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3 years ago

100% CPU usage leads to overheating

When playing Apex the game is using 100% of my cpu (Intel i7-9700K) and it´s causing it to overheat pretty quickly. This problem has been around since 2019 and there is still no fix to it. I tried re...

EA_Barry

Community Manager

3 years ago

@nzuHaMmEr

A PC should be able to run at 100% CPU usage all day.

Until you resolve your cooling hardware issue, reducing the in-game graphics settings should reduce the CPU load.

Thanks.

nzuHaMmEr
3 years ago
yes, with other games that is the case. But not with Apex. For some stupid reason the game is causing the cpu to overheat. Valorant is also using 100% cpu but it´s nowhere close to overheating. So this is clearly not a cooling hardware issue.
btw. my graphic settings are at the lowest and it´s still using 100%.