# High cpu usage/low fps potential fix. **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [October 23, 2016, 9:23am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/high-cpu-usage-low-fps-potential-fix/102543 "2016-10-23T09:23:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fvmz](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/fvmz/32/102026_2.png) [@fvmz](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/fvmz)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 9:23am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/high-cpu-usage-low-fps-potential-fix/102543/1 "2016-10-23T09:23:00Z")
Hi guys, I noticed that cpu usage dropped significantly, relatively speaking, when I did two things: a) Cap fps using a custom config: [https://diaryofdennis.com/2016/08/11/how-to-create-a-config-file-for-battlefield-1/](https://diaryofdennis.com/2016/08/11/how-to-create-a-config-file-for-battlefield-1/) The guy who wrote this guide caps at 60 fps. I cap at 122. Feel free to cap at whatever helps work the gpu. b) In your driver control panel set Max rendered frames to 1. For nVidia this is Maximum pre-rendered frames. For AMD this is Flip Queue size. This isn’t going to help everyone, but it will mitigate high cpu usage and low fps a bit. Let’s hope a patch is forthcoming. **edit** Apparently current AMD drivers have no such option. You guys have to use RadeonMod to set flip queue size: [http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=403389](http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=403389) _ **edit2x** _ @Tothert3 has written a configuration tool that might be easier, especially for AMD guys who no longer have the flip queue option: [https://github.com/PeterBustraan/BF1SimpleFPSTweaks/releases/tag/0.1.2](https://github.com/PeterBustraan/BF1SimpleFPSTweaks/releases/tag/0.1.2) ---
**Author:** ![barkujman1](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/barkujman1/32/101291_2.png) [@barkujman1](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/barkujman1)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 10:26am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/high-cpu-usage-low-fps-potential-fix/102543/2 "2016-10-23T10:26:00Z")
works for me cpu now 70-90% i5 4590 ---
**Author:** ![prydestorm](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@prydestorm](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/prydestorm)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 12:38pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/high-cpu-usage-low-fps-potential-fix/102543/3 "2016-10-23T12:38:00Z")
Holy , this works for me. GREAT!!! My system i5 3570K @ 4,2 Ghz gtx 970 and 8 Gb DDR3. Now i can play with stable 100 FPS @ 1080p and High Settigs without any stutter or fps drop. THANKS MAN!!! ---
**Author:** ![Furious\_Fista](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/furious_fista/32/102021_2.png) [@Furious\_Fista](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Furious_Fista)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/high-cpu-usage-low-fps-potential-fix/102543/4 "2016-10-23T13:02:00Z")
This works for me also, actually here `s what happens. My system is i7 6700 3.7 Ghz, R9 280x 3Gb, 8 Gb DDR4. Changing in game the RenderDevice.RenderAheadLimit: RenderDevice.RenderAheadLimit 1 - significantly lowers and limits the GPU usage to 70 %(can not reach higher) . CPU usage lowers abit down to 70 %. A lot of sluttering and FPS limited to 50. RenderDevice.RenderAheadLimit 0 - (default value) - 99 % GPU Usage | 95-100 % CPU Usage. RenderDevice.RenderAheadLimit 2 - 99 % GPU Usage | 70-85 % CPU usage. RenderDevice.RenderAheadLimit 3 - 99 % GPU Usage | 70-85 % CPU usage. In my configuration RenderDevice.RenderAheadLimit 2 gives the best combo. Hyperthreading is enabled. ---
**Author:** ![Gomezito](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@Gomezito](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Gomezito)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 1:34pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/high-cpu-usage-low-fps-potential-fix/102543/5 "2016-10-23T13:34:00Z")
What’s the default RenderDevice.RenderAheadLimit value for BF1? ---
**Author:** ![SilverKidPoweh](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@SilverKidPoweh](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/SilverKidPoweh)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/high-cpu-usage-low-fps-potential-fix/102543/6 "2016-10-23T13:44:00Z")
> [@ziXs](#): > > This works for me also, actually here `s what happens. My system is i7 6700 3.7 Ghz, R9 280x 3Gb, 8 Gb DDR4. Changing in game the RenderDevice.RenderAheadLimit: > > RenderDevice.RenderAheadLimit 1 - significantly lowers and limits the GPU usage to 70 %(can not reach higher) . CPU usage lowers abit down to 70 %. A lot of sluttering and FPS limited to 50. > RenderDevice.RenderAheadLimit 0 - (default value) - 99 % GPU Usage | 95-100 % CPU Usage. > RenderDevice.RenderAheadLimit 2 - 99 % GPU Usage | 70-85 % CPU usage. > RenderDevice.RenderAheadLimit 3 - 99 % GPU Usage | 70-85 % CPU usage. > > In my configuration RenderDevice.RenderAheadLimit 2 gives the best combo. Hyperthreading is enabled. if i got around 40-50 % gpu usage what is that mean? how i fix it? cuz currrently my fps is low for my specs. have gfx 1070 and i5 6500 16 gb and got around 30-80 fps ---
**Author:** ![KadazGR](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/kadazgr/32/102452_2.png) [@KadazGR](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/KadazGR)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/high-cpu-usage-low-fps-potential-fix/102543/7 "2016-10-23T13:55:00Z")
Doesn’t do anything for me. ---
**Author:** ![Gomezito](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@Gomezito](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Gomezito)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/high-cpu-usage-low-fps-potential-fix/102543/8 "2016-10-23T13:56:00Z")
> [@KadazGR](#): > > Doesn’t do anything for me. Specs?.. ---
