Windows 10: Am I actually using my GPU?

Discus and support Am I actually using my GPU? in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; In the last few months my in game FPS just out of the blue became much, much worse. I cant get over 120 FPS without extreme frame drops, completely... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/tendsyn, Sep 29, 2020.

  1. Am I actually using my GPU?


    In the last few months my in game FPS just out of the blue became much, much worse. I cant get over 120 FPS without extreme frame drops, completely un-loaded textures (low poly blobs),and constant choppy cutting out audio. Today I decided to do some digging. I opened task manager in the background while I played and found that 97-100% of my CPU was being used, and my GPU usage was only at around 0-3%, on the games I played it said that there was 0% GPU usage. Does this mean that I have been using my integrated graphics on my processor instead of my GPU? I've looked all over and haven't found any fixes. My display is set on my GPU, and everything is wired correctly. I've really tried everything I could find. Please someone help. Am I actually using my GPU or integrated graphics, could it just be a visual bug? For anyone that wants to know here are some specs: GTX 1070 Ti, i5 6600k, 16g of ram.

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    /u/tendsyn, Sep 29, 2020
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  2. axe0 Win User

    B(lack)SOD after closing GPU demanding applications and games

    I would like to suggest 2 more things if you don't mind,
    1. Seat the GPU in another slot, if possible, and see if that helps anything
    2. Use the GPU in another system, if possible, this is a step to determine that it is really the GPU and not multiple defective slots or something else from the system.
     
  3. TCanuck42 Win User
    Building A Computer. Experts Help Please.

    THanks for your suggestions. Just exactly how do you actually overclock the cpu. what steps are required?
     
    TCanuck42, Sep 29, 2020
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  4. TCanuck42 Win User

    Am I actually using my GPU?

    Building A Computer. Experts Help Please.

    THanks for your suggestions. Just exactly how do you actually overclock the cpu. what steps are required?
     
    TCanuck42, Sep 29, 2020
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