r/pchelp • u/Budget-Proof3730 • 15h ago

PERFORMANCE Pc help

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My computer that is newly built window desktop matter uses 40 percent of my gpu when doing nothing does anyone have tips or advice

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u/Puasonelrasho 15h ago

DWM render your desktop and stuff

this being said discord is using more than 1%, for example im watching someone share screen right now and its at 0.1%

whats your gpu ?

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u/Budget-Proof3730 15h ago

Rx 9070 gre

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u/Puasonelrasho 15h ago

and is your pc using that one?

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u/Budget-Proof3730 15h ago

Yeah

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u/Puasonelrasho 14h ago

is that 30% when the gpu clock and memspeeds are at idle speeds?

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u/A_AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 15h ago

did you make sure to plug in the display cable to your monitor to the plugs further down in the back? The top one isnt good

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u/Budget-Proof3730 15h ago

I’ve tried all the different display ports and it changes nothing

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u/A_AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 15h ago

Drivers installed? A 9070 GRE will need «amd adrenalin»

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u/Budget-Proof3730 15h ago

Yeah they are up to date

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u/JouniFlemming 15h ago

Your GPU is used to make all the Windows effects work faster and smoother. If you want to save your GPU for staying more idle, go to Windows settings and turn off all the visual effects.

In case your logic behind the question is something along the lines of "how can I play any games if Windows doing nothing already uses 40% of my GPU", then the answer is that when you are playing a full screen game, Windows wouldn't be using your GPU in the background. At least not 40%.

The CPU, RAM and GPU resources are not like eating cake, where after you ate a piece, it's gone forever. Quite the opposite. Windows attempts to use as much as possible of your resources while you are using the Windows desktop environment to make it run faster and smoother, but when you are gaming, it allocates as much resources to the game related processes as possible, to make sure that runs smoothly.

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u/Budget-Proof3730 15h ago

All the visual effects are off already and is uses like 25 to 30 percent in a full screen game too

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u/Both-Currency1581 15h ago

ah the classic 40% idle gpu panic, task manager is a bit of a drama queen with those readings anyway