GPU Usage Spike

[compewpewter]

Hi I have a Sapphire R7 260x and I have not overclocked it. When I play games such as CS:GO i get constant GPU usage spikes ranging from 90 down to 30. I would say it stays mostly around 70 but its not even at a consistent 70 it drops quite often to 30-50 usage... It is always zig zagging on the chart according to MSI Afterburner.

I have all settings maxed out at highest resolution and my CPU usage stays around high 50 to 70s never at 90 or 100... Also GPU temps are constant at 57 so I know its not overheating. When I'm not gaming and just internet browsing usage at basically zero.

My FPS in CS:GO ranges from 60 to 140 or so but average I would say is about 80. I would really like higher consistent FPS as I feel I should be able to with more consistent GPU usage.

The weird thing is I noticed after I die and I'm spectating the GPU usage actually stays at 90-100 most of the time... Please help

Thanks in advance

 

[bailojustin]

are you using a 144hz monitor?

 

[Dunlop0078]

What cpu do you have?

 

[bailojustin]

You need to open your catalyst control center, Change frame caps to 60, go to 3d application settings, general settings for all programs, change V sync always on and TURN ON Triple Buffering. Run the game let me know results.

 

[WarWolverineWarrior]

Amd new crimson drivers have lots of problems. Make sure you install new crimson beta drivers 15.11.1 from their website. Then go to CS:Go profile in crimson GUI (right click on desktop wallpapers and it should be first one on top) and disable shadow cache or something similar with Word cache in it. And you should be good. Or install old drivers.

 

[bailojustin]

Yes, sounds kind of like throttling, does your CPU in task manager take what looks like steps while in a game? if so its thermal throttling and the CPU downclocks when it thinks its to hot resulting in huge fps spikes like that. The same can be happening with your GPU.

The crimson drivers had issues where they would lock the fans on GPUS causing throttling and GPU overheating.

 

[compewpewter]

Yes, sounds kind of like throttling, does your CPU in task manager take what looks like steps while in a game? if so its thermal throttling and the CPU downclocks when it thinks its to hot resulting in huge fps spikes like that. The same can be happening with your GPU.

The crimson drivers had issues where they would lock the fans on GPUS causing throttling and GPU overheating.

Im still on catalyst because I heard of issues so I am waiting later to download that. I am using a 1080p monitor

I checked with task manager and CPU usage pretty much matches with AMD Overdive which is showing 50-70% usage for CPU. Thermal margin stays around 50 Celsius and I have Turbo Core Disabled.

I have a A8 6600k stock at 3.9 1.3 volts with cooler master hyper 212 evo. I also have a top mounted power supply in my case if that matters and one 120 case fan in front and one 120 in the back and its on a desk. Also the power supply is a corsair cx430 bronze

 

[compewpewter]

Amd new crimson drivers have lots of problems. Make sure you install new crimson beta drivers 15.11.1 from their website. Then go to CS:Go profile in crimson GUI (right click on desktop wallpapers and it should be first one on top) and disable shadow cache or something similar with Word cache in it. And you should be good. Or install old drivers.

I have catalyst right now. Do i have to uninstall Catalyst and also my current GPU driver also? Or only uninstall Catalyst if I want to install the new Crimson Driver???

 

[WarWolverineWarrior]

Keep the old drivers. They're fine for csgo

 

[compewpewter]

Yes, sounds kind of like throttling, does your CPU in task manager take what looks like steps while in a game? if so its thermal throttling and the CPU downclocks when it thinks its to hot resulting in huge fps spikes like that. The same can be happening with your GPU.

The crimson drivers had issues where they would lock the fans on GPUS causing throttling and GPU overheating.

Is there any benefits to Crimson vs Catalyst besides new features and interface? Would I see smoother gameplay?

 

[bailojustin]

I stick with Field Value
Driver Date 11/12/2015
Driver Version 15.201.1151.1010
Driver Provider Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Memory Size 3 GB

Installed Drivers
aticfx64 8.17.10.1404
aticfx64 8.17.10.1404
aticfx64 8.17.10.1404
aticfx32 8.17.10.1404
aticfx32 8.17.10.1404
aticfx32 8.17.10.1404
atiumd64 9.14.10.01128
atidxx64 8.17.10.0625
atidxx64 8.17.10.0625
atiumdag 9.14.10.01128 - AMD Catalyst 15.7 / 15.7.1 WHQL / 15.8 Beta / 15.9 Beta
atidxx32 8.17.10.0625
atidxx32 8.17.10.0625
atiumdva 8.14.10.0513
atiumd6a 8.14.10.0513
atitmm64 6.14.11.25


Driver Download http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads

I have absoultely no running issues on any games, avg 58 fps fallout 4, max temps 65C after hours of fallout 4 or gta maxed.

