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5 years ago

GPU Usage up to 100% in lobby screen and in game.

While I'm tabbed into the game GPU usage consistently goes up to 75% - 100% and stays there. Feels almost like a crypto miner it's so bad. It makes it unbearable to stay in my room as I have a fairl...

EA_Illium

EA Staff (Retired)

5 years ago

@CB1000XX Wanted to check if you meant to add the dxdiag doc, I don't see it. Also was wondering if you can share the fix you found?

CB1000XX

5 years ago

@EA_Illium My mistake about not posting the Dx.Diag file before, sorted that with the last post, hopefully it's of some help towards solving this issue. Please get back to me if you have any progress on the issue or maybe a fix, thanks.

EA_David
Community Admin
5 years ago
@CB1000XX Hi, some other steps which have reportedly helped some (though unfortunately without a 100% hit rate are:

Nvidia Shader cache clear

Spoiler
1.) Install latest drivers - for this example these were NVidia drivers
2.) Disable Shader Cache in the NVidia control panel
3.) Hit apply
4.) Enable shader cache
5.) Hit apply
6.) Restart Computer

Windows Defender: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Lagging-100-CPU-Usage-FIX/m-p/10705582#M133144

Using the Windows System File checker or a new Windows profile: https://answers.ea.com//t5/Bug-Reports/CPU-usage-100-all-the-time/td-p/10689953