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Anonymous
9 years ago

100% CPU Usage

Product: Need for Speed Payback
Platform:PC
Summarize your bug 100% cpu usage, tried multiple GPUs and Drivers with no change, GPU is not doing a thing,unsure if this lies with you guys or with nVidia.
What is your gamertag/PSN ID/EA Account name? DodgyChris
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Can you tell us the date (MM/DD/YYYY) that you saw the bug? Since release
What time did you see the bug? (HH:MM AM/PM) Every time
What is your time zone? GMT (UTC)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Many others complaining of the issue, just load the game on a pc system.
What happens when the bug occurs? The cpu usage spikes up to 100% and stays there consistenly, drops to around 97% for short bursts but then resumesat 100%.
What do you expect to see? Other current titles such as Battlefield 1,WWII and Forza 7 run at around 40-50% on my 8700k, and these ttiles are considerably more demanding.
Please select your region Europe
Were you connected to other players when the bug occurred? No

‌CPU usage is high even sitting at a menu. If I turn the game details to the lowest setting the cpu usage is still 100%, I have tried this with a 4770k and 980 and and i3 with 650 and all 3 systems are suffering the same issue, tried both ssd and hdd copies, re-installed and updated, then tried the 5 most recent GPU drivers from nvidia. I am always manually setting OpenGL and Physx to 1080ti.

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  • it's because of the DRM "denuvo 4.7" which locks the game in a VM thus causing the game using twice as much CPU + RAM, i don't think there will be a change/fix to that.

    100% seems to much anyways i get arround 80% (i7 6700k 4.2ghz)

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