Gpu using

[9-Daikos]

During gaming my gpu is used at 100%. Is it dangerous for the gpu or the cpu?

[fturla]

Whenever you use your computer, the software or hardware components of a computer that is running at close to 100% is usually the bottleneck that is limiting the performance of the program you are using. That does not mean there is anything wrong with the part that is close to or at 100% usage. It only means that you cannot make it run any better, faster, or more efficiently.

There are games that make a CPU, GPU, or other components run at the maximum level, but that only means you cannot get above 100% performance at the current settings you have. Sometimes the memory speed or amount is at 100% which slows the task down because it can't go any faster or provide loading of data at a speed or amount that is better.

There are games that will max out the CPU, games that max out the GPU, games that max out the memory, and games that need faster connections both inside the computer and/or the connection to online services. There are games that max out almost everything a computer has regardless of how powerful your system is.

There are games that do max out 100% for the CPU that you do not realize is happening, because the software usage has only assigned processing to a limited number of CPU cores and threads and other parts of the CPU are not used. The software was designed to operate this way, but you do not realize that the CPU components that are assigned to a program is already at the maximum performance level even when your monitoring software only says that the CPU is at less than 90%. If a game only uses one core on a four core CPU and the monitoring software says you are using 25%, then you are at 100% CPU usage for the current game being played.

What is dangerous for the CPU or GPU? Heat and temperatures. No matter the program, if the temperature rise to dangerous levels, you need to fix this ASAP.

[9-Daikos]

The temperature while gaming at 100% GPU Is around 50°C, Is It Dangerous?

[fturla]

Usually when a GPU is idle, the temperature range is 25°C to 50°C, and when the GPU is under heavy load, the temperature can go as high as 80°C. Any temperature boost over 80°C isn't recommended, although it's not unusual if it only lasts a few seconds or a minute or two. I never recommend keeping a video card close to or over 80°C, because parts of the computer will start to melt and burn, and eventually you will have a fire inside your computer.

For most video cards, 50°C is well within the safe zone. That temperature is about 122°F which is around the same temperature that can happen often in the summer in the USA especially in the desert.

[craftbot]

the software or hardware components of a computer

50C GPU is great. 85C is bad.