100% cpu usage

[Ravn]

I have a amd ryzen 7 5800x 8- core processor and I just launched the game. It s the first time i see my cpu working at 100% . is this normal?

[Cinnamonbun]

If you haven't already done, try limiting your framerate to 60fpsfx . The Frostbite Engine is heavy on the CPU with higher framerates. I have a 7800x3D, and if i uncap my fps my CPU usage is in the high 90's. Limiting it to 60fps it sits at around 30-50% usage.

[Ravn]

Originally posted by Cinnamonbun:

If you haven't already done, try limiting your framerate to 60fpsfx . The Frostbite Engine is heavy on the CPU with higher framerates. I have a 7800x3D, and if i uncap my fps my CPU usage is in the high 90's. Limiting it to 60fps it sits at around 30-50% usage.

I ll try that, thanks

[Ravn]

Originally posted by ⓀⒾⓦⒾ‰:

yeah if you figure out whats tanking the cpu so hard say so, its cooking my i9

It went down to 70-80% when i got in game.
But when i first launched it it was compiling shaders and I could hear how my pc turned into a helicopter ready to take off.

For gameplay try the solution the other guy found.

[jclosed]

If you start the game for the first time, your shaders are being calculated. This takes a lot of processing power. That also is the explanation why some people see a black screen for a while at the first start. That last is reported as a game start failure, while in reality the CPU is busy calculating those shaders.

After the shaders are calculated, the next game start only checks those shaders and starts up a lot faster.

Be prepared to have a new shader calculation if you upgrade your video drivers to a newer version. It takes a few seconds to a few minutes depending on your CPU. Weaker hardware will take a bit longer.

[Ravn]

Originally posted by jclosed:

If you start the game for the first time, your shaders are being calculated. This takes a lot of processing power. That also is the explanation why some people see a black screen for a while at the first start. That last is reported as a game start failure, while in reality the CPU is busy calculating those shaders.

After the shaders are calculated, the next game start only checks those shaders and starts up a lot faster.

Be prepared to have a new shader calculation if you upgrade your video drivers to a newer version. It takes a few seconds to a few minutes depending on your CPU. Weaker hardware will take a bit longer.

Thanks a lot

[Shade]

i also have 100% cpu usage while playing i also have the exact same cpu
and a gtx 3080

[Ravn]

Originally posted by Shade:

i also have 100% cpu usage while playing i also have the exact same cpu
and a gtx 3080

I limit my fps to 60. This way it s below 80% and the fps stay more stable.

[Serrel]

Theres also a registry hack on the nexus mods. Ive scanned the file and edited it to check for anything untoward but its fine. That also helped me tons.

https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonagetheveilguard/mods/1

[john's 2 pence]

13600k hitting 80 percent usage, the game is a bit of a pig there’s no reason for it to use that much cpu resources, I can lock 90 fps on averages and 1 percent lows but the 0.1’s are all over the place, Maby this should just be a 60 fps game

[Abzu]

Yeah it seems to be acting strangely recently, I'm also getting extreme lag compared to when I first started playing.

[Baconlord]

I have a 14700k hitting 100% on launch and while compiling shaders. Is there a way to reduce this because it causes my game to crash before the shaders are done? I launch the game 3-6 times before I can play…

[Etragorn]

My Intel i7-11850H doesn't get above ~6% and I have yet to see a "shader" screen on startup. I'm running a 3060 GPU with the game set on a mix of High/Ultra settings with no RT.

[Replica]

Compiling shaders is a really good stress test/health check for your system. It's what exposed a lot of 13th/14th gen Intel CPUs as degraded as running at 100% will quickly out issues or validate a system running A-ok. It's somewhat rarer for the issue with games there to be the shader compilation process itself and that's generally caught and patched early.

Originally posted by Baconlord:

I have a 14700k hitting 100% on launch and while compiling shaders. Is there a way to reduce this because it causes my game to crash before the shaders are done? I launch the game 3-6 times before I can play…

Update your bios so you can see if you can force a semblance of stability. Your CPU had its warranty extended because it has generational well known degradation issues. I would see about getting a new one and then making sure its running on a system with the latest bios. Usually if a 13th or 14 gen Intel is crashing on shader compilations, the damage has already been done.

[Chasser11]

Ive tried most of these options but im still hitting above 90 degrees. This will be a back burner game for now. just put a new cooler in recently and has no affect.

[Ravn]

Originally posted by Chasser11:

Ive tried most of these options but im still hitting above 90 degrees. This will be a back burner game for now. just put a new cooler in recently and has no affect.

I make sure to cap the fps to 60 every time i launch but yeah, game is greedy and still heats up a lot