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Re: PC Battlefield 5 High CPU usage, Low GPU usage

Thank you both for your suggestions and feedback. I hadn't checked this post lately because EA flagged it as spam, but I thought I would update this thread.
I turned FFR off with DX12 on, and it did put slightly less strain onto the CPU, but still gets around 90% and up while in game. Turning DX12 off placed my CPU at 100% while sitting in the menu. So with FFR OFF and DX12 ON is the best combination for a low-end CPU. Although it still runs 90% at least while in game, which is a shame. People were saying in this other thread: https://forums.battlefield.com/en-us/discussion/comment/1368603#Comment_1368603
that even an i7-8700 were still getting the same performance issues. It sucks because I like the game, but having a hex-core seems almost necessary to play it, even though their recommended CPU's are far below the performance a hex-core CPU would give.
Again, thanks for your guys' insight

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  • Visocane's avatar
    Visocane
    7 years ago

    Woow. 

    I recnetly bought a 2070 and got a offer for 1 out of 3 Games. Stupid as im i choosed Battlefield V. It's April 2019 and this Problem still exists. Why woud this game be added to a graphicscard if you need a I-9 with liquid nitrogen cooling and 10 Ghz overclock. 

    I have an i5-7600k. I have overclocked it to 4.9 Ghz stable and it doesen't change anything regarding FPS in BF V compared to the 4.2 Ghz stock settings. I still get the same framedrops and lags from time to time. 

    I now do exactly remember why i stoped buying Battlfield Titles after Bad Company 2. It's so repetitive and kinda always the same game from it's base but also has changed a lot since BF 1942. This Tripple A Title has worse performance then any other Game. I'd say EA has a huge budget for they're games and sells such an bad performing game. 

    Bysides that the performance is one of the worst ever the gameplaybalance is worse then ever aswell. I mean why the heck a Tank doesen't explode after being hit with 2 C4's and 3 Rockets. In a frontline mode where the tank-crew just mows down the infantrie with the MG's. 

    After reading all this im not even feeling like opening this game anymore and torture my cpu for nothing. 

    Fix your * EA.

  • Ok dude you are talking nonsense, you have half the amount of CPU cores than a console.

    >> I have an i5-7600k.

    You have a 4x core CPU with just 4x threads. Consoles have TWICE as many cores!  Without more threads, you are not going to compete with a console even with a higher clock speed or K model. You will only outperform the console in single core performance... but few cores don't run today's big games. So no point paying up for a K model.

    Even a low clocked 6x core i5 would do better than yours at this.

    The age of 4x core CPUs for big games is OVER - it was overdue, we were stagnating! That ended with BF1 already. Thats why you see 6 and 8 core CPUs coming out.

    As an example, I can run BF1 smooth with a i7 3770 only because it has 8x threads to compensate (since each core is very powerful), even a i7 2600 could run BF1 just because of it having 8x threads.

    The hardware demands of games normally go up in relation to console hardware capability. Console hardware capability has increased, and so will PC gaming hardware demands. As more hardware becomes available, game developers can build more features and improvements that utilize the available hardware. 


    Game hardware requirements ALWAYS increase over time. We were about to stagnate.

  • TOM0_0FACE's avatar
    TOM0_0FACE
    6 years ago

    That isn't how anything works. Old AMD cpus like the ones in consoles have more cores, but those cores are fundamentally worse than newer CPU's. A CPU's speed is also determined by the number of transistors in each core and other efficiency boosts- which determines how many calculations are being performed during each cycle of the cpu.

  • i like reading 12 month old posts, i have 8 cores/16 threads , 32 g 3200mhz ram and a 2080 ti, and no, PC is not stagnating

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