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NoNamePew's avatar
NoNamePew
7 years ago

Apex overheating GPU

I am on a laptop,  with i5-8300H, 8 GB RAM, GTX 1060 6 GB VRAM. Whenever I play Apex, my GPU is reaching 91 degrees and then i notice huge framedrops while my CPU runs at 0.78 GHz as my GPU gets below 91 degrees and the process repeats every 2-3 mins making the game unplayable. It doesn't matter what graphics settings/resolution I use. Same thing happens. I am currently on Nvidia 418 driver. But I had same problem on previous driver. I have tried different settings but its just not working.

I do not experience this on other games. I am able to play Witcher 3 and stress test the system without any frame drops or under-clocking. 

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  • EA_Darko's avatar
    EA_Darko
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    7 years ago

    Sorry to hear that you re having issues @NoNamePew.

    It's worth taking a look at the heat values of your laptop,  you can use something like HWMonitor to do this: https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html

    Just a note, this HWMonitor a third party program and as such we don't endorse or support it so read up a little on it before installing.


    Using HWMonitor you'll be able to see if your system is overheating and causing the issue.

    As it is a laptop you are playing on you should ensure that when in use you have your laptop resting on a hard and flat surface so as not to obstruct your laptop's airflow. It's also worth going ahead and cleaning the vents on your laptop.

    Darko

  • NoNamePew's avatar
    NoNamePew
    7 years ago

    I just underclocked my GPU and same kind of stutter happens even when my CPU and GPU are nowhere near their throttling limit. CPU just randomly starts to run at 0.78 GHz and I experience stutter for like 40-50 seconds then it is again fine for next 1-2 mins then same thing happens.

    I have attached an older log where my GPU was running at full clock speed.

  • Konform103's avatar
    Konform103
    7 years ago
    There is a setting in energy management to limit cpu processing state from 100 to like 80%..and maybe your gpu allows for a bit of underclocking using some kind of tool? i dont have positive experience with intel turboboost so i have it disabled (i'm on a desktop you probably cant disable it on a laptop)
  • NoNamePew's avatar
    NoNamePew
    7 years ago

    I have tried that, I can also confirm that its not an overheating issue, as it also happens randomly when my GPU or CPU is nowhere near the throttling limit.

  • ShadweDrakon's avatar
    ShadweDrakon
    4 years ago
    @NoNamePew I found that my Logitech G hub was using my Nvidia video card along with a few other processes unnecessary to the rendering of the game. By making sure that my Logitech G hub was using the onboard GPU for processing dropped my temps from ~90C to ~60C. Has been a hug improvement.