Does anyone know of a fix for this? That's an old video but it shows my issue pretty clearly. I don't have the huge stutter that the video has, but I have the pop in/missing assets thing no matter what I try. I have a 970 with an older cpu and manage to get a constant 55 fps with everything on high. Is it possibly a HDD speed issue? I'm not exactly sure what the speed of my drive is. It happens a lot more in online play than it does in single player but it's still super annoying.
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GTA V PC Performance Thread
- Thread starter noomi
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So this is the first game I've played that requires more than 8gigs of system memory 
I had a lot of crashing last night and determined it was because the system was requiring more than my 8gigs. I had to re-enable my page file to get the game to stop crashing. I think it's time to invest in 16gigs of system memory.
Unfortunately in the process of figuring it out, I used the geforce experience to set my settings and it went WAY overboard. I now get laggy menus and some light stuttering in game. I need to disable that and go back to my original high settings. I might have been bumping up against the 970's 3.5gig threshold too.
Need to tweak more but my early experience was a bit of a struggle.
i5 2500k @4.2
970
8gigs RAM
win 8.1
I had a lot of crashing last night and determined it was because the system was requiring more than my 8gigs. I had to re-enable my page file to get the game to stop crashing. I think it's time to invest in 16gigs of system memory.Unfortunately in the process of figuring it out, I used the geforce experience to set my settings and it went WAY overboard. I now get laggy menus and some light stuttering in game. I need to disable that and go back to my original high settings. I might have been bumping up against the 970's 3.5gig threshold too.
Need to tweak more but my early experience was a bit of a struggle.
i5 2500k @4.2
970
8gigs RAM
win 8.1
jim2point0
Banned
Yes. SweetFX is fairly straightforward.
I'll try and take some comparison screens later. This game is nasty on aliasing.
I don't know if its actually using double, but I noticed that too. I have 24GB VRAM according to this game lol.
I usually pull 8GB or so, so I think its just a bug(about the doubling VRAM).
PlayALLtheGames
Banned
2700k and Superclocked 780 is handling this at 2560x1600 and pretty much max without much issue; average in the 50s.
But Online I turn down to 1920x1200 to maintain that.
But Online I turn down to 1920x1200 to maintain that.
Windom Earle
Member
Could you please post a quick tutorial? Not really up to speed with the current injectors. THANKS!
Windom Earle
Member
Cross posting from the OT, but 1st person mode with kb/m is as amazing as I expected. It was such garbage with 30fps and a controller.
edit: sorry about the double post
edit: sorry about the double post
Lockjaw333
Member
I havent hit a super grassy section yet and I'm scared to at this point. Everyone keeps saying the fps takes a nosedive.
For now all I can offer is to keep MSAA off, use Soft or Softest shadows, and lower your distance scaling slider.
I'm actually surprised you didn't run into problems sooner with 8GB and a disabled page file. Just enable it and play the game.. the game resources will use the bulk of the physical ram and Windows will efficiently allocate other tasks to the page. You shouldn't see a dip.So this is the first game I've played that requires more than 8gigs of system memory
Unfortunately in the process of figuring it out, I used the geforce experience to set my settings and it went WAY overboard. I now get laggy menus and some light stuttering in game. I need to disable that and go back to my original high settings. I might have been bumping up against the 970's 3.5gig threshold too.
Need to tweak more but my early experience was a bit of a struggle.
i5 2500k @4.2
970
8gigs RAM
win 8.1
ussjtrunks
Member
What do the advanced settings do, not 100% sure they make a difference and they eat fps
Prophet Steve
Member
I think there was the same bug in GTA IV about it showing the double amount of VRAM in SLI.
But no it can't use more than half of it.
But no it can't use more than half of it.
