GPU surging when playing games?

[rat]

When I play games like CSGO, RoE, or even non steam games like ROBLOX, its like my GPU surges in usage, which makes both the game and computer in general slow during these "surges". I have a 940 and it was actually working fine until a couple days ago.

https://gyazo.com/32b3184a13e4c66afc39f637c7126b1e
^ is a graphic of when the surge happens.

Full Specs:
ASUS Q524UQ-BHI7T15 Laptop
NVIDIA 940MX
Intel i7 processor
12 GB Ram
60 hz Monitor

[r.linder]

Sounds like a driver issue. Roll back to an earlier driver from when it was working fine and see if it changes.

[hawkeye]

You can lock a lower framerate with riva tuner.

[rat]

Originally posted by hawkeye:

You can lock a lower framerate with riva tuner.

It slows gameplay to about 5 FPS, then goes back up to normal

[Snow]

Originally posted by Rat:

When I play games like CSGO, RoE, or even non steam games like ROBLOX, its like my GPU surges in usage, which makes both the game and computer in general slow during these "surges". I have a 940 and it was actually working fine until a couple days ago.

https://gyazo.com/32b3184a13e4c66afc39f637c7126b1e
^ is a graphic of when the surge happens.

Full Specs:
ASUS Q524UQ-BHI7T15 Laptop
NVIDIA 940MX
Intel i7 processor
12 GB Ram
60 hz Monitor

And this is happening only with GPU usage, or CPU/disk aswell? Because GPU is like the last part in the pipeline and is affected by everything else.

[Keith]

If it was working fine until a couple of days ago then you should first be trying to remember / work out what has changed on your PC since then. What have you installed, what has updated, have you changed any settings. Avoid changing things to new settings you’ve never used before.

[TehSpoopyKitteh]

Originally posted by hawkeye:

You can lock a lower framerate with riva tuner.

NVIDIA Profile Inspector is far more ubiquitous than Rivatuner.

[hawkeye]

Originally posted by Teh 128K Kitteh:

Originally posted by hawkeye:

You can lock a lower framerate with riva tuner.

NVIDIA Profile Inspector is far more ubiquitous than Rivatuner.

I wouldn't think so.

1) riva tuner is part of msi afterburner, just about everyone uses msi afterburner
2) nvidia profile inspector - the name says it all

[Snow]

Originally posted by Teh 128K Kitteh:

Originally posted by hawkeye:

You can lock a lower framerate with riva tuner.

NVIDIA Profile Inspector is far more ubiquitous than Rivatuner.

NVidia Profile Inspector doesn't come with NVidia drivers, and even if it did - it can only limit the framerate on GPU drivers level, while RTSS does that on a CPU-level, making the frametime consistent and input lag almost non-existent even with VSync on. RTSS is an ultimate tool for unoptimized old games like CS:GO that are known for "needing at least 200 fps to become playable", while in fact the one I mentioned just needs a proper framelimiter like the one RTSS provides. No frame drops, no frame delays, perfectly smooth gaming experience - all that plus SSync, able to fix screen tearing without input lag of the VSync. If u managed to read the whole thing and are not feeling the urgent need to download RTSS right after u finish this message - u either already got RTSS or u just don't give a single crap about games.