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loopy750's avatar
5 years ago

FPS performance worse vs Origin

I've reported this via the app so I'll keep it brief.

Versus Origin, CPU usage with EA Desktop is higher than Origin and therefore the FPS in games is lower. And this is with a 9900K.

Also when I right-click, the menu is tiny and I can't see the options.

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  • EA_Illium's avatar
    EA_Illium
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    5 years ago
    @loopy750 Thanks for letting us know about the CPU usage your seeing! To confirm which menu in EA Desktop or in a game was Tiny when right-clicking it for you? (Home, Browser, My collection, Friend tab, etc)
  • loopy750's avatar
    loopy750
    5 years ago

    Hi Illium. I just downloaded the latest version and right-clicking no longer does anything. So technically there's nothing wrong with that now and I'm guessing this is the intended behaviour.

  • Hey zapy85. I tested on two games, Battlefield 1 and Battlefield 4. Interestingly, there's no FPS difference in BF1, but in BF4 it's easily reproducible. The easiest method is simply spawning into the test range and taking note of the FPS. I used MSI Afterburner to record the average, but of course the game engine's FPS counter will do if you don't use that.

    Using Origin the average FPS was 673.

    Using EA Desktop the average FPS was 572.

    Obviously at such high frames it wouldn't really be noticeable, but the fact a 15% reduction in performance exists shouldn't be happening.

    I have the in-game overlay disabled in both programs just in case that was affecting it.

  • More than two years on and nothing has changed, can't say I'm surprised. And now people are being forced to "update" to this inferior app.

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