So, according to game requirements BF1 should be fine with I5 7300HQ. But it's not. I've set everything to lowest, set render ahead limit to 1, but CPU is still on 100% usage. FPS cap is 60 set with Riva. GPU(1050) usage is hardly 50% and game is dropping frames a lot(from 60 to 20 easily).
I don't think this should happen. It's 4 core CPU with 3,5Ghz turboboost. Temps are fine.
Any ideas?
Same happens to me with my i5-6600K (Overclocked to 4.3GHz)
Battlefield 1 is extremely CPU heavy. I believe the game uses all 6 Cores in a CPU. So 4 would be a struggle for it to perform flawlessly on all Ultra settings. With 4 cores and 4 threads, the CPU is not enough for the game to run on all max settings.
For the future I would consider buying a core i7 processor that's strong enough to handle the needs of our future games to run smoothly.
Try giving this forum thread a look. Worked for a friend of mine.
https://forums.battlefield.com/en-us/discussion/42847/high-cpu-usage-low-fps-potential-fix
Good luck 🙂
Hello @MyMumIsAstronaut Your situation is an usual for those who has CPU below recommended. I had the same issue, had 100% CPU usage with i5 and GPU 780 Ti and fps drops from ~80 to ~40 FPS. The drops are gone after purchasing i7 CPU.
Also, Battlefield 1 is a "Processor-independent" game. You need to have a really good CPU to play the game comfortably. What I can advise is try to run a clean boot on your PC (laptop) https://help.ea.com/tr/help/faq/how-to-clean-boot-your-pc/ and perhaps your performance will be improved.
