[Multiplayer Only] GPU is pinned at low usage.

[CalamitousReaper]

Playing Battlefield 5 I am running into an issue that only appears if I try and play multiplayer. 

When looking at resource manager and task manager during gameplay I clock between 20-80% GPU 3d rendering however when I play BF5 multiplayer this appears to pin the GPU to 20-30%, regardless of changing between Low-Ultra (10-20%, 20-30%, 30-40%, 35-50% is the percentage the GPU is pinned at retrospectively for the different graphics levels). In the same session if I go to single player it works fine.

During both singleplayer and multiplayer CPU is clocking between 80-95%.

This leads to interesting multiplayer gameplay where on other peoples screen I will be stuttering around, and only my owner I will be walking in slow motion. I had a look at the network statistics and I'm getting 60 ticks, and low latency (between 3-30ms)

Interesting I do also see a spike in my integrated graphics chip during multiplayer gameplay which isn't there during singleplayer. 

I am using an MSI (Q6E Ghost Pro) gaming laptop with the 970M.

[SPACEeaGOAT · Accepted solution]

The fix for this issue is to update windows 10 to the 1809 version. 

You have to manually download this update from the Microsoft site. 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028685/windows-10-get-the-update

This fixed this same issue I had in the multiplayer portion of the game 100%. 

[BlackRainX7]

Have you tried the following?

Open up  "NVIDIA Control Panel" -> from the NVIDIA Control Panel, select the "Manage3D settings" from the left column -> click on the Power management mode drop down box and select "Prefer Maximum Performance".

Another option is toggle between DX12 and DX11 and see which one works bests from within game. May require a game restart to see full effects.

[CalamitousReaper]

Thanks for the suggestion, unfortunately, I've already done that. Though in my case I feel it wouldn't have done much to change regardless, considering the issue only appears the moment I enter a multiplayer match  Singleplayer works flawlessly without any issues at all.

I'm not sure if it's a bug with the game itself seeing as this is only affecting parts of the game. However, BF5 is a more multiplayer focused game so I'm hoping it can be fixed soon.

[SPACEeaGOAT · Accepted solution]

The fix for this issue is to update windows 10 to the 1809 version. 

You have to manually download this update from the Microsoft site. 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028685/windows-10-get-the-update

This fixed this same issue I had in the multiplayer portion of the game 100%. 

[EA_Barry]

@CalamitousReaper

Thanks @BlackRainX7, that will definitely improve FPS

Also thank you @SPACEeaGOAT, the 1809 update is a must for Windows 10 users.