GPU Utilisation

Alan Russell

Newbie Joined: May 15, 2014 10:52 Messages: 4 Offline

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May 26, 2014 14:42

Is there any reason why my GPU utilisation should more than double when I pause a .mkv video file? Normally, my GPU runs at about 16-17% when playing a video, but jumps to over 35% when paused.

My graphics adapter is a NVidia GeForce GTX 770M. I am running on an ASUS G750JX laptop, using Windows 8.1 PRO x64. My copy of PowerDVD 14 has been updated with the 4028 patch.

daaceking

Member Joined: Aug 11, 2013 09:02 Messages: 130 Offline

May 27, 2014 00:06

is it the memory on the gpu or the gpu itself? i doubt anyone has monitored the gpu. maybe you could try with another blu-ray player like windvd? if the issue is a real one, then you should report this to tech support.

Alan Russell

Newbie Joined: May 15, 2014 10:52 Messages: 4 Offline

May 27, 2014 01:29

No, it's the GPU itself. PowerDVD only uses about 600 MB of video memory. I can't say this is a problem; I was just curious as to why a programme doing nothing uses more resources than a working programme. I have used KMPlayer in the past and its GPU utilisation drops to zero on pause.

Thanks for your help.

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daaceking

Member Joined: Aug 11, 2013 09:02 Messages: 130 Offline

May 27, 2014 03:13

powerdvd, in my opinion, is a poorly developed piece of software and this isn't going to change. so it may very well have a high unnecessary load on the gpu.

CyberLink-Michael

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May 27, 2014 17:01

Quote: No, it's the GPU itself. PowerDVD only uses about 600 MB of video memory. I can't say this is a problem; I was just curious as to why a programme doing nothing uses more resources than a working programme. I have used KMPlayer in the past and its GPU utilisation drops to zero on pause.

Thanks for your help.

Hi,
can you post a screenshot of the symptom with KM Player and with PowerDVD?
can you please post a DXDIAG log file of your platform?

thx
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Alan Russell

Newbie Joined: May 15, 2014 10:52 Messages: 4 Offline

May 28, 2014 03:16

I can't post anything with KMPlayer as I uninstalled it when I installed PowerDVD 14. Also it would just be a number as already reported. I have attached the dxdiag output as requested.

Filename	DxDiag.txt	Download
Description
Filesize	68 Kbytes
Downloaded:	365 time(s)

Alan Russell

Newbie Joined: May 15, 2014 10:52 Messages: 4 Offline

May 28, 2014 03:41

OK. I have attached a log file from GPU-Z. The sequence of events is as follows:
1. Started GPU-Z.
2. Started PowerDVD 14 with a video file and allowed it to play.
3. Paused the video.
4. Resumed the video.
5. Terminated the log.

Filename	GPU-Z Sensor Log.txt	Download
Description
Filesize	31 Kbytes
Downloaded:	320 time(s)