February 2020
Game is completely unplayable in Season 4. Disk usage almost constantly at 100%.
Models, textures and sounds load extremely slowly, everything either stutters or happens after a long delay. Sometimes if I restart Origin, I can play properly for a while, but more often than not, the issue persists. (See this video from 0:18 onward to see how a regular game looks like for me https://youtu.be/oI8REpzl81s.) If the stutter happens for long enough, I simply get dropped out of the game. Sometimes the issue occurs right after starting a game (even the lobby background doesn't load properly, and if I go to the legends tab, models take really long to load), sometimes I can play for a few minutes before the disk usage starts to spike.
My specs:
MSI Z390 GAMING PLUS
Intel i5-9600K@4.8Ghz
Scythe Mugen 5 (Rev. B)
16GB (2x8GB) Patriot DDR4 3200MHz VIPER4
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB
8GB MSI RTX2070 ARMOR
Every other game runs fine (Destiny 2, Dota 2, Monster Hunter World, etc.), but for some reason I'm constantly having problems with Apex's disk usage.
Did a memtest, diskcheck, all sorts of diagnostics, everything came back without any errors. Tried disabling XMP and CPU overclocking, no dice. Over or underclocking the GPU (or the CPU) didn't help either. Reinstalled Origin and Apex on my other SSD, same issue. I also tried port forwarding, didn't change a thing. Avast is in silent mode when I play, but turning off the shields manually makes no difference either. Disabling or uninstalling Geforce Experience (and Origin overlay) changes nothing. Capping the game at 144 fps doesn't help. I also disabled every task and service that was not crucial to Windows, the issue persisted. Disabled Discord hardware acceleration too. Hardware temps are fine all around, so overheating is out of the question. Also tried playing around with the texture streaming budget and other graphics settings, nothing changed.
At this point the game is borderline unplayable for me, I'm lucky if I can have a single match with no issues.
February 2020
I have the exact same problem.. Audio delay + game freezes + I get sent back to lobby...
Disk Usage is at 100% too.
February 2020
My issue is with VSync Double Buffered. No HDD activity problem. Around the new Fragment City, my FPS drops to 50 and stays locked there until I look away from the city. Otherwise, my FPS is always above 100 FPS.
February 2020
Same here but I have hdd. Mine a bit more 'playable' but still annoying when you can just freeze for few seconds during gun fight.
February 2020
Man i cant play RANKED coz of Dxgl device hung error, and i am been threatend by GAME for ABANDONING THE GAME>>> My Game crash due the the Dxgl device hung error
cant play this game anymore