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Loligor's avatar
7 years ago

Apex Legends using way too much CPU - Stutter + Framedrops

1: Your System (including a dxdiag report if you're on PC). Including details of connected peripherals/external devices can help too. 

I am using a Dekstop PC running Windows 7
GPU: Zotac Geforce GTX 1070

CPU: Intel i5-6600k

RAM: HyperX Fury 2x8GB DDR4

Mainboard: Asus Z170 Pro Gaming

Game is saved on a SSD

2: Be as detailed as possible on exactly how the issue occurs for you. Error messages, screenshots and game clips can all be invaluable pieces of info. Too much detail is better than not enough, something that seems unimportant can be the key to a resolution.

So I am playing the Game. Every now and then I expierience huge FPS Drops and Audio stutter. After a while i decide to google the problem. I find out that maybe the CPU usage is causing the problems, so i watch the Ressource Monitor of the Taskmaster and I see that everytime the Stutter, Audioproblems and Framedrops occur, my CPU Usage goes through the roof. r5apex.exe is obviously causing the CPU-Usage to go over 100%.

3: Please tell us when the issue started for you, or if you always encountered it on your current system. If there have been any software installs, game updates or hardware changes that can be very important to know.

The issue was always present. No changes to hardware etc.

4: Please include any steps you've already taken. Troubleshooting can take a while, and it's in everyone's interest to avoid doubling up on steps. However if you are at all unsure if you've taken a step fully, it's best to try again. We've all seen simple standard troubleshooting fix an issue after a long time of trying advanced steps.

I googled the problem and also looked through this forum. It seems to be a semi-common problem. Apex Legends may use the Intel integrated Graphics. I then tried to go into the Nvidia System Control Panel (SCP) and Select my GTX 1070 as the GPU to use for Apex. Problem is, the drop down menu is not showing up for me (see Screenshot).
After that I updated my Nvidia Graphics Driver to the newest version. Didn't help. Installed an older Version, no change. Installed the newest one again, this time a fresh install (deleting the old drivers). Still no change.
I then went into my BIOS and saw that the iGPU initialisation wasn't even turned on. So i turned it on to test if the option in Nvidia SCP would show up. Intel Graphics Driver was not installed, so I installed it. Still the option would not show up.
Also tried: Repairing Apex Legends, a few start commands and messing with the Graphics Settings ingame. To no avail.
I don't now what else to do. Maybe wait for a patch? Hope you guys have a solution for me.

Greetings.

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