GPU OVERHEATING 99% USAGE

[Ja ja Je Je JAJAJAJA]

GPU usage goes from 23~27% to 93~99% and the temperature rises, happens in the main menu, in the mistlands areas and sometimes while exploring a mountain near the mistlands area OBS: vsync are 60,30,20 fps and the problem continues, all drivers updated

[FissionChips]

GPU temp rises as usage rises, what you've described isn't a bug - or any kind of unexpected.

[haunting_deer]

Pretending this is normal does not help with the issue. Thats an extreme increase that should not happen. Also there are several people with this problem.

[FissionChips]

GPU is running. It should be. As described I don't understand the problem.

[Tayavin]

My husbands just did the same, we were running fine for approximately 45 minutes when he suddenly froze and his entire pc restarted; we had been running a couple of mods but as I have a less powerful computer, we don't understand why HIS crashed in the same game as I am in, when my pc didn't jump in any usage at all while his suddenly flipped out and crashed. Only with his it was his CPU and even when he restarted it was still quite toasty.

[Tiom]

Do you run a texture modpack like HD valheim?

[Cynnis†er]

Originally posted by Tayavin:

My husbands just did the same, we were running fine for approximately 45 minutes when he suddenly froze and his entire pc restarted; we had been running a couple of mods but as I have a less powerful computer, we don't understand why HIS crashed in the same game as I am in, when my pc didn't jump in any usage at all while his suddenly flipped out and crashed. Only with his it was his CPU and even when he restarted it was still quite toasty.

When Mods are involved with any game it's a hit or miss. What shouldn't make sense will, and what does make sense wont lol.

With that being said,
This is 100% normal. You WANT your GPU running at a high %. If your GPU were only running say, 20% in a game like this that would mean your CPU is doing all the heavy lifting. Yes, the more % your GPU does the more heat it will make, that is just normal physics. <ore power, more heat.
As for the rapid jumps, again, totally normal. Some games make take longer to make it happen, others its right away. You are completely fine here.
If you don't trust me and a few others here do a quick google search. Hope your nerves calm down a bit now tho lol.
Again, you are 100% perfectly fine. Have a good one,

-Cyn

[Lil Puppy]

I still don't see any system specs.
Did you buy your gpu from a store, online from a store, or from a reseller?
There are quite a few people with GPU's that are getting way too hot because they bought mining cards that are just burnt to a crisp lately.

Valheim is a CPU heavy game due to the crafting and terraforming aspects but it's just as GPU heavy as most other games regardless of what anyone thinks about the textures it uses.

The December drivers for AMD aren't very good and have caused problems with the default fan profile, make a custom profile or roll back your driver to the November version.

If it's an Nvidia card, I know nothing about your driver problems or hardware issues with certain cards.

Clean fans, clean dust.
Adjust fan profile.
Update drivers, roll back drivers.
Check for a new bios for your graphics card.
Make sure your fans are actually working.
If it's more than a few years old you may need to replace the gpu fans (they do occasionally wear out - mine did).
If it only happens in this game and no other crafting survival game (not COD or any other Esport type game) then it is either mods, system file corruption, or a driver problem.

Use DDU to clean out your drivers if you rollback or update, rarely a file wont get overwritten and corrupts the install and causes problems for games.

[RemingtonRyder]

If a game is running with uncapped frames and you would like to limit it to your monitor's refresh rate, the NVIDIA Control Panel has an option for that in 'Manage 3D Settings.' Just scroll down to Max Frame Rate and click 'Off' to turn it on and set a framerate limit.

[FissionChips]

Originally posted by RemingtonRyder:

If a game is running with uncapped frames and you would like to limit it to your monitor's refresh rate, the NVIDIA Control Panel has an option for that in 'Manage 3D Settings.' Just scroll down to Max Frame Rate and click 'Off' to turn it on and set a framerate limit.

Frame cap can be set within valheim itself, too.

[RemingtonRyder]

Apart from frame rate, the other things which will max out your GPU's usage are the scaling options in games. I would only recommend putting sliders at maximum or setting things to Ultra if you have a top-end card with a cooler that can keep up with the heat being produced.

Obviously, optimisation also helps to reduce the load on the GPU.

[random_noob]

Same issue her Radeon RX 6700 XT GPU at well above 95°C when I enter Mistlands. PC is 2 months old. I doubt it is dirty. Core is Ryzen 5 5500Pre-Made from a workshop, no other game or application has that phenomenon. Only mistlands.

[Cynnis†er]

Originally posted by random_noob:

Same issue her Radeon RX 6700 XT GPU at well above 95°C when I enter Mistlands. PC is 2 months old. I doubt it is dirty. Core is Ryzen 5 5500Pre-Made from a workshop, no other game or application has that phenomenon. Only mistlands.

Have you tried a different driver? Maybe roll back one. I mean a GPU hitting 99% usage is totally fine and normal. You want that, means your CPU isn't taking the blunt of the work. But to hit 95c ! is crazy!. I would try a different driver like I said. Roll it back one or even two.
Hope you get it solved soon.

-Cyn

[TomBabmo]

Valheim is the kind of game that likes to keep GPU at 100% at all times. Doesn't matter if fps cap is 30 or 60 but GPU is always 100% for no reason other than heating up your home.

[Cynnis†er]

Originally posted by TomBabmo:

Valheim is the kind of game that likes to keep GPU at 100% at all times. Doesn't matter if fps cap is 30 or 60 but GPU is always 100% for no reason other than heating up your home.

Any game unless like low quality simple style games will and should make your GPU run at 90+%. That is a good thing lol,

I don't get why people don't understand this. and NO, I am not being rude so please don't take it way. I just didn't know how else to type it lol. In no way do I mean and disrespect to anyone.

Back to the topic tho, yes, 90+% will make your temps higher as time goes on, but again, you want your GPU working for the game, not your CPU. Every game I play does this and has always done this, it's just the nature of the beast lol.

-Cyn

[TomBabmo]

Originally posted by Cynnis†er:

I mean a GPU hitting 99% usage is totally fine and normal. You want that, means your CPU isn't taking the blunt of the work.
-Cyn

That if fps is uncapped and CPU is not bottlenecking the GPU. Then game is allowed to push the system to it's limits.

But it's not normal if fps capped. My PC can run Valheim at 60fps but I tested and set fps limit to 30fps. GPU was still constantly 100% utilized consuming full watts. To me it seems like game is badly optimized and locks GPU to full cycles regardless of workload.