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    Question GPU gets recognised and provides video but zero gpu usage in games, is it dead ?

    I have now installed the latest drivers (used DDU to uninstall). It didn't solve the problem. Should i try a fresh install of windows and see if that helps?
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    Question GPU gets recognised and provides video but zero gpu usage in games, is it dead ?

    Okay i ran a benchmark on heaven and got an avg fps of 59 fps and score of 1722 , afterburner too showed full gpu usage . So i think it's safe to assume that the gpu isn't dead . Could this be a driver issue because a couple of weeks ago i reverted back to old nvidia driver 446.14. Also the...
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    Question GPU gets recognised and provides video but zero gpu usage in games, is it dead ?

    When i run a game it runs like a slideshow , the afterburner graph for gpu usage shows small peaks in between but the usage is effectively zero. Is afterburner a reliable way to check whether the gpu is doing any processing ?
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    Question GPU gets recognised and provides video but zero gpu usage in games, is it dead ?

    The cable is plugged into the gpu. I have also tried with a different hdmi cable but there's no difference.
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    Question GPU gets recognised and provides video but zero gpu usage in games, is it dead ?

    I have a 3 year old 1050 ti and i am nit sure if it's dead or not . It gets recognized on msi afterburner, device manager and nvidia control panel. It seems to providing the video output according to windows but when i open a game there's just zero gpu usage on the graph. update: I tried a...
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    Will Windows 7 on kaby lake g4560 and gtx 1050ti be smooth experience

    I have recently upgraded my pc with a g4560 and 1050 ti .Will my gaming experience be smooth if I use windows 7 even though it's not supported? I went a little over budget so i will most likely not be able to get windows10 in a while. I am particularly worried about the windows 7 driver support...
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    Pairing 1050 ti with pentium g4560 good or bad idea?

    I am thinking of upgrading my PC to a pentium g4560 and was thinking of pairing it with a gtx 1050 ti . I am aware that the cpu might lead to bottlenecking but I also wanted a newer graphics cards as I am not going to upgrade my PC in a while and would like to play future titles. Is this a...