PC Performance Issue – 99% GPU Usage with 11–15 FPS (RTX 3050 Laptop)

Hello everyone,

platform: PC (Steam)

I’m experiencing a severe performance issue with EA Sports FC on PC, making the game almost unplayable.

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION

• GPU usage spikes to 99%
• FPS drops to around 11–15 FPS
• Happens in matches, menus, and sometimes kick-off
• CPU usage remains normal
• Temperatures are normal (no thermal throttling)
• Issue is persistent every session

PC SPECIFICATIONS

Laptop: ASUS TUF Gaming A15 (FA506NCR)

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS (3.10 GHz)

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU (4 GB VRAM)

RAM: 8 GB DDR5 (4800 MT/s)

Storage: 477 GB SSD (352 GB used)

OS: Windows 11 64-bit

Platform: PC (Xbox App / EA App)

TROUBLESHOOTING STEPS TRIED

Graphics & Display

• Low / Medium / High presets
• VSync ON / OFF
• Fullscreen and Borderless
• Resolution scaling
• FPS cap 60 / Uncapped

Game Configuration

• Forced DirectX 11
• Disabled Async Compute
• Disabled Shader Preload
• Adjusted texture streaming memory (2048 MB)

System & Drivers

• Clean NVIDIA driver install
• Shader cache reset
• Overlays disabled (Xbox Game Bar, GeForce)
• Verified game files
• Full reinstall
• Multiple system restarts

OBSERVATIONS

• Other games run normally
• No overheating
• No CPU bottleneck
• GPU clocks drop abnormally when FPS collapses

This does not appear to be a hardware issue. It looks like a render or frame pacing problem specific to EA Sports FC on PC.

Logs and DxDiag are available if needed.

If others have the same issue, please reply so this can be escalated.

Thank you.