Re: Madden NFL 24 - Launch Update On PC Performance

• CPU: Intel Core i5-10300H Processor (Quad-Core, 2.5GHz, 8MB Cache)
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
• RAM: 8gb
• Windows Version: 11 
• Graphics Settings for Madden NFL 24: Low to Medium
• Game Resolution Selected (e.g. 1920x1080):  1920x1080

I have played several other high intensity games on High/Ultra settings (GTA, RDR2, CoD, Forza) with FPS ranges of 60-120, at times 145 depending on OC and all other things said and done.

I am noticing 3-4 months laters that this issue of the game utilizing the CPU to maximum whereas my GPU sits virtually untouched. All the setting adjustments and etc have been calculated into each scenario and the output remains the same; the game appears to stutter and play in slow motion regardless of the game mode.

Even after reviewing countless posts in this thread, some of those touching 32-64gb of RAM, better CPU’s and etc, are having the same exact issues as I am, including those with a worse build.

The problem shouldn't come down to cpus with four threads though.

The real problem is that rather than make a proper PC port, what EA has released is in fact basically an emulated console version.  Emulated console games have always ran like trash because they don't take advantage of any video card resources - and they try to do all the graphics processing with something that's not specialized for the task

So EA basically decided to tell a very large number of its PC customers to f*ck off.  There's a reason why no other developer does it this way.  This isn't a matter of improving the game for next gen, it's a matter of very very poor resource allocation and a matter of laziness/greed.

Rather than making a proper PC port, they tried to do as little work as possible for their PC customers resulting in a game that (let's be honest) looks basically identical to its predecessor but also has an insatiable hunger for cpus.

This is extremely disappointing. 

I don't blame the devs though, the people to blame are the EA corporate execs who let the company be run by their accounting department in all things.   And they apparently thought we'd all be too stupid to realize that what they did was a poorly optimized emulation for minimum man hours - resulting in a product that a huge portion of their fanbase will not be able to use.  

Willingly giving up that many customers is asinine.

SO to anyone reading this after me, by doubling down on their intent to dismiss anyone with fewer than 8 threads, what they're saying is there is no fix forthcoming and you should not expect one.  The game abusing your processor while neglecting your videocard is the game working as intended.  

@GhostyxCaliber I used to have the exact same specs as you, upgrade ram in your laptop to atleast 16 gb of ram, enable madden to always run in high performance in pc settings, go into your nvidia settings and change shader cache to have the setting that uses the most memory, and once you do these go into madden settings and cap it to 30 fps. This will get rid of stuttering issues.

Do you have any idea on how to change the shader cache settings on current AMD adrenalin software? The only option that I see is to reset shader cache, but that option does no good. It just has to rebuild the shader cache to the point where the game will play without stuttering a lot in first 30 minutes of game play. Then it is not so often. 

I have ethe same issues and have tried everything like a broken record. I have been a madden PC fan for years only missing madden 23. now I buy Madden 24 and have all kinds of these issues like others?????? 

Can anyone help.

How about a class action lawsuit!!!!!!!!!

No way to feasibly contact EA for a return!!!!

However, I would just like it fixed.  

I don't think that EA is going to fix this, so I've searched high and low for some answers that do not fix it from their end.

Not sure what your specs are but here's mine. 

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 Ghz  w/ G. Skill FlareX 32GB DDR4 3200Mhz RAM

Be Quite! Dark Rock Pro 4 Cooler  /   ASUS Prime x570-P Motherboard

AMD Radeon RX 6700XT

LG 32" 1920x1080 Monitor

Crucial P1 1TB M.2 (OS) Samsung 960EVO M.2 (Recording Drive)

Corsair RM850x PSU

I know what the recommended specs are, but if your system doesn't have at least 32MB of RAM you may need to think about upgrading your RAM. This is a super intensive game that has a bad port from the console version to PC and very poor optimization. Something that has helped immensely on my gaming experience is to make sure that my in game graphics settings are set correctly. Not saying that we have to turn everything down to low, because that is not the case. I've attached my settings in hopes that y'all can get a smoother game experience. These were passed on to me and I hope they work for y'all. Keep in mind that if you have a much better monitor than I do, you can play around with the FPS settings. I would never recommend unlimited FPS setting, but if you have a system that is capable of a sustained 120 FPS, then by all means try capping at that and see what happens. Not saying this will work for everybody, but has done wonders on my gaming rig. 

Thanks, appreciate the help. Unfortunately the cache clearing didn't resolve. Going to initiate a chargeback with the credit card company as EA haven't responded to a ticket I raised with them about it.