graphics card GTX 960 GPU usage drops and lags

[Sohan0073]

Hello there folks, I was doing good with my pc. But recently i got to setup windows on my pc bcz i wanted a freash windows. I downloaded the latest fall creators update(1709) and then setup it, After that i noticed my pc is shuttering, After effects are unstable very slow and before the windows setup which games ran good in my pc, Shadow of war, Project cars 2 , Paladins etc are also having gpu spikes and then stuck for 2 seconds and then again normal aftr 10-20 seconds the same thing happens and my gpu shos 0 usage i got stuck. Please help me.

My rig :

CPU: AMD Ryzen 1700 3.2 GHz (STOCK Ryzen COOLER)
GPU: MSI GTX 960 4GB
RAM: 8GB 2400 MHz (Avexier)
MOB: MSI X370 SLI PLUS
HDD: Toshiba 1TB 7200 RPM 

Here are some screen shots while playing Shadow of war,

https://imgur.com/a/Xh1pe

[Sfekke]

@Sohan0073 Are you overclocking the card or CPU, if so remove the overclocks.

Did you get the drivers from NVIDIA or just let Windows update do them?

Try these ones from NVIDIA

If  you have the latest ones, try older ones.

Reseat the graphics card, take it out put it back in.

The last I can think of before saying reinstall Windows again is, defragment the HDD

Use something like Piriform Defraggler.

If all fails reinstall Windows again and recheck if the issue persists.

[Sohan0073]

1 minute ago, Sfekke said:

@Sohan0073 Are you overclocking the card or CPU, if so remove the overclocks.

Did you get the drivers from NVIDIA or just let Windows update do them?

Try these ones from NVIDIA

If  you have the latest ones, try older ones.

Reseat the graphics card, take it out put it back in.

The last I can think of before saying reinstall Windows again is, defragment the HDD

Use something like Piriform Defraggler.

If all fails reinstall Windows again and recheck if the issue persists.

I have done everything with my driver, updated agin and reversed to old version no change, i already got back to the 1703 version which was running fine before the last setup.

i can put out the gpu and put it back then let you know what happens, wahat is defragment hdd? can u tell me a little bit more about it?

[Sfekke]

Just now, Sohan0073 said:

I have done everything with my driver, updated agin and reversed to old version no change, i already got back to the 1703 version which was running fine before the last setup.

i can put out the gpu and put it back then let you know what happens, wahat is defragment hdd? can u tell me a little bit more about it?

A HDD stores data on a spinning platter.

It doesn't always put data next to other relevant data, making reading slower.

Some games ask data quicker then the HDD can give them, then it would cause the GPU to drop to 0% since it doesn't get next instructions.

When reinstalling Windows your HDD sometimes just clutters up, sometimes causing these problems.

You will not see a difference, no folders/files will move.

For the PC it'll of course be different, but you will not notice!

 

TL;DR

It rearranges data to make it quicker to access.

If the HDD is not sending info to the CPU at a decent speed, or load it into the memory on time.

It stutters or freezes (Which also leaves the GPU without work)

Slow HDD's also have this in most occasions. (Yours is fine!)