**Author:** ![Eximo007](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/eximo007/32/101896_2.png) [@Eximo007](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Eximo007)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/high-cpu-usage-low-fps-potential-fix/102543/9 "2016-10-23T14:07:00Z")
> [@yanivsitel](#): > > if i got around 40-50 % gpu usage what is that mean? how i fix it? > cuz currrently my fps is low for my specs. > > have gfx 1070 and i5 6500 16 gb > and got around 30-80 fps Windows 7 or 10? ---
**Author:** ![Tothert3](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/tothert3/32/103871_2.png) [@Tothert3](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Tothert3)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/high-cpu-usage-low-fps-potential-fix/102543/10 "2016-10-23T14:11:00Z")
Works for me but wasn’t the entire solution as i still had background apps that tried to jump into the gap Game now runs much better with this + 70% of the processor to itself. going to prepackage this fix and throw a quick app up on git hub for the needy yet lazy people (might stem the tide of the WHY WONT THEY DM ME ABOUT A FIX threads) ---
**Author:** ![SilverKidPoweh](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@SilverKidPoweh](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/SilverKidPoweh)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/high-cpu-usage-low-fps-potential-fix/102543/11 "2016-10-23T14:15:00Z")
> [@Eximo007](#): > > > [@yanivsitel](#): > > > > if i got around 40-50 % gpu usage what is that mean? how i fix it? > > cuz currrently my fps is low for my specs. > > > > have gfx 1070 and i5 6500 16 gb > > and got around 30-80 fps > > Windows 7 or 10? windows 7 x64 ultimate ---
**Author:** ![Squad\_Rules](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/squad_rules/32/103588_2.png) [@Squad\_Rules](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Squad_Rules)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/high-cpu-usage-low-fps-potential-fix/102543/12 "2016-10-23T14:25:00Z")
The only issue i’m noticing is my CPU usage is at 15% DX11, and 60% DX12?..rig in sig ---
**Author:** ![SixTwoZero99](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@SixTwoZero99](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/SixTwoZero99)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/high-cpu-usage-low-fps-potential-fix/102543/13 "2016-10-23T14:33:00Z")
Didnt work for me, also my CPU usage is very very low like 30% on ultra. ---
**Author:** ![Lenniguti7](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/lenniguti7/32/102627_2.png) [@Lenniguti7](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Lenniguti7)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/high-cpu-usage-low-fps-potential-fix/102543/14 "2016-10-23T14:35:00Z")
Fixed it for me. Before stutter and 30-40 FPS no everything super smooth. i5- 3570k @ 4.2 Ghz, GTX 680 and 8GB DDR3 Edit: Did not fix the Direct X Error, still getting it. ---
**Author:** ![DrDraganDabic](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/drdragandabic/32/101784_2.png) [@DrDraganDabic](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/DrDraganDabic)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/high-cpu-usage-low-fps-potential-fix/102543/15 "2016-10-23T14:43:00Z")
The patch is coming guys 😊 ![inBsrnt.png](https://battlefieldforum.co/uploads/default/original/3X/d/8/d87ab2d101f5b38cfab7719657b18000a9159906.png) ---
**Author:** ![L3BRACON](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@L3BRACON](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/L3BRACON)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/high-cpu-usage-low-fps-potential-fix/102543/16 "2016-10-23T14:43:00Z")
RenderDevice.RenderAheadLimit 2 seems to be best for me. I have i5 6600K @ 4.4,ghz 16gb DDR4 2800mhz GTX 1070 2050mhz, stutter seems to be gone, but not 100% sure. RenderDevice.RenderAheadLimit 1 made my game lag, GPU usage was 58%, with RenderDevice.RenderAheadLimit 2 I have my CPU 100% and GPU%, but runs alot smoother and responsive. ---
**Author:** ![Shinob1S](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/shinob1s/32/103459_2.png) [@Shinob1S](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Shinob1S)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 3:03pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/high-cpu-usage-low-fps-potential-fix/102543/17 "2016-10-23T15:03:00Z")
> [@ZokaBosanac123](#): > > The patch is coming guys 😃 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kloakentaucher](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/kloakentaucher/32/102544_2.png) [@Kloakentaucher](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Kloakentaucher)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/high-cpu-usage-low-fps-potential-fix/102543/18 "2016-10-23T15:06:00Z")
> [@ZokaBosanac123](#): > > The patch is coming guys 😃 Thank god. I want to play this game so badly right now. ---
**Author:** ![Gomezito](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@Gomezito](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Gomezito)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/high-cpu-usage-low-fps-potential-fix/102543/19 "2016-10-23T15:07:00Z")
> [@SixTwoZero99](#): > > Didnt work for me, also my CPU usage is very very low like 30% on ultra. Specs??? > [@Lenniguti7](#): > > Fixed it for me. Before stutter and 30-40 FPS no everything super smooth. i5- 3570k @ 4.2 Ghz, GTX 680 and 8GB DDR3 > > Edit: Did not fix the Direct X Error, still getting it. How much FPS do you get now? ---
**Author:** ![F1aw1ess](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/f1aw1ess/32/101905_2.png) [@F1aw1ess](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/F1aw1ess)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/high-cpu-usage-low-fps-potential-fix/102543/20 "2016-10-23T15:19:00Z")
Interesting, well found OP [Next page](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/high-cpu-usage-low-fps-potential-fix/102543.md?page=2)