performance

Hey @r4pidHunter. 

If your GPU is running hot like that it might be a cooling issue. Have you checked to make sure the fans are running properly? 

/Kent

Hi @EA_Kent,

Haven't given the GPU any thought before, so I'm monitoring it now and it runs at around 70 degrees Celsius. Usually peaking at 73 degrees in intense scenarios. I think this temperature is fine? But I'm not so sure.

If your running your laptop on a bed or anything soft or made of fabric definitely move it onto something like a table. You could try reposting your CPU’s thermal paste but I’m no expert in laptops so I’m not sure if yours will let you access the CPUs cooler. 

The laptop is seated on a laptop cooler already, and I have repasted within the last year. I did play a bit of Call of duty Warzone recently and it was running HOT. So maybe the thermal paste was damaged then? Anyway I think I'll have to try repaste again. Or it could just be the laptop getting old.

@r4pidHunter 

Have you checked to see if you can adjust the fan curve in your BIOS? If you've got the option to do that it might be worth a shot to try speeding up the fan a bit to see if that helps with the cooling. More airflow coming through might help with the high temperatures. 

/Kent

Download an app called MSI afterburner and setup a custom fan curve there. It’s really easy to do. 

There is a shortcut that allows me to ramp up the fans, to what I assume is 100% since it gets pretty loud. Also, initially I had around 200 gb on the hard drive where Apex is located. After freeing up around 300 gb the game seems to be running less in the 90s, and more consistently between 70 and high 80s. Not sure if something had changed when I freed up the space, or I'm just imagining it.

@r4pidHunter 

Thanks for checking in!

Temps in the 70s and 80s should be more manageable. Have you noticed if the game is running better now that the temps are lower? 

/Kent

it used to be way smoother at least 2 updates ago or so, and now when the game is about to start after selecting the characters, thers a massive cpu usage and fps drops.

my specs:

i5 4590

ram 12gb

gtx 980 4gb

win 10 pro

if theres anything else let me know.

Yeah, the GPU frame times have been more consistent so it is smooth most of the time, except for the occasional hiccup which I don't mind anymore. But I'm still not sure what happened, I had 200 gb of free space, cleared up so I had 500 gb and it starts running a bit smoother. Not sure if anything else happened on that day, like a small patch or something.