PC becomes Sluggish while Mining, how to solve it?

[NNkilad]

I'm trying to get my GPU mining during the workdays as I work on a company laptop, but while mining, my pc becomes very slow, I can't even browse internet pages or play youtube videos.

Has anyone encountered this issue before? What should I do that can potentially solve it?

Thaaaannkkkss!!!!

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[NNkilad]

I switched on my previous 5700 XT, and it worked just fine. Watching youtube, browsing webpages while mining is just smooth.
my new 6900xt can't do that, it's funny..and sad

[eule]

Your intensity is too high, you need to lower it if you want to use your PC while mining. Which miner are you using? Post your commandline arguments and we'll figure it out.

[NNkilad]

Your intensity is too high, you need to lower it if you want to use your PC while mining. Which miner are you using? Post your commandline arguments and we'll figure it out.

I use Pheonixminer, and I have tried -mt 2 -rvram 8000 to reserve some vram. I also tried -vmr 50 to use only 50% of the vram, but neither worked.
Just tried out using -mi commandline to change the intensity to 8, default was 12, the problem does seem getting much better now, I will try 7 or 6, and it does seem to affect hashrate a lot either. Thanks!!

[adaseb]

Easiest way to fix this is to just use your onboard video card. Look in your computer case and you will see a DVI or HDMI connector that is located on the motherboard, not on the GPU. Plug your monitor in there.

If you start your computer and got a blank screen, you need to enable it in bios first. So plug back into GPU the monitor, go into bios and enable onboard video. Then you should get a display.

Now you can mine at the same time without slowing down your computer or mining speed. Only issue you might encounter is the GPU might not work unless a monitor is plugged in. If that is the case then you need a HDMI dummy plug.

[fmz89]

I switched on my previous 5700 XT, and it worked just fine. Watching youtube, browsing webpages while mining is just smooth.
my new 6900xt can't do that, it's funny..and sad

lower your intensity, but many miner right know dont accomodate thats config, which is maximum intensity for max hashrate, try use different miner and there is ssd defect has same effect similiar with this

[eule]

just use your onboard video card

If the PC has an onboard GPU, that is indeed the most sensible option, as those are usually good enough for desktop use. Obviously you can't game while you mine. Might be annoying to switch cables all the time though if you decide to do something GPU intensive for which the internal GPU does not suffice.

However, since OP uses a laptop, the point is most likely irrelevant since it probably only has one GPU. Laptops with two GPUs exist so OP might be lucky.

Just tried out using -mi commandline to change the intensity to 8, default was 12, the problem does seem getting much better now, I will try 7 or 6, and it does seem to affect hashrate a lot either. Thanks!!

Lowering intensity indeed does affect hashrate by a lot, one needs to find a good compromise. May I ask what GPU your laptop has? 8+GB of VRAM sounds beefy. 6900 XT, oof.
And if you have an Intel CPU you might also have an internal Intel GPU.

[philipma1957]

Easiest way to fix this is to just use your onboard video card. Look in your computer case and you will see a DVI or HDMI connector that is located on the motherboard, not on the GPU. Plug your monitor in there.

If you start your computer and got a blank screen, you need to enable it in bios first. So plug back into GPU the monitor, go into bios and enable onboard video. Then you should get a display.

Now you can mine at the same time without slowing down your computer or mining speed. Only issue you might encounter is the GPU might not work unless a monitor is plugged in. If that is the case then you need a HDMI dummy plug.

A Laptop does not always have a cpu with a gpu.

he may only have the 6700xt gpu

[adaseb]

Easiest way to fix this is to just use your onboard video card. Look in your computer case and you will see a DVI or HDMI connector that is located on the motherboard, not on the GPU. Plug your monitor in there.

If you start your computer and got a blank screen, you need to enable it in bios first. So plug back into GPU the monitor, go into bios and enable onboard video. Then you should get a display.

Now you can mine at the same time without slowing down your computer or mining speed. Only issue you might encounter is the GPU might not work unless a monitor is plugged in. If that is the case then you need a HDMI dummy plug.

A Laptop does not always have a cpu with a gpu.

he may only have the 6700xt gpu

Ahh my bad. I misread this post and didn't realise it was a laptop. I heard 6700xt and assumed it must of been a discrete GPU inside a desktop. And I think you are correct. There won't be any onboard graphics that way.

Even if the CPU has a built in GPU, most likely the mainboard won't have a HDMI connector on the laptop to save space. Because why would anyone want to use onboard video when you got an 6700xt GPU instead.

Basically like the previous poster said above, only way is to lower the intensity and should work.