I've recently purchased Arc Raiders and I'm running into a peculiar issue that's affecting my gameplay. After a few matches, the game starts to stutter and lose frames. I initially thought closing the game would help, but it stayed active according to Steam, so I restarted my PC.
After the reboot, in my first match, everything ran smoothly with CPU usage around 65%. However, during the next match, my CPU usage spiked to about 88%, while Arc Raiders' usage remained unchanged. Instead, the 'system' task in Task Manager is what's increasing. Every time I load into a new match, the CPU usage of the 'system' rises until it hits 100%, leading to stutters and frame drops. My GPU and RAM usage stay consistent throughout.
Here are my specs for context:
- Ryzen 9 9900x3d
- RTX 5080 16GB
- 64GB DDR5 RAM
- MSI MAG X870E Tomahawk Motherboard
If anyone has any ideas or potential solutions, I'd really appreciate your help!
1 Answer
That sounds frustrating! Have you made sure that all your chipset and GPU drivers are fully updated? Sometimes outdated drivers can cause weird performance issues like this. If they’re up to date, it might be worth checking for any Windows updates too!
Yes, all my drivers are updated.