I've tried a few different things including solutions I've found on the subreddit for older Madden games, but none have worked. I went into my Graphics Settings on my PC and forced the game to use my GPU and it didn't work, I tried to locate my settings.ini file or whatever it was called and it was nowhere to be found, and unless I'm blind I was unable to find Adaptive V-Sync anywhere in my NVIDIA settings for Madden 24.The title is NOT an exaggeration by the way...Specs:CPU: Intel Core i7-11700KGPU: NVIDIA RTX 3060 TiRAM: 16 GB DDR4 2122 MHzIf you have any other solutions I will try them out, but as of now this game is so poorly optimized for PC that it is completely unplayable for me.

Hey EA Barry, this problem with the 100% cpu usage is a huge problem that EA needs to fix. It has nothing to do with my motherboard. Every game I play is perfect and smooth but then I play madden and it constantly crashes, huge input lag, plays super slow, and run like * on pc. Everyone who plays on pc right now has this problem whether they realize it or not. Please fix your terrible game. The only reason I play this is because I love football. I wish ANY other company had the rights to NFL football because it would actually be a good game. I can't even play the game because every time I play half way through the game it crashes. I have never had a problem playing a game with my pc until this. Also funny EA Barry how EA is not going to fix this or even acknowledge that this is a problem. I would be shocked if anyone at EA even sees this post on their own * website. Does anyone work at EA? or do you guys just copy and paste the game every year with updated rosters. Where does all the money go that you guys make on it? Oh yea thats right you only spend money on marketing and not on making a good product. Rule #1 of business, product is most important. If you don't have a good product how do you sell it to people? Oh wait you guys just false advertise and lie to people to get them to buy it. Also your the only company with the rights to NFL. So if you wanna play a football game it has to be your garbage game. I hope you guys do something please!!!!! I know you won't but just please!!!! Please get in contact with me and fix this game. Contact me at [edit: email address removed]

@EA_BarryThis is definitely not the case. This is an issue EXCLUSIVE to Madden 24.All three of my monitors are plugged directly into my RTX 3060 Ti, yet the game functions like I'm playing on my old GTX 1050. I was monitoring my Task Manager performance while in the game and it said 1-2% GPU usage the entire time. Interestingly, though, when I tabbed out of Madden to go to Discord, my browser, or any other application, my GPU usage would spike to 70-100% usage out of NOWHERE.Thank you for your reply, please let me know if you have any other solutions.

by far the worst madden port I have ever seen for pc wtf did u guys do to this game?????? Get rid of the garbage anti cheat crap as well WTH! Very laggy game feels like I’m playing in slow motion!

The game is poorly coded. It does NOT properly utilize the GPU and, instead, shifts the burden to the CPU in ALL cases. As anyone with any PC knowledge knows, the higher the resolution and game settings, the more the burden is shifted to the GPU in properly coded games.I game at 4K with a 4080 and have every setting in game at max. The game pegs my 5800X3D and uses a mere fraction of my GPU. (49% usage is the highest ever observed in extensive monitoring.)Lying about trash coding and treating customers like idiots isn't a solution!A PROPERLY coded game will utilize 99-100% of the GPU. This is the case with literally EVERY other game in my library.Dear EA: Fix your garbage coding. Period.Please stop lying to your customers and blaming them and their PCs for your glaring incompetence.

Wow, a month later and still this goes completely unaddressed by EA? i mean hey, if you’re going to steal peoples money selling an unfinished product at 70 dollars, you might as well make the needed adjustments post release. total incompetence. sell the rights to the NFL to a company that will actually provide a playable product.

[PC] Madden 24 using 100% CPU and 0% GPU

82 Replies

EA_Barry
Community Manager
2 years ago
@d3rpywho

If you are seeing 0% GPU usage, it is possible you have your display connected to the motherboard video output instead of your GPU.

Thanks.
TurIey
2 years ago
I am having this exact same issue and it is exclusive to Madden 24. I’ve tested every other game I have and the GPU and CPU work perfectly how they should. This is very frustrating and I cannot for the life of me find a solution. Following this thread.
NotSundance
2 years ago
11700K doesn't have an integrated GPU but nice try I guess...
d3rpywho
2 years ago
@NotSundance a single google search proved you wrong...
d3rpywho
2 years ago
@EA_Barry

This is definitely not the case. This is an issue EXCLUSIVE to Madden 24.

All three of my monitors are plugged directly into my RTX 3060 Ti, yet the game functions like I'm playing on my old GTX 1050. I was monitoring my Task Manager performance while in the game and it said 1-2% GPU usage the entire time. Interestingly, though, when I tabbed out of Madden to go to Discord, my browser, or any other application, my GPU usage would spike to 70-100% usage out of NOWHERE.

Thank you for your reply, please let me know if you have any other solutions.
ricklypop123
2 years ago
@NotSundance lol what yes it does
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/212047/intel-core-i711700k-processor-16m-cache-up-to-5-00-ghz.html
“nice try tho”
any update on this? I am having the same issue. Very frustrating.
GingerBreadBagl
2 years ago
having the exact same issue and its causing my game to run in slow motion unplayable
TBEDylan
2 years ago
Im having the same issue and I also think its cause my PC to blue screen or lock up after awhile I have a i9-10900k 32 gb of ram with a brand new 4070ti and its not using and of my GPU the game runs fine then will randomly crash my PC needs to be fixed
NotSundance
2 years ago
@ricklypop123 Sorry my bad. Mixed this up with Zen 3 which I had previously (5950x)
hitekguruaz
2 years ago
I'm having the same issue. CPU is maxed out getting hammered by Madden 24. GPU is 0% load and cool as a cucumber.