You are viewing our Forum Archives. To view or take place in current topics click here.
CPU Clock Drops Whenever GPU Is being Semi-Used
Posted:

CPU Clock Drops Whenever GPU Is being Semi-UsedPosted:

CODLTHAT1OR3O
  • Powerhouse
Status: Offline
Joined: Feb 17, 201212Year Member
Posts: 480
Reputation Power: 17
Status: Offline
Joined: Feb 17, 201212Year Member
Posts: 480
Reputation Power: 17
To start of with what hardware I have, my CPU (APU) is an A10-7850K and I have a R9 380. On the 7850K, I'm just using the CPU, the GPU cores are not being used, at least I hope they aren't. I was running a stress test on my CPU using Aida64, and whenever I added the GPU to the stress test, the clock on the 7850K drops from just under 4,000 Hz to just under 3,000 Hz. This would actually make a lot of sense as I have been experiencing massive frame drops when gaming, but just assumed it was because I'm using a shit tier AMD CPU with a stock cooler.

Why is the clock dropping, and can I do anything to prevent it?
#2. Posted:
Boxty
  • TTG Undisputed
Status: Offline
Joined: Jun 11, 201014Year Member
Posts: 5,622
Reputation Power: 346
Status: Offline
Joined: Jun 11, 201014Year Member
Posts: 5,622
Reputation Power: 346
You mentioned stock cooler, what temperature is the processor running at when you are running these benchmarks?
#3. Posted:
CODLTHAT1OR3O
  • Powerhouse
Status: Offline
Joined: Feb 17, 201212Year Member
Posts: 480
Reputation Power: 17
Status: Offline
Joined: Feb 17, 201212Year Member
Posts: 480
Reputation Power: 17
When the stress GPU is off, the CPU goes up to 74C and the cores go up to 61C. When the GPU is added to the stress the temperatures drop to the CPU being 54C and the cores at 40C. I don't think that temperature is the issue.
#4. Posted:
CODLTHAT1OR3O
  • Powerhouse
Status: Offline
Joined: Feb 17, 201212Year Member
Posts: 480
Reputation Power: 17
Status: Offline
Joined: Feb 17, 201212Year Member
Posts: 480
Reputation Power: 17
Bumping because this is still an issue I have yet to fix after hours of googling.
Jump to:
You are viewing our Forum Archives. To view or take place in current topics click here.