SecureBoot causes my computer to stutter, which is why I disabled it in the first place.
You guys made this same decision for Fifa 24 and I had to refund it because I was unable to play it.
Another Playtest that shall not be named uses Javelin and runs perfectly fine.
So what the hell?
You will need to enable Secure Boot. Unless you want to wait and see on GeForce Now picking it up soon?
Another user (@SuisidleJr) reported success when flashing their BIOS if you are saying you have enabled Secure Boot and are still seeing errors...?
Community ManagerPlease see [INFO] Secure Boot Information for Battlefield 6 | EA Forums - 12414271.
Thank you.
Just for fun, what's you PC specs?
Ryzen 5800x3D
RTX 3080
32GB RAM
This is not a solution or an informed response to my concerns. Passively linking to a page isn't helpful in any capacity when it doesn't resolve the issues I have with stutters and performance.
That aside, do you genuinely believe it's acceptable for a standard end-user PC gamer to have to update and modify BIOS, convert boot partitions, all to potentially get their PC stuck in a boot loop in the hopes of paying you to play your game? Who on earth would look at this as a sound business decision when trying to appeal to the same demographic you've let down in the past? When there are so many games with kernel-level anti-cheat that don't require fiddling needlessly with BIOS and risking a bricked computer, how is this acceptable or user-friendly?
Did you guys have SecureBoot enabled in 2021 when people stole the source code to one of the FIFA games? Did it stop THOSE hackers? Is this just an attempt to look more proactive about hackers? I'm genuinely incredibly interested in the thought process behind the decision from a business perspective as opposed to what's written on that page for the public that you linked. Kernel level anti-cheats are just as subject to being circumvented as userspace anti-cheats, and this forced SecureBoot thing was seemingly implemented in FIFA so that users couldn't exploit purchases from the market, NOT to improve the gameplay experience for the players. I say this because up until now I haven't seen it in other EA titles (That didn't have big stores in the first place).
Why does this game require SecureBoot when so many other games with Kernel-level Anti-cheat do not?
That aside, do you genuinely believe it's acceptable for a standard end-user PC gamer to have to update and modify BIOS, convert boot partitions, all to potentially get their PC stuck in a boot loop in the hopes of paying you to play your game? Who on earth would look at this as a sound business decision when trying to appeal to the same demographic you've let down in the past? When there are so many games with kernel-level anti-cheat that don'trequire fiddling needlessly with BIOS and risking a bricked computer, how is this acceptable or user-friendly?
Did you guys have SecureBoot enabled in 2021 when people stole the source code to one of the FIFA games? Did it stop THOSE hackers? Is this just an attempt to look more proactive about hackers? I'm genuinely incredibly interested in the thought process behind the decision from a business perspective as opposed to what's written on that page for the public that you linked. Kernel level anti-cheats are just as subject to being circumvented as userspace anti-cheats, and this forced SecureBoot thing was seemingly implemented in FIFA so that users couldn't exploit purchases from the market, NOT to improve the gameplay experience for the players. I say this because up until now I haven't seen it in other EA titles (That didn't have big stores in the first place).
Do you honestly expect an answer or is this just a rhetorical question?
My spec almost same, except GPU - 3080 Ti.
I have got Secure Boot enabled (well i got it always enabled since Win11 install), but i have no any stutters.
I think when TPU 2.0 became a must there was complains on some kind of stutters, but i just bought extrnal TPU 2.0 instead use fTPU build-in in CPU for my motherboard and i guess later things was resolved in general.
BIOS update maybe?
Chipset drivers?
There two main things:
EA set requirements for their product based on what they want to achieve. Since Battlefield mainly multiplayeer game - cheaters main problem. So, this is solution they are trying. They not responsible for settings set wrong on you PC.
Then you PC. Depends of who installed you windows: was it you or maybe OEM manufacturer did you for you - problem is same. Lack of professionalism - if everything was configures and setup correctly - you didn't get any problem.
Since you got pretty modern GPU - it should support Resizable BAR too, but if you look requirements for it, they are pretty same:
Some people think that PC it's something like toster or maybe flatiron which is "Just Work", but it's significantly complicated and it even may change over time. Don't let it happen with you.
Funny enough I just swapped to fTPM enabled and secure boot. Booted up 2042 and it ran fine honestly. Even opened BF6 to mess with the settings ahead of launch no issues.
I'd make sure you're on the latest bios, and latest drivers for your chipset.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT1gR4tnqDM
What is SecureBoot for again?
The general idea behind secure boot is to prevent malicious code from being ran on your PC.
The idea behind requiring it for BF6 is to prevent cheating.
That said, I think it's a ridiculous requirement for a game. There is other anti-cheat methods that do a fine job. Does the secure boot requirement do a better job? I'd assume so, but it also means there's just regular people that literally can't play the game. And if your anti-cheat blocks regular people from playing the game, your anti-cheat is not working correctly.
For tech literate people, it's not a big deal to check if your partitions are GPT or MBR, and if they are MBR to convert them. Then to go into bios to turn on TPM and secure boot. This however would be difficult for a lot of people that find the command line scary (it's fair to be scared by it, you can mess up your computer).
Does Win 11 require GPT? Yes.
Is Win 10 being end of lifed in a couple months? Absolutely.
But is it a games place to force you to make changes to your bios and disk drives to play? In 1995 or 2005, sure it wouldn't be too unreasonable, but in 2025 I think it's an expectation that is unrealistic and frankly ridiculous. Some people don't even have a TPM but their computers are fine, why should they have to purchase a new mobo or an external TPM just to play a game when their computer and other games of similar spec perform fine.
While I do have a TPM and can turn on secure boot, I don't appreciate the expectation and the likely trend that will follow if battlefield doesn't remove this requirement. They can remove the requirement and still have a strong anti-cheat. That said, EA is not known for listening to feedback, so I am sorry to all of the people that want to play the game but can't due to arbitrary hardware requirements.
The issue is that it very clearly did not prevent hackers from exploiting the game on day 1. I jumped through the hoops and enabled SecureBoot, so why am I encountering hackers, EA?
What about all that fluff bull**bleep** you guys wrote on that "Why you NEED SecureBoot" page?
Can you just admit that you're lying to your playerbase?
