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chama4414
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25 days ago

FREEZE then SPEEDUP - 100% disk usage, EA FC PC

During Both Online and offline games, in Clubs and just online friendlies, the game freezes for 0.5 to 15 seconds and then speeds up to catch up. 

Only the gameplay freezes totally, during the freeze i can access the menu and control the player (move around and request passes) but the screen is frozen.

In Clubs the freeze is resolved by itself by speedup and in online friendlies pausing does the job.

The issue here is disk usage which, during the freeze, spikes from minimal to 100% in the performance tab (TASK MANAGER), but in processes the disk usage is stuck at 50% and the biggest disk user is "System" with only 2mbps.

The game is downloaded through steam on SSD. PC energy settings is on high performance.

Sysmain is off.  Game files are validated, no other big background processes except discord , steam and Nvidia. THESE FIXES worked a bit since it was 3-4 times per clubs match and now its 1-2.

The graphics are Low, resolution- HD, and fps is limited to 60hz. 

Specs ; RTX3060 12gb , ram 32gb (Not even half is used),  intel Core i7 11700k, SSD- Patriot P210 512gb (120gb is free) , CONNECTION via Ethernet so NOT A NETWORK PROBLEM

Didn't notice this on any other games.

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  • I've been facing this same issue for years. At first, I thought it was my system (RTX 4050, 32GB RAM, i7-13700HX), but I just noticed my SSD usage hits 100% right when the game freezes. Hey EA, please help us fix this.

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