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TE_RaPiDz
Rising Newcomer
3 months ago

FC25 low CPU and GPU utilisation

When I played the game at launch I never suffered any problems but now I've noticed FPS stutters when playing and no matter what I try to do nothing fixes it. 

When I'm in game my CPU and GPU sit at around 30-50% utilisation which causes the game to stutter. I have even since upgraded my CPU and GPU and still getting the same experience. I can play the game without stutters at 1080p but it still is only utilising 30-50%.

I have upgraded components I have reinstalled windows. I have turned on hardware accelerated gpu scheduling. I have changed Nvidia control panel settings. I've reinstalled the fc24 anti cheat instead of FC25 I've made the filed read only. Yet nothing seems to work. Yet my hardware should be more than fine to run it. 

CPU: Intel i5 14600k 

GPU: Nvidia RTX 4070 

RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000mhz

SSD : 1tb Crucial P3 Plus NVME

Any help would be appreciated only want to play career mode 😂

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  • nohassi's avatar
    nohassi
    Rising Novice
    2 months ago

    I have some problem , I'm facing a very frustrating issue with EA Sports FC 25 on my laptop and I’ve tried almost everything to fix it, but nothing worked so far.
    My Specs:
    GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4070 (Laptop)
    CPU: AMD Ryzen 9
    RAM: 32GB
    Storage: 1TB SSD (No HDD)
    OS: Windows 11
    The Problem:
    When playing FC25, the game runs fine for a few seconds, then suddenly GPU usage drops to 0%, and the FPS drops massively, causing heavy stuttering and unplayable lag. After a few seconds, GPU usage goes back to 40–50%, and the game runs fine again — then the cycle repeats. This ONLY happens in FC25. Other games like GTA RP run perfectly smooth.
    Here’s what I’ve tried so far (none of which worked):
    Reinstalled the game (fully deleted and redownloaded)
    Clean install of GPU drivers using DDU
    Forced the game to use High-Performance NVIDIA Processor
    Disabled iGPU from Device Manager
    Changed power plan to Best Performance
    Disabled overlays (Discord, EA App, NVIDIA)
    Edited FCSETTINGS.ini to force DirectX 12
    Lowered all in-game graphics settings
    Disabled V-Sync, enabled DLSS (Balanced/Performance)
    Tested temperatures — no thermal throttling
    Game is running from SSD, not HDD
    Despite all these steps, the GPU still keeps dropping to 0% randomly during matches, causing constant FPS drops and stutters.
    I’ve read that others are having the same issue with RTX laptops, especially with FC25, and that EA might be working on a patch — but nothing official has fixed it yet.
    If anyone has found a solution, or if EA Devs are seeing this, please look into this hybrid GPU bug or rendering issue. The game is unplayable in its current state.

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