GV-N460OC-1GI Low GPU Usage under Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

[C++vid]

So It's been ~1 month or so that I've had this card on my rig now, and I've noticed that it underachieves, big time, under Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

Very so-so gameplay (40-60 FPS) when running in DX11 mode. Stuttering very noticeable.

Specs:

AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE @ Stock speed
ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 (1456 Bios)
4GB (2x2GB) Corsair XMS3 DDR3 @ 1333MHz
Thermaltake TRX-750M 750W Modular PSU (single +12V Rail)
Windows 7 x64 Home Premium
NVIDIA ForceWare 260.63 Beta.

So what could be causing this so-so performance under this game?, shouldn't I be getting better performance?

One thing I've noticed is that the GPU usage never goes above the high 60s (using both GPU-Z and MSI Afterburner).

Settings:

1600 x 900, all details set to HIGH, AA @ x2, AF @ x16, Vsync OFF in-game (but set to on using D3DOverrider, Triple Buffering set to on as well), HBAO OFF.

Any advice?

Thanks.

EDIT: Stock BIOS on GV-N460OC-1GI.

[Dark Mantis]

Is it just this game? If so I would check and see if the game's website has any patches. If no have you updated your BIOS to the latest version and using the lastest drivers?

The other thing to check, as I notice that yuou said it wass stuttering , is the latency on your machine. Download andrun dpclatency checker from:
http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml
Run this and then post back with the results.

[C++vid]

Is it just this game? If so I would check and see if the game's website has any patches. If no have you updated your BIOS to the latest version and using the lastest drivers?

The other thing to check, as I notice that yuou said it wass stuttering , is the latency on your machine. Download andrun dpclatency checker from:
http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml
Run this and then post back with the results.

Game's patched to the latest version (I own the steam version, so the game is kept up to date automatically).

Latest BIOS and drivers (chipset, sound, video and even onboard lan) all installed.

DPC latency is rock solid under these drivers (260.63), so I don't think that's the issue here to be quite honest (even when I had DPC latency issues [back when I had 258.96 installed] it was rock solid WHEN running BFBC2).

Thanks for the reply btw.

[Dark Mantis]

DPC latency is rock solid under these drivers (260.63), so I don't think that's the issue here to be quite honest (even when I had DPC latency issues [back when I had 258.96 installed] it was rock solid WHEN running BFBC2).

Have you actually run the progream to check or are you just summising?

Also there is a new beta driver for your GPU just come out yesterday. Whether it will help you I don't know.

[C++vid]

DPC latency is rock solid under these drivers (260.63), so I don't think that's the issue here to be quite honest (even when I had DPC latency issues [back when I had 258.96 installed] it was rock solid WHEN running BFBC2).

Have you actually run the progream to check or are you just summising?

Also there is a new beta driver for your GPU just come out yesterday. Whether it will help you I don't know.

Yup.

DPC latency is rock solid under these drivers (260.63)

What Beta driver are you talking about? 260.63? Cause that's what I'm running right now. Although I've got NVIDIA's version of the driver installed, not GIGABYTE's.

[Dark Mantis]

What Beta driver are you talking about? 260.63?

To be honest I can't remember the actual number but I know it was only released yesterday so if that is the one you are using then yes.