Hello, I have a question regarding my GPU usage. Maybe everything is fine. I'm, pretty good with PC's and just something I've noticed. I have everything tuned pretty well.
My system is:
i7-12700KF
XFX 6700 XT
32GB DDR5 5200
MSI B660M mortar wifi ddr5
gen 4 M.2
850W 80+ gold PSU
1080p 165Hz IPS Monitor
Windows 11, all updates All drivers for everything are updated and BIOS.
At idle everything runs as it should. Normal low for CPU % , GPU is like 1%. Issue is ; certain games the GPU is at 99-100% in the main menu. Games like strange brigade, age of empires 4, battlefield 2042, Hunt Showdown. Some go down a little when playing into the 95-97% range. Temps while gaming for 2 hours at max like that are like 65°C for the average, and 77°C for the "hot spot".
On the converse, I loaded up Assassin's Valhalla and the menu showed GPU usage at like 26%, and then I opened Apex and the GPU was like 9% in the menus. Is this a software (the game) issue or is something off? I'm not about to do a huge reinstall of windows or anything. Adrenalin software driver is newest and was clean installed. I have resizable bar enabled, power limit slider up to 15%, min clock up to 2000, max is 2609. No voltages were messed with. I noticed with Apex in the menu the CPU % was higher and GPU was low. Am I getting worried for nothing? Is this a normal, or even good thing? Maybe utilization that high means its unbound and not bottlenecked? This being said, games run well, no stuttering. No overheating. I no not want to use vSync or FreeSync or cap any frames/performance just to fix menu usage.
Any insight or experience with this would be great!
My system is:
i7-12700KF
XFX 6700 XT
32GB DDR5 5200
MSI B660M mortar wifi ddr5
gen 4 M.2
850W 80+ gold PSU
1080p 165Hz IPS Monitor
Windows 11, all updates All drivers for everything are updated and BIOS.
At idle everything runs as it should. Normal low for CPU % , GPU is like 1%. Issue is ; certain games the GPU is at 99-100% in the main menu. Games like strange brigade, age of empires 4, battlefield 2042, Hunt Showdown. Some go down a little when playing into the 95-97% range. Temps while gaming for 2 hours at max like that are like 65°C for the average, and 77°C for the "hot spot".
On the converse, I loaded up Assassin's Valhalla and the menu showed GPU usage at like 26%, and then I opened Apex and the GPU was like 9% in the menus. Is this a software (the game) issue or is something off? I'm not about to do a huge reinstall of windows or anything. Adrenalin software driver is newest and was clean installed. I have resizable bar enabled, power limit slider up to 15%, min clock up to 2000, max is 2609. No voltages were messed with. I noticed with Apex in the menu the CPU % was higher and GPU was low. Am I getting worried for nothing? Is this a normal, or even good thing? Maybe utilization that high means its unbound and not bottlenecked? This being said, games run well, no stuttering. No overheating. I no not want to use vSync or FreeSync or cap any frames/performance just to fix menu usage.
Any insight or experience with this would be great!
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