Question How to limit GPU usage ?

[Sakuja]

Hi All,
i got a question regarding prioritizing/limiting gpu usage. While i play games sometimes the lady of the house wants to watch a movie. now for some reason my gpu goes to 100% (vrel cap) and makes the movie stutter. when i alt+tab out it runs smooth. So i know its gpu related.
Already tried to lower fps, lower settings but that is not working. So i was thinking.
1: can i prioritize the GPU for the streaming program
2: can i limit the gpu power for that game so that i have some headroom for the streaming tool?

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Hey there,

Please list your full PC specs.

What power plan are you running on the PC.

 

[Sakuja]

amd ryzen I9 5850 (stock) (under load 41°C)
gigaybyte 2080 OC (stock)
proart X570 wifi
W11
XFX Pro 1000W PSU
64GB Gskill 3800 CL14 (running at 3600mhz)
Samsung 840 SSD

Running windows perfermonce power plan

 

[punkncat]

This reads as if you are playing the game and watching the movie at the same time?

Pls let me know if incorrect.

 

[Sakuja]

This reads as if you are playing the game and watching the movie at the same time?

Pls let me know if incorrect.

Yes indeed
On display one i play ARK/COD (1080P, Ark FPS/COD 90FPS)
On display two, the lady is streaming (1080P)

 

[punkncat]

In a case like this, try playing with the windowed or fullscreen mode with the game itself and see if it will play the movie without hitching?

How are you resolving the sound with this use case?

 

[Sakuja]

In a case like this, try playing with the windowed or fullscreen mode with the game itself and see if it will play the movie without hitching?

How are you resolving the sound with this use case?

tried but it stays the same.

 

[USAFRet]

tried but it stays the same.

Who gets the audio?
Game or movie?

 

[Sakuja]

Who gets the audio?
Game or movie?

I got the game audio with my headset and my GF gets audio through the tv

 

[USAFRet]

I got the game audio with my headset and my GF gets audio through the tv

OK, and where does the movie come from?

The game and game audio, AND the movie and movie audio are originally coming from the PC?

 

[Sakuja]

yes,
its netflix streaming

 

[USAFRet]

yes,
its netflix streaming

What we're asking is....how is the game audio and the netflix audio sent to two different devices, at the same time?

Please, give us some details on this whole setup.

 

[Sakuja]

oh, sorry misunderstood.
the game/game audio is sended ingame to usb audio device (headset)
netflix/netflix audio is sended to the std windows audio output device, tv audio through HDMI

 

[USAFRet]

A $25 FireStick or Roku would circumvent this issue completely.

 

[TerryLaze]

start task manager (ctrl-alt-delete) or right click on the bar on the bottom of the screen and run it from there.
Go to the tab called details.
Find the netflix exe or the exe of the browser it uses, it would help if it's the only tab running in the browser because every tab is it's own exe.
Right click and choose set priority and put it on real-time.

If your game gobbles up too much bandwidth it might just stutter because it can't get enough info fast enough.
Some mobos or routers have network monitoring settings to prioritize games or other apps, you could look into that.

 

[Sakuja]

start task manager (ctrl-alt-delete) or right click on the bar on the bottom of the screen and run it from there.
Go to the tab called details.
Find the netflix exe or the exe of the browser it uses, it would help if it's the only tab running in the browser because every tab is it's own exe.
Right click and choose set priority and put it on real-time.

If your game gobbles up too much bandwidth it might just stutter because it can't get enough info fast enough.
Some mobos or routers have network monitoring settings to prioritize games or other apps, you could look into that.

thank you for the tip. will try it. will be back when tested

 

[Sakuja]

start task manager (ctrl-alt-delete) or right click on the bar on the bottom of the screen and run it from there.
Go to the tab called details.
Find the netflix exe or the exe of the browser it uses, it would help if it's the only tab running in the browser because every tab is it's own exe.
Right click and choose set priority and put it on real-time.

If your game gobbles up too much bandwidth it might just stutter because it can't get enough info fast enough.
Some mobos or routers have network monitoring settings to prioritize games or other apps, you could look into that.

it was a good try but this doesnt work either

 

[Leal Icaro]

Hi, Bro. My suggestion: try activate Vertical Sync in game.
The Vsync limit your fps and, consequently, limit the gpu and gpu usage.



OBS:
Vsync limits fps to monitor refresh rate.

if your monitor has a high refresh rate (240hz, 360hz), vsync may become ineffective.

Try activating Vsync, if it doesn't have the intended effect, you come back and we'll try a step 2.

 

[Sakuja]

Hi, Bro. My suggestion: try activate Vertical Sync in game.
The Vsync limit your fps and, consequently, limit the gpu and gpu usage.



OBS:
Vsync limits fps to monitor refresh rate.

if your monitor has a high refresh rate (240hz, 360hz), vsync may become ineffective.

Try activating Vsync, if it doesn't have the intended effect, you come back and we'll try a step 2.

alrighty, my monitor is a 240 but limited to 120. when tried i will come back to you.

thx