Lower 9800 GTX usage while gaming

[Tyster23]

Hello,

Is there anyway to lower my GPU usage not the cpu or temp but the GPU processor on the 9800GTX+, it seems to hog quite a bit of my usage while gaming. Any sugesstions would be appreciated thanks!

 

[jryan388]

Why on earth would you want to do that? Isn't that what you bought it for, because it is powerful? It's not bad for it to be at 100% usage while gaming... that is what you want for better framerates, after all. If for some reason, you want to lower power usage or temperature, I guess you could underclock it, but that totally defeats the purpose of having a powerful graphics card...

 

[Tyster23]

Well good point, but I thought it slows down the game if it overheats while using more power from the GPU?

 

[Mousemonkey]

Turn your fanspeed up then.

 

[Plumble]

Have you cleaned out the dust if it is running hot?
How hot is it?

 

[easymoney9]

Turn on v-sync in your games.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

How do you know if it is overheating? what temperature is it getting to. These cards can get to 80 degrees before the fan decides to kick up the speed.

 

[Tyster23]

Have you cleaned out the dust if it is running hot?
How hot is it?

I have cleaned out the dust and it doesn't get that hot but GPU usage goes up to 100% and slows down my games

 

[jryan388]

It is not slowing down your games if it is at 100%. Something else is.
What games? What are your system specs?

 

[Plumble]

jryan is making a very valid point, if the card is at 100%, it is work flat-out. Perhaps you have set your games too high.

Your GPU is the Graphics Processing Unit. If that slows down, the game slows down.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

I would only be worried if it was NOT running at 100% during gaming. although if it IS running at 100% at idle then something weird is happening.

 

[awi]

what if u use your 9800 GTX in an air conditioned room
that is a well cooled room

 

[Tyster23]

Best answer selected by Tyster23.

 

[Mousemonkey]

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