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Xatris
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Recently I have noticed less than ideal gaming performance from my computer with a core i7 6 cores 32 gigs of ram and a GTX 1060. I had task manger open while running various games and my CPU is pegged at 100% while my GPU is at around 6. Why is this happening and how can I fix this?

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1 minute ago, Xatris said:

task manger open while running various games and my CPU is pegged at 100% while my GPU is at around 6.

6 %?! Or 60 

And can you please use something other than task manager because it isn't always correct

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2 minutes ago, Xatris said:

Recently I have noticed less than ideal gaming performance from my computer with a core i7 6 cores 32 gigs of ram and a GTX 1060. I had task manger open while running various games and my CPU is pegged at 100% while my GPU is at around 6. Why is this happening and how can I fix this?

Task Manager do not always display correct GPU usage. My advice is to verify with MSI Afterburner or something similar.

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Just now, EquaSkies said:

This could possibly mean that your games are using the integrated graphics system in your cpu and ure gpu is doing nothing. Make sure ure hdmi is plugged into the gpu and not the mother board. Also check the drivers.

If it is using the i-GPU it wouldn't be 6%

It still does work and gets utilized

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

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Use something aside from windows to see gpu usage. Game wouldn’t be running at 6% usage. 

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