Latvian Hitman
Member
I think it's just an error in the way RAM usage is being reported by the game's UI. SLI, by it's very nature, does not work this way.
icecold1983
Member
I don't know what's going on with TXAA in this game but it seems to make aliasing worse. I could see more jaggies on large obvious street furniture like telegraph poles. Here's some screens:
And a direct comparison
Look at the telegraph poles, overhead wires and shadows on the opposite side of the street. Here again with MSAAx4, less obvious but still worse looking once TXAA is on:
And the direct comparison
While I was at it, I took some screens of the shadow softness options, these go PCSS/Softest/Softer/Soft:
These screens are from the game being played at 1080p on a 980/3770k. Settings used here:
I was using MSAAx4 but I found that as you pan the camera round past grassy areas, there was noticeable chug. Dropping to 2x got rid of that.
txaa gives pretty much the same end result as fxaa in this title :/. msaa w/ txaa on and fxaa off looks nearly identical to msaa w/ txaa off and fxaa on.
No hell no lol. Always go fo native resolution.
Windom Earle
Member
They make a difference, but advanced distance scaling is pretty much impossible to max out on my rig if I want 60fps.
was he talking about the 15.4 beta drivers here: https://twitter.com/amd_roy/status/587661043125522432/photo/1
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Lockjaw333
Member
So this is the first game I've played that requires more than 8gigs of system memory
Unfortunately in the process of figuring it out, I used the geforce experience to set my settings and it went WAY overboard. I now get laggy menus and some light stuttering in game. I need to disable that and go back to my original high settings. I might have been bumping up against the 970's 3.5gig threshold too.
Need to tweak more but my early experience was a bit of a struggle.
i5 2500k @4.2
970
8gigs RAM
win 8.1
Is it really using over 8GB system RAM? I didn't notice it last night, I have the same setup as you.
Might be time to throw another stick in.
Dusktildawn48
Member
Can someone just tell me what i should be using b/t msaa, fxaa, and txaa? please
What uses the least while looking good?
What uses the least while looking good?
I guess you prefer jaggies, pop-ins and plainer-looking worlds. I don't.
Being able to run 2x MSAA somewhat compensates for the lower resolution. Also, the huge frame-rate variance in this game (30+ - 60 FPS) is too jarring for me to try and stick with 1440p.
icecold1983
Member
Msaa if you have perf to spare. 4x dsr if you have a lot of perf to spare
Prophet Steve
Member
Don't use TXAA. MSAA will use a lot but look good. FXAA uses little but looks bad. No middle-way unless you are using an injector.
But...you should get less jaggies.
Lockjaw333
Member
Use FXAA. Unless you have a large performance overhead, like you are getting significantly higher than 60fps and can spare the performance hit, then just use FXAA. Enabling MSAA and TXAA give a fairly large performance hit in this game.
Wait, GTA V plus rest of Windows is using 8GB RAM for you guys? Do you have a ton of other programs running? My system RAM usage while playing it is about 5GB.
Dusktildawn48
Member
I have 4790k @4.5
Sli 970s
@1440p
but last night it seemed like i couldnt get a consistent 60fps
Shadowhaxor
Member
Interested to see what loads people with SLI 980's and 970's are seeing. Noticed that I'm not seeing equal loads across both cards.
noomi
Member
Ok guys, my last for for a little while. Leaving the OP as is for now, will check back later and try to post some more updates.
I wasn't sure if it was working yet, but I have added a link in the OP under the tips and tricks section.
I actually really like TXAA. Sadly, it does have a pretty big impact on performance but it really looks clean to me, and yes it does blur the picture a little bit. Personal preference.
I wasn't sure if it was working yet, but I have added a link in the OP under the tips and tricks section.
I actually really like TXAA. Sadly, it does have a pretty big impact on performance but it really looks clean to me, and yes it does blur the picture a little bit. Personal preference.
The genral consensus among PC gamers is to always lower AA settings and then graphical settings before lowering from native resolution.
JimJamJones
Member
So I'm running a GTX 970, i7-4770k and 8GB RAM running at 1920x1200 and cannot seem to keep a solid 60fps at times. It's locked at 59fps most of the time then drops around random areas and when I drive (especially when I crash into something). At times, it will even lock into 30fps for about 5-10 seconds.
Am I missing something? What settings should I change around to get a solid 60(59?)fps?
