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Trinzz
9 months ago

Performance - CPU at 100% constantly - i7 9700k

Hey all, I decided to give the game another shot after a few years away, but I’m running into some serious issues with my CPU running at 100% constantly and getting severe stuttering.  Despite havi...
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OskooI_007
Seasoned Ace
8 months ago

Looks like there's 2GB of free RAM memory so that doesn't appear to be causing game stutters.

You are correct about the CPU being pegged at 100%. Do you have Ray Traced Ambient Occlusion enabled in 2042 settings? If you do try turing it off. Ray Tracing is a very CPU demanding setting.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/gfecnt/202111/battlefield-2042-dlss-ray-tracing-reflex-out-now/#:~:text=In%20Battlefield%202042%2C%20EA%20and,where%20game%20elements%20occlude%20light.

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Trinzz
8 months ago

No ray tracing or ambient occlusion enabled.

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    OskooI_007
    Seasoned Ace
    8 months ago

    How many frames per second do you have in 2042?

    Type the console command 'perfoverlay.drawgraph 1' into 2042 command console without the quotes and post screenshot.

    perfoverlay.drawgraph 1 will provide useful performance information.

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