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OwerGrowen
5 years ago

Apex Legends: 100% CPU and GPU usage | Season6

Hello, just like many other users so do I suffer from high CPU and GPU usage. During Gameplay on public servers, my usage percentage raise to 100% CPU and GPU System overview: Intel Core i5-8600...
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EA_Lanna
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5 years ago

Hi @OwerGrowen, 

Could you try the recommended workaround from @Zeelmaekers TS guide (see here) for this issue: 

@Zeelmaekers wrote:

Apex Freezing and showing 100% CPU usage in Task Manager.

Players are experiencing Apex Legends freezing and noticing Apex Legends is utilizing 100% of the CPU.
This issue looks only to be related so certain CPUs (I5-I7-I9) and some Ryzen Processors.

Recommended Workaround: 
Launch Apex Legends and alt-tab out to the game.
Open task manager, find Apex Legends, right-click and select Go to details.
Select r5Apex.exe and right-click and click set Affinity, uncheck <all processors> and check only 4 cores or less.

If you still experiencing this issue, try to set usable cores to 4 or less.
This issue was fixed by a patch, this workaround might not work for new issues
Apex Legends Dev Tracker - PC game hangs with 100% CPU usage 

Thanks, 

EA_Lanna

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nessssssyyyyy
4 years ago

This fix just causes game stuttering and more issues for me

  • no_feet_pics_fc's avatar
    no_feet_pics_fc
    4 years ago
    @nessssssyyyyy
    step 1: uninstall apex and every launcher just rename apex folder to someting else
    step 2: find old and reliable gfx driver
    step 3: uninstall every Microsoft c++ redistributable
    step 4: turn off .net framework and then turn on
    step 5: restart pc
    step 6: download redistribution from microsoft site and then install
    step 7: delete mysavegames/respawn/
    step 8: install ea desktop
    step 9: delete in apex folder _Installer, easyanticheat, crashpad, r5apex, r5apexdata.bin
    step 10: login with brand new ea account
    step 11: restart pc after installing apex(i mean verfying cause u don't need to download 70gb)
    step 12: run apex as administrator, complete training, play some matches then logout and login with original account
    • Djumlija's avatar
      Djumlija
      4 years ago

      mine fix was sipmply delete assets folder in respawn folder before I start the game, CPU used to be 100% for a few mins and then went to normal but after this update this doesnt work anymore

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