GPU throttling from overheating?

ifreestylin

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Dec 28, 2012
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My friends computer lags a lot when playing BF3. Even on the lowest settings frame drops from 100+ to ~20. I notice that when playing temps went up to 80+ and GPU usage went from 90% to under %20. Is this a sign of overheating? his GPU is the same as mines XFX HD 7870
 


What he can do is check if his GPU is running maxed out in the game as it should, if not then he probably has a bottleneck.
 


Well what does the CPU usage look like? Constant?