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Vuhra's avatar
Vuhra
3 years ago

1 CPU core gets stuck at 100% after playing Apex for a while

I updated my computer with Windows 11 yesterday and was met with an issue in Apex for the first time ever: after 1-3 games, one of my CPU cores gets stuck at 100% load and doesn't come down until I c...
vanillaice747's avatar
vanillaice747
3 years ago

try go to NVDIA control panel choice APEX.exe turn off "image sharpening" ;FAXX  on;Anti-aliasing mode application-controlled.

i had the same issue before and i test 3 days.hope it will work on your PC.

too0ld4thi5's avatar
too0ld4thi5
Rising Scout
3 years ago
@vanillaice747
try go to NVDIA control panel choice APEX.exe turn off "image sharpening" ;FAXX  on;Anti-aliasing mode application-controlled.

i had the same issue before and i test 3 days.hope it will work on your PC.

Dude...how did you find out this was the issue? Who would have thought NCP settings. Previously everything was fine.

What change? Admin can pin this up. It works. I played more than an hour, the core 1 was normal..it didn't goes up at all. 

Thanks man! 

  • Unpaid_Jesus's avatar
    Unpaid_Jesus
    New Hotshot
    3 years ago
    @too0ld4thi5 what is the FAXX on ??? is it the antialiasing FXAA ??
  • Unpaid_Jesus's avatar
    Unpaid_Jesus
    New Hotshot
    3 years ago
    @too0ld4thi5 well. went to NVDIA control panel and clicked "Restore" and went to play and it was smooth and when i qut the game it stoped running. tx
  • vanillaice747's avatar
    vanillaice747
    3 years ago
    @太0ld4thi5 I just try 3 days...they have responsibility tell all players how to fix until their PC explode! even i closed the game my cooler still 100% working thats terrible issue.

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