Extreme FPS drop & 100% GPU usage during matches (GTX 1650 Super)

PC Extreme FPS drop and 100 percent GPU usage during matches in EA Sports FC 26.

GPU GTX 1650 Super

Monitor 144Hz

OS Windows 10

The main menu and lobby run normally. As soon as a match starts loading, even before kickoff, FPS drops to 6 to 8 and GPU usage jumps to 100 percent. The game becomes completely unplayable during matches only.

I tried FPS limit, VSync, borderless windowed mode, DX11 launch option, lowering all graphics settings including crowd, reinstalling GPU drivers, power management maximum performance, manual settings ini file and shader cache reset. None of these helped.

Even when CROWD_QUALITY is set to 0 in settings ini and the file is read only, crowd is still rendered during matches. This suggests match rendering settings are being overridden or ignored.

This appears to be a rendering or optimization bug affecting GTX 16 series GPUs rather than a hardware limitation.