I have been using Reshade for years but recently in all new games, as soon as I apply Reshade, even without any effects enabled my GPU usage is doubled. In the very recent NARUTO ULTIMATE NINJA STORM CONNECTIONS I can run the game in 60fps 4K settings maxed out with an RTX 3060 Ti and my GPU load is always around 35% in those settings. As soon as I apply Reshade, without any effects applied my GPU usage goes to 70% and applying only like 4 to 5 simple effects like colorfulness, levels, gaussian blur, curves and vibrancy, that GPU load goes to 85%.
If a I play a game that can barely play at 60fps (Ratchet & Clack at 1440p maxed out) and I apply Reshade, my fps drops to around 30. Once again double the GPU power is needed.
This only happens in very recent games whether they are GPU demanding or not. If I play King Of Fighters XV which is a 2 year old game, this does not happen. I had like 52% GPU load in that game at 4K60fps 2 years ago and it still takes 52% with all Reshade effects applied.
I don't know why this is happening recently. Nothing in my system is changed. I have zero background apps running. I have zero overlays on. I tried many thing like reinstalling/updating GPU drivers. Tested different Reshade versions and all give same results.
My system specs:
Core i5 10400f
16GB RAM
RTX 3060 Ti
Windows 10
All games running from SSD
Last edit: 1 year 10 months ago by gokukog.
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