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Re: CPU limited with i5 8600k ... DICE

@Ff3NiXx What resolution and graphic settings are you playing with? BFV is a really cpu intensive title. And what is the problem you are having? The cpu running at 100% isn´t a problem in itself unless the gpu is sitting at idle or other problems occure.

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  • Hi,

    Mixture High / Ultra / Low 1080P screen. 

    I know it's a very intensive CPU game, BUT with my RX i got better performances. 

    100 % is a problem when you have too many information to treat like explosions / fire / destruction. It may cause FPS drop... 

  • N4v1s's avatar
    N4v1s
    6 years ago
    @Ff3NiXx When the performance is lower, than it was with your RX480, there is a problem. What is the usage on your 2060 when gaming?
    You should try playing around with the ingame setting, especially DX11/DX12 and the FFR. The game does run differently with every combination of hardware, so you need to find the best settings for you. 🙂
  • It's really crazy to optmize settings when you are playing a Battlefield game. It's the only one where we have to do some stuff to get the best performance... 

    My GPU usage can't reach 100 % due to 100 % CPU usage. 

    One real thing is: Dice need to optimize the game for ressource consumption. 

    I'm not the only one to get this annoying problem. Guys with i7 or i9 can't reach 100% usage due to bad optimization ! 

  • N4v1s's avatar
    N4v1s
    6 years ago

    I know that you gpu obviously doesnn´t have a 100% usage. It is still important to know how high it really is. When you have a really low usage, you should play around with your settings as I said before. If it is quiet high there is another problem.

  • Humm ??? 

    GPU usage need to reach 100% usage to get the best performance in a video game. 

    If you are getting like 20% there is a problem yes. It is not the other way around. 

  • N4v1s's avatar
    N4v1s
    6 years ago

    I don´t think you really understand what i mean. 🙂

    There are two possible problems in your situation:

    1. Your CPU usage is at 100% and you GPU usage is at 85-90% or even as low as 40% (I had that problem when BFV came out). In that case Your problems occure due to you GPU no being used to its full potential. The solution for this you can probably find in your settings as I said before. I had to change to DX11 and FFR on for my GPU to start working properly. This might be different in your case, so just try different combinations of these settings.

    2. Your CPU as well as your GPU usage is really high (95% or higher). In this case there has to be a different problem, when you´re still getting lower FPS than you did with the RX card.

    For this reason I´m asking what your GPU usage really is. 🙂

  • I'm playing DX12 ON FFR OFF RenderAheadLimit set up to 2 and i fixed pre rendrered frame virtual to 2 into Nvidia panel. 

    My GPU usage is 70% + in game. 

    It's not really smooth insofar as i have 100% CPU usage. 

    I tried to cap FPS to 100 to reduce CPU usage. It works but i get suttering / tearing. 

    I tried VSYNC it's really smooth, but i have 10 ms more for frametime (6.5 without VSYNC) corresponding to a greater input lag. 

  • N4v1s's avatar
    N4v1s
    6 years ago

    I see you did put a lot of thought in your settings, but with changing the hardware you have to go over all of those again. So try changing to DX11 and FFR on, remove the renderaheadlimit and the pre redered frame limit in the control panel and most importantly try different combinations of these settings. I know this is a tedious process, but it might work fine in the end when you find the right settings for you new setup. 🙂

  • No dude i did this switch just one day ago. And it's currently the best experience. 

    But i want to know why they are not able to fix this 100% CPU usage. Battlefield is the only one to be poorly optimized. 

  • N4v1s's avatar
    N4v1s
    6 years ago

    Now I´m really confused by you. First you say you´re having a worth experience than you had with you old GPU and now you say it is the best experience you had? Are you even trying my suggested ideas or are you just frustraded by the usage number of your cpu? I have a 9900K in my setup and its usage was at 100% before I changed my settings, so it might as well work for you. 🙂

  • For the moment i tried all the tips. I'm waiting for a new magic tip, but i think i'm done with all. 

    Yes for sure i'm frustrated by this usage dude ! It's totally insane ! It's the worst game optimized with feet. 

    Everybody in my team stopped the game cuz it's poorly optimized. 

    And yes it's a bit annoying to buy a new GPU and get lower perf than before ! 

    EDIT : i spoke about settings switch. I tried everything and i have currently the best experience with DX12 FFR OFF etc. But i'm open to know new tips and new optimization. 

  • N4v1s's avatar
    N4v1s
    6 years ago

    Are you at least getting decent FPS ingame? In that case you might actually run into a CPU bottleneck with the 6 threads. You can try choosing higher graphics settings until you run into a GPU bottleneck. That might help with the problems you´re getting due to the CPU running at 100%.

  • Sure i get decent fps but it's not smooth. (Between 110 - 150 fps) 

    I tried to upgrade scale resolution but it didn't reduce cpu usage :/ 

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