90% CPU usage

[Vendon]

Hello, am I just the only one having 70-90% CPU usage? Maybe I am having some weird settings or is this a bug ? I am running I7 6700K game is running everything at lowest settings.

[Melody]

You're cpu-bound because everything is on the lowest settings. Google helps too.

[Элизиум]

Hi, this helped me reduce the CPU load:
Open Control Panel, you can type it on the search bar at the bottom of your screen.
Open Power Options, again you can search that by typing it in a bar in the Control Panel window.
Click on Create a power plan, choose a name for your own plan and click on Next, then on Create.
Open your plan by clicking on Change plan settings and go to Change advance power settings.
Go to PCI Express, then Link State Power Management.
Choose the Moderate power savings.
Click on Processor power management. Set the minimum state at 80% and the maximum at 90-98% (you can experiment with slightly higher settings later to see if your PC handles them well).
Click on Apply, then OK.
A source of information: https://www.gamepressure.com/newsroom/fix-for-cpu-overheat-while-playing-the-first-descendant-tfd/z76ffe

[Moriarte]

Originally posted by Falkentyne:

Originally posted by Vendon:

Hello, am I just the only one having 70-90% CPU usage? Maybe I am having some weird settings or is this a bug ? I am running I7 6700K game is running everything at lowest settings.

Not surprising. You're using a 9 year old CPU on an Unreal engine 5 game, that needs far more than 4 physical cores (8 threads) to run decently. The poor CPU is crying for Mama Yeti Pepe.

The game recommends a 7700k as CPU. It's not a problem with cores or threads.

[Munted]

Originally posted by Элизиум:

Hi, this helped me reduce the CPU load:
Open Control Panel, you can type it on the search bar at the bottom of your screen.
Open Power Options, again you can search that by typing it in a bar in the Control Panel window.
Click on Create a power plan, choose a name for your own plan and click on Next, then on Create.
Open your plan by clicking on Change plan settings and go to Change advance power settings.
Go to PCI Express, then Link State Power Management.
Choose the Moderate power savings.
Click on Processor power management. Set the minimum state at 80% and the maximum at 90-98% (you can experiment with slightly higher settings later to see if your PC handles them well).
Click on Apply, then OK.
A source of information: https://www.gamepressure.com/newsroom/fix-for-cpu-overheat-while-playing-the-first-descendant-tfd/z76ffe

Unfortunately this changed nothing for me at all, still 100% CPU load.

[Vendon]

Same still extrem high cpu usage.

[JustRez]

Turn up the graphics and you'll see less CPU usage lol, yall malding over CPU usage cus yah playing on lowest settings

[Vendon]

Originally posted by JustRez:

Turn up the graphics and you'll see less CPU usage lol, yall malding over CPU usage cus yah playing on lowest settings

You are talking like everyone on this planet has an 4070 or something. I am running a 1080. If I set them higher then good luck.

[Man Boobs]

it's DX12, DX12 is low-level just like Vulkan, and every game use DX12/Vulkan require to Compile Shaders using CPU before play

[Depressing]

Same for me, weirdly enough my gpu is at 1% O.o

[R3TRI3UTION]

So what i notice reading and seeing alot of the data concerning this, Great utilization often pushes hardware under the assumption of a stable environment. The caveat is that obviously fallout is going to occur between SOME user groups. You are going to get unstable anomalous results mixed in with predicted outcomes. (Telemetry gives devs great feedback on this and how to adjust) If your cpu/gpu and components can take advantage consistently, without crossing an abnormal temperature efficiency threshold. For extended periods of time. It seems there is alot of people who have not noticed performance issues, quite the contrary, but who have also noticed consistency in Cpu use and temps. NOT outside of normal range, but a bit high. Ultimately....They have to sift through telemetry and go from there.

[shaican]

Originally posted by Vendon:

Hello, am I just the only one having 70-90% CPU usage? Maybe I am having some weird settings or is this a bug ? I am running I7 6700K game is running everything at lowest settings.

Prozessor AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

40% no problems Ultra settings 32GB Ram

[Harry Vanderspeigle]

yeah CPU bound for me too. CPU constant 90-99% but i can play fine on 1440p on mid/low setings with 6core 8600k and 4060ti 16gb at 70-90fps (90 locked). no dlss,raytracing and framegen, only nvidia boost ON

[Celkat]

devs cant optimize for ♥♥♥♥ or we´re secretly being brypto farmed

[Vals]

so you're telling me that this game is ridiculously more intensive CPU usage than cyberpunk 2077 even with i9 13/14th gen??
i have i5 10400f and RX 580 8gb, definitely not risking downloading it only for it to crash or overheat.

[Pitty]

Originally posted by Vendon:

Hello, am I just the only one having 70-90% CPU usage? Maybe I am having some weird settings or is this a bug ? I am running I7 6700K game is running everything at lowest settings.

depending on your gpu it looks like your cpu is a bottleneck for your gpu