GPU load goes from 3% to 98% while playing games

[cowpower2013]

I haven't had any problems in the past with my GPU until just recently. After around 30 minutes playing any game it starts lagging so bad, that it's unplayable. restarting the game doesn't do anything and it continues to lag. I downloaded GPU-Z and I noticed that my GPU load before the lag spike goes from around 3-5%, to 98-99% and stays there. The only "solution" that I've found is to restart my entire computer. And then 30 minutes later the same things happens. Also the GPU temp. goes from around 50 degrees Celsius to around 70 degrees.

Dxdiag and GPU-Z links below:

GPU-Z before lag spike while playing Skyrim: http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t650/cowpower2011/GPUZ%201_zpslqecenpl.png

GPU-Z after lag spike while playing Skyrim: http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t650/cowpower2011/GPUZ%202_zpspnsegxf9.png

GPU-Z sensor log:
http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t650/cowpower2011/GPU-Z%20Sensor%20Log_zpsljpv3cws.png

DxDiag:
http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t650/cowpower2011/dxdiag_zpsf1if0riz.png

Thanks,

Austin

 

[i7Baby]

Laptop with a quadro K5000m.

This is not a gaming graphics card. Which is what you need.

Usage and temps are normal. Especially with Mods.

 

[photonboy]

Try at least one other game.
Also, try using 3DMark2001 (free) or similar and put it into a continuous LOOP to see if it starts stuttering like in Skyrim.

If other games work fine then the problem is Skyrim. In which case you may need to reinstall it.

a) Note the mods used.
b) Delete game
c) Redownload (or DVD) and install (I personally made a BACKUP of the game in STEAM before adding mods so I could avoid this)
d) Test in Vanilla using new character.... if STABLE then
e) Install same mods as before
f) Start from last SAVE for the modded setup

*I've never started a NEW game so just in case you may want to find the SAVE folder for Skyrim then COPY the last few save points to a different folder in case starting a NEW character wipes the data. If it did, then you could copy the saves back after you reinstall Skyrim and the mods.

 

[cowpower2013]

Laptop with a quadro K5000m.

This is not a gaming graphics card. Which is what you need.

Usage and temps are normal. Especially with Mods.

I can run most new games on ultra 60fps so that's not the problem.

 

[cowpower2013]

Try at least one other game.
Also, try using 3DMark2001 (free) or similar and put it into a continuous LOOP to see if it starts stuttering like in Skyrim.

If other games work fine then the problem is Skyrim. In which case you may need to reinstall it.

a) Note the mods used.
b) Delete game
c) Redownload (or DVD) and install (I personally made a BACKUP of the game in STEAM before adding mods so I could avoid this)
d) Test in Vanilla using new character.... if STABLE then
e) Install same mods as before
f) Start from last SAVE for the modded setup

*I've never started a NEW game so just in case you may want to find the SAVE folder for Skyrim then COPY the last few save points to a different folder in case starting a NEW character wipes the data. If it did, then you could copy the saves back after you reinstall Skyrim and the mods.

It's not skyrim itself. There's something wrong with my GPU, because this happens for all games.

 

[i7Baby]

Try a gaming GPU instead.

 

[cowpower2013]

Laptop with a quadro K5000m.

This is not a gaming graphics card. Which is what you need.

Usage and temps are normal. Especially with Mods.

Actually it turned out that there was a hidden bitcoin miner.

 

[cowpower2013]

Try a gaming GPU instead.

And btw 99% usage is not normal. it's about 5% usage when playing Skyrim, because the quadro k5000m is equivalent to a gtx 680.

 

[i7Baby]

So I gather you were running that. And not knowing?

 

[bystander]

When the GPU usage drops like that, that usually means something has taken use of the CPU, or the CPU has throttled badly due to heat. This is usually not a sign of a GPU problem, but something else. Check for viruses, check your CPU temps, see that you don't have some background app running that saves data every 30 mins, or does a scan of some sort.