GPU Stuck at 100% Load After Overclocking

[GPUEnthusiast]

Programs used: MSI Afterburner or Sapphire TriXX

The problem is, after I overclock, the GPU load stays at 100% (Core 100%, VRAM 100%) even after I'm done benchmarking, or when I'm done playing the game. I never noticed this until I installed Hardware Monitor. The temperature stays hot after the benchmark according to Hardware Monitor and Sapphire TriXX.

The only way to get it to throttle down again is to remove the OC AND reboot. At idle, my core is at ~300 MHz and the VRAM is at ~150 MHz.

Without OC under load the GPU properly reaches max load (1070 Core, 1250 VRAM) and throttles down again afterwards.

Why does this (going back down to idle) not happen after OCing? Is this normal to stick at 100% load like this?

GPU is an MSI R9 290x Lightning Edition (LN2 mode off) with both 8 pin connectors and the optional 6 pin inserted. CPU is an Intel Core i5-4690k at 4.4 GHz. <--- CPU returns to idle clock speeds after benchmarking, even though it is overclocked. Why doesn't the GPU?

OS is Windows 7 64 bit Home Premium. Drivers were Catalyst 14.12 when I first noticed it, but now I've updated to 15.4 Beta (still happens).

 

[SBMfromLA]

Have you tried reducing your OC?

 

[GPUEnthusiast]

Yes. When I click "reset" in Afterburner or TriXX it goes down to stock clocks of 1070/1250, but still stays at 100% load. 🙁 I need to actually reboot to get it to stop being at 100 percent load. When it's not OC'd, it correctly changes clock speeds with workloads, but when it's OC'd all it needs to do is reach full load once, then it's stuck there until I both remove the OC AND reboot. I've tried every kind of overclock. Even just a 1080/1270 OC (like 1%) it still gets stuck at 100% load.

 

[GPUEnthusiast]

bump?

 

[Buzzjump]

Go to msi afterburner and click on the setting icons through there there is an option that says force constant voltage which is basiccly telling ur gpus to run at 100% go disable that option if you have it on.

 

[Buzzjump]

Have you tried disabling the setting inside Msi Afterburner that says force constant voltage? that tells your pc to run at a 100%.






Good Luck!