Acer Predator helios 300 gpu usage drops

Ult1m0

I bought this notebook just week ago and i already found an issue.... When i play games (all kind) sometimes my fps drops to 30 for 5 seconds and when i look what happened, i find that my gpu ussage is dropping randomly from 100% to 10% .... Is there some kind of solution ? 

christy1

Hi @Ult1m0 ,

Have you disabled hibernation? 
Any luck finding whats running for that 10 second time period?

I can say for sure thats not normal and Im wondering if it isnt some useless Windows task running every so often.

Try the setup here as it helps remove windows background nonsense:



Also try this ->This channel has some guides for optimizing components for gaming on the Helios 300.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNJwGUHxSJ8FKqAhnOqQuAw

Ult1m0

I fixed mam thz for help ... I did everything what u said + undervolted my gpu, cpu

christy1

Hi @Ult1m0 ,

Have you disabled hibernation? 
Any luck finding whats running for that 10 second time period?

I can say for sure thats not normal and Im wondering if it isnt some useless Windows task running every so often.

Try the setup here as it helps remove windows background nonsense:



Also try this ->This channel has some guides for optimizing components for gaming on the Helios 300.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNJwGUHxSJ8FKqAhnOqQuAw

Red-Sand

Lol @Ultimo the above comment looks awfully familiar... 😏

If you want bro, I run a Facebook group with about 4,000+ Helios/Predator owners and you might have better luck asking the group. There are some very knowledgable people active.

I can say for sure (Lol) it's not a common issue and I suspect it has something to do with Windows updates or if your using something like driver booster that can do it too.

Link to group: Mention me in questionnaire.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1969145569968592/

Ult1m0

I fixed mam thz for help ... I did everything what u said + undervolted my gpu, cpu

christy1

Good to know that the issue is been fixed. Good luck.

Diabolic89

Ya undervolting the gpu seems to have fixed the issue I had as well

Red-Sand

Glad it worked be sure to mark this post solved so others can find an answer if looking.

Also be sure to mark this post solved as well.

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/550393/acer-predator-helios-300-gpu-clocks-dropping/p1