Optimizing Zoom Performance on High-End Desktops

[Gabriellabrowne]

Hello Zoom Community,

I’m reaching out to get some advice on optimizing Zoom performance when using high-end desktop systems. I’ve been using a system equipped with the Legion Tower 5 Gen 8 AMD Desktop, and despite its powerful hardware, I’ve noticed some performance issues during long video calls. It seems that even with such robust specs, the video quality can drop, and CPU usage spikes unexpectedly.

Given the high performance of the Legion Tower 5 Gen 8 AMD Desktop, I’m curious about the best settings to adjust within Zoom to optimize its performance. Should I tweak Zoom’s video settings, or are there particular system configurations that could help alleviate the load on the processor?

I’d also appreciate any advice on third-party tools or software that can help monitor system performance during Zoom calls, ensuring I get the best experience possible.

Looking forward to your insights and suggestions!

Thank you!

[ExpertswhoJohn]

hi @Gabriellabrowne 

There is a statistics tab within the Zoom settings that you can run in the meetings to see the performance.
I have no particular third-party tool to suggest.

all the best

John

[storyhub]

What GPU is in the system? An NVIDIA GPU will do a much better job of processing video than the CPU.

I have a high end Win 11 Pro PC I built with 4 screens. I can run multiple Zoom sessions simultaneously using multiple sound cards, stream multiple video streams of video to other remote devices over the internet, utilize multiple PTZ cameras for Zoom all at the same time without exceeding 25% CPU usage. This machine uses a water cooled i7 processor with 32GB of RAM and is connected via ethernet to a .5 Gbps fiber internet modem.