As the title says. GPU Usage is at 100%, I have updated drivers already. When I try to stream it lags my stream and gets a frame drop, I have gigabit internet connection so it’s not that either. This is only a problem with AoE4. I have switched my encoding and still nothing. Any tips helps. Thank you!
I want to add I have a Ryzen 7 5800x, 32GB DDR4 RAM, I play at 1440p at 165Hz
Seems to be issues with higher end PC’s at the moment. I have a similar setup and have the same issues, as well as massive FPS drops from time to time. I think they know of the issues and it’s on their list of things to fix.
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Appreciate it! Thanks for the info I’ll be waiting patiently to stream lol
I have the same problem with a Rx6900xt and a Ryzen 5800x. Also 100% utilization of the graphics card. I’m afraid that the card will break at 2h to 100%
Graphic card using 100% cant break. Lower the graphics and change speed in bios to higher to lower the heat. The heat will break yout graphic card and not the usage. Reply will screenshot and i will help you 
I have the same issue. I have 2 GPU’s on my machine. RTX 4090 and RTX 3090. When I launch AOE4 my RTX 3090 immediately shoots up from 1% to 100% usage. This happens without even starting a match (in the menu stage). When starting a game there’s a crazy lag. I noticed that only recently after the last AOE4 update. My Nvidia drivers are up to date. This is probably a game bug / issue. I’ve been playing the game on highest graphic settings for years without any issues or lags and I don’t want to lower my graphic settings, I paid a lot of money for these cards for a reason.
I found a fix (incase anyone else has this problem as well).
I just disabled my RTX 3090 and left my RTX 4090 enabled in the device manager and launched the game in full graphic specs and it worked perfectly without any lag. Then I enabled the RTX 3090 and tried to play again in full graphics and it worked. The card did not reach 100% usage as well. Not sure why that worked but just disabling the card and enabling it again fixed everything for me.
I just had an email exchange with the support team. AOE4 does not support multiple gpus! The best thing to do is just disable one gpu in device manager every time you are playing which sucks!