Victoria 3 using insane levels of GPU

[EDKT21]

For context I have a 1650 Super, I am running the game on the lowest settins possible at 30 fps. Playing on 3 speed the game is still using 80%-100% of GPU. It is also having the recent pc freezing issues . But I have no idea why it is using SO much. My graphics card runs most 1080p games at 60 fps comfortably , so why is it chugging to run a map game on lowest settings. Does anyone know why this is happening or how I can fix it, thank you for any support <3.

 

[AndrewT]

There's nothing wrong with using 80-100% of GPU! That probably has nothing to do with your PC freezing problem, which is almost certainly due to Windows 11 24H2; this can be the cause of this problem, it is a severely broken Windows update that has caused problems across the whole gaming - indeed computer - industry.

A user has come up with another possible workaround
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...s-the-problem-with-computer-freezing.1774335/
Definitely worth a shot - let me know if that does help you! Note that to test it you don't actually need to use Processor Lasoo, just Affinity in Task Manager (for testing purposes anyway).

And finally, in the game settings menu switch the renderer to Vulkan.

Let us know if any of those help! Or if you don't in fact have that Windows version.

 

[PDX_Sosanna]

1650 Super is an older card and it would have similar results in other demanding 3D games released in 2022 and later, 30 fps at 80% usage sounds about right.
Our oldest testing setup with an Nvidia card uses 2060 Super for reference.