GPU usage spikes to 100% during non intense loads and then the game crashes

[Affenpoop88]

Hello, if had this for quite a while and nothing i tried seemed to help.

 

The Problem: whenever im playing games, the gpu usage spikes at random times to 100% even when the usage before that was like 30% and then the game crashes. It's only with some games and its not consistent, sometimes a game works for hours sometimes i cant even start it properly or change settings etc. Benchmarks work fine. sometimes an error message shows up saying the graphics driver has crashed.

 

Tried solutions: Driver/ windows updates, fresh install of both with ddu, enabling disabling g sync, using only one monitor, using lower settings, underclocking, stress test with benchmark to see if the psu is the problem.

 

Specs: GTX 1080ti

            I7-7700

            16gb ram

             msi z270a pro

            2tb hdd

            500gb ssd

            600w psu

           windows 10 64 bit

[eeeee1]

i know that your warranty is probably up but as with most problems i face, turn to the manufacturer for help. contact customer support if possible and they could offer a solution

[Affenpoop88]

16 minutes ago, eeeee1 said:

i know that your warranty is probably up but as with most problems i face, turn to the manufacturer for help. contact customer support if possible and they could offer a solution

Ive contacted them before and they said that as i did a reinstall of windows and the drivers that they can rule out the software as the source of the problem. they said i should test the gpu in a friends system, which i cant do atm as my friends pc case is too small to fit it. Are these pc repair services trustworthy or do they just want to sell you new parts anyway ?

[BlackManINC]

@Affenpoop88

 

Does it crash to the desktop or does the computer randomly reboot? 

[Affenpoop88]

4 minutes ago, BlackManINC said:

@Affenpoop88

 

Does it crash to the desktop or does the computer randomly reboot? 

it crashes to the desktop/ just says the application stopped responding. sometimes i get an error saying the graphics driver crashed.

[BlackManINC]

21 minutes ago, Affenpoop88 said:

it crashes to the desktop/ just says the application stopped responding. sometimes i get an error saying the graphics driver crashed.

Go to your device manager screen, click on the 'view' tab at the top and click 'hidden devices'. Does it show anything ghosted or greyed out under 'display adapters' as shown below? If so, try uninstalling it and then restart your computer, see if that works. 

 

 

 

 

 

[Affenpoop88]

31 minutes ago, BlackManINC said:

Go to your device manager screen, click on the 'view' tab at the top and click 'hidden devices'. Does it show anything ghosted or greyed out under 'display adapters' as shown below? If so, try uninstalling it and then restart your computer, see if that works. 

 

 

 

 

 

no there isnt anything greyed out.

[BlackManINC]

2 hours ago, Affenpoop88 said:

no there isnt anything greyed out.

So its either a faulty GPU, bad ram, or a conflict with other programs running in the background. Certain anti virus programs can cause it assuming you are using anything besides Windows Defender. If its bad ram, you can test each stick individually with the app below. It could even be the latest driver causing it, and you might have to revert to an earlier version. 

 

Link: https://www.memtest86.com/

 

[Affenpoop88]

On 8/26/2020 at 9:50 PM, BlackManINC said:

So its either a faulty GPU, bad ram, or a conflict with other programs running in the background. Certain anti virus programs can cause it assuming you are using anything besides Windows Defender. If its bad ram, you can test each stick individually with the app below. It could even be the latest driver causing it, and you might have to revert to an earlier version. 

 

Link: https://www.memtest86.com/

 

I've done the memtest now and it said that there are no problems. I had used a different antivirus for a while but now i reverted back to windows defender, and i always  put all my games into the exclusions. i guess its my gpu afterall, so (hoping i'll get one) i'll buy a 3080. anyway, thanks for the help.

[BlackManINC]

3 hours ago, Affenpoop88 said:

I've done the memtest now and it said that there are no problems. I had used a different antivirus for a while but now i reverted back to windows defender, and i always  put all my games into the exclusions. i guess its my gpu afterall, so (hoping i'll get one) i'll buy a 3080. anyway, thanks for the help.

Ok, hope it works. In the future though, I would refrain from using DDU to solve potential driver issues. I have yet to see it actually any solve problems, and if anything, it might be exacerbating the problem. I have reservations of trusting third party applications that directly tampers with the registry to that extent. There ain't no telling what its fucking with. I'd just use device manager to uninstall left over drivers instead.