Re: New silent update high cpu usage and fps drop.
In customize menu I have around 150 fps, but in any other menus I have around 50 fps
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EA_IlliumEA Staff (Retired)
Hey Everyone,
Thanks for letting us know what you're encountering with NFS Unbound after the latest update.
I wanted to check with anyone in this thread if they are still seeing issues with CPU usage and FPS dropping today?
- If so, would it be possible to get a new DxDiag?
Cheers!
I still have problems with fps drop - around 35-40 fps in online/singleplayer menu (where I see the character) and 75-90 fps in freeroam/races. In customize menu i get 120-140 fps...
Yep, still experiencing this issue, not even in the menu's will my GPU hit max usage and reach the 144 FPS threshold since this update came out a few days ago now or so. During freeroam the performance is also quite abysmal... I've recently just got back into the game and even bought the speed pass to complete it since the game has been extremely fun, but after this horrid performance hit that t his update brought around, it just doesn't feel good to be playing the game right now, horrible performance and an excess amount of CPU usage too? I really hope you guys get around and find out what's gone wrong and get right the wrong so we can have our performance back and get back to racing.
- Hi @EA_Illium
Yes, the problem still persists. How can it fix it before any patch comes? 🙂 You can double your fps by using the frame generation feature from Lossless Scaling app (it's on steam), until a real game fix will come out.
- @Marele_King
How do you think we can use frame gen when cpu is running at 100%?..
I mentioned it above. Even at native resolution without using DLSS, FG or FSR, cpu is running at 90%. Enabling upscale technologies takes the load from gpu and redirects it to cpu and ram and it gets worse.
The problem is that cpu is running at 90-95% while gpu is running at 50%. There is no need to lower resolution, enable fg or upscale. - @2smokeTM what do you use to see your cpu usage? If you use the task manager you should know that it is not very accurate. I use msi afterburner and it shows 60-70% cpu usage with 50% gpu usage. When I use the Lossless Scaling app the gpu is used at 80-90% with 130+ fps and the game looks quite smooth without noticeable latency. But that doesn't change the fact that the game is poorly optimized 😔
- @Marele_King
Before the update, the 13600k was running at 20% and now it is running at 95-99%. The 4060ti is running at 47% and around 1300mhz. (normally 2850 should work) GPU is 48, CPU is 82 degrees.
Before the update, GPU was running at 99% and CPU was running at 20%. While I was getting 152 fps in the garage at 1080p ultra native resolution, it is now down to 90, and it drops to 55 during the race. Before the update, it was giving at least 110 fps in the race. I just updated today and also EA app mandatory update, then suddenly my GPU usage is stuck on 50% and wattage around 50 and my fps got halved now around 50-60 at most + alot of stuttering!!! pls fix ASAP ty
edit, nfs heat and 2016 still function as they should only nfs unbound got hardware performance capped, idk maybe soft cap is the issue,
so it's 100% updates related as it was fine before updates.
using Nvidia GPU and Intel CPU
- EA_Illium
Hey Everyone,
Thanks for updating the thread and letting us know what you're running into.
For anyone who has not so far would it be possible to get a new DxDiag file?
Zephyrus G16 Laptop
RTX 4070 with 140w unlock usage ingame only 50 watt and can't more
Intel Core 7 ultra 155h
32 GB RAM
game stuck at 30 fps and only overheat CPU to 98 degree
DLSS frame generation up fps to 50-70
GPU usage 50 watts and load 40-60%
all that only after when im update this game on september, still no have solution to fix, all on side of devs game!
Not sure if I've done this correctly or not but here's the requested DxDiag txt file
@EA_Illium Any update ??
- @EA_Illium I installed today's new driver update 561.09 for Nvidia RTX 3070 and the problem is still there (50% GPU usage limit)
- @Marele_King
There is no error in our systems, it was corrupted after the last update, which is unclear what it contains. When 8.01 first came there was no problem.
The game started consuming the CPU as if it was mining in the background. I've never seen another game that stresses even the most up-to-date CPUs this much.
45 degrees GPU (even the fans don't work) 90 degrees CPU. It's unbelievable. Came here to see if this was fixed, was sad to see it wasn’t
Has an EA intern at least been assigned to run a diff of the 8.01 vs 8.02 updates? If you find what was updated it could narrow down the search and speed up MTTR.
Got the same low GPU load and low frame rates problem after the latest update on steam, it was running fine when vol.8 first came out, please look into it.
So this is the patch with real problems for PC... Can anyone investigate for real?
Here is the link with modified files:
have the same problem after last update,dxdiag in attach
@EA_Illium, @EA_Groguet Any news guys ??
No but EA planning update volume 9 maybe this update fixed the game, this is ridiculis situation, today is 18 september still nothing to fixed, hey EA wake up !!!!!!!
As usual, we tire ourselves for nothing.
I have yet to see any help from the forum administrators. We are trying to find solutions ourselves. We received nonsense answers from the administrators such as send a dxdiag report, turn the PC upside down 🙂.
Why would a person only complain about this game and send a dxdiag report when all other games are running smoothly. If there is a problem with the system, other games will also fail.
Why is the problem sought by the user first? For once, admit that there was a mistake. If so many people complain about the same problem at the same time, the problem is with the developer, not us.
We cannot even get information about whether the problem has been reported or whether an improvement has been made.
Admins ask the question and run away. He doesn't come by again.
update vol 9 planning 23 september
