90 FPS with lag?!

[Thundurh]

I have been recently been playing some games (Rust, GTA5) and I have been looking at my FPS and im getting 90 FPS but there's some lag! I have a 1080p 144 Hz 1 ms monitor. What the heck? Shouldn't it be smooth as butter with 90 fps what is going on?? Specs: R9 280 i5 4690k. If you have any more questions let me know.

 

[Guest]

what do you mean? frame drops?

 

[ST0RM91]

Your monitor specs are pretty pointless for this, system lag ergo we'd need system specs : )

 

[Thundurh]

what do you mean? frame drops?

No, Im getting constant like 80 FPS thought I feel a bit of lag.

 

[Thundurh]

I should only feel lag if I go under 60 FPS, right?

 

[Nonpossible]

I should only feel lag if I go under 60 FPS, right?

You need to be more specific about your "lag" problem. Start by posting all the specs for your PC;

CPU:
Motherboard:
GPU:
PSU:
RAM:
HDD:

 

[Guest]

LAG usually refers to low fps, so this is not a lag.

 

[Thundurh]

I should only feel lag if I go under 60 FPS, right?

You need to be more specific about your "lag" problem. Start by posting all the specs for your PC;

CPU: i5 4690k
Motherboard: MSI PAPERMATE z97 http://www.amazon.com/MSI-Motherboards-Z97-PC-MATE/dp/B00K23BW70/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1451592009&sr=1-1&keywords=z97
GPU: Radeon R9 280 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IZXOW80?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00
PSU: EVGA 600W http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EON40CS?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s03
RAM: Ripjaws 8 GB http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004JM1ZG8?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s01
HDD: WD Blue 1 TB harddrive? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0088PUEPK?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00

 

[gareth_8000]

If the FPS is constant around 80 while playing and it feels like you got some lagg, then I doubt your having lagging issues, to me this would be backround programs running while playing GTA-V, but this could depend on how powerful your system is and RAM, another debate woulld be your internet connection itself, would recommend doing a speed test and see if anything is dropping ;-)

EDit, just read your spec's, system should be fine.. check backround programs running / internet connection ;-)

 

[Lazar_99]

If by lag you mean stuttering or constant skipping, it could be your internet connection or my personal experience of a similar problem is overheating. Did you check your temps while playing GTA 5?

 

[Thundurh]

If the FPS is constant around 80 while playing and it feels like you got some lagg, then I doubt your having lagging issues, to me this would be backround programs running while playing GTA-V, but this could depend on how powerful your system is and RAM, another debate woulld be your internet connection itself, would recommend doing a speed test and see if anything is dropping ;-)

EDit, just read your spec's, system should be fine.. check backround programs running / internet connection ;-)

I am ethernet connected, and get about upload on speedtest.net, as of now I have reset my PC as if it was brand new and redownloaded GTA 5. It's running better now!

 

[Guest]

Probably there was a program/programs running in the background.

 

[ST0RM91]

GTA V launcher uses up a load of ram, did you try closing that after the game is running?

 

[gareth_8000]

If you going to play games using this system, I would recommend finding a program online that closes running backround applications (be careful what u close), so that the computer runs smoother, I don't know what other people think but I tend to use advanced system care; in that there is a program called boost mode, this will close unwanted backround programs ;-), also was thinking last night that conflicts between software could comprimise the system; cause system lagg, just make sure you got one of each running (mallware, antivirus, etc), youcan check this by going to action center.

Happy gaming ;-)

 

[Thundurh]

If you going to play games using this system, I would recommend finding a program online that closes running backround applications (be careful what u close), so that the computer runs smoother, I don't know what other people think but I tend to use advanced system care; in that there is a program called boost mode, this will close unwanted backround programs ;-), also was thinking last night that conflicts between software could comprimise the system; cause system lagg, just make sure you got one of each running (mallware, antivirus, etc), youcan check this by going to action center.

Happy gaming ;-)

Okay thanks! Yes, I have Advanced System Care before. I just reset my PC (erased my harddrive), and reininstalled GTA 5, and then played it it was running great! Then... I closed the game and reopened it and THATS when I started to get the stuttering issues though my FPS was high again. So is this because background programs?

 

[Thundurh]

GTA V launcher uses up a load of ram, did you try closing that after the game is running?

No, but I can try that thanks. That is in the Task Manager right?

 

[gareth_8000]

the GTA launcher shouldn't comprimise the system that much, you do have more than enough RAM to handle it.. tbh plenty of solutions to this atm

1. close unwanted programs while gaming either via task manager (ctrl-alt-delete) or advanced system care boost more which I personally recomend using.

2. make sure drivers are up to date

3. if your pc is old or situated around dusty environment / on the floor then would recommend cleaning around the motherboard (NEVER do this yourself without knowing what your doing, could blow the board)

4. your g-card is very similar to mine, and more than capable of running it, overclocked or not, really wouldn't change any settings via any 'boosting / overclock' programs.

5. apart from ASC, would recommend looking at ccleaner, and just run this at the end of every night before using ASC, as ASC can also shut the computer down so that you can just leave it be.

6. apart from that mate, would advise to clean the registry / defrag it every now and again.

7. alot of programs have 'run while the computer is idle' or some programs which will run automatically evfen when your playing GTA, no matter what system you have, this could slow it down, yet again would recomend using boost mode.

this is all i really can think of,

Take care

really wouldn't know why it would 'stutter' on reload.. never had that when on GTA, really couldn't say sorry.., would just suggest to 'give it a min' before reloading it 🙂

 

[Thundurh]

the GTA launcher shouldn't comprimise the system that much, you do have more than enough RAM to handle it.. tbh plenty of solutions to this atm

1. close unwanted programs while gaming either via task manager (ctrl-alt-delete) or advanced system care boost more which I personally recomend using.

2. make sure drivers are up to date

3. if your pc is old or situated around dusty environment / on the floor then would recommend cleaning around the motherboard (NEVER do this yourself without knowing what your doing, could blow the board)

4. your g-card is very similar to mine, and more than capable of running it, overclocked or not, really wouldn't change any settings via any 'boosting / overclock' programs.

5. apart from ASC, would recommend looking at ccleaner, and just run this at the end of every night before using ASC, as ASC can also shut the computer down so that you can just leave it be.

6. apart from that mate, would advise to clean the registry / defrag it every now and again.

7. alot of programs have 'run while the computer is idle' or some programs which will run automatically evfen when your playing GTA, no matter what system you have, this could slow it down, yet again would recomend using boost mode.

this is all i really can think of,

Take care

really wouldn't know why it would 'stutter' on reload.. never had that when on GTA, really couldn't say sorry.., would just suggest to 'give it a min' before reloading it 🙂

Thanks for that detailed answer, I will try getting CCleaner and such.