Extremely dumb question

[don_svetlio]

 So I was playing Path of Exile today and I noticed that the GPU usage was very spiky (clocks as well) usually being the rated but occasionally dipping down for some odd reason. GPU load was about 40%-ish so it's not like it's being pushed as hard as possible and V-sync was also enabled. Later, I was playing Payday and I had forgotten to enable V-sync. Once I did, the same odd spikes in usage and clocks were notable, be it up or down. Payday taxes around 20-30% and the clocks were 500MHz on core and 1300MHz on memory with the ocassional spike to 980 MHz core - question is - is this absolutely fine for a GPU under light load or is it concerning? In payday no ingame issue was noticeable but in PoE there was a slight stutter sometimes - not directly correlating to the spikes tho - those were constant. PoE also had some latency spikes and the ingame frams would follow a similar pattern to the latency. In Witcher 3 everything is normal and in unigine heaven everything is fine as well. Am I just too paranoid for my own good? Sorry in advance for the dumb question

[Virtual01]

It's fine for your GPU to not be at 100% load. Some games just don't need to use all the power that your system has. A problem situation would be when your GPU is  <100% load in a game that should be using 100%, or at 100% when it should be less.

[don_svetlio]

It's fine for your GPU to not be at 100% load. Some games just don't need to use all the power that your system has. A problem situation would be when your GPU is  <100% load in a game that should be using 100%, or at 100% when it should be less.

So the spiky-ness of the usage/clocks/voltage in undemanding games is perfectly fine?

[TheAmazingCookieFromSquare]

It's fine

[Virtual01]

Spikiness is normal as far as I know. Not every part of the game uses the same amount of resources.

[don_svetlio]

Spikiness is normal as far as I know. Not every part of the game uses the same amount of resources.

True - I was going crazy for a bit - could the latency spikes explain the stuttering in PoE?

[Virtual01]

True - I was going crazy for a bit - could the latency spikes explain the stuttering in PoE?

 

Latency meaning normal lag? The game is always online right? Any network problems would cause that kind of thing.

[don_svetlio]

Latency meaning normal lag? The game is always online right? Any network problems would cause that kind of thing.

I guess I should stop spending all my time watching GPU-Z readings and enjoy my gaming