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Vo6ka's avatar
1 year ago

Extreme stutters on i9 12900k

Greetings everyone, I'm not sure if this is the best place to ask but I'm getting desperate if I'm honest.

So as the title says, I'm having horrendous experience with this game, no matter which game mode or how many players are in, I'm getting over 95% CPU usage and the game stutters like crazy and makes the experience feel miserable. When I play Battlefield 5, everything works fine, sometimes there might be one or two stutters through the whole game, same applies for NFS Heat which I believe uses the same engine. But in 2042 its horrible.

My current specs are:

i9 12900k stock

Artic liquid Freezer III 360mm

RX 7800 XT

4x8 DDR4 3200mhz RAM
Asus Tuf Gaming B760-plus WiFi D4

Corsair 1000w RMe
1tb nvme
Windows 11
Latest non-beta Bios

I've tried repairing the game and repairing the EA Anti Cheat with no difference in performance.

If someone has a better idea of what to do I would appreciate it.

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  • Greetings everyone, I'm not sure if this is the best place to ask but I'm getting desperate if I'm honest.

    So as the title says, I'm having horrendous experience with this game, no matter which game mode or how many players are in, I'm getting over 95% CPU usage and the game stutters like crazy and makes the experience feel miserable. When I play Battlefield 5, everything works fine, sometimes there might be one or two stutters through the whole game, same applies for NFS Heat which I believe uses the same engine. But in 2042 its horrible.

    My current specs are:

    i9 12900k stock

    Artic liquid Freezer III 360mm

    RX 7800 XT

    4x8 DDR4 3200mhz RAM
    Asus Tuf Gaming B760-plus WiFi D4

    Corsair 1000w RMe
    1tb nvme
    Windows 11
    Latest non-beta Bios

    I've tried repairing the game and repairing the EA Anti Cheat with no difference in performance.

    If someone has a better idea of what to do I would appreciate it.

  • OskooI_007's avatar
    OskooI_007
    Legend
    1 year ago

    - Maybe disabling E-cores in bios might help.

    - Double check that RAM is running in dual channel mode with CPU-Z app.

    - Make sure CPU temperature is below 90°C.

  • Rokebo73's avatar
    Rokebo73
    Seasoned Ace
    1 year ago
    @Vo6ka did test if memory in slots A2 and B2 only give more performance? (double channel mode)
    Also its better to use 2x 16gb modules (in a2 and b2 only)
    This link with some extra info:
    https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1700/TUF_GAMING_B760-PLUS_WIFI_D4/E21224_TUF_GAMING_B760-PLUS_WIFI_D4_UM_WEB.pdf?model=TUF%20GAMING%20B760-PLUS%20WIFI%20D4#p21

    Did also select the correct XMP profile for your memory ?
    Also an bios update to improve performance is available for your motherboard.

    Cheers

    PS post screenshot (movie) from ingame while NETWORK PERFORMANCE BAR and NETWORK PERFORMANCE GRAP are set to ALWAYS
    Also post dxdiag please !
  • sk1lld's avatar
    sk1lld
    Legend
    1 year ago

    To add to what @OskooI_007  is saying. Check to see if memory is running dual channel, see if XMP is enabled in bios if so disable it. The Intel memory management is on chip and doesn't like all memory slots used, try with only 2 DIMM's installed.

  • Vo6ka's avatar
    Vo6ka
    1 year ago

    Greetings once again and thank you so much for reaching out.

    In the process of troubleshooting I decided to roll back to a previous GPU driver and the issue has been fixed. When I put the PC together last Friday it downloaded and updated all drivers by itself and things were more or less fine for pretty much every game, but Battlefield 2042 was a nightmare to get running properly.

    After DDU to a previous driver version I immediately noticed the CPU usage to be at 30% in the menu (previously 55-60%). After the first 5 minutes of playing I still had some stutters but that was due to building shaders I imagine, and after that it was extremely smooth, no more hiccups or stutters.

    For someone that might have this issue in the future, please don't be stupid like me and let Windows update your GPU drivers, do it manually and without being connected to the internet.

    Once again thank you for reaching out and sorry for opening a thread unnecessarily.

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