How to Fix Battlefield Freezes

Sometimes players experience freezing for some seconds or more during Battlefield gameplay. If you are experiencing freezes during the gameplay, here are some ‘working’ solutions recommended for you.

Solution 1: Run compatibility mode

Step 1: Click on the start menu

Step 2: Locate the Battlefield 5 (if your version of Battlefield is 5) icon by clicking on the ‘All Apps’ icon

Step 3: Right-click on the battlefield icon

Step 4: Click on ‘Open file location’

Step 4: Right click on the shortcut icon > ‘Properties’

Step 5: Click on compatibility

Step 6: Check the ‘run this program as an Administrator’ box. Make sure the box is ticked.

Step 7: Click on ‘Apply’ > OK

Step 8: Right click on the shortcut icon > ‘Open file location’

Step 9: Open the ‘Installer’ folder

Step 10: Click on the VC folder > VC 2015

Step 11: Open the second folder

Step 12: Run the installer for the version of your computer

Step 13: It will say, ‘set up fail’ if you have Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 running on your pc. If you don’t, follow the setup instructions to install C++ on your computer

Step 14: Go to your graphics card website and download the latest graphics card driver for your PC. If your graphics card is NVidia, go to nvidia.com.

Step 15: Launch your Battlefield 5 game.

If this fix does not work, you can try upgrading your windows to the latest version of Windows 10.

Solution 2: Optimize Gforce Experience

Here’s how to do this:

Step 1: Make sure you download the most recent graphics drivers for your PC. You can also search for graphics card drivers update on Gforce Experience

Step 2: Go to games in Gforce Experience

Step 3: select Battlefield1

Step 4: Click on details

Step 5: Click on ‘Optimize’ to optimize your settings for Battlefield1.

This should work, if it doesn’t work, you can try upgrading your RAM to 16GB.

Hope you find this helpful?