AC unity 99% cpu usage

[mhmd shoumar]

only in ac unity,the cpu usage is always 99-100% and this is leading to freezes in the game evry 15-20 min,what could be the problem.i have a gtx 960,i5 4440,8gb ram,500gb hdd,thermaltake se series 630 watt
THANKS

 

[Xtergo]

Is it overlocked ?

 

[mhmd shoumar]

what do that mean,in another games its 50-60%

 

[nukemaster]

High cpu usage is normal for a properly coded game(even an cpu with HT [4 cores 2 threads each] will get upto about 80%). Many games only make use of 2 cores and this those games would show about 50% usage.

Back when we had single core cpus, all games used 100%.

Try to monitor temperatures to ensure nothing is getting too hot.
Ensure you are running the latest video card drivers and have your hard drive fragmented.

HWmonitor is a good option to do this.
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html

Overclocking would be running the cpu at a faster speed than it was designed for. All the cool kids are doing it

 

[mhmd shoumar]

the temp is normal and the latest drivers are installed,i'm not oc(THIS CPU CAN'T BE OC)BUT WHAT IS "HARD DRIVE FRAGMENTED"

 

[nukemaster]

fragmentation is when files are broken into smaller parts. Defragmentation pulls all these file parts together(this is something you do not do to SSDs, but for hard drives it may help load times and some on the fly loading.). This can make loading things on the fly slower, but it is important to know that many games load data in a random matter anyway.

When you say the game freezes, does it freeze solid or just pause to load data?

I do not think the 99% is the issue in itself because this game can use all the cpus(and that can be called a good thing).

 

[velo3100]

That is perfectly normal as ac unity is a very cpu intense game.

 

[mhmd shoumar]

ok thanks

 

[mhmd shoumar]

i would love to choose both a best answers but nukemaster is a mster and would not benefit.THANKS nukemaster anyway