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bwk-20
New Novice
3 months ago

Intermittent micro-stuttering on on all screens (main menu and in game).

I have a brand new 2024 ASUS ROG Strix G16 (laptop) with Intel i9 processor, 32 gb RAM, 3 Tb SSD, and Nvidia 4070 GPU. I bought this computer 2 months ago and started playing battlefield 2042 for the first time and it ran great up until a couple of weeks ago when the war machine event ended. I noticed that after the event ended that I started getting some lag or stuttering during the game and it has persisted to this day.  it micro stutters on the main menu and in game.  when it begins to microstutter in game the Time nudge (TN) stat goes from about 20 ish anywhere up to about 900 and then it severely lags. This issue is intermittent and I have read every post and thread that I can find on the internet about these issues that players have had over all the years and tried every fix that I have read from turning off the overlays, to updating drivers, changing from WiFi to an Ethernet cable, etc (literally everything that I've read, I've tried).  I have to believe it is not on my end but on the server side. My buddy who also plays battlefield 2042 has a similar laptop to mine  and can sit right next to me and doesn't have a single issue. I'm about ready to call it quits which I love playing battlefield but I don't have this issue with any other game that I play.  any help or insights into this matter would be greatly appreciated.

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  • OskooI_007's avatar
    OskooI_007
    Seasoned Ace
    3 months ago

    There should be a way change the CPU usage graph so it displays the usage of each individual CPU core in Task Manager.

    To see CPU usage per core in Windows Task Manager, open the Performance tab, then right-click on the CPU graph and choose "Change graph to > Logical processors".

    If you don't see any of the individual CPU cores reaching near 100% utilization in the task manager graph then you can rule out the spikes being a CPU issue.

    I do see the CPU downclocking it's frequency quite a bit. That may be normal and a non-issue so long as none of the individuals CPU cores are going near 100%.

  • Why not switch to Windows 10?

    What kind of thing is Windows 11?

    ( ﹁ ﹁ ) ~→

  • bwk-20's avatar
    bwk-20
    New Novice
    3 months ago

    So I did go in to the resource monitor and started checking the individual cores. Even with Windows set for best performance there were still many cores that were parked and you were right some of the cores did reach right at 100%. So I watched some tutorial videos on how to unlock all the cores. After doing that, it has smoothed out the gameplay but there are still CPU spikes (intermittently) on the graph and some micro stutters. However, it isn't doing it nowhere near like it was. I was only able to fit in three or four rounds before I had to stop so I'm still holding my breath to see if it happens again but I imagine this is just a Band-aid or a temporary fix if it continues to work.

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