Dell G15, GPU and CPU low utilization while gaming
I have been trying to play games like Destiny 2 and Final Fantasy 14 but my GPU keeps dropping from 99% to 40$ randomly and causes huge frame drops. The CPU always stays around 20-50%, so it's not a CPU bottleneck. The same thing with RAM, it's always in the 60-80%, so not a RAM bottleneck. I have tried setting my laptop to the highest performance mode but no change and nobody I can talk to can really help me. My drivers should all be updated as well. Is this an issue with the new drivers? I just want my GPU to stay at 99% utilization.
I've got the same specs as OP and I'm lagging on games that are not even cpu and gpu intensive. I've got the lastest drivers NVidia drviers, set it to ultra performance In Dell power, still with the same issues. Feels like either the CPU or GPU are bottlenecked.
Nothing will be bottlenecked on this system. The CPU is already overpowered for the dedicated GPU. Latest BIOS downloaded? There's a new 1.4.0 version released yesterday that pushes 15W more boost to the GPU. However, I can confirm this has had no effect to my RTX 3050.
Try running 3DMark. See if it happens during the benchmark. Also try different games. It may be the games thats at fault and needs patching. Or Nvidia needs to release new drivers to fix these problems.
Also try going into the BIOS and turn off hybrid graphics.
Already upgraded to the the latest 1.5.0 bios still same performance issues and my rtx 3060 is still locked at 90w so no enhancement from the firmware update. Also hybrid graphics or switch able graphics is not an option in the bios settings
What helped me was the preinstalled "Dell Power Manager" application. "Thermal management" tab. My setting was "Optimized" and apparently that is the problem, because about every minute for several seconds it tried to decrease heating/processing power which caused terrible slowdowns in 3D games. So, my solution is to set it to "Ultra Performance" setting whenever I am about to play a 3D game
Right, this was my initial go to when I started playing, it definitely helped but still lagged. My other attempt to help the issue was going to the Nvidia control panel and choosing the highest setting specific to the game I was playing, choosing 'perfer maximum performance' and ultra low latency mode. I ended turning off low latency mode however because it seemed to cause random lag spikes.
Hopefully, I don't have a defective unit. I wonder if the bios has anything to do with the laptops under performance because I know there is a good amount of power saving features at a glance.
Anyways, I've yet to try other possible fixes as recommended by Dell
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There is no G Forum. Read this post.
https://www.dell.com/community/Alienware/G-Laptops-Inspirons-are-not-Alienware-Laptops/m-p/7324441#M22550