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nohassi
Rising Novice
3 months ago

Serious Lag Issue in FC25 on RTX 4070 Laptop – GPU Usage Drops to 0%

Hi everyone,
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.

8 Replies

  • Same problem. And to make matters worse, I don't even play online matches! It was so frustrating playing career mode with this lag that I shut down my computer mid game. 

  • LaCarpeKOI's avatar
    LaCarpeKOI
    Rising Newcomer
    2 months ago

    Same, WHAT ARE YOU DOING EA !!! If you have a solution pls share it, at this point im just giving up. 99% gpu usage on the menu and only 50% in game is also a complete unspeakable thing how is it possible to build a thing that is that much messed up, gpu usage is 99% on the menu and the menu still lagy just like the 7 past years, and when we need it in game its like 50% usage with consistent drops to 0% usage makiong the game unplayable. WHAT ARE YOU DOING EA !!!

  • Aless60hz's avatar
    Aless60hz
    Newcomer
    21 days ago

    have u found a solution yet? this is unplayable

     

     

  • nohassi's avatar
    nohassi
    Rising Novice
    21 days ago

    No I didn’t. Still trying to figure it out — it’s literally unplayable right now

  • Jamiemgr's avatar
    Jamiemgr
    Seasoned Newcomer
    10 days ago

    The stutter and lag is ridiculous, shouldn't be running like this on an RTX 4070

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