#low GPU usage

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median mist
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idk if that thing is really reliable

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in terms of usage

slim glen
median mist
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if its bottleneck you can't

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its not measurable

wraith perch
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You can sorta if you turn on OSD monitoring in afterburner

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Enable core zero clock and percent usage

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And same with gpu

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You would want to see tr Cpu usage should stay under the 90% with the frequency stable

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Possibly can get an idea from 3dmark as well

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Looking at the chart for dips in cpu frequency during the benchmark

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But the more likely thing to check is that the frame rate is being limited

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Either by vsync or its hitting the frame limit of the engine, or a max in the game settings

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If the game limits the frames then the gpu won't use more power/usage than it needs

slim glen
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this is uncapped

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2010mhz on the gpu

wraith perch
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are you sure the game isnt limiting it?

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it could be in game settings or nvidia control panel settings forcing vsync

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if its not that then I dont know how it would be limited, other than by Afterburner if you are using afterburner

slim glen
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v sync was (use 3d application setting), but i have it always turned off i the game settings

slim glen
wraith perch
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Yeah so as long as its not power limited or temp limited in afterburner should be ok

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Both sliders should be all the way to the right

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I guess you could reset the profile to just see

slim glen
slim glen
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before

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i reset the profile on afterburner and redid the under volt and ran Heaven this is it

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@wraith perch sry for the ping, just wanna let you know i updated it

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i wanna say its cpu bottlenecking, becuse the waterblock is trash and causeing my cpu to thermal throttle even with a -.025 offset

slim glen
wraith perch
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Something is very wrong

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Cpu doesn't throttle in 3d mark or heaven though right?

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Temps look less than 90c

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Clock speed is stable

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I would probably do full reinstall of gpu drivers at this point

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Check "clean install" when reinstalling

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Wait, isn't the 3dmark score normal?

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Heaven is outdated, you can ignore that bench

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3dmark seems normal

slim glen
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are they not representative of the actual gpu useage?

slim glen
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... idk whats going on

slim glen
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.... i give up

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wraith perch
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hmm

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are you on a riser

slim glen
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yeah gen4

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well an extender, its a ghost

wraith perch
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check this in hwinfo whea error

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and link speed

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i doubt its the pci link but its worth checking

slim glen
wraith perch
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whea is at the very end of hwinfo6
pci link is under gpu area

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this is HWinfo64 v7.40

slim glen
slim glen
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nvm

wraith perch
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so your link speed is gen 3

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doesn't really matter that much but if it was 4.0 it would say 16gt/s

slim glen
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Riser/extender gen4, slot gen3

wraith perch
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yeah

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it wouldnt cause this problem

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i dunno what to try next, i might try the gpu on another system or reinstall windows

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maybe there's some power saving feature turned on we dont know about

slim glen
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Hmm..

wraith perch
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or the cpu is throttling but we cant see it

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like it throttles but happens so fast it doesnt register

slim glen
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I definitely need a new water block

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It idles at desktop 50-70c

slim glen
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@wraith perch idk tf is going on

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i re did the drivers, checked the power and vsync setting.. updated everything

wraith perch
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Some games have a fps cap, if it's not that you need to test the card separately and reinstall windows probably after that

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You might try to fix your cpu throttle issue first though

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I doubt that's the reason though

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If it was the cpu it would still hit 100% gpu sometimes

slim glen
wraith perch
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Probably reinstall os at this point

slim glen
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70% load and 2040mhz

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60-80fps

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its usually sitting at 53c

native temple
slim glen
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It's on a open loop