Question Helldivers 2—Low GPU usage (40%-60%) and high CPU usage (80%+)

[gamingguy4523]

In Helldivers 2 I get extremely low GPU usage and very high CPU usage.

I know this is partly because of the game's low utilization of my cores

But I'm wondering if there's any software fixes / overclocking / undervolting type things I can do to improve GPU usage and performance.

[Mod edit: added game name to title for clarity.]

 

[DericLee]

Should probably post hardware stats, hard to help if information needed is not provided.

 

[Brian Boru]

Welcome to the forum

hard to help if information needed is not provided

Quite right, probably why there were no answers—everyone's crystal balls were cloudy

 

[Morosy]

I know this is partly because of the game's low utilization of my cores

Uh no actually. High cpu usage means exactly that: it's using a high amount of your cpu. Helldivers is very cpu hungry. Your gpu usage is low because your cpu is struggling to run the game. Not because it's underutilizing your cpu. But yes, overclocking your cpu would help. Which will still show as the same cpu usage level, but it will let the gpu usage level come up a bit if you overclock.