Why Borderlands2 run on my new gaming system fine at the store but not at home?

I recently built a gaming system with the following components:

Intel Core I5-4690K, MSI Z97-Gaming ATX LGA 1150 motherboard, 16 Gigs RAM, GIGABYTE GTX970 Graphics Gard, Intel 730 SSD Drive, Windows 8 OS

When hardwired or wirelessly connected to the internet when I start Borderland2 the cpu runs at 100% as do all other games. I brought the machine back to Micro Center. They did a diagnostic and couldn't find any reason for the CPU to run high. In fact at Micro Center it runs fine. They're convinced its my environment. I swapped out different monitors just to try something which made no difference. No other processes are using the CPU other than the game. If I can't fix this I'll have to return all the parts and I'm running out of time. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Mike

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Best Answer

A game using 100% of the CPU is not a bug, it is the intended behavior.

You're running a game, what else do you want the CPU to be used for? Any CPU a game can take helps increase your frame rate and is generally a good thing so game use as much as possible.

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How do I fix my FPS in Borderlands 2?

Make sure you have NVidia drivers installed.

Open NVIDIA Control Panel.

Click on Manage 3D Settings.

Click on Program Settings tab.

Click on \u201cAdd\u201d, look for Borderlands 2 and click on \u201cAdd Selected Program\u201d

Below look for the option \u201cMaximum Pre-rendered Frames\u201d

How do I make Borderlands 2 run better?

WARNING TO NEW BUYERS ! This game is CPU INTENSIVE! meaning it does not really care about your potato GPU it runs on almost any potato GPU properly but the most important hardware on your PC inorder to render this game properly is CPU.

Can Borderlands run on a potato?

With that said, let us get into the solutions.

Solution 1: Run the Game as an Administrator.

Solution 2: Verify the Integrity of Game Files.

Solution 3: Renew the Config Files.

Solution 4: Check Other Installed Applications.

Solution 5: Disable the Dolby DAX API Service.

Solution 6: Change the Installation Directory.

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