GPU Usage in menus

[Scottland]

Hi,

This has been bugging me for the last few weeks since I picked up my 970.

Why is GPU usage (and in turn temperatures) high in menus in-game? i.e the Pause menu.


I always notice the fan speed ramps up if I leave it on the pause menu for a while - as goes GPU usage. Seems to happen in most games?

 

[Scottland]

The FPS skyrockets into the hundreds or thousands even. You can use a frame limiter to cap the FPS.

I have V-Sync set on though, wouldn't that be doing it? (FPS stays at 60)


Edit: Just googled frame limiters, will try it out this evening.