GPU usage drops to 0% while gaming

[PandaCopyRight]

So when i updated my GPU driver (not long after a windows reinstall) the 1st time i started a game right away i noticed fps drops/stutters (more like split second freezes) and didnt change depending on the system temps. Sometimes even my pc crashed (in game or not)

 

So since i had just recently updated my GPU driver, i reverted back to the one that worked previously and the system runs perfectly fine now.

 

And i tried to see if anything else in my system could be causing this conflict and tried defaulting bios settings, removing all overclocks, using DDU to delete the driver and do a fresh install of it and my system still had issues with any driver newer than the last driver that worked.

 

My system : 
CPU - i7 4790K @4.6ghz

Motherboard - Asus Maximus VI Formula (using the latest bios)

RAM - Kingston HyperX Fury 4x 4GB 1866mhz CL10

Cooler - CM Hyper 212 evo (with better fans)

GPUs - 
1.Zotac GTX1080 Amp Extreme.
2.Asus Strix GTX960 2gb (use this to encode game streams)

PSU - Corsair RM750x

Storage - 
1. Kingston 120gb V300 SSD

2. Seagate barracuda 1tb

3. Seagate barracuda 2tb

Windows 10 pro 64bit version 1803

Last working Nvidia driver - 391.35

 

 

 

[Crunchy Dragon]

I would try to see if the 960 is causing any problems.

 

I've experienced problems with some Nvidia drivers(from the 397.xx revision IIRC) where it would stop working after a few days, and all my games would freeze and force me to do a hard reboot and reinstall the driver.

[PandaCopyRight]

Just now, Crunchy Dragon said:

I would try to see if the 960 is causing any problems.

 

I've experienced problems with some Nvidia drivers(from the 397.xx revision IIRC) where it would stop working after a few days, and all my games would freeze and force me to do a hard reboot and reinstall the driver.

do you think i should remove the 960 and then update the driver or update the driver and then remove the 960? 

[Crunchy Dragon]

1 minute ago, PandaCopyRight said:

do you think i should remove the 960 and then update the driver or update the driver and then remove the 960? 

Remove the 960 and update the driver.

[PandaCopyRight]

34 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Remove the 960 and update the driver.

do have to say that from the short amount of testing so far ... works 100% fine without the 960 and with the latest driver 

but tomorrow, i will add the 960 back to see if the issue comes back and will update this post

[PandaCopyRight]

@Crunchy Dragon
ok added the 960 back in, seem like the pc works fine now ... tried multiple games that i had the issue with ... it seems fixed now 

[PandaCopyRight]

@Crunchy Dragon
sad news, the issue seems to have came back  

literally just watching a 1080p video and all 3 of my monitors freeze for a split second and then get going again 

Also cant see the usage spike if my gpu has only 1% usage at this kind of load 

[Crunchy Dragon]

17 hours ago, PandaCopyRight said:

@Crunchy Dragon
sad news, the issue seems to have came back  

literally just watching a 1080p video and all 3 of my monitors freeze for a split second and then get going again 

Also cant see the usage spike if my gpu has only 1% usage at this kind of load 

Remove the 960 and see if the issue persists without it in the system.

[PandaCopyRight]

On 6/23/2018 at 11:02 PM, Crunchy Dragon said:

Remove the 960 and see if the issue persists without it in the system.

sorry for late response was a way for a few days.
didnt have time to take the 960 out and used the pc for a bit and then the pc blue screened : KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED

[Crunchy Dragon]

3 minutes ago, PandaCopyRight said:

sorry for late response was a way for a few days.
didnt have time to take the 960 out and used the pc for a bit and then the pc blue screened : KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED

Might have to try googling that error, I don't know much on how to deal with blue screens.

[PandaCopyRight]

Just now, Crunchy Dragon said:

Might have to try googling that error, I don't know much on how to deal with blue screens.

can you tag anyone who can help if you know anyone? 

[Crunchy Dragon]

1 minute ago, PandaCopyRight said:

can you tag anyone who can help if you know anyone? 

Unfortunately I can't think of any off the top of my head.

[PandaCopyRight]

Just now, Crunchy Dragon said:

Unfortunately I can't think of any off the top of my head.

damnn, well from a quick google search ... the most common cause is a RAM related issue, but how would be RAM related if it worked fine with an older driver 

[PandaCopyRight]

@Crunchy Dragonok removed the 960 .. so far its stable (will update if anything changes. ) 

also ran the windows memory diagnostics tool (too lazy to find my memtest86 usb drive  ) and it found 0 errors 

[Crunchy Dragon]

1 minute ago, PandaCopyRight said:

@Crunchy Dragonok removed the 960 .. so far its stable (will update if anything changes. ) 

also ran the windows memory diagnostics tool (too lazy to find my memtest86 usb drive  ) and it found 0 errors 

It might just be drivers being screwy.

 

Have you considered building a dedicated streaming box to use your 960 in?

[PandaCopyRight]

Just now, Crunchy Dragon said:

It might just be drivers being screwy.

 

Have you considered building a dedicated streaming box to use your 960 in?

yeah but currently cant afford it.
i have a G3258 laying around, needs a motherboard, ram, case, psu, hdd

[PandaCopyRight]

@Crunchy Dragon ok its been a few days and 1 driver update later ... have not added the 960 back but the pc works from what i can tell 

[Crunchy Dragon]

23 minutes ago, PandaCopyRight said:

@Crunchy Dragon ok its been a few days and 1 driver update later ... have not added the 960 back but the pc works from what i can tell 

All stable, no problems?

[PandaCopyRight]

12 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

All stable, no problems?

so far so good

havent seen a hiccup in any game yet 

[Crunchy Dragon]

1 minute ago, PandaCopyRight said:

so far so good

havent seen a hiccup in any game yet 

Alright. I think the problem might have something to do with drivers acting up between the two cards.

 

I'm not fully aware of a way to fix this, as I've never had multiple GPUs in a system before.

[PandaCopyRight]

2 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Alright. I think the problem might have something to do with drivers acting up between the two cards.

 

I'm not fully aware of a way to fix this, as I've never had multiple GPUs in a system before.

do you think its worth asking in the graphics cards section ? 

[Crunchy Dragon]

2 minutes ago, PandaCopyRight said:

do you think its worth asking in the graphics cards section ? 

Worth a try, I would say.

 

Be sure to mention that it was narrowed down to this problem.