Massive CPU usage

[oggs91]

I recently switch my GPU from a GTX 970 to a RTX 2070. With the GTX 970 I had no issues playing. FPS were not perfect but at around 60FPS the game was nice to play. After switching my GPU the situation has changed a little. I now get constant 144FPS, but as soon as I'm moving my mouse I have a massive frame drop and the cpu usage goes to 100%. 

For the above numbers I have put everything on the lowest setting possible. My CPU is a Intel Xeon 1231v3. 

[warmtofu]

I7-7700

GTX 1070ti

16GB Ram 

NVME SSD

I get serious stutters without usage drops. My GPU runs at 97% usage however, is this the issue?

[schaft3]

My workplace build was a Frankenstein build, currently as follow:

i7-3770K 4,2GHz (bought in 2017 for $150 to replace i5-2320)

Z77A-G45 MSI (bought in 2014 for $80)

4x4Gb DDR3-1600 mix (dual channel enable) (the last 2x4gb bought after i7 purchase)

RX 480 4Gb sapphire nitro (got it less than $200 on q4 2016, its a defected 8Gb model)

SSD 256 Gb

HDD 1Tb

PSU 500W FSP Hexa2

My office monitor only can get 1440x900. It work flawlessly getting 80-120 fps (vsync off, everthing set max) and the cpu never go past 50%

My home build is as follow:

Xeon E5-26XXL V4 1,7GHz 12 core 24 threads

Asrock Taichi X99

4x4Gb DDR4-2400 (quad channel enable)

GTX 1060 6Gb Palit

SSD samsung 970 evo 500Gb

HDD 1Tb

My home tv can only get full HD 1080. It also work flawlessly getting 70-120 fps (vsync off, other set max) and the cpu never go past 50% (it only can use 12 threads, not more. My cpu has 12 cores 24 threads but the low clock is mainly the cause to lower fps than my workplace build). I got the cpu dirt cheap for trial and error any my curiosity. 

My suggestion for all i5 users with 4 core 4 thread, please accept the fact that 4 threads are not the sweet-spot anylonger. My 2012 released i7-3770k (buy used to replace i5-2320) can still perform better than any 2016 i5 4 threads in any games that can optimized more than 6 threads. The best suggestion to get used and cheap i7 (non K  is still better, even xeon) that your current motherboard can handle. If you have more money, upgrade the motherboard and cpu with more threads (although I predicted ixxxl want to schemed more money by reducing multi threads on 9th generation i7 and only gave them on i9). 

My own experience from upgrading i5-2320 to i7-3770K shows in Battlefield 1. Using the same spec, only cpu change, the fps gets double from 25-40 fps to 50-85 fps ( I used user.cfg to enable battlefield 1 using 8 threads, default only 6 threads which I believe another scheme made by ixxxl who made i5 8th gen with 6 core 6 thread). Its just shows how the big different between 8 threads and 4 threads. 

PS: My xeon is a funny case for its only has 1,7GHz but still able to play any game I throw at it, although I believe it will not optimized the gpu beyond gtx 1060. Normally it shouldn't even play any game with 1,7GHz. So far playing VR (fallout 4 VR) on it also have good result.

[Elazierte]

i tried instal nvidia 417.01 driver and it got stable again..now i can play 80+ fps without fps drop..my spec 15 7300hq gtx 1050 16gb ram

[eggxdd]

In my case it helps to turn on V-Sync. Only issue for me is that I play really bad with V-Sync on in any game.

[ttv_tranquilorl]

Well, I have a I7-6700K in my PC. Still 100% cpu usage. Happened after a patch. Before i had constant 90-150 FPS running this CPU along with an ASUS GeForce GTX 1060 ROG STRIX. I could even stream at 720p and still get 90 fps constantly without the CPU going over 80%.

[helladope]

I've got an i5-9600k in my computer and while in game I'm constantly pushing 100% CPU usage. This especially shows up in gunfights, with a really bad 1.5ish second stutter that completely takes me out of it. Running a GTX 1080 too.

[MinerBoyBP]

Nah dude, Im using an AMD graphics card and have the same issues :/

[IBreadstick]

Getting the same issue, though it's annoyingly intermittent.

I first noticed it after an update to the game, frames dropped from the usual 60-120 to 20 while in the drop ship. Then on the ground it would max out at 60 with lows of 10-15.

The problem persisted for a time, then out of nowhere, magically fixed itself. I had about a week of good games then today, it happened again. Frame rates bad enough to stop me from playing entirely.

I know my system isn't the best (old i5 with a GTX970) but that doesn't explain why the problem comes and goes seemingly at random.

I'm a big Titanfall 2 player, and a similar problem like this (although not as severe) plagued the game for a good few players until it was fixed in a patch.

I think we're just gonna have to wait for a patch to fix Apex.
It's just annoying we haven't had an official comments from the dev team about this.

[Konform103]

same here had a good week then about two hours ago few matches with severe lag.. its a bit better at this moment