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Posted July 14, 2016
I was debugging something in another program and noticed my GPU-Z GPU usage graph was filled with tiny spikes in identical intervals through entire graph history. The GPU sits at 0% and then it spikes up to 25-37% and goes back down to 0%. And there is like 5 second pause between these spikes.

I've used Process Explorer, added GPU column and it was the "GalaxyClient Helper.exe" causing these GPU usage spikes. As soon as I've closed GOG Galaxy client (killed the process), GPU usage spikes disappeared from GPU-Z graph.

It seems like GOG Galaxy is refreshing GUI in the background in these intervals as it is minimized, causing these spikes.

Can someone confirm this and issue a fix for it?

I'm using Windows 10 Pro 64bit, GeForce GTX 980 with ForceWare 368.69 WHQL and GOG Galaxy v1.1.12
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Posted August 22, 2016
Confirmed. Same thing happens to me
Posted August 22, 2016
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rejzor: I was debugging something in another program and noticed my GPU-Z GPU usage graph was filled with tiny spikes in identical intervals through entire graph history. The GPU sits at 0% and then it spikes up to 25-37% and goes back down to 0%. And there is like 5 second pause between these spikes.

I've used Process Explorer, added GPU column and it was the "GalaxyClient Helper.exe" causing these GPU usage spikes. As soon as I've closed GOG Galaxy client (killed the process), GPU usage spikes disappeared from GPU-Z graph.

It seems like GOG Galaxy is refreshing GUI in the background in these intervals as it is minimized, causing these spikes.

Can someone confirm this and issue a fix for it?

I'm using Windows 10 Pro 64bit, GeForce GTX 980 with ForceWare 368.69 WHQL and GOG Galaxy v1.1.12
Post this in the Galaxy sticky, maybe one of the Blues can help you.
Posted October 21, 2016
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rejzor: I was debugging something in another program and noticed my GPU-Z GPU usage graph was filled with tiny spikes in identical intervals through entire graph history. The GPU sits at 0% and then it spikes up to 25-37% and goes back down to 0%. And there is like 5 second pause between these spikes.

I've used Process Explorer, added GPU column and it was the "GalaxyClient Helper.exe" causing these GPU usage spikes. As soon as I've closed GOG Galaxy client (killed the process), GPU usage spikes disappeared from GPU-Z graph.

It seems like GOG Galaxy is refreshing GUI in the background in these intervals as it is minimized, causing these spikes.

Can someone confirm this and issue a fix for it?

I'm using Windows 10 Pro 64bit, GeForce GTX 980 with ForceWare 368.69 WHQL and GOG Galaxy v1.1.12
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mm324: Post this in the Galaxy sticky, maybe one of the Blues can help you.
More visible than as a dedicated thread?
Posted October 22, 2016
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rejzor: More visible than as a dedicated thread?
YES, some of the devs are ONLY checking the dedicated thread as this is the only proper place ;)

Edit, it is a known problem, it shall not do it though when minimized to the taskbar, only shows this when minimzed to notification area (tray), same for you OP?
Post edited October 22, 2016 by Goodaltgamer
Posted February 18, 2017
Same here, it really pisses me off, as it causes my PC to eat ~70 watts more.
Posted February 16, 2018
This is caused by the progress bar animation during installing/updating/verifying a game. The GPU usage is normal when the client is idle, but goes high when the progress bar appears and the window is not minimized.

Tested on Windows 10 - Lenovo Y50-70 UHD
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