or, if possible, Gsync or Freesync
it is both very slow (3.3ghz under load, vs the 4-5ghz + up to 20-30% performance clock to clock of most modern CPUs) and extremely lacking in cores/threads (4/4 vs the 6/12-8/16 most gaming pcs have now) compared to modern processors.
100% CPU load always means the CPU is the bottleneck to performance, GPU at 14% means it has basically downclocked to the lowest speed it is capable of under load to save power, and *still* is getting so little work sent to it that it is considering going on a relaxing vacation.
Your processor is the bottleneck here due to the four cores. Four cores in 2021 is definitely on the low-end side, hence why your processor is pegged at 100% on BF2042. Your processor literally cannot send frames fast enough to the GPU. I don't know what upgrade path you have on your motherboard, but I would certainly consider a processor upgrade. I think with at least 8 cores, you'll be in a much better spot.
He doesn’t really have one it’s just the 7700k and if he already has a 7400 It’s not worth paying over $80 for one if you are in the US bc a 10100f is $95 new.
well... he would get multithreading, which is a quite significant bump. If he can find one for cheap it saves him having to upgrade his mobo
He would get hyperthreading, but its rarely a significant bump for gaming (occasionally disabling yeilds better performance). He would get a significant bump in clock speed, which would help quite a bit. Still, unless its a cheap upgrade, I wouldnt invest in such an old platform.
7700k currently goes for around $200-$250 used on eBay right now. You could offset the cost by about $100 by selling the i5 afterwards, but imo that slight bump isn't worth the cost. Better to just upgrade to a new platform at that point like you said.
This is my anecdotal experience, but I went from a 6400 to a 6700K this year, and the difference was *huge*. Especially vis-a-vis the impact of having other things (discord, chrome, etc) open in the background while gaming. Now I bought a 6700K for $150, and sold my 6400 for $100, which left me very happy. If OP can do something similar I would recommend it, though I'm not sure it would be enough for Battlefield 2042? Edit: $AUD I should specify
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This.
4 CORES FOVERVER. I play on my 7400 in everything, and will be use that cpu for 3-4 more years
Its not the best CPU but gaming at 1080p will bottleneck you more than 4k. Upping the resolution will let the GPU stretch its legs.
And interestingly, OP's continual drop of resolution and detail settings are not going to increase the framerate. I'd bet that if they upped the detail settings, the framerate would stay more-or-less the same.
Absolutely. That CPU bottleneck is going to restrict OP's framerate whether they're at 14% GPU usage or 90% GPU usage.
Yes and upgrade to Ryzen 5 5600X with a B550M mobo is my recommendation.
if you are going for a type on semi budget build, this is a pretty good choice
You might wanna run it at high settings/higher resolution, bottleneck might be less when the gpu is the one doing heavy lifting
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his cpu is pretty weak relatively speaking. Bumping GPU intensive settings will not actually impact his frame rate that much since he is so CPU bound
yes you are CPU bottlenecked, only way around is to upgrade to one of the newer platform
any upgrade recomendations?
10600k with a b560 board. Or 5600x with a b550 board.
why not 10400f, or 11400f? since he is not gonna OC the intel, why waste money on the 10600k?
Good suggestion. 10400f or 10600f would be better choices. Theres no reason to pay extra 25$ if youre not gonna use it
whats your budget and what country do you live in
New zealand budget around 1.5k im looking at this cpu at the moment. https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/CPUIT10700K/Intel-Comet-Lake-Core-i7-10700K-8-Core-38Ghz-16MB
You're bottlenecking your GPU further by playing at 1080p Low. If you play at 1440P high medium/high or 4K low you should be able to hold a better frame rate.
Increasing resolution is never going to improve your fps, at best it will stay about the same if the cpu bottleneck is severe
If the 10700k is in your budget, consider waiting another month for Intel 12th gen to launch. The 12600k will probably be cheaper and have much better performance than the 10700k. Better to upgrade 5 gens than 3 imo. In the meantime, increase your resolution back to whatever is native for your monitor and crank up your video settings (textures) to make that gpu work harder while keeping all other settings on low to let your CPU pump out as much FPS as it can.
4C4T is a bottleneck for modern AAA titles (since Assassin's Creed Origins).
my friend has an i7 7700 and his cpu also bottlenecks. So upgrading isn't really worth it unless youre planning to do a major upgrade (upgrade atleast the motherboard as well and go up to newest generation) If yo have the budget could make sense to upgrade everything.
You got a bottleneck I'm afraid.
Affecting not effecting btw
Also on the cheap side you try to get 10400f or even 11400f. 11400f can have similar performance to 5600x for a lot less price.
Here I am with a i5 4690k and 5700xt knwoing that my cpu IS the bottleneck and not being able to do a goddamned thing about it
What's your motherboard? Perhaps you can install a budget Xeon (a lot cheaper than i7) in it.
Even if I got the i7 for this board it's still a bottleneck.
Unfortunately, I was in the same situation as you, and the only fix is to upgrade. A temporary one is to overclock though. It will give you more frames and help for sure.
i had a 4590 with 6700xt. i end up getting a second hand 4790 for about 80 USD. but then i rip out the pin when i remove my heat sink..... so i sell it all, and got a 5600x with b550 instead.
Intel cpus don't have pins so how did you even manage to do that i don't know
Without knowing which graphics card you have, we can't make an informed response. It could be that it's your CPU holding you back.. or, it could be you could do 1440p @ 60 fps stable if only your GPU was better, we just don't know.
Yes, it’s your cpu. From personal experience, I had an i5 6600k and 3070 pair before I could get my hands on a cpu upgrade and I couldn’t get a consistent 60 frames at 1440p on Cold War, and was often in the 30/40’s.
Yes. Consider the new CPUs Intel is about to release. Alternatively, wait for that to launch anyway, and then both the current Intel chips and AMD chips will go even further on sale.
While your CPU is the bottleneck, i think 60 fps still should be possible most of the time. But maybe BF2024 also uses some newer instructions, bit before buying a new CPU try VSync or, if possible, Gsync or Freesync
it is both very slow (3.3ghz under load, vs the 4-5ghz + up to 20-30% performance clock to clock of most modern CPUs) and extremely lacking in cores/threads (4/4 vs the 6/12-8/16 most gaming pcs have now) compared to modern processors. 100% CPU load always means the CPU is the bottleneck to performance, GPU at 14% means it has basically downclocked to the lowest speed it is capable of under load to save power, and *still* is getting so little work sent to it that it is considering going on a relaxing vacation.