GPU 100% Issue?

[LewisTyler]

I have recently just started using Second life.

Yesterday I was moving around swiftly, my graphics usage was sitting at around 30%

I've change absolutely nothing in my system, nor the Second life graphical settings and today it is coasting at 100%

Seemingly for no reason, I'm in the same areas I was yesterday but now it is deciding it need then entire RTX 2070 all to itself tanking my entire computer.

Can someone please help me? 

[sandi Mexicola]

What viewer are you using?

[LewisTyler]

Just now, sandi Mexicola said:

What viewer are you using?

I'm using Firestorm as everyone recommended it to me due to its extra features.

[LittleMe Jewell]

Not having dug into GPU performance much before -- my system runs fine, so why bother -- I did a quick google and this is the first thing displayed:

[Nick0678]

21 minutes ago, LewisTyler said:

I'm using Firestorm as everyone recommended it to me due to its extra features.

Go to Menu HELP > About Firestorm and copy paste it's contents here so we can see your settings. (it's similar to the photo below)

[LewisTyler]

6 minutes ago, Nick0678 said:

Go to Menu HELP > About Firestorm and copy paste it's contents here so we can see your settings. (it's similar to the photo below)

Firestorm 6.4.21 (64531) Jul 21 2021 21:00:53 (64bit / SSE2) (Firestorm-Releasex64) with Havok support
Release Notes

 

CPU: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-11900K @ 3.50GHz (3504.01 MHz)
Memory: 32610 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 10 64-bit (Build 19043.1466)
Graphics Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070/PCIe/SSE2
Graphics Card Memory: 8192 MB

Windows Graphics Driver Version: 30.0.15.1123
OpenGL Version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 511.23

RestrainedLove API: RLV v3.4.3 / RLVa v2.4.1.64531
libcurl Version: libcurl/7.54.1 OpenSSL/1.0.2l zlib/1.2.8 nghttp2/1.40.0
J2C Decoder Version: KDU v8.1
Audio Driver Version: FMOD Studio 2.01.09
Dullahan: 1.8.0.202011211324
  CEF: 81.3.10+gb223419+chromium-81.0.4044.138
  Chromium: 81.0.4044.138
LibVLC Version: 2.2.8
Voice Server Version: Vivox 4.10.0000.32327

Settings mode: Phoenix
Viewer Skin: Vintage (Classic)
Window size: 1278x1408 px
Font Used: Deja Vu (96 dpi)
Font Size Adjustment: 0 pt
UI Scaling: 1
Draw distance: 32 m
Bandwidth: 3000 kbit/s
LOD factor: 2.25
Render quality: Ultra (7/7)
Advanced Lighting Model: No
Texture memory: Dynamic (4096 MB min / 30% Cache / 30% VRAM)
Disk cache: Max size 3840.0 MB (59.5% used)
Built with MSVC version 1916
Packets Lost: 109/83,196 (0.1%)
January 31 2022 12:42:58 SLT

Edited January 31, 2022 by LewisTyler

[LewisTyler]

3 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said:

Not having dug into GPU performance much before -- my system runs fine, so why bother -- I did a quick google and this is the first thing displayed:

I know that, but it was coasting so easily at 30% the other day I was getting 30-40fps and today I'm at about 18fps and burning up my graphics card. It just seems a little odd.

[Nick0678]

2 minutes ago, LewisTyler said:

Draw distance: 32 m

You have 100% usage using the above draw distance right now in a region with only 1 avatar?

[LewisTyler]

7 minutes ago, Nick0678 said:

You have 100% usage using the above draw distance right now in a region with only 1 avatar?

Pretty much, that is why I'm absolutely confused why the graphics is running so hard over nothing.

 

[Lindal Kidd]

1. Check your performance in a few different regions. If the problem only occurs in one place, look for something there that has extremely high complexity.

2. If the problem is seen in all locations, try switching to a default avatar. If that resolves the problem, it was something attached to you.

3. If neither of the above helps, try installing a slightly older graphics driver. Do a clean install; there are tools available to help do this with Nvidia drivers.

[Nick0678]

3 minutes ago, LewisTyler said:

Pretty much, that is why I'm absolutely confused why the graphics is running so hard over nothing.

 

Keep a back up of your Firestorm settings and then Reset it to defaults+clear caches then check again without restoring settings. leave it to the defaults. 

[Chic Aeon]

Also check the same sim with the same settings using the LINDEN viewer (even if you hate it, it is always good to have it installed for testing; it updated automatically).  

 

I don't know what to say about the using 100 percent of the GPU. Sansar used to take whatever it could (that was planned) of everyone's computer. At the same time I have read many places that my Nvidia cards shouldn't run above 60 == this for long life and not burning up power supplies.  I even lost my motherboard once when programs (SL and Blender baking) were running too hot.  So ......

 

Just recently (for a few of my friends and I) Windows did an update that messed up a lot of devices -- for me, my mouse. Sometimes depending on settings, Windows will update for you. Sometimes, too (I have checked this many times) Windows updates WITHOUT listing the update in the "what was updated" pane.  It can be very frustrating.

 

Good luck!  

[sandi Mexicola]

If I had this situation, I would try capping my FPS in FS and see if that made a difference.

[Lindal Kidd]

1 hour ago, Chic Aeon said:

Sometimes, too (I have checked this many times) Windows updates WITHOUT listing the update in the "what was updated" pane.

Oh yes, that can be important. Check for recent Windows updates. I hope it didn't sneak Windows 11 onto your machine when you weren't looking.

[Chic Aeon]

1 hour ago, Lindal Kidd said:

Oh yes, that can be important. Check for recent Windows updates. I hope it didn't sneak Windows 11 onto your machine when you weren't looking.

Happily it seems like Microsoft has figured out how many people don't want  Win11 and now are just offering you the option while still adding the security updates and such -- at least that is what "I" get. Still really messed up my mouse -- or at least it seems that way :D. Living with it and hoping it gets fixed soon.