Description:
While idling in the main menu, Battlefield 6 drives the GPU to 90–95% usage constantly, while CPU usage remains around 30–35%.
This feels abnormal for a non-rendering/menu state – similar issue was already present in BF2042 and seems to have carried over.
My suspicion:
It looks like the game is unnecessarily rendering something in the background (or "mining/grinding" using our hardware). Menus should not push GPUs to near 100% load.
System Specs:
Evidence:
(Attached screenshot)
Steps to Reproduce:
Expected Behavior:
Main menu should be lightweight – GPU load should be minimal or capped, similar to other AAA titles (FPS limiter / vsync in menus).
Actual Behavior:
GPU runs at near full utilization in menu, causing unnecessary power draw and heat.
Impact:
While I generally agree with your sentiment and there is likely a great deal of optimization still to come, the main menu is a rendered space. If the beta is like the playtests, you can very quickly switch to the soldier config screen with no loading. So while I suspect the GPU is "primed" even in that screen, I would agree that it should not be doing much rendering until you start seeing models and textures...
For example, Call of Duty, also renders soldiers and background but the PC usage is decent, not very high.
Also, when I alt+tab the game in menu, most of the rendering should be paused.
