4 years ago

Huge lag spikes and freezes

Hi. I've been playing Apex Legends for a few months and everything going well until the recent 2 updates. My game keeps getting huge lag spikes and then it freezes sometime after the lag spikes. The weird part is that I don't see any significant FPS drop from the game performance info ( it does sometimes but mostly not ). it lags so hard that I can't even play the game. it feels like 30 Fps even though my fps is always from 110-120. There is no overheating on any part of my pc but I did find out whenever my lag spikes come in. My GPU would be dropped to around 20-40% usage and it only lag spikes mid-game. Both of my CPU GPU would be around 60-80% usage when it is running smoothly.

I've been trying every method from the internet like changing all kinds of in-game video settings / capping my max fps to my monitor refresh rate / changing Nvidia control panel setting / shut down window game mode / updating all CPU GPU drivers etc... nothing really seems to work.it really upset me. I really hope that someone can help me ☹️ Please let me know if there is any way to fix this.I am willing to try anything!

Anyways. Thank you so much for reviewing my question 🙂

Here is my pc spec :

CPU : Intel Core i7 10700F
Mother Board : Z490-A PRO
GPU : ROG STRIX GeForce RTX 3070
RAM : 16 GB DDR4 2667Hz x2 (2 channel )

13 Replies

EA_Kent
Community Manager
4 years ago
Hey @SaiHoHk,

We've been looking into the performance issues that some people have been seeing since the 9.1 update. I've also heard some cases where lowering your mouse DPI can help with stuttering, so that may also be worth a shot.

It also sounds like this could be connection-related. If the ping is spiking it could be causing the game to hitch up. Can we try running through some other troubleshooting to see if we can help stop it from happening?

I'd recommend starting off with the basic connectivity steps from the EA Help website first. If it keeps happening after that check out the PC-specific steps as well. Let me know how that goes once you've had the chance to give it a shot. Thanks!
SaiHoHk
4 years ago
hi, thank you for your reply. I've tried the method that you provided. Nothing seems working so far.
My screen is still tearing while gaming. I've switched the v-syn to "adaptive" and it helps a bit but the problem is still here.
Please let me know if there is anything that i could do to fix this 🙂
SaiHoHk
4 years ago
@EA_Kent hi, thank you for your reply. I've tried the method that you provided. Nothing seems working so far.
My screen is still tearing while gaming. I've switched the v-syn to "adaptive" and it helps a bit but the problem is still here.
Please let me know if there is anything that i could do to fix this Standard smile
EA_Kent
Community Manager
4 years ago
Hi @SaiHoHk,

Thank you for following up!

When you have the chance could you share a DxDiag so we can take a look? You can find more info on how to pull one up at the EA Help website. Please attach the text file here once you have it. Thanks again!
ToxicIndustrials
Seasoned Novice
4 years ago
I had a similiar problem and i think i fixed it. My texture streaming budget was set to 2 gb. The textures near by were loading slowly and the textures changed the resolution from low to high all the time. This was followed by lower FPS, stuttering and less cpu & gpu load. When i set the streaming budget to "none" the problem was fixed. Normal CPU & GPU load again, stable FPS. Maybe it´s an individual problem of mine but this is new tho. Seems like Apex messed up some CPU related programming this season.
SaiHoHk
4 years ago
This is the DxDiag file.

Thank you so much for your time. I got a little depressed and haven't played Apex for weeks after this issue came out

just a little head up. This issue only happens mid-game through and usually the first few games are totally fine and smooth.
I've checked my pc and I'm sure there is no over-hearting problem.
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EA_Kent
Community Manager
4 years ago
@SaiHoHk

Thank you! I appreciate that.

When this happens have you noticed anything weird with your CPU, RAM, or GPU usage?
SaiHoHk
4 years ago
@EA_Kent

3 weeks ago when I first post'd this.
CPU GPU usage : 30% in game

Now :
CPU GPU usage : 60-70% in game

seems like the "usage issue" has been fixed from the last patch.
other than that. the lag spike issue still remain ☹️
EA_Kent
Community Manager
4 years ago
@SaiHoHk

Thank you for the update!

Do you play Apex Legends with no framerate cap? If so, can you try removing the uncap command to test and see if that makes any difference? If you're able to give it a try please let me know how it goes. Thanks again!
xDoonz
4 years ago
@ToxicIndustrials I've this problem, and my only FIX is NONE Texture Streaming Budget! When I change to 2gb+ my Ping(MS) spikes and the game starts to freeze and lag.