Apex Legends leaking OS handles (possible cause of high CPU usage for many ppl)
Posting about this here in Tech Issues forums, wondering if it's the reason why a bunch of people have been having problems with Apex using up a lot of their system resources. (me, a few of my friends, and some people on reddit aswell)
Since a certain patch a few seasons ago, my FPS within Apex dropped a lot, and the CPU usage of the game went up a lot. I went from being able to maintain consistent 144+ frames to having them go from 140+ to 60-80 all the time while playing, the game is also stuttering a lot, delaying/not playing audio while showing the starvation symbol near killfeed. It also affects other programs while I play the game, crashes my discord while I'm in voice chat, makes music playing from spotify stutter, etc. It is the only game that makes my computer do this.
I've tried everything(other than upgrading my PC), reinstalling windows, trying many different driver versions, uninstalling windows updates, overclocking cpu, underclocking cpu, running my mouse at 500hz, running everything in bios at default settings, tested my ram, really anything you can think of. Intel i5 6600k, RX 6700 XT, 16gb ddr4 2400 mhz ram, game installed on ssd, my temperatures never go above 80 degrees.
Like mentioned in the title, people are attributing the high CPU usage to the game's process only opening handles and never closing any of them.
More information about the issue in these threads:
https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/1g99zos/is_this_game_leaking_handles/
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/Apex-Legends-leaking-OS-handles/m-p/12862964
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/FPS-are-not-stable-due-high-CPU-usage/m-p/14199239