Am I missing something? What settings should I change around to get a solid 60(59?)fps?
Onimusha78
Member
No other game has pushed the system memory over the 8gig threshold since I put my SSD in late last year. I had actually forgotten that I disabled the page file. I have no problems using it but it's a little shocking to me that GTAV is requesting so much.
I only noticed because I was hard crashing about 5-10 min into the game. Out of 5 crashes, twice windows told me I was running out of system memory. That's what made me really watch it. The game itself wasn't requesting that much but windows was committing more than the 8gigs. After about 15 min of play time it was around 8.7gigs committed with only GTAV and Windows.
Actual RAM usage or RAM committed? Windows commits a lot more RAM than it actually uses. My usage wasn't over the 8gigs but committed was over the 8
People with a page file would probably never see it unless they were actively looking for it. I would have blissfully been unaware and happily playing if I had my page file lol.PhantomZone
Member
I have been switching betweenv 1920 x 1080 ad 1152 x 720..... 1152 x 720 gives me nearly 200 fps (with some other settings switched to low or off) it is amazing.
Advanced settings-distance scaling.
ItsTheNew
I believe any game made before 1997 is "essentially cave man art."
I7 3770k
R9 290
16gb ram
Win 8.1
AMD 15.4 drivers
Running at 1080p
Game runs really well with games optimized settings, cranked a couple things up since I thought it was underestimating my system and it's running at 60 fps without any issues
Fxaa, very high grass (ultra is a killer yo!), no reflective AA and you should be right as rain.
R9 290
16gb ram
Win 8.1
AMD 15.4 drivers
Running at 1080p
Game runs really well with games optimized settings, cranked a couple things up since I thought it was underestimating my system and it's running at 60 fps without any issues
Fxaa, very high grass (ultra is a killer yo!), no reflective AA and you should be right as rain.
Actual RAM usage or RAM committed? Windows commits a lot more RAM than it actually uses. My usage wasn't over the 8gigs but committed was over the 8
How much pagefile should we assign?
I got 8gb and didnt get a crash or alert during my 2 playtime hours yesterday night.
GavinUK86
Member
if you run a lower resolution that your native then you'll get more jaggies than if you can it natively with no aa.
To get 50+ FPS 1440p, I get jaggies, pop-ins, average shadows and particle effects. I'd rather stick with 1080p as it gets me a cleaner-looking world. Yes, it sucks that it no longer looks as sharp, but I'd rather compromise things this way. I hate it that the world looks sharper but plainer, with jaggies and pop-ins all over the place. What's the point of that?
I've been a PC gamer for 15+ years now. I don't need to follow what the general population think.
Dries
Member
Your specs are almost mine.
I wonder how the game would look if you used DSR to render at 1620p and apply FXAA instead of rendering at 1440p with MSAA. Assuming you have a native 1440p monitor of course. What do you prefer?
Not really because at 1080p I can actually have at least 2xMSAA
Just let windows manage it and you'll be fine
Dave_6
Member
I wonder if that's my problem. My PC consists of a 3570K@4.4, a G1 970 and 8GBs of RAM but it's always stuttering and hitching, even on a 144hz monitor. Feels like the game is constantly loading and my framerate is usually over a 100 most of the time. With the high refresh rate, it's usually still smooth even with wild framerate fluctuations but not with this game. At all.
0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55
Banned
Any downsampling impressions from 970 SLI'ers?
I figure by keeping a few of the setting below max to prevent from hitting the 3.5GB Vram ceiling, 60fps @ 4K might be achievable... or am I dreaming?
I figure by keeping a few of the setting below max to prevent from hitting the 3.5GB Vram ceiling, 60fps @ 4K might be achievable... or am I dreaming?
Seems to be but not sure it's actually doing it.
0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55
Banned
It can't do that. Your Vram budget is always based on a single card. Must be a reporting error in GTAV.
Thanks bro. I assume the default is auto management?
I feel kinda ashamed that I'm a dev and a PC Gamer since Lucasarts and I never had to mess with this :/