Re: CPU 100% PROBLEM

This is what I posted in another thread that turned up an issue with a background process....and why I wanted you to run process explorer and watch the real numbers for CPU by DA:I and other processes.

http://answers.ea.com/t5/Dragon-Age-Inquisition/Low-unplayable-fps-after-hardware-upgrade/m-p/4349686#U4349686

The CPU at 98-100% is what I am a bit concerned about.  and it MAY be related to the 20-30% when Idle.  The game needs between 60-90% of your CPU to run smoothly, and thus if you have anything taking up from 10-30% CPU power, then the game will lag, run slow and basically be unplayable.  So you should have a list of Process on the left of Process explorer, then CPU in next column,  then Private bytes, working set, PID, Description and finally Company name.

What you are looking for is anything that is using CPU when running DAI...so click on CPU so it lists programs/processes by descending CPU use..

So if you are running DAI it should basically look like this...

Dragon Age Inquisition...       80.99         whatever memory         whatever memory   etc etc     Bioware/EA

System Idle....                            15.00            0k                                       0k                          0   blank      blank------------system idle is just what isn't being used

and on down the list....

The problem will show up if you see something like

System(or really anything other than system Idle)                              15.00                       etc                                           etc                    etc            

Which would mean you have something with Windows or related components using 15% of your CPU when you are trying to play DAI... If you are getting 2-5% you will probably be ok, but you don't want to see one topping 10% by any means when trying to play...

I have read somewhere that Intel has a page filing process used with SSds that has a habit of doing this...is supposed to be used when drives are used in RAID if I am remembering correctly, and thus can be disabled to free up processor power...can't find the thread on here that mentions the process and how to disable it.

So if you ignore this advice another time, then I will leave you alone because you obviously don't want my help, and I am wasting both our times.

mcsupersport sorry for the slow answer , i used the software you suggested (great software)

and it was like this 

Dragon Age Inquisition taking up to 65~90%

with system idle 10~15%

is that normal? , rest were 0.1

Well, now that is quite curious....Your issue is 100% cpu and lag, yet what you are posting here doesn't show up that issue.  Game taking 60-90% is normal, and shouldn't cause an issue lagging there....

So it sounds like homework time again for you...If you have dual monitors it will make the next step easier...

Play the game and keep Process Explorer running and get the game to start lagging and stuttering, then look at Process Explorer and see how much use DAI has, and if there is another process running.

System  Idle is just a phantom catagory basically saying how much free power your CPU has, it isn't anything to worry about.

System would be an issue...

Or like I posted before, anything taking 5% or more when trying to play can be an issue.

Because simple logic dictates if the game is using only 60-90% of your cpu, then it isn't the sole cause of your cpu maxing out, so you now need to find what is maxing it..

So put Process explorer up, click on the cpu tab, so it lists your usage from greatest to least, make sure you have the slider all the way to the top and get it to act up and lets see what is causing your issue...

i will check next time i play

but again its those spikes to 100% who bothers me 

its not constant 100 at all times

I have this problem as well: an incredibly high CPU usage that basically drains all life and movement from my proccessing. The really crappy part about it is that my brother and his girlfriend are able to play it on their own seperate PC's. My brother's is practically state-of-the-art beast, but his GF's is the exact same PC build as mine, but with an older and a little less efficient graphics card, so it shouldn't be the system's fault: it must be the game. I've tried nearly everything to try and boost performance except wasting more money, but I still come up with nothing.

The Lone Kerbal...find the link to the process explorer in this thread, get it, run it while playing the game, and watch your CPU use by the game and any other process that ISN'T system idle process and when you identify the one that is drawing away CPU time from the game, you will find your problem and be able to fix it.