100% cpu usage

[God]

Hi guys

When I play the division my cpu gets to %100 both in ultra and low settings. I have good fps but since my cpu is at 100 it stutters constantly, even freezes sometimes. I've almost searched every site in internet but I can't fix this issue.

My pc:
msi gtx 970
i5 4690k

I tried things like changing the number of cpu cores the game uses from task manager, lowering everything, changing max fps and vsync etc. I can't fix this and it's making me mad. Does anyone know a fix for this?

Things that made my game playable:

-Playing in windowed Fullscreen mode
-Setting max fps to custom 60
-Using OC genie from bios
-Lowering the settings enough(with experimentation)
-Closing every application running behind
-Closing uplay in game from uplay settings
-Playing the game in directx12

deselecting cpu from task manager seems to help but its not that stable

[Snake Eyes μ's]

nope i have an i7 8700 and uses 60-70% of the CPU for a i5 with 4 cores that's always 100%

[AmEyeBlind]

I got an i5 2500k and a 1070 and know that problem.
What helped me a lot was to set a fps limit to 60 and reduce the object detail to 40% and extra streaming distance to 10%, all other settings are high or ultra, with that CPU load stays most of the times just under 100% only on some corners it goes up to 100%.

[God]

Originally posted by AmEyeBlind:

I got an i5 2500k and a 1070 and know that problem.
What helped me a lot was to set a fps limit to 60 and reduce the object detail to 40% and extra streaming distance to 10%, all other settings are high or ultra, with that CPU load stays most of the times just under 100% only on some corners it goes up to 100%.

What's weird is that even if I set them to the lowest possible with even lowering resolution, cpu is still always 100%. This is the only game that does this and I have played a lot of demanding games with no problem. I tried directx 12 now and I played good with low settings but it crashed an hour later lol

[AmEyeBlind]

if i remember right dx12 is buggy in this game.

[God]

Originally posted by AmEyeBlind:

if i remember right dx12 is buggy in this game.

Everything is at the moment for me :D At least it let me play it for couple of hours so that's good. I will try switching back again, if only it was easy and I didnt have to restart the game again and again..

[AmEyeBlind]

maybe this can help you, good to see the differences of the video options.
https://www.geforce.com/whats-new/guides/tom-clancys-the-division-graphics-and-performance-guide

[God]

Originally posted by AmEyeBlind:

maybe this can help you, good to see the differences of the video options.
https://www.geforce.com/whats-new/guides/tom-clancys-the-division-graphics-and-performance-guide

Thanks for the help but as I said I'm having this problem even if I set everything to lowest possible

[God]

Seems like using oc genie and overclocking cpu to 4GHz does a good job but it still kept on being 100%. Then I changed max fps to custom 60 fps and boom my cpu usage went to %50. I'm not sure if everything is solved but I will keep trying

[kn00tcn]

well specifically for low settings, if the gpu is powerful enough & the resolution is low enough, the cpu is supposed to be maxed out & you'd reach highest possible fps

though it sounded like something else was happening, maybe it was throttling due to temperature? a 60 cap will reduce load on both cpu & gpu unless one of them cant produce fast enough to reach 60

[God]

Originally posted by kn00tcn:

well specifically for low settings, if the gpu is powerful enough & the resolution is low enough, the cpu is supposed to be maxed out & you'd reach highest possible fps

though it sounded like something else was happening, maybe it was throttling due to temperature? a 60 cap will reduce load on both cpu & gpu unless one of them cant produce fast enough to reach 60

I'm not really sure but it's playable now, I played couple of hours with no problem whatsoever so Im quite happy :) I will edit the first post to write the things that helped me