100% CPU usage when starting game, what is going on?

[Copusius]

When I start Borderlands 3, the CPU usage goes to 100%, I can not start a game, because the intro just laggs and stands still. In tast manager the CPU usages is 70-100% and the game flickers on off with "Not responding". Anyone els with this problem? I just installed the game. I have an i7 4 core processor and 24GB RAM, running Win10 64bit.
Borderlands 2 works as normal, but borderlands 3 is unusable from start, don`t understand why...

[mimizukari]

i7 4 core? that's your problem dude... 4 cores is not enough for modern games, 9700K is 8 core even.

[wickeddubdi33]

Cap maximum processor frequency to %90 from advanced power settings.

[mimizukari]

i'll tell u right now it uses 20-33% of my i9-10900X, which is 10c/20t, yours is definitely going to keep using 100% unless you upgrade

[CunkFeatures]

Originally posted by Copusius:

I have an i7 4 core processor and 24GB RAM, running Win10 64bit.

4 core is more than enough for any game.
The tech question should be, what i7? Are we talking 2.66GHz i7-920 or are we talking 4.2GHz i7-8500?

Whats happening is the game is loading, this is normal. Its saying "not responding" because you are alt-tabbing or not waiting long enough. Chances are you have a low clock speed i7 as you didn't mention it, and that you are having 100% usage loading/unpacking a game.

You just need to wait or upgrade to a faster (not more core count) CPU that has a higher clock speed.

[Lavender Cloud]

Originally posted by Kurumi Tokisaki:

i7 4 core? that's your problem dude... 4 cores is not enough for modern games, 9700K is 8 core even.

That's not how cores work, mate

[mimizukari]

Originally posted by Lavender Cloud:

Originally posted by Kurumi Tokisaki:

i7 4 core? that's your problem dude... 4 cores is not enough for modern games, 9700K is 8 core even.

That's not how cores work, mate

what i'm sayin is, if you plan to do other tasks, you need more than 4 cores, 6 cores minimum rated at 3.7GHz or higher.

[Pie Eater]

Wonder if your game is loading into DX12. I had an issue with DX12 where I had an endless load screen.

If it is loading DX12, you might have to flush cached shaders in your GPU software, or go into the gameusersettings.ini and manually change it to DX11.

If you do have an old i7 from more than 3 years ago, it's time to upgrade that CPU when you get a chance, as 4c/8t is gonna start having loads more trouble coming up with new games. Just don't upgrade to anything as hilarious as a 10900X.

[CunkFeatures]

Originally posted by Insignia:

Originally posted by tomtalk24:

4 core is more than enough for any game.
The tech question should be, what i7? Are we talking 2.66GHz i7-920 or are we talking 4.2GHz i7-8500?

Whats happening is the game is loading, this is normal. Its saying "not responding" because you are alt-tabbing or not waiting long enough. Chances are you have a low clock speed i7 as you didn't mention it, and that you are having 100% usage loading/unpacking a game.

You just need to wait or upgrade to a faster (not more core count) CPU that has a higher clock speed.

lmao... worst advice I have ever seen.

What: post what i7 you have and/or upgrade?

Yeah sounds like the worst advice ever for a high CPU usage issue

[BlakGamer64]

I7 4 cores? Which I7 are you using? I'm using an I7 9700k with an rtx 2070 Super, 16gb rams, max settings at roughly 90 to 110 fps and my cpu fluctuate between 30% and 70% but doesn't go much higher than 70% and gpu is at 95% to 100%. Depends on the scene but most times this is what i observed. Runs fine.

[mimizukari]

Originally posted by BlakGamer64:

I7 4 cores? Which I7 are you using? I'm using an I7 9700k with an rtx 2070 Super, 16gb rams, max settings at roughly 90 to 110 fps and my cpu fluctuate between 30% and 70% but doesn't go much higher than 70% and gpu is at 95% to 100%. Depends on the scene but most times this is what i observed. Runs fine.

exactly, 9700k even goes to 70% usage, which is 8 cores and way higher clock speed than whatever OP is running.

[stmac571]

Originally posted by Kurumi Tokisaki:

i7 4 core? that's your problem dude... 4 cores is not enough for modern games, 9700K is 8 core even.

yes correct, my APU 3G, 4C4T, can't run smooth, even my GPU is always newest. after 8C16T, , same GPU, not problem on 60 FPS( i locked FPS). gaming on notebook have such situation is correct.

ram and GPU can' help much

[BlakGamer64]

You can still play it on a 4 core cpu. SchviftyFive on Twitch uses a dual pc setup and plays Borderland 3 just fine on i7 7700k.

[CunkFeatures]

Originally posted by Insignia:

Originally posted by tomtalk24:

What: post what i7 you have and/or upgrade?

Yeah sounds like the worst advice ever for a high CPU usage issue

The more cores you have the faster and smoother the games run.

If the game uses or need more cores aka over 100% usage (single core).

You can run any game on the market on a 4 core (still sold) CPU at 60fps/1080p. (whats odd is people with 10/20 and 12/24 seem to think core count is the issue, when it seems they have forgotten as its not the issue)

The higher the clock speed, the more draw calls it can make to the GPU. Core count is irrelevant when calling draws.

So, the question to OP is what i7 are you using? 2GHz: there's your problem time to upgrade. 4GHz: something else is up.
The explanation is, your CPU is overloaded trying to load the game thus Windows is reporting it as not responding.
The solution is wait for it to process ignoring the OS warning and/or upgrade your likely low end i7.

[Copusius]

Originally posted by tomtalk24:

Originally posted by Copusius:

I have an i7 4 core processor and 24GB RAM, running Win10 64bit.

4 core is more than enough for any game.
The tech question should be, what i7? Are we talking 2.66GHz i7-920 or are we talking 4.2GHz i7-8500?

Whats happening is the game is loading, this is normal. Its saying "not responding" because you are alt-tabbing or not waiting long enough. Chances are you have a low clock speed i7 as you didn't mention it, and that you are having 100% usage loading/unpacking a game.

You just need to wait or upgrade to a faster (not more core count) CPU that has a higher clock speed.

It is an Intel i7-4790K 4GHz processor

[Nite69]

Originally posted by Kurumi Tokisaki:

i'll tell u right now it uses 20-33% of my i9-10900X, which is 10c/20t, yours is definitely going to keep using 100% unless you upgrade

jeezus I bet that chip cost quite a bit