GPU at 100% while CPU is at 30%

[EucleX]

If my ASUS 7770 HD 2gb is running at 100% while my i5 4690 is running at 30%, do you think my GPU will get ruined like this?

 

[Traciatim]

Ruined? no. It just means that you have plenty of room to upgrade your video card if you wanted to get more performance. Assuming you are talking about when gaming and not running at 100% 24/7, in which case your fans will probably fail earlier than they would normally.

 

[EucleX]

Ruined? no. It just means that you have plenty of room to upgrade your video card if you wanted to get more performance. Assuming you are talking about when gaming and not running at 100% 24/7, in which case your fans will probably fail earlier than they would normally.

So if I'd play let's say around 4 hours of gaming with my GPU at 100% and my CPU at 30%, my GPU would have no problems, correct?

 

[KyleADunn]

Hey again!

Your GPU will have no problems being run at 100%. Optimal systems run the CPU and GPU at 80%+ for max performance, so there ought to be no problem at all with just one of the components being maxed out.

 

[Traciatim]

Ruined? no. It just means that you have plenty of room to upgrade your video card if you wanted to get more performance. Assuming you are talking about when gaming and not running at 100% 24/7, in which case your fans will probably fail earlier than they would normally.

So if I'd play let's say around 4 hours of gaming with my GPU at 100% and my CPU at 30%, my GPU would have no problems, correct?

Yeah, that should be fine. It's just that you have an entry/mid range video card with a nice fast new processor so the video card is working as much as it can to keep up. You can try to balance it out some if you want a better frame rate by reducing settings like any anti-aliasing, anisotropic filtering, resolution, texture settings, or other GPU heavy options for the game you are playing.

 

[EucleX]

Ruined? no. It just means that you have plenty of room to upgrade your video card if you wanted to get more performance. Assuming you are talking about when gaming and not running at 100% 24/7, in which case your fans will probably fail earlier than they would normally.

So if I'd play let's say around 4 hours of gaming with my GPU at 100% and my CPU at 30%, my GPU would have no problems, correct?

Yeah, that should be fine. It's just that you have an entry/mid range video card with a nice fast new processor so the video card is working as much as it can to keep up. You can try to balance it out some if you want a better frame rate by reducing settings like any anti-aliasing, anisotropic filtering, resolution, texture settings, or other GPU heavy options for the game you are playing.

But if I want to run lets say BF3 at Ultra, it'll still be fine?

 

[Scampi]

As above, it is no problem, only concern would be your HD 7770's temperatures, just keep an eye on them.

Essentially your GPU is your bottleneck, as you can use a much more powerful graphics card for that i5-4690.

 

[EucleX]

As above, it is no problem, only concern would be your HD 7770's temperatures, just keep an eye on them.

Essentially your GPU is your bottleneck, as you can use a much more powerful graphics card for that i5-4690.

well, it has dual fans.

 

[Scampi]

As above, it is no problem, only concern would be your HD 7770's temperatures, just keep an eye on them.

Essentially your GPU is your bottleneck, as you can use a much more powerful graphics card for that i5-4690.

well, it has dual fans.

That helps, but you should still check it occasionally with something like HW monitor to see what it's hitting in games as your concerned about the 100% usage. The heat is what will kill your graphics card if it goes too high (100c).

 

[EucleX]

As above, it is no problem, only concern would be your HD 7770's temperatures, just keep an eye on them.

Essentially your GPU is your bottleneck, as you can use a much more powerful graphics card for that i5-4690.

well, it has dual fans.

That helps, but you should still check it occasionally with something like HW monitor to see what it's hitting in games as your concerned about the 100% usage. The heat is what will kill your graphics card if it goes too high (100c).

Okay, great! Thanks