Hello people!

There's an unusual usage of my GPU and because of this the temperature rises to about 65 degrees of Celsius with the fan speed at about 55%.

This is when the system is idle, idle in the desktop. I have not yet tried playing a game in this condition because I fear that the card might overheat.

The usage is about 80-90% while on idle!   Usually the temperature (when idle) is 35-37 degree celsius and usage is far far low than this.

Can someone please tell me what can I do about this issue?

I have a Gigabyte GTX 550 Ti and i'm running Windows 8 Pro.

Hello people!

There's an unusual usage of my GPU and because of this the temperature rises to about 65 degrees of Celsius with the fan speed at about 55%.

This is when the system is idle, idle in the desktop. I have not yet tried playing a game in this condition because I fear that the card might overheat.

The usage is about 80-90% while on idle!  Usually the temperature (when idle) is 35-37 degree celsius and usage is far far low than this.

Can someone please tell me what can I do about this issue?

I have a Gigabyte GTX 550 Ti and i'm running Windows 8 Pro.

That's weird. Have you tried uninstalling the drivers, then the device (from device manager) and reinstalling the card?

Might be that damn virus.. Just do a virus sweep and you'll be okay. Scan the new drivers that you downloaded. It likes to launch itself with driver files. I also got it and this virus was a pain in the arse till I used Zone Alarm Pro..
Good luck!

This also happens to CPUs with 100% usage...
Better not game in this state... Try viewing processes in task manager
To notify culprit...

I got a cpu 100% and a gpu 90% usage problem after i installed warfighter!! the wierd things was that everything goes back to normal as soon as I open task manager!!! I had to format the whole computer to get rid of the promblem!!!

I got a cpu 100% and a gpu 90% usage problem after i installed warfighter!! the wierd things was that everything goes back to normal as soon as I open task manager!!! I had to format the whole computer to get rid of the promblem!!!

I got a cpu 100% and a gpu 90% usage problem after i installed warfighter!! the wierd things was that everything goes back to normal as soon as I open task manager!!! I had to format the whole computer to get rid of the promblem!!!

sorry for the multiposts !! SLT is acting up..really sorry.....

Did this occurred suddenly or after you did something, like a new game or a app ??

Start with a lightweight antivirus like Avast and install your games one by one.. ?

I got a cpu 100% and a gpu 90% usage problem after i installed warfighter!! the wierd things was that everything goes back to normal as soon as I open task manager!!! I had to format the whole computer to get rid of the promblem!!!

OP I don't want to go all technical and b***h about just to give you that "I told you so!" look.
It's a virus. It will coginto your driver files and will start automaticlly. There's virtually no way to kill it without nuking your HDD.. Just do a clean format. If you're not sure about me, connect a clean HDD from someone else and do a boot. Your idl CPU usage should come back around 1%~3%

And please disconnect your infected HDD before connecting a clean HDD or the innocent man lending you that HDD will do a Seppuku on you all by himself LOL

Guys, Thanks for replying.

I'v noticed the following:

The GPU usage is extremely high (above 90%)  when using Chrome and the temperature rises due to this. But when I close everything and idle on desktop, it lowers to 5-10% and the temperature drops, but i never get my usual idle temperature which was 35-38 degree C.

Did this occurred suddenly or after you did something, like a new game or a app ??

Only thing I did was update windows 8. Then after, I went for my dinner and came back and saw the insane temp. Should reinstalling graphics drivers fix this prob?

Guys, Thanks for replying.

I'v noticed the following:

The GPU usage is extremely high (above 90%)  when using Chrome and the temperature rises due to this. But when I close everything and idle on desktop, it lowers to 5-10% and the temperature drops, but i never get my usual idle temperature which was 35-38 degree C.

Only thing I did was update windows 8. Then after, I went for my dinner and came back and saw the insane temp. Should reinstalling graphics drivers fix this prob?

Uninstall your drivers, then uninstall your graphics card from device manager, then reinstall drivers. If that doesn't fix it. go back to Windows 7.

What is your OS ?