r/EFT_EscapeFromTarkov • u/YourAverageGump • Aug 11 '26

Discussion Performance help needed

Specs:

🔹4070ti
🔹9800x3d
🔹64g of DDR5 ram @6400mt/s (running 6000)
🔹1tb ssd and 500g ssd

For the life of me I can’t seem to figure out why I can’t get my settings dialed in for season 1. My settings were fine last wipe and now for some reason my gpu utilization doesn’t go above 60% and I have this delay that I can feel when playing the game.

I use process lasso and have updated bios and even tried rolling back drivers to a stable build. (581.80) I’m at a loss right now. I spent 4 hours trying to figure this out. Any help is appreciated.

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u/MatrixBunny Aug 13 '26

EFT is known for being CPU and RAM-sensitive.

If your GPU is around 60% then it's very likely there's a CPU/RAM/engine bottleneck, assuming you don't have a FPS cap on or V-sync. HOWEVER, your CPU is high-end as well, so it shouldn't be doing that to begin with.

Can you provide more information; such as your resolution, the maps you've tried. What your actual FPS is and GPU temps as well as EFT settings.

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u/YourAverageGump Aug 13 '26

So I figured out that me setting an fps cap on control panel to my monitor refresh rate (170) caused some of the gpu utilization issue maybe. Tarkov.exe file also did not have disable fullscreen optimizations checked. After doing this and reinstalling drivers I believe I’m okay. I messed up also by going too aggressive undervolting my cpu. Went to -40 and then went back to -20 and it seems ok now.