EDIT: [u]TL;DR: Enable Framerate Cap manually in your video settings. [/u] [b]The Steam version of D2 came with my Framerate Cap set to Disabled.[/b] This meant my laptop's hardware was working harder than it need to, often rendering 100+ fps. This put extra work strain and heat on my CPU, causing it to rapidly overheat and reduce power to cool, thus causing my CPU to overwork itself and my framerate to crash. Original Post: Ever since New Light and Shadowkeep launched on Steam, Destiny 2 has been functionally unplayable for me on PC. Be it running laps around the Tower, walking in world spaces, or trying to compete in the Crucible, my framerate crashes from 80+ fps down to only 40 fps at best. This issue did not exist on the Battle.net version of D2 just days prior to Shadowkeep. Doing a little digging, I found that when moving around Player-populated areas (such as Crucible or the Tower) would cause my framerate to crash to 35-42 fps for several seconds, before correcting. This drop in framerate corresponds to my CPU usage flying through the roof and sometimes capping out at 100%, even when running the D2 client by itself. I have tried raising/lowering all graphical settings, updating Nvidia drivers, double-checking the Nvidia Control Panel to see that Destiny 2 runs on my high-power graphics card and not Integrated Graphics. I've tried disabling Steam Overlay, putting Steam Friends to offline, and even using my software to overclock my CPU. I play Destiny 2 primarily for the PvP, and as a community game with my friends on the side. This CPU bottleneck and FPS crashes makes competing functionally impossible. [b]My PC:[/b] Acer Predator Helios 300, model Predator PH317-51 (ironically used to advertise D2 vanilla) Intel Core 17-7700HQ @ 2.80 Ghz, 3.40 Ghz overclock NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 16GB DDR4 RAM Windows 10 [armory][/armory] [armory][/armory] [b][/b] [u][/u] [b][/b] [u][/u]