Extreme GPU Usage

[Strages.2950]

Well the Fall Creator's Update finally rolled around for me today, and right off the bat I heard my GPU fans being loud while playing the game. I checked my GPU usage and it was at 86% at spawn in Green BL with the outnumbered buff on (should be very little workload). The load goes up to 92% in Lions Arch.

 

What's odd is that I can play Middle Earth Shadow of War on ULTRA settings and have lower GPU load than I do in GW2. Before the update I can't remember my GPU being pushed at all by GW2, let alone my temps going near 90 degrees Celcius.

 

Any idea what unholy voodoo microsoft did in this god forsaken update and how to reverse it?

 

Rig Specs

 

MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X 8GB

Intel i7 6700k 4.0 Ghz

16 GB RAM

500 GB SSD

 

 

[Kezika.7692]

Were you running VSync, if so, did it by chance get turned off? If VSync is off the card will run as fast as it can even if it's more frames than your computer can display.

[Maze.3825]

There are many variables but I'm not sure why you think high gpu usage is a bad thing. Unless I'm capping my frames, i believe 99% gpu usage is fine, it often fluctuates (especially in MMO)

With normal and functional cooling 99% is normal.

[Genlog.4983]

i also womder why my gaming comp get so extreme hot in this game

if i play bdo i have little less problems with my heat and bdo is far more heavy then gw2

 

even skyrim V SE heavly modded and even with enb it get not so hot ??

[rwolf.9571]

90c on the GPU seems suspicious, even with 100% load. Even on a warm day, my Asus 1070 strix will only hit around 70c with 50-60% fan speed. Might want to check your airflow, filters, and if your fans are running.

[Maze.3825]

> @"Genlog.4983" said:

> i also womder why my gaming comp get so extreme hot in this game

> if i play bdo i have little less problems with my heat and bdo is far more heavy then gw2

>

> even skyrim V SE heavly modded and even with enb it get not so hot ??

 

Great thing to investigate because with proper cooling it should be fine.

[Genlog.4983]

> @"Maze.3825" said:

> > @"Genlog.4983" said:

> > i also womder why my gaming comp get so extreme hot in this game

> > if i play bdo i have little less problems with my heat and bdo is far more heavy then gw2

> >

> > even skyrim V SE heavly modded and even with enb it get not so hot ??

>

> Great thing to investigate because with proper cooling it should be fine.

 

like i said before black desert is fine so 60c on high settings

even skyrim with enb my skyrim looks like this see vid

its 10x more heavy then black desert and guild wars 2 ok i run it with 30fps but my heat of the cpu/gpu is fine

 

so in my few guild wars 2 eats a lot on my comp and i dunno what

[Dawdler.8521]

> @"Genlog.4983" said:

> > @"Maze.3825" said:

> > > @"Genlog.4983" said:

> > > i also womder why my gaming comp get so extreme hot in this game

> > > if i play bdo i have little less problems with my heat and bdo is far more heavy then gw2

> > >

> > > even skyrim V SE heavly modded and even with enb it get not so hot ??

> >

> > Great thing to investigate because with proper cooling it should be fine.

>

> like i said before black desert is fine so 60c on high settings

> even skyrim with enb my skyrim looks like this see vid

>

> its 10x more heavy then black desert and guild wars 2 ok i run it with 30fps but my heat of the cpu/gpu is fine

>

> so in my few guild wars 2 eats a lot on my comp and i dunno what

"Heavy" isnt really a thing for GPU in that sense. Running GW2 at 300 fps is "heavier" than Skyrim at 30fps because you are literally letting your graphics card go full force with no limitations to reach that kind of fps.

 

Go into GW2 options and change the fps limiter to 60 fps, your graphics card should barely have the fans running. See if that changes anything. I dont recommend vsync unless you use adaptive.

[Genlog.4983]

> @"Dawdler.8521" said:

> > @"Genlog.4983" said:

> > > @"Maze.3825" said:

> > > > @"Genlog.4983" said:

> > > > i also womder why my gaming comp get so extreme hot in this game

> > > > if i play bdo i have little less problems with my heat and bdo is far more heavy then gw2

> > > >

> > > > even skyrim V SE heavly modded and even with enb it get not so hot ??

> > >

> > > Great thing to investigate because with proper cooling it should be fine.

> >

> > like i said before black desert is fine so 60c on high settings

> > even skyrim with enb my skyrim looks like this see vid

> >

> > its 10x more heavy then black desert and guild wars 2 ok i run it with 30fps but my heat of the cpu/gpu is fine

> >

> > so in my few guild wars 2 eats a lot on my comp and i dunno what

> "Heavy" isnt really a thing for GPU in that sense. Running GW2 at 300 fps is "heavier" than Skyrim at 30fps because you are literally letting your graphics card go full force with no limitations to reach that kind of fps.

>

> Go into GW2 options and change the fps limiter to 60 fps, your graphics card should barely have the fans running. See if that changes anything. I dont recommend vsync unless you use adaptive.

 

nice tip i forgot about the limiter

so far i can tell my 2 fans on my GPU dont move ad all if the temp stays below 60c

 

but i wil try it

[Strages.2950]

Update: It was the stupid game mode that came up with the Fall's Creator Update. I manged to turn it off from the registry and everything's back to normal.

[GloStix.5271]

> @"Strages.2950" said:

> Update: It was the stupid game mode that came up with the Fall's Creator Update. I manged to turn it off from the registry and everything's back to normal.

 

can you explain more? i havent played in a year and when i sued to play my game wasnt intensive whatsoever, now since ive came back 2 days ago its awful no matter where I am in game, would like to try to find out if mines the same thing or a different issue.

[MrFayth.3546]

> @"GloStix.5271" said:

> > @"Strages.2950" said:

> > Update: It was the stupid game mode that came up with the Fall's Creator Update. I manged to turn it off from the registry and everything's back to normal.

>

> can you explain more? i havent played in a year and when i sued to play my game wasnt intensive whatsoever, now since ive came back 2 days ago its awful no matter where I am in game, would like to try to find out if mines the same thing or a different issue.

 

Windows 10 has a "Game Mode" in its settings(press the windows key, click the gear icon that pops up in the menu then go to "gaming").

Sometimes these user settings get set back to default after an update.

 

Game Mode usually causes more problems and I've never noticed a positive difference in performance with it on. Though I keep my background programs minimal as can be.

[Strages.2950]

> @"GloStix.5271" said:

> > @"Strages.2950" said:

> > Update: It was the stupid game mode that came up with the Fall's Creator Update. I manged to turn it off from the registry and everything's back to normal.

>

> can you explain more? i havent played in a year and when i sued to play my game wasnt intensive whatsoever, now since ive came back 2 days ago its awful no matter where I am in game, would like to try to find out if mines the same thing or a different issue.

 

Sorry for the late response, I dont know if you still have an issue. Well, the Fall Creator's update wont let you turn Game DVR off like before... therefore you have to do it manually from the registry:

 

Open Registry Editor (Run > regedit)

Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\System\GameConfigStore

Set the value of DWORD "GameDVR_Enabled" to 0

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\

Create key "GameDVR"

Create DWORD 32bit called "AllowgameDVR" and set to 0

 

 

Hope that helps anyone.