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GPU-Z causes some freezes while Steam is launched

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joesik

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Hello! I like GPU-Z app, seriously, I find it really useful, however recently I've found that when I am in Steam and GPU-Z is minimized, some BSODs or freezes are supposed to be expected soon...
I thought first it was a hardware issue, but after I turned GPU-Z off, everything became fine.
Please, developers, what shall I do? I've tried one more earlier version, the same issue persists.
 
Hello man
i have same problem, if at first I run gpu-z and then Steam, my video card starts working 100%, and if I run the game I have artifacts
but without starting gpu-z everything is fine
 

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aIpGaming said:
Hello man
i have same problem, if at first I run gpu-z and then Steam, my video card starts working 100%, and if I run the game I have artifacts
but without starting gpu-z everything is fine
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The queation is, what shall we do?)
 
what are you using GPUZ for if temperature then MSI AB works nice for all information about the card. I too have found there were issues running the GPUZ program 24/7. What graphic cards are you two using?
 
DRDNA said:
what are you using GPUZ for if temperature then MSI AB works nice for all information about the card. I too have found there were issues running the GPUZ program 24/7. What graphic cards are you two using?
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GTX 750 ti
398.11
 
DRDNA said:
what are you using GPUZ for if temperature then MSI AB works nice for all information about the card. I too have found there were issues running the GPUZ program 24/7.
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The interesting thing is that it used to work fine, untill some moment. Well, yes, MSI afterburner is though to be an alternative to gpuz.
Anyone, if you find a solution of this problem, drop a line here in this thread anyway.
 
Maybe use GPU-Z but not have it open when you game? Then if I read this thread correctly there is no problem.
 
Unlikely that a tiny bit of software will actually break it though.
 
aIpGaming said:
open GPU-Z then steam(no game) and my videocard is dead
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Yep, the same actually. The first time I was really surprised with.

Tatty_One said:
Maybe use GPU-Z but not have it open when you game? Then if I read this thread correctly there is no problem.
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Even if I launch Steam and GPUZ ( with no game ) I catch freezes and artifacts...
 
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joesik said:
Yep, the same actually. The first time I was really surprised with.


Even if I launch Stream and GPUZ ( with no game ) I catch freezes and artifacts...
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That's exactly why I said not to open GPU-Z then the problem is solved, I don't have time to check GPU-Z when I am playing games, I'm too busy killing things :)
 
Tatty_One said:
That's exactly why I said not to open GPU-Z then the problem is solved, I don't have time to check GPU-Z when I am playing games, I'm too busy killing things :)
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I after 2 days only realized what the problem is, I almost bought a new video card
 
Does the crash happen every time you start GPU-Z and then Steam or only sometimes?

AMD or NVIDIA card?
 
W1zzard said:
Does the crash happen every time you start GPU-Z and then Steam or only sometimes?

AMD or NVIDIA card?
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Yes, every time.
Intel HD :)

Tatty_One said:
Maybe use GPU-Z but not have it open when you game? Then if I read this thread correctly there is no problem.
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Actually, there is no problem with GPUZ itself, but as regards its compatibility with Steam, here we can face some issue.
 
joesik said:
Yes, every time.
Intel HD :)
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Which CPU model do you have? Maybe I can reproduce it here locally.

You have the Intel graphics drivers installed? Which version?
 
W1zzard said:
Which CPU model do you have? Maybe I can reproduce it here locally.

You have the Intel graphics drivers installed? Which version?
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Furthermore, the same issue happened to my gpu 1070, with any driver version. As I said, I firstly used to consider my gpu to be an issue, so I gave it to my friend to make certain.
Intel HD driver version is the last one 15.40
By the by, this problem happens on Windows 8.1 and 10 both. Actually, I am a bit puzzled.

My CPU is i5-4590.
 
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