BF6 In-Game Chat Kicks-off Soft Game Lock-up (100% Reproducible)
This issue is 100% reproducible. I tested using ASUS GPU Tweak III which includes D3D injected OSD (on screen display) of frame rates, temps and frequencies etc.
Summary of the Issue
When running ASUS GPU Tweak III with my ASUS Astral RTX 5090 (custom water cooling), Battlefield 6 (BF6) becomes non responsive to all keyboard and mouse input the moment I open the in-game chat window.
Important details:
- The game does not crash
- Audio continues normally
- The world keeps rendering and updating
- Only input freezes (mouse + keyboard)
- Closing chat does not restore control - I must force quit the game
If I never open the chat window, the game runs perfectly.
If I use MSI Afterburner, the issue does not occur at all.
Troubleshooting Already Done
To rule out user error, I've tested the following:
Inside GPU Tweak III
- OSD disabled
- Power Detect disabled
- Monitoring disabled
- Blacklist enabled for BF6
- Tried multiple profiles
- Tried launching GT3 before and after the game
System level
- Clean driver install (NVIDIA)
- No overlays running (RTSS, Steam, Discord, GeForce Overlay all disabled)
- No third party input software
- No instability - the system is rock solid under Afterburner
Hardware
- ASUS Astral RTX 5090 (water cooled)
- ASUS ROG X670E Extreme
- Latest BIOS and chipset drivers
- Windows 11 fully updated
What This Suggests
Even with OSD and monitoring disabled, GPU Tweak III appears to still inject:
- DX12 overlay hooks
- input hooks
- monitoring DLLs
These hooks seem to conflict with BF6's UI input layer transition when the chat window opens.
This behavior does not occur with MSI Afterburner, which strongly suggests the issue is specific to GT3's injection layer.
Request for ES BF6 Dev Team
1. Test using ASUS GPU Tweak III or other monitor app with OSD overlay
2. See if you can solve the known issue with BF6 DX12 UI transitions (IE BF6 chat)
There are LOTS of people facing this same issue, and many have reported that it was introduced with the April game update.
Request for Other Users
If anyone else with a 4090 or 5090 using ASUS GPU Tweak III OR any other third-party application that produces an game overlay layer can test by opening the BF6 in-game chat window, please reply with your results. Even a few confirmations would help ASUS prioritize this.
