The Original issue was fixed, I'm closing this thread to stop it from being necroed.
If you have any issues with Battlefield 2042 please make a new topic about your problems and what kind of steps you have tried to solve them.
/Atic
So the official requirements for this game are as follows (specifying the most important ones):
Minimum:
Recommended:
Meanwhile my PC specs:
Processor (Intel): Intel Core i7 9700K
Memory: 16GB
Graphics card (NVIDIA): Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
As we can see I am above/equal to minimum and recommended specs for CPU (processor) and memory. The GPU (graphics card) should still perform well since it's between both specs. Now, what are my actual results in performance?
FPS:
Load:
Obviously something is wrong here since the game allocates more or less everything to the CPU and the GPU practically sleeps at 10%. How does "recommended specs" mean that one should play at ~30 fps? Also the game sometimes freezes (followed by a crash) due to the 100% CPU load.
On first launch, the game automatically set my graphics settings to medium. I have changed it to low on everything. I have even tried setting it all to ultra just to see if anything happens. And no, it doesn't matter if my settings are on low or ultra. Same outcome.
Will there ever be major performance optimizations, or should I simply refund the game (for performance reasons)? The game is literally unplayable for me, as many others with same issues.
Hi mate,
How did you measure the load? If it is from the Windows task manager, it is not accurate. I may recommend you try with MSI Afterburner. I also thought I had this problem, but in the end my CPU and GPU were well used. However, with an 8700K and a 1080 I can't get at least a constant 60 FPS in 1080p while low (I also tested in 1440p to try to make the graphics card work a bit more but same observation).
This Battlefield is a very big disappointment at the moment. I sincerely hope that the developers will find some dignity by patching this as soon as possible. We've been used to ultra-buggy games for a few releases now, but this one has reached a point of no return. As a veteran of the franchise, it's the first time I start to "hate" EA, but especially DICE and the other studios. Do I need to remind them that this is the first BF with so many developers... ?
Actually I tested both HWMonitor and Task Manager. They both pretty much show the same. Just a little different this time than what's reported in my original post, but still horrible. See attachments.
