Fallout 4 weird GPU usage & FPS bug

[koko1767]

Just yesterday i was playing fallout 4 without any problems (except for the fps dropping to ~25 in some parts of the city). But today when i opened it up i noticed that i had like 10 fps in the main menu. I loaded my save thinking maybe it's just a small menu bug, but instead it persisted in the game too. After some wondering i decited to check MSI afterburner. It turns out that suddenly my GPU usage is 0% and sometimes rises all the way up to 3%, and my CPU usage is averaging around 10%.
I tried to update my drivers, delete the .INI files, reinstall the game, change graphical settings and i also checked that there is no thermal throttling.

This is driving me crazy and it appeared out of nowhere.
Does anyone have a solution for this?

Specs:
AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz
AMD R9 290
8GB DDR3 1600mhz

 

[Rooby]

Sounds like you have somehow created some profile in AB on how your GPU or GPU cooler to work under certain circumstances (like fan curve or whatever). I haven't used AB so I can't tell with 100% certainty but it sounds this way to me.

If I were you I would uninstall AB and use some driver sweeper like http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-unin... and then install the latest drivers from nVidia's website.

If you want to monitor your GPU temps you can use HWinfo http://www.hwinfo.com/download.php (run in in sensors only mode).

Let me know if this helped.

 

[koko1767]

The GPU usage is normal when playing any other games. Only fallout 4 seems to be having this problem.
Do you think uninstalling afterburner could still fix this?

 

[Rooby]

Anything is possible and you won't know until you start the process of elimination. You could do a driver roll back, maybe the new drivers are causing an issue?

 

[koko1767]

It was either the afterburner or rivatuner statistics server that was causing the issues, but deleting them solved it.
Thank you!

 

[Misterbond]

I also have this problem, and it started after I uploaded RivaTuner to the newest version (6.4). Went back to 6.2 but it didnt help.... Gpu use between 50 to 70%, before was always 99% ... argh