Brand New R9 280x 99% While Idle

FeaturedDa_man

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As the title says, I just received my new R9 280x today, and I haven't been able to use it in any games. While at the desktop, MSI Afterburner reads 99% GPU Usage, with rare dips lower than that. I tried running Arma 3 on the lowest settings I could and the usage dropped very slightly but framerates were consistently under 15 FPS. Full specs are:
Asus M5A97 MoBo
AMD FX 8120 @ 4.4Ghz
8Gb DDR3 @2133Mhz
WD Blue 1 TB
Kingwin 850mm PSU, 850w

I am really stumped by this, I am running malwarebytes and MS Security Essentials now to see if it could be some sort of bitcoin mining thing. Please help, I just blew a lot of money on this card and I would not like to see it flop.
 
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Its definetly some malware taking up all the gpu usage. probably the cpu usage too. Do a malwarebytes custom scan and scan for rootkits, malware etc.

Then run hitman pro and do a scan, should find a lot.

Then finally get avast antivirus and do a scan there, it will protect your system from there foward.

FeaturedDa_man

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Malwarebytes found malware, log says that it was svchost.exe and a bitcoin mining thing, but after quarantining, removing, and restarting I am still having the same issues. Tried wiping drivers and reinstalling. Checked connections. I really need some help.
 

Luketheduke03

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Its definetly some malware taking up all the gpu usage. probably the cpu usage too. Do a malwarebytes custom scan and scan for rootkits, malware etc.

Then run hitman pro and do a scan, should find a lot.

Then finally get avast antivirus and do a scan there, it will protect your system from there foward.
 
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FeaturedDa_man

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Thanks a ton, this worked! I'm ecstatic to see what I can do with this card now!
 

Luketheduke03

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No problem, it might've leaked into your system without you knowing. Avast antivirus does a great job protecting the system, it protected me from a redirect virus trojan and notified me what it was. Hope you enjoy your card.