FC 26 MEMORY LEAK

Title: Severe FPS Drop and VRAM Memory Leak After Recent Updates

For the past few months I have been experiencing serious performance issues in EA Sports FC 26.
When the game first launched this issue usually started after the second half or before the next match. FPS would suddenly drop from 60 to 5-10 and the game would completely lose its smoothness especially during cutscenes.

After the recent updates the situation has become worse. Now even before starting a match the game immediately starts stuttering and the FPS stays low.

I have tried the following:

Cleared shaders and cache files

Repaired the game through EA App

Tried different V-Sync and FPS settings

Disabled all overlays (EA, Game Bar, GeForce Experience, Discord, etc.)

Unfortunately nothing has changed. I suspect the problem is caused by a VRAM memory leak where the GPU memory keeps increasing and is never released properly. The game seems to not clear VRAM during or after cutscenes causing performance to gradually degrade. Restarting the game temporarily fixes it but the issue returns after every match.

Platform: PC
GPU: RTX 3050 Ti
CPU: i5-11400H
RAM: 16 GB
Game Version: Latest Update (v26.xx, October 2025)