3GB MSI GTX 1060 GAMING X usage Drops to 0 every few seconds

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bearman8

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I got a new 3GB GTX 1060 MSI GAMING X last week and I installed it, updated all the drivers, and the card works, however I get these stutters where my game freezes for 5-30 seconds and then continues on like nothing happened. I have 16gb of RAM and an Intel i5-6500. I suspect it is something to do with the low amount of VRam however I'm not sure. I especially notice this freezing/stuttering when I'm talking on Skype while playing a game, listening to Spotify, or using Chrome, while playing a game. Any help?

Games where this happens often: Hearthstone, Rocket League (In settings only), CSGO, AdVenture Capitalist, and Sims 3. So as you can see this happens in not every demanding games, so I'm at a loss for why this happens.
 
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James Mason
If you have graphics or driver issues, one of the most common fixes is a clean uninstall and removal of your graphics drivers.

To uninstall your drivers, first download and run Display Driver Uninstaller, and follow it's recommendations of booting into safe mode and ect.
(This is a direct download link so you don't grab the wrong version)
http://www.guru3d.com/files-get/display-driver-uninstaller-download,20.html

You'll download a compressed file called "[Guru3D.com]-DDU.zip"
Right click and choose extract.
Go into the folder and run the DDU v##.##.exe
This will extract more files to this folder.
Run Display Driver Uninstaller.exe
Choose Yes when it asks you to boot into SafeMode.
After you've rebooted into safe mode.
When DDU comes...
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SnakeHDIO

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did you find a solution? , i'm having the same exact problem with the 6gb version of the msi gtx 1060 , i get like 100 fps+ on games on ultra , but then sometimes the GPU usage drop somewhere betweeen 0% to 5% , and the fps drop down from 100 to , 3-5 fps :/
 
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UPSander

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It can be the power supply (least likely)
It can be temperature throttling (not likely)
Or what I sometime have that my GPU doesn't correctly detects a game so it isn't gonna work 100% (probably a driver issue)

But if the VRAM amount isn't enough you should also get other problems like popping in textures
 
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SnakeHDIO

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my PSU is a EVGA 600b , wich should be enough for a gtx 1060+i5 6600 non K , and the maximum temperature on full load of the gpu is 67° , but usually around 60-65°
 
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SnakeHDIO

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also the fact is that the game after the heavy 5-10 seconds lag , carry on like nothing happened , never had some error or driver crashing , so i have really no clue what's goin on :O

PS: my specs are

CPU: i5 6600
GPU: gtx 1060 msi
Mobo: H170 gaming M3
PSU: EVGA 600 Bronze
HDD/SSD: Samsung EVO 850
ram:16gb ddr4 hyper x 2166mhzz
 
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Vlp3r

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I have exactly the same problem! though my specs are a bit different , but i got a GTX 1060 6gb Edition of the zotac and the Pwer usage drops to 0 all of a sudden for every 1-2 minutes during gaming only! also i get those driver stopped working sometimes.
 
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Vlp3r

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Also happens to me while browsing on chrome as well , All of a sudden screen goes black and comes back it prompts , Display driver has stopped working and it recovered ("Nvidia Kernel blah blah") , i have a zotac 1060 6gb mini.
 
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James Mason

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If you have graphics or driver issues, one of the most common fixes is a clean uninstall and removal of your graphics drivers.

To uninstall your drivers, first download and run Display Driver Uninstaller, and follow it's recommendations of booting into safe mode and ect.
(This is a direct download link so you don't grab the wrong version)
http://www.guru3d.com/files-get/display-driver-uninstaller-download,20.html

You'll download a compressed file called "[Guru3D.com]-DDU.zip"
Right click and choose extract.
Go into the folder and run the DDU v##.##.exe
This will extract more files to this folder.
Run Display Driver Uninstaller.exe
Choose Yes when it asks you to boot into SafeMode.
After you've rebooted into safe mode.
When DDU comes up, if it hasn't selected your GPU manufacturer (Nvidia/AMD/Intel) then choose it from the drop down list
Press the Clean and Restart option
If a window comes up asking to disable the Windows automatic installation of display drivers click yes.

After (or before removing the old drivers, just put the new ones on the desktop or somewhere handy) rebooting back into Windows, manually download the latest drivers from Nvidia or AMD, don't use auto detect, choose you GPU model and OS from the drop down lists.
Nvidia: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
AMD: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download
Intel: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/detect.html
 
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SnakeHDIO

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Oct 4, 2016
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i have resolved my issue , but unfortenely i have tried so many things that i'm not sure wich one worked ... but i think it was the AHCI driver that for some reason was behaving badly , but that is only my guess.
Anyway i'll suggest you guys with the other problem to reinstall kinda every driver , a CLEAN uninstall.
 
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