Deep Rock Galactic (referred to hereon as DRG) runs on Intel Arc with abnormally high GPU Load in comparison to the Nvidia RTX 2060. GPU Activity / Load while playing DRG averages at 75% while using the Ultra and High Overall Quality setting, 71% while using the Medium Overall Quality settings, and 44% while using the Low Overall Quality setting. The GPU Clock speed remained stuck at just 600 MHz which is mostly like the cause of the problem.
Meanwhile, the Nvidia RTX 2060 experienced only a 38% GPU Load with a 975 MHz clock speed while playing DRG using the Ultra Overall Quality setting, and only 31% with a 850 MHz clock speed with the Low Overall Quality setting.
These discrepancies are similar to those observed in #866 and also most likely responsible for #865 .
Intel Arc A580 - DRG on Ultra and High
Intel Arc A580 - DRG on Medium
Intel Arc A580 - DRG on Low
vs.
Nvidia RTX 2060 - DRG on Ultra
Nvidia RTX 2060 - DRG on Low
Multiple 3rd party benchmarks and reviews claim the Intel Arc A580 should have parity to, or slightly outperform, the RTX 2060. However in this game and Stray #866 , this is clearly not the case, with the 2060 vastly outperforming the A580. Here's to hoping these issues can get ironed out soon.
Game graphic quality [Required]
[X] Low
[X] Medium
[X] High
[X] Ultra
Game resolution [Required]
1280x720 (Windowed)
1920x1080 (Fullscreen and Borderless Windowed)
Game VSync [Required]
On
Game display mode [Required]
[X] Fullscreen
[X] Windowed
[X] Borderless Windowed
Detailed game settings [Required]
Overall Quality was tested all presets: Ultra, High, Medium, and Low. Resolution was set to 1280x720 while in Windowed Mode and 1920x1080 in Fullscreen and Borderless Windowed modes. The game also includes a setting to play using either Direct X 11 or Direct X 12, both were used and with similar results however Direct X 12 performed marginally better.
Checklist [README]
Game [Required]
Deep Rock Galactic
Game Platform [Required]
Other game platform
No response
Processor / Processor Number [Required]
Intel Core i7 9700K @ 3.6 GHz
Graphic Card [Required]
ASRock Challenger OC Edition Intel Arc A580
GPU Driver Version [Required]
32.0.101.6297
Other GPU Driver version
No response
Rendering API [Required]
Windows Build [Required]
Windows 10 22H2
Other Windows build
No response
Intel System Support Utility report
igcit_ssu.txt
Description and steps to reproduce [Required]
Deep Rock Galactic (referred to hereon as DRG) runs on Intel Arc with abnormally high GPU Load in comparison to the Nvidia RTX 2060. GPU Activity / Load while playing DRG averages at 75% while using the Ultra and High Overall Quality setting, 71% while using the Medium Overall Quality settings, and 44% while using the Low Overall Quality setting. The GPU Clock speed remained stuck at just 600 MHz which is mostly like the cause of the problem.
Meanwhile, the Nvidia RTX 2060 experienced only a 38% GPU Load with a 975 MHz clock speed while playing DRG using the Ultra Overall Quality setting, and only 31% with a 850 MHz clock speed with the Low Overall Quality setting.
These discrepancies are similar to those observed in #866 and also most likely responsible for #865 .
Intel Arc A580 - DRG on Ultra and High
Intel Arc A580 - DRG on Medium
Intel Arc A580 - DRG on Low
vs.
Nvidia RTX 2060 - DRG on Ultra
Nvidia RTX 2060 - DRG on Low
Multiple 3rd party benchmarks and reviews claim the Intel Arc A580 should have parity to, or slightly outperform, the RTX 2060. However in this game and Stray #866 , this is clearly not the case, with the 2060 vastly outperforming the A580. Here's to hoping these issues can get ironed out soon.
Game graphic quality [Required]
Game resolution [Required]
1280x720 (Windowed) 1920x1080 (Fullscreen and Borderless Windowed)
Game VSync [Required]
On
Game display mode [Required]
Detailed game settings [Required]
Overall Qualitywas tested all presets:Ultra,High,Medium, andLow. Resolution was set to 1280x720 while in Windowed Mode and 1920x1080 in Fullscreen and Borderless Windowed modes. The game also includes a setting to play using either Direct X 11 or Direct X 12, both were used and with similar results however Direct X 12 performed marginally better.Device / Platform name
PC - Windows 10 / Steam
Crash dumps [Required, if applicable]
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Save game
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