Question When i am play games the gpu usage spikes to 100 randomly and then my game crashes

[Dafoolz]

So i have am rtx 3060 ti ,ryzen 5 5600x,8x2 gigs of ram.
My drivers are also up to date.
I have tried may display opinion.
For watch dogs 2 i play the game and high settings with fps capped at 60 frames and gpu uaages sit at 40%-50% then the will crash and on msi afterburner i can see it spiked to 100%

 

[King_V]

What is the brand and exact model of your power supply?

 

[Dafoolz]

I got an EVGA 220-GT-0750-Y3 SuperNOVA 750 GT 750W 80 Plus Gold Fully Modular Black Desktop Power Supply

 

[King_V]

Hmm, not sure then... I can't say I'm familiar with that PSU, but this link suggests it's decent.

Three things I might suggest:

• Re-check the PCIe connectors to the card (if it has any)
• Remove and re-seat the card in the PCIe slot.
• Clean-install the drivers:
  • Download DDU (display driver uninstaller
  • Download the latest drivers from AMD Nvidia (🤦‍♂️ my mistake, definitely Nvidia)
  • Use DDU to completely uninstall the drivers
  • Reboot
  • Immediately install the drivers from AMD Nvidia (🤦‍♂️ my mistake, definitely Nvidia).

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[Dafoolz]

When u say download the latest drivers for amd do u mean geforce experience

 

[King_V]

When u say download the latest drivers for amd do u mean geforce experience

Yes, my mistake . . . . the latest drivers from Nvidia.

 

[Dafoolz]

Hi sorry for the late response i did as u said but i am still getting the same issue

 

[King_V]

Hmm, I'm at a little bit of a loss, then. I'm hoping someone else can jump in and offer a suggestion.

 

[Phaaze88]

Run Msi Afterburner - or Precision X, if EVGA gpu - unlink the Power and Temperature Limit, and set the power limit to 70%. Remember to click the Apply button.
Play the game(s) again.

 

[--SID--]

Hi sorry for the late response i did as u said but i am still getting the same issue

Motherboard BIOS fully up to date?

What brand and model RAM and at what speed is it running?

 

[Dafoolz]

Run Msi Afterburner - or Precision X, if EVGA gpu - unlink the Power and Temperature Limit, and set the power limit to 70%. Remember to click the Apply button.
Play the game(s) again.

I did that got power limit set to 100 and temp set to 83

 

[Dafoolz]

Motherboard BIOS fully up to date?

What brand and model RAM and at what speed is it running?

I didnt update the bios as for ram i got :G.Skill F4-3200C16D-16GVKB Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4-3200MHz CL16 1.35V Black Desktop Memory

 

[Dafoolz]

Could it be that my gpu is reaching the temps for 83 and is cause it to crash the games?

 

[Phaaze88]

I did that got power limit set to 100 and temp set to 83

Yes, that's default setting, but I'm asking you to set the gpu's power limit to 70% and retest.
The power and temperature limits are normally linked, so if you try to drag the power limit down, the temperature limit will go down too - you don't actually want that, so that's why I said to unlink them.
There should be an icon next to them that lets you do that.

 

[--SID--]

I didnt update the bios

At what BIOS version is the MB running?

 

[Dafoolz]

At what BIOS version is the MB running?

I am running BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 2802, 2020/10/21

 

[Dafoolz]

Yes, that's default setting, but I'm asking you to set the gpu's power limit to 70% and retest.
The power and temperature limits are normally linked, so if you try to drag the power limit down, the temperature limit will go down too - you don't actually want that, so that's why I said to unlink them.
There should be an icon next to them that lets you do that.

The icon is a chain i changed my power limit to 70 i will test later. What should i put my temp limit to?

 

[--SID--]

I am running BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 2802, 2020/10/21

It's old. You need to update the BIOS.

 

[Dafoolz]

Yes, that's default setting, but I'm asking you to set the gpu's power limit to 70% and retest.
The power and temperature limits are normally linked, so if you try to drag the power limit down, the temperature limit will go down too - you don't actually want that, so that's why I said to unlink them.
There should be an icon next to them that lets you do that.

It still crashed i have the power limit to 70

 

[Dafoolz]

It's old. You need to update the BIOS.

I updated the bios but the game is still crashing

 

[Dafoolz]

Yes, that's default setting, but I'm asking you to set the gpu's power limit to 70% and retest.
The power and temperature limits are normally linked, so if you try to drag the power limit down, the temperature limit will go down too - you don't actually want that, so that's why I said to unlink them.
There should be an icon next to them that lets you do that.

It still crashed i have the power limit to 70

 

[Dafoolz]

It's old. You need to update the BIOS.

Updated the bios unfortunately its still crashing

 

[Phaaze88]

Are they blue, or black screen crashes?

 

[Dafoolz]

Are they blue, or black screen crashes?

The screen turns black for like a second and then i am on my desktop with the game closed and when i look at msi afterburner my gpu usage spikes from 40 to 100

 

[Phaaze88]

So it's a crash to desktop, and not shutting off nor BSOD.
I'd start looking at drivers/software then.

You are updating motherboard and gpu drivers manually, and not using some 3rd party app, like the infamous Driver Booster/Easy, right?

This is not a cracked version of the game?

IF the game's launcher has the option, are you able to verify that the game doesn't have any missing files?

Windows: IF the C drive was carried over from an older build, was Windows clean installed? [In other words, the OS ISO was installed on a pendrive, the old drive was formatted, and you then booted off the pendrive to install Windows back on.]