980 Ti @ 1080p only getting ~50-60fps in GTA V Maxed?

[mebcitadel]

I have GTA 5 maxed out settings, my specs:

Intel i7 4790
8GB Corsair Ram
500GB SSD (GTA 5 installed to SSD)
PNY GeForce 980 Ti

The graphics settings and advanced graphics settings including AA are maxed out. I'm only getting about 50-60fps according to FRAPs during actual gameplay. Is this low? Should I be getting more?

 

[jimmysmitty]

What resolution are you playing at? That makes a massive difference.

 

[mebcitadel]

What resolution are you playing at? That makes a massive difference.

1080p 1920x1080

 

[Joseph DeGarmo]

GTA V requires at least two GTX 970s in SLI to run at 60 fps maxed in 1080p.

 

[jimmysmitty]

GTA V requires at least two GTX 970s in SLI to run at 60 fps maxed in 1080p.

That is not quite true:

http://www.techspot.com/review/991-gta-5-pc-benchmarks/page3.html

A single GTX 980 hits 66FPS average at 1440P so it should be able to push 70-80FPS average at 1080P.

OP, what are you running for AA? MSAA is very taxing. I suggest lowering it to see if you get better results.

 

[mebcitadel]

GTA V requires at least two GTX 970s in SLI to run at 60 fps maxed in 1080p.

That is not quite true:

http://www.techspot.com/review/991-gta-5-pc-benchmarks/page3.html

A single GTX 980 hits 66FPS average at 1440P so it should be able to push 70-80FPS average at 1080P.

OP, what are you running for AA? MSAA is very taxing. I suggest lowering it to see if you get better results.

Yes if I disable MSAA I get in the 70 range, if I disable AA altogether it approaches 100. I just wanted to make sure my performance was where it should be because I was told at 1080p/ultra I should be pushing 100fps but that doesn't seem to be true.

 

[jimmysmitty]

At 1080P ultra, yes. A lot of people don't take AA in consideration and forget that it kills FPS. But then again at 1080P it becomes less helpful. If you use FXAA you can get similar results minus the massive penalty.

 

[mebcitadel]

At 1080P ultra, yes. A lot of people don't take AA in consideration and forget that it kills FPS. But then again at 1080P it becomes less helpful. If you use FXAA you can get similar results minus the massive penalty.

http://www.techspot.com/review/991-gta-5-pc-benchmarks/page4.html

Also according to this I have advanced graphics maxed with FXAA I get about 60fps. So I am right there with Titan X performance (which is where I should be).

Thanks guys!

 

[Joseph DeGarmo]

GTA V requires at least two GTX 970s in SLI to run at 60 fps maxed in 1080p.

That is not quite true:

http://www.techspot.com/review/991-gta-5-pc-benchmarks/page3.html

A single GTX 980 hits 66FPS average at 1440P so it should be able to push 70-80FPS average at 1080P.

OP, what are you running for AA? MSAA is very taxing. I suggest lowering it to see if you get better results.

I mean MAXED!! MSAA INCLUDED!!

 

[MarkW]

Kill MSAA, turn down anti aliasing to 2x or 4x.

Then if that isn't enough, start turning other settings that eat up lots of GPU time down as well... One by one, until you get the performance you want.

 

[jimmysmitty]

GTA V requires at least two GTX 970s in SLI to run at 60 fps maxed in 1080p.

That is not quite true:

http://www.techspot.com/review/991-gta-5-pc-benchmarks/page3.html

A single GTX 980 hits 66FPS average at 1440P so it should be able to push 70-80FPS average at 1080P.

OP, what are you running for AA? MSAA is very taxing. I suggest lowering it to see if you get better results.

I mean MAXED!! MSAA INCLUDED!!

Well of course. But MSAA has such diminishing returns that it is almost not worth it to even include it in a maxed out scenario. I run FXAA and it works fine.

 

[bystander]

If you have V-sync on, you won't go past 60 FPS unless you have a monitor that goes past 60hz. And if you are using MSAA, your FPS will drop. Using FXAA and it isn't as bad.

And no matter what, there are areas which will drop FPS that low.

 

[bl@dy]

Also getting 40-60fps with everything maxed
For a card in this price range it is a little disappointing

to be honest i was sure that my cpu i5 3570k is a bottleneck but looks like i was wrong as the i7 4790 is much bettter

 

[MarkW]

Damn... I was going to suggest that he send the GTX 980Ti to me for testing. I'm certain the testing would take no longer than 5 years, at which point, I would return the thing along with my testing results!! 😛

 

[jjb8675309]

LOL with FXAA I can max the game with a 970 @1080p ultra and a solid 60+fps

 

[jimmysmitty]

LOL with FXAA I can max the game with a 970 @1080p ultra and a solid 60+fps

The only issue with FXAA is that it is post processing so instead of working on the areas only that need AA it does the whole image which can cause blurring of textures and areas that don't need AA.

 

[bystander]

Also getting 40-60fps with everything maxed
For a card in this price range it is a little disappointing

to be honest i was sure that my cpu i5 3570k is a bottleneck but looks like i was wrong as the i7 4790 is much bettter

What does the FPS on one game have to do with the price range? The game was designed to run at 30 FPS, and the cards of today can do that.

Your FPS is a function of both the cards power, and the games demand. Just because a game exists that demands a lot, does not change the value of the card.

Everything is relative. The 980ti is much faster than cheaper cards. Specific FPS mean nothing.

 

[Guest]

Hi, Try these settings, I hope this would help.

Turn grass quality to Very High since it halfs the fps. Try everything on ultra with MSAA4X with TXAA. That should work fine. Let me know if it works. I have a similar setup.