GPU always under load...

[BattleToads]

Firstly, hello all. This is my first post. 

 

Secondly, I'm having a bit of a problem with my GPU.

 

It seems that it is always under load. Temperatures in CPU-ID indicate this, as well as GPU-Z stating that my card is running at full blast in both memory and clock speeds. The problem here is, the card should be idle. 

 

When I'm idle, I see my cards running at full voltage (slightly higher than stock, because I overclocked previously), and at slightly higher temperature than it used to idle at. (about 41 C). 

 

I know that temp is still good, but it used to idle in the mid to upper twenties. 

 

I originally thought it was a bitcoin miner hacking my GPU, so I reinstalled Windows. No dice. 

 

I then had the problem reoccur, so I wiped my hard drive completely and reinstalled Windows. Still the problem persists. 

 

I spoke with my buddy, who is about the same level of tech as myself, who insisted that changing the voltage can cause this problem. That being said, I'm thinking it's a mother board issue. 

 

I previously used EVGA Precision X to overclock, and the card worked great overclocked. It's just that it won't "idle" now. It always wants to max out memory and clock speeds.

 

I've also tried Combo Fix to no avail. What should I do?

 

Asrock Micro-ATX Mother Board

Intel Core i3 3220

8 GB DDR3 RAM

GeForce GTX 650Ti 1GB DDR5

 

Thanks in advance, guys. 

 

 

[Russboy360]

I had the same problem with my EVGA GTX 760 4GB ACX, but it was after installing the Nvidia update that added shadowplay, with that update the GPU runs at max clock. So I downgraded to the previous version which sorted the problem.

There has been a new update since sorting out the problem and adding shadowplay

[Butterfish]

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Have you tried resetting precison x to default.? I believe that if you crank up the power target too much it will run 100% all the time.

[Godlygamer23]

I get about 41C on idle with my cards. It might be Precision X that is the issue. Try using MSI Afterburner instead with Precision X closed.

[BattleToads]

I tried msi afterburner. It turned my voltage down from 1.075 to .975. That's with the "-100" setting, though I believe the stock voltage on this card is only .875. I'm really starting to believe this is a mobo issue. What else should I try?

[BattleToads]

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[BattleToads]

Anyone else? 

[Godlygamer23]

No bumping threads.