Battlefront 2 not launching and causing 100% CPU usage
I recently purchased Star Wars Battlefront II on Epic Games during the sale. After completing the download, I tried launching the game, but my laptop completely freezes, and the game doesn’t open.
Upon checking Task Manager, I noticed that the game’s memory usage is stuck at 273MB. It stays there for a while, and the CPU usage to spike to 90-100%. Once the memory climbs to 276MB and eventually 300+ MB, the game crashes along with the EA launcher. Is anyone else experiencing this issue?
My specs:
- Laptop: Lenovo LOQ 15IRX9
- CPU: i5-13450HX
- RAM: 32GB DDR5 5600mhz
- GPU: RTX 4050
- GPU Driver: GeForce Studio Driver 565.90
- BIOS version: NECN39WW
I use the Studio Driver because I’m currently working on editing projects. I just wanted to test the game now and plan to play it next month.
I’m posting this to see if there’s a fix. If not, I’ll have to request a refund since Epic Games has a 14-day refund window, and I won’t be able to play the game until after that period.
Thanks for the help.
Hey! Thanks to your reply, I got it working. The game launched after I created a new power plan and set it to High Performance. It seems the Lenovo Companion app isn't switching graphics even in High Performance mode, but I think the power plan at high performance mode forced the system to use the GPU graphics instead.
