So whenever i check my task manager i see my cpu at like 80% and then it goes down to 20% a second later same as my disk drive

my comp specs is

pny GTX 1060 6gb
16gb ram
i5 7600k 3.80 ghz
asus z90 pro motherboard

Is that normal? i know my computer has good specs and that it shouldn't even be nearing 80% esp when i just play dark souls 2 and im on discord ( which takes like 20% of my cpu )

This post was edited by Maher on Oct 5 2018 10:18pm

When the CPU usage goes up like that, have you checked in Task Manager to see what "process" is causing it?

It usually is a random application everytime

sometimes its ds2
sometimes its a "folder" i opened.

Only things I can think would be the game itself, discord, or an infection. Did this high CPU usage just start recently or has it been happening all along?

I don't know if its recent, i have kaspersky it doesn't say infections

Im would run Malwarebytes for a 2nd opinion. If that comes up clean, I would guess it's a windows setting. What version of Windows? I'm assuming Windows 10?

Win 10

don't have malware bytes

Well, malwarebytes has a free or trial version, and it's a good scanner. Does this happen with other games or just DS2?


Also...


Found this at steam...

https://steamcommunity.com/app/335300/discussions/0/1692662484255525821/

I discovered a solution and now the game is working normally.

I went to the game folder in the Steam folder and looked for the .exe file. After locating it I right-clicked the "previous versions" options and ran a previous version of .exe with a double click.

It happens randomly regardless of if i game or not i haven't seen any perfomances issues however

so your cpu gets used
and you freak out
is this a troll thread