Gpu usage %

[houdinii]

is it normal or bad to have your graphics card running at 98-99% my temps are usualy realy good but didnt know if usage %age ment anything or not. card is a 5870 in an asus g73jh.

 

[scout_03]

install gpu monitor 4.0

 

[ko888]

is it normal or bad to have your graphics card running at 98-99% my temps are usualy realy good but didnt know if usage %age ment anything or not. card is a 5870 in an asus g73jh.

GPU load at 100% is normal.

 

[jedimasterben]

Unless you aren't doing anything that should be GPU intensive. If you aren't, then it may signal a problem.

 

[HansVonOhain]

That is perfectly normal if you are playing some normal game. Electronics can be subjected to such load. It is only the heat and over excess voltage that kills components.

If you are not doing something on your computer and it is still 99% load, you may have a problem with some program that is still running which is not fully closed.

 

[EXT64]

If this is occuring when you are doing nothing:

What is your motherboard/chipset? Some are known to conflict with ATI cards, causing this issue.

Use the catalyst install manager to uninstall all of your GPU drivers, then reinstall WITHOUT AVIVO (this may have helped some people with the same problem).

 

[houdinii]

no if im just on the web or desktop its like 0-5% but its when i play games its always at almost 100% and well i guess what im trying to say is is a gpu either like on or off its either at 0-5 or 95-100 its never in between and didnt know if that was normal

 

[wolfram23]

It's normal but if your FPS is very high just turn on Vsync.

 

[EXT64]

Yep, that is normal. Actually, it is a good thing. It means your GPU is your weakest link. And having a 5870 be your weakest link is very good.