 

[bailojustin]

To be honest, They both have their differences, I will switch to the new 15.30 once I stop seeing users have issues and actually seeing performance decreases. AMD should be taking care of us soon if they have not already. The drivers look good just a few issues. ONce tweaked I would go with the newest version.

Don't download Betas unless you know how to handle it when it fails or something goes wrong. Always have saved backup drivers to your computer on a flash device in the state of an issue occurring that you cant fix, this way you have access to it.

The HIGHLIGHTS for the new Crimson Edition are as follows

​Radeon Settings
■ New Install UI
Liquid VR
Asynchronous Shaders
Shader Cache
Optimized Flip Queue Size
Freesync™ Enhancements
Custom Resolution Support
Frame Pacing Enhancements
Frame Rate Target Control Enhancements
Updated Video Feature support for 'Carrizo' products
Power Optimization
Directional Scaling
Dynamic Contrast Update
DisplayPort to HDMI 2.0 support■

For more information and a better insight into the latest Crimson Edition drivers and Features listed above please refer to the AMD Support/Driver site I have linked for you at the bottom of the post.

Right know for the CRIMSON 15.30 Current non Beta

Known Issues:​
[58978] Dirt Rally - A crash may be experienced starting a new race with AMD Crossfire™ and AMD Freesync™ enabled
[78139] PowerDVD - 3D playback may fail on some configurations using an HDMI 2.0 dongle
[79428] Starcraft 2: Flickering may be observed in the 'Episode 3' campaign
[80251] Fable Legends: The DirectX® 12 benchmark may fail to launch on some configurations
[80836] Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 - Flickering or poor performance may be experienced when running in AMD Crossfire™ mode
[81402] Assassin's Creed Syndicate - A crash may be experienced when setting game to Ultra-High graphics mode
[81403] Flickering may be observed on some Freesync monitors while playing Wolfenstein - The New Order and Battlefield™: Hardline with Vsync disabled
[81448] A system restart may be experience when waking the system from sleep mode on some systems with Intel processors
[81489] Unable to create 4x1 or 2.1 portrait mode SLS with 4K displays
[81651] Star Wars™: Battlefront - texture corruption may be experienced if the game "Field of View" setting is > 100
[81736] Call of Duty Online - the game may crash if the Printscreen key is pressed on a 4K monitor
[81777] Launching a game from the Game Manager may launch on a single display after enabling and disabling AMD Crossfire™ in a 3x1 AMD Eyefinity™ setup
[81809] A crash may be experienced if an HDMI™ display is a cloned display device on an HP Envy 15 notebook
[81844] Unable to change resolution if a wireless display is the only connected display
[81856] Marginally increased power consumption may be observed during video playback
​[81859] Flickering may be experienced on some monitors when AMD Freesync™ is enabled
[81915] Assassin's Creed Syndicate - Building textures may be missing on some AMD Freesync™ displays with Vsync enabled
[82083] Ark Survival Evolved - Poor performance may be experienced when running in AMD Crossfire™ mode
[82093] Star Wars™ : Battlefront - Some flickering may be experienced in shaded areas of the screen while game levels are loading
[82213] Star Wars™ : Battlefront - Some users may experience minor flickering or corruption at different game location or while viewing the in-game cinematics
[82387] Assassin's Creed Syndicate - The game may crash if the Gaming Evolved "In Game Overlay" is enabled. A temporary workaround is to disable the AMD Gaming Evolved "In Game Overlay"

-SOURCED FROM AMD DRIVERS/SUPPORT<---Hyperlink Embedded

These are all being worked on and fixed as we speak, the list of known issues that have been fixed is much larger.

For many information regarding AMDs drivers please check out the AMD Windows 7 - +64bit driver page, of course if you run anything else, just go to your current specifications and read up.


In the case you are willing to and want to update, Please be sure to also download the latest AMD CHIPSET DRIVERS REV:Crimson Edition