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NoOrg_topmodeLL
6 years ago
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APEX LEGENDS 100% CPU | LAG/STUTTER

High or maxed out CPU usage (100%), happened from nowhere. I was playing and I started to notice that I had lag the first day, so I quit playing. The second day I started playing without any issues, ...
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    NoOrg_topmodeLL
    6 years ago
    @T0toro21 @Zeelmaekers

    I might have come to a solution which is:

    I updated drivers for my motherboard in BIOs and after that I reset the whole BIOs whith pressing the CMOS button on the motherboard and I have an ASUS MAXIMUS VIII HERO motherboard.

    For now Apex runs smooth and as it should run without CPU being on 100% usage!
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NoOrg_topmodeLL
6 years ago

@T0toro21Yes, 4-core. The thing is I've played like this since day one of Apex (release day). Same setup today as then and no resent patches had been pushed. It happened suddenly, after 1hr-ish of playing from nowhere :/ But I will try!

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T0toro21
6 years ago

Same here, it has to do with Nvidia/Windows and obviously their need to get those 4-core processor obsolete.

I even changed my RAM, MB and Graphic card but none of that seems to be related with that problem 😞

Changing my screen setting to 100Hz has been the only workaround for me, and gosh believe me I tried them all...

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      Zeelmaekers
      Hero+
      6 years ago

      Hey @N🤭rg_topmodeLL 

      Have you already tried to do a clean boot and see if that changed anything?
      Sometimes background programs can interfere with Apex Legends and reduce the performance.

      Can you attach a DxDiag file to your post so I have a bit more information about your system?
      How to create a Dxdiag file 

      • NoOrg_topmodeLL's avatar
        NoOrg_topmodeLL
        6 years ago
        @Zeelmaekers I tried to do a clean boot, it helped quite a bit, game is running better, almost as it used to before the CPU usage went crazy. Still want some things turned on like nVidia. I'd say it's working like 90% as it should, thanks! It's better than nothing.

        And I also use GPU Tweak II to close "unnecessary" programs that are running in the background, without using it I have HUGE input lag on mouse/crosshair/cursor in-game.

        System is:

        • GPU: GTX 1060 6GB ASUS ROG STRIX
        • CPU: Intel i5-6600k | 3.50GHz (4CPUs) ~3.5GHz
        • 16GB RAM
        • Swapping File/Paging File: 7418 MB using, 14280 MB available (tried to translate whatever it is to english)
        • DirectX 12

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