Extremely High CPU Usage

[UnlimitedCG]

I just bought the game and have been playing it. So far I've had zero issues with the game itself, I'm running medium graphics with a steady 60 FPS. The only issue I'm having is the my CPU usage is incredibly high. Like to the point of maxing my CPU out at 100% on the game alone, causing windows itself to lag with my inputs feeling almost delayed.

I've messed with some of the CPU intensive settings to not much luck, even tried changing the priority of GOWR within windows itself and still nada. Although I can play the game, I'm not too keen on it running my CPU at max the entire time. Anyone got any ideas/words of wisdom?

(Before anyone mentions it yes, I know my CPU itself is extremely weak and is probably a keen factor itself in why it's pushing 100% constantly. But comparing my CPU to the recommended CPU for the game, my CPU actually beats out the recommended one, even if only by a little. ~Userbenchmark~)

(Also I was able to run God of War 2018 perfectly fine on this pc with no issues.)

Specs:
CPU: Intel i3-9100F @ 3.60 GHz
GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3060
RAM: 16 GB
Storage: Game is stored on an HDD (My M.2 SSD is purely the Windows OS)

[kylawl]

Are you waiting for the shader compile to finish before playing. That uses a lot of cpu cores so 4 core CPUs will struggle until it's done.

[UnlimitedCG]

Originally posted by kylawl:

Are you waiting for the shader compile to finish before playing. That uses a lot of cpu cores so 4 core CPUs will struggle until it's done.

Yes I waited on the initial launch which took a few minutes. On subsequent launches it still takes a second but nowhere near as long as the initial and then I load into the game after. The CPU usage still doesn’t decrease after the compiling finishes.

[BlastThyName]

You have a quad core. Every AAA titles recently released is going to stress them.

[Raider Deci]

I have seen some tricks on youtube that is supposed to remedy the high cpu-stuff, I3's though never really were much of gaming processors

I am using this myself;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SByd4J_lgoc

But honestly I dont know if it actually makes much of a difference and my own computer is an ongoing upgrade, with cpu lagging behind atm, so theres bottlenecks all over the place

[UnlimitedCG]

Originally posted by BlastThyName:

You have a quad core. Every AAA titles recently released is going to stress them.

Yeah I sadly realize that. Back whenever I got this processor I wasn't trying to run modern AAA titles but nowadays I'm pushing it to it's absolute limit. Only issue is to upgrade my CPU I'd have to upgrade my board as well and that's just simply funding I don't have atm :/

So I'm trying my best to make what I've got work :P

[UnlimitedCG]

Originally posted by Raider Deci:

I have seen some tricks on youtube that is supposed to remedy the high cpu-stuff, I3's though never really were much of gaming processors

I am using this myself;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SByd4J_lgoc

But honestly I dont know if it actually makes much of a difference and my own computer is an ongoing upgrade, with cpu lagging behind atm, so theres bottlenecks all over the place

Yeah originally I got the i3 because I wasn't pushing it for modern AAA titles and was typically using it for stuff MUCH easier to run. Now I'm actively pushing it and trying to squeeze every little bit of power I can out of it.

I've seen that video but I'm a bit sketch of the stuff within it. The AI voice-over and the files it's showing are registry editing files which is something I'm really nervous to mess with, don't wanna mess up the registry because then that could be way bigger issues, especially with scripts from someone I don't know/trust. If you've been using them though have you noticed any difference with them?

I'm able to currently play the game by setting it's priority to "Low" in task manager, allowing windows and other processes to take CPU power before GOWR. Meaning that although I still have some moments of input lag, the game itself is going to lag and crash before my windows ever does. It's working *ok* for the time being hitting consistently 45-60 FPS but I'd still rather it be able to stabilize more without absolutely hammering my entire CPU.

Along with all that... what's your CPU and GPU? With my 3060 the graphics is not something I'm struggling with whatsoever, it's simply the processing power of my CPU limiting me so I'm curious as to what components you're running.

[Raider Deci]

Originally posted by UnlimitedCG:

I've seen that video but I'm a bit sketch of the stuff within it. The AI voice-over and the files it's showing are registry editing files which is something I'm really nervous to mess with, don't wanna mess up the registry because then that could be way bigger issues, especially with scripts from someone I don't know/trust. If you've been using them though have you noticed any difference with them?

I'm able to currently play the game by setting it's priority to "Low" in task manager, allowing windows and other processes to take CPU power before GOWR. Meaning that although I still have some moments of input lag, the game itself is going to lag and crash before my windows ever does. It's working *ok* for the time being hitting consistently 45-60 FPS but I'd still rather it be able to stabilize more without absolutely hammering my entire CPU.

Along with all that... what's your CPU and GPU? With my 3060 the graphics is not something I'm struggling with whatsoever, it's simply the processing power of my CPU limiting me so I'm curious as to what components you're running.

I understand, its files from an unknown. The checks didnt find anything but its best to be cautious for sure

I am using a i7 8700k & 9070xt. Along with 32 gb ram. The game eats almost 16gb. Used to have a 2070super (so in similar ballpark as the 3060) before buying the 9070xt, it worked well but I had to lower some things here & there with the 2070.

So while the current gpu wont have any issues, can still max it out in 1080p, the current processo is having trouble keeping up and on to top it off it runs through pci-e 3.0 slot when it really wants a 5.0-slot (so another bottleneck. Other bills this month though so the computer had to wait...

As you said yourself above, you just dont only upgrade the cpu. You upgrade the cpu, motherboard and getting new memory-sticks