I still have 100% CPU usage on Battlefield 1, with a 6600k.

[JayBobGamerZz]

I've got a Gigabyte Mini ITX OC edition GTX 1070 8gb, overclocked, an i5 6600k, overclocked to 4.4ghz, stable, and 8gb of DDR4 2400mhz Kingston HyperX fury RAM, all on an Asus Z170m-Plus mobo.

I am playing at 1080p, 125% resolution scaling, ultra - and my CPU usage is at a constant 100%. I've intended on purchasing another 8gb RAM to run in dual channel (16gb total) but haven't gotten around to it yet due to other purchases I've had to make.

Anyways, I'm getting constant dips below 60fps, and hardly sitting at 70-80fps - surely this cannot be right for a GTX 1070 at [125% of] 1080p? Is there something wrong with my GPU or CPU maybe? Every now and then it jumps up to above 100fps, which is where i expect it would sit - but it mostly dips below 60fps typically into the 40s now.

Thanks
James

 

[TechyInAZ]

I'm not sure if BF1 has been patched yet, but BF1 has been known to have major issues with hogging up CPU resources when it shouldn't.

 

[schaft]

As far as I know, Battlefield 1 require 8 thread (meaning lower i7) in order to start working effectively. My old i5-2320 3,5GHz also 90+% cpu usage, then I upgraded into xeon 1,7GHz 12 core 24 thread then it goes below 25% with 4 thread sleeping (meaning it uses 20 thread). Here a link to my youtube playing battlefield 1 with 1060. It seem my fps stay above 62fps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIqUPOiEbUk


I saw some cases even the old i7-2600 still doing 80-81% cpu usage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNOgDYqWJcc

It is well known that BF1 and Mafia3 is an i5 killer. Guess intel has to change their middle i5 class cpu.

 

[Alberello]

Take out the 125% resolution scaling, set back to 100%.
Anything over 100% is called "super sampling" where the internal renderer renders higher than your display and then resizes it back down to your 1080p display.
This option is only for hi-end graphics card like GTX 1080, SLI, Titan X.... it will use a lot more VRAM and resource.

I recommend use the TAA antialiasing method instead.

Let me know if you fix it.

 

[dewjustin]

Bf1 is definitely an i5 killer. I had a 4670k at 4.4ghz and it was constantly pegged at 98-100 percent usage while playing that game. This caused frequent fps dips. Upgraded to an i7 4790k and cpu usage is much lower and the fps dips / stuttering is gone.

I also have a gtx 1070.

Many people will argue but your solution is probably upgrading to an i7, which may not be worth it for one game.

 

[schaft]

Bf1 is definitely an i5 killer. I had a 4670k at 4.4ghz and it was constantly pegged at 98-100 percent usage while playing that game. This caused frequent fps dips. Upgraded to an i7 4790k and cpu usage is much lower and the fps dips / stuttering is gone.

I also have a gtx 1070.

Many people will argue but your solution is probably upgrading to an i7, which may not be worth it for one game.

The problem is will it end with just 1 game? Mafia 3 and Battlefield 1 (already 2 games) shows that current 4 thread (i5) is no longer able to optimize the game. Even i7 already used 70% which we can assume its only a matter of time they also became obsolete. We always demanded better picture and gameplay from game maker, its just natural the specs will also gone up.

Its actually surprise me that it took them almost 4 years since Tomb Raider (2013) where they start using 4 thread, and after 4 years later they move on with more than 8 thread. It took them that long in order to optimize the multi thread.

 

[darqpassenger]

Are you still having problems? I have also gtx 1070 mini, i5 6600k overclocked at 4.5ghz and 32gb of ram, getting 100% cpu usage all the time!