100% GPU load when the game is minimized

[EvgenKo423]

Not sure if it's related to this bug, but I don't remember experiencing this problem during beta.

When I Alt+Tab the game it seems to be paused (CPU load falls down, but it's still around 5%, which wasn't the case during beta), however GPU load is rising to 100%:
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The game was on a profiles screen, not even loaded a profile.

And sadly it probably won't get fixed 'till the end of holidays...

Game version: 1.36.2.17s, 64-bit.
OS: Windows 7 SP1, 64-bit.
Reproducibility: always.
Game log:

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EDIT: Profile loaded, game minimized.
V-Sync OFF: up to 15% CPU load, ~70% GPU load.
V-Sync ON (< 60 FPS): up to 15% CPU load, ~70-90% GPU load (zig-zagging).

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[erkinalp]

I can reproduce too.

[EvgenKo423]

Just FYI, this problem still exists in 1.38.

[RudiRaser]

much longer. since 1.32?
this has been reported here many times, but unfortunately it seems SCS can't fix it. the whole thing has more bad side effects like a high electricity bill, higher hardware wear and tear. a positive side effect is, in the winter time i don't need to turn on the heating in my room.

[EvgenKo423]

Not really. This problem was indeed reported many times, but it usually got fixed in a few beta updates or the next big one. I remember seeing this before DX11, but it was fixed later on. It's strange, however, that there was no such problem during 1.36 beta, but it popped up in release.

a positive side effect is, in the winter time i don't need to turn on the heating in my room.

In the winter time I can't turn off heating in my room (or any other either), so it actually overheat even more, but during autumn it indeed helps a bit.

[EvgenKo423]

Now that your big work on graphics is near completion, would you mind finally fixing this in 1.40 as well?

[alclark]

I don't know how long it's been there, but with NVIDIA driver version 461.20 there's a setting in the NVIDIA control panel called "Background Application Max Frame Rate" that can cap the frame rate of a game running in the background to anything between 20-200 fps. It can be set globally or just for ETS2/ATS as well.

[paokkerkir]

While the nvidia driver solution is ok, this really needs to be fixed.

[EvgenKo423]

@alclark, nice to know, but it would be more useful if the minimum was like 1 or 0.

[EvgenKo423]

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I added that poll to get the stats of how many people are affected by this bug or not. I think it's more than appropriate here. It's a proper report, so why it can't have both?
Unfortunately, I see your company becoming less community-friendly and community-listening as you grow...