Game Freezing and Random Times
Hi, Just recently started playing BF2042. Fresh install of Windows. No programs running in the background. My game randomly freezes, this has happened in the menus and during games. PC completely ...
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What CPU do u have & what is CPU usage in % while gaming?
Use your graphics control panel (AMD/Nvidia) to limit the maximum FPS.
Example: If you have a 144hz monitor, then limit the number of FPS from 144 ÷154 FPS (set the same limit as the refresh rate or enter max +10 FPS more from the HZ of your monitor). If you don't know how to do this then just enable vertical sync in the game (it sets the FPS limit the same as your monitor's refresh rate)
In my opinion, you have serious FPS dropping (the game is demanding when it comes to CPU , if the CPU reaches 100% computing power while playing (it is clogged) then the game for a while "freeze" until the CPU recalculates all other processes in the queue.
You can mitigate this by changing the priority for the bf2042.exe application to high priority. (Then the game will be first for CPU recalculation).
The FPS limit relieves the CPU, because the more FPS the CPU has to recalculate, the more it is loaded.
If you have Nvidia graphics, then enable the option below (look screen) in the 3D control panel and reboot the PC. You will have less FPS in the game, but it will relieve the CPU, which should eliminate the error you describe.
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I have an i9 10900k
radeon 6800xt
32gb ram
165hz 2k monitor
i was running the game with vertical sync enabled
With such a powerful CPU, there is unlikely to be a problem in the form that it does not perform with the game BF2042But just out of curiosity, check the CPU load when playing BF2042.exe (only not through task manager - it shows nonsense 🙂 ,
Use a program that shows OSD while playing called Intel PresentMon (the only program that works in games with EA Anti Cheat xd) , or use AMD overlay, there it should also show CPU load while playing.
In nvidia, I solved the problem you described after by changing the power mode in the Nvidia driver settings (See screen 1.png). In the default mode i.e. Optimal Power Nvidia were badly synchronizing clocks and power consumption , so that when there was a sudden spike in action (which in games occurs practically all the time), the game would cut me.
After changing to Addaptive mode, everything works perfectly.
Check if you have any power modes on AMD at your place, if so, tinker with them, for starters try selecting maximum performance (clocks going non-stop at max clocks), if that has an effect then try other power modesGL
I saw a thread saying to install it on a different drive so I reinstalled the game on my m.2 drive that I usually only use for windows, all of my games are always on my backup SSD.
So far, no crashes...
