Maybe high cpu usage after season 3 and what is this ntoskrnl.exe ?

Question

While there was no such problem in seasons 1 and 2, after season 3 the CPU usage reaches 100%. GPU usage drops to 60-70-80 and sometimes even 50. I may have opened a topic after a long time, but still this problem has not been solved as far as I can see? Although I formatted the PC and installed BF2042 from scratch, I saw that the CPU usage was quite high. Also, for some reason, ntoskrnl.exe sometimes increases up to 20% usage. Especially in the loading scenes (game M2 SSD installed), I can't make sense of it. Anyone having problems like me?

game on auto graphics settings (high)

8700K 5GHZ
1080Ti OC
32GB 3000MHZ DDR4
165HZ Monitor
Asus Z370A Prime MB

ntoskrnl.exe screenshot and Dxdiag attachment btw.

atcleeghoofd · Answer

@FatihRSPR Plenty have sortlike findings, although I have nothing against 100% CPU+ load, just ensure everything is properly cooled and you don't experience lag or microstutter created by to this load phenomena....

fatihrspr · Answer

CPU temps are normal, but pre-season 3 wasn't using that much CPU. Somehow fixed ntoskrnl.exe high cpu usage. Only bf2042 high cpu usage problem remained.Thanks for help.

ea_atic · Answer

Hi @FatihRSPR, if you use higher in game settings it should reduce the load on CPU and increase GPU utilization. /Atic

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Maybe high cpu usage after season 3 and what is this ntoskrnl.exe ?

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