Is 100% GPU usage bad?

[TV-MA]

I've seen so many mixed opinions on this. Usually 100% GPU usage means a game is mining bit coin, right? If not, is there a definitive way to know a game is mining bit coin? Or is it just guessing?

[ImSoCool599]

High GPU usage when playing a game isnt bad, just means you are fully utilizing it. However if you are chilling on your desktop or browsing the web and your GPU usage is that high, you might wanna get it checked. I'd say best way to tell is to go based off your intuition. If you are playing Peppa Pig the game and ur GPU usage is 100% then something fishy is going on.

[hypercybermegatron]

Originally posted by TV-MA:

I've seen so many mixed opinions on this. Usually 100% GPU usage means a game is mining bit coin, right? If not, is there a definitive way to know a game is mining bit coin? Or is it call guessing?

What game are you concerned about?

[Riddley Walker]

The only thing that might cause a problem is if the GPU is at 100% for a while and is heating up. You can download an app called "gpu temp" that shows the GPU temperature in the task bar, to make sure it isn't over 85c for long periods of time.

[A&A]

no

[🍋 Lemonfed 🍋]

No.

Uncapped framerate or demanding or poorly optimized games also cause a 100 percent GPU utilizations.

Besides most malware will want to hide and go unnoticed , they're more likely to inject into other processes or files and wait for the computer to be idle before doing ressources intensive task such as crypto mining.

[JD]

No. 100% good.

[OoOoOoooOOoOoorgle]

100% is what you want if the load is intended (i.e. a 3D application that actually needs all the GPU's resources and isn't over-rendering).

Games underutilizing GPUs and getting bad frames is way too common with the level of tech we have these days; that's the thing people should be annoyed about.

In my experience, it's comparatively rare to see a Starfield competently-developed game crank 100% just to hit 700fps for no good reason.

[apathy]

My computer loves me and always gives me 110%

[Azza ☠]

Is it 100% only during a high load game or is it even when idling on the desktop?

You have "Hardware accelerated GPU Scheduling" which passes tasks over to the graphics card that can affect it's usage even during idle periods, however it shouldn't be very high.

If it's peaking at 100% during idle time, then you are most likely infected with a cryptocurrency mining virus or similar. I would highly recommend running a full anti-virus scan, such as Bitdefender or MalwareBytes, and checking your background startup apps / windows services.

If not infected, check your web-browser and ensure it's not running in background when closed. Visiting a rare few certain malicious websites can also trigger cryptocurrency mining within your web-browser, if not up-to-date and secure.

[Andros]

NO IT IS NOT BAD

End of debate

This stupid ridiculous debate has been going on for years

[Faiyez]

It means the game is GPU bound

Safe assumption if you're not hitting your FPS cap.