GTA 5 not running as expected with GTX 1060

[InNeedDontPlead]

In all benchmarks I've seen GTA 5 with the GTX 1060 at 1080p runs out around 90-100 with maximums being much higher. I have the GTX 1060 and an i5 6600k with 16gb ram and nothing in my computer should be slowing it down. Yet in similar scenarios to the benchmarks I'm getting around 30 fps less at the same settings; is there any way I could fix or improve this? Is this an optimisation issue? Please help so thanks in advance. Ask for any additional information.

 

[madmatt30]

100fps in GTA v??
not sure where you've seen those type of results but I haven't.
Average 70-80max as far as I'm aware.

 

[TDice]

Isn't GTA V a CPU Heavy game when it deals with Pedestrian and Traffic? You Could try to adjust (I forgot what it is called) the setting which allows the distance to load stuff to a shorter distance, so you are not loading textures, cars, Pedestrians, etc. That should fix a little of the FPS.

I seen a lot of the benchmarks done with a 5820k which they get over 100 fps paired with a 980 ti.

 

[ErikMcLeod]

Make sure your Windows power settings are set to permit 100% GPU and CPU performance under load. Also ensure NVIDIA Power Savings is set to Prefer Maximum Performance. Beyond that, make sure all your power cables are connected and that your display is connected to the GPU, not the integrated HDMI. If these don't fix anything, open your GPU monitoring software's H/W graphs and check the core clock, temperature, power %, memory clock, and load % history after you run the benchmarks. Screencap those graphs and post them here.

 

[ErikMcLeod]

Also ensure the advanced graphics settings are turned off. There's no way a 1060/6600k can get 100fps with those turned up, they're just too demanding on the CPU to let the GPU flex its pipes that hard. The videos you're referring to likely didn't have those turned up.

 

[InNeedDontPlead]

Make sure your Windows power settings are set to permit 100% GPU and CPU performance under load. Also ensure NVIDIA Power Savings is set to Prefer Maximum Performance. Beyond that, make sure all your power cables are connected and that your display is connected to the GPU, not the integrated HDMI. If these don't fix anything, open your GPU monitoring software's H/W graphs and check the core clock, temperature, power %, memory clock, and load % history after you run the benchmarks. Screencap those graphs and post them here.

How do I change the Windows power settings to permit 100% gpu and cpu performance

 

[ErikMcLeod]

Control Panel --> System and Security --> Power Options --> Balanced (Change Plan Settings) --> Change advanced power settings...
-Processor Power Management (set to 100 as max),
-PCI Express --> Link State Power Management (set to 100 as max).

If they're already set to 100 as max, change their minimums to 100% and see if that positively affects gaming performance.

 

[spdragoo]

http://www.techspot.com/review/1209-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060/: GTX 1060 is roughly comparable to a GTX 970 in its performance

http://www.techspot.com/review/991-gta-5-pc-benchmarks/page6.html: While technically CPU-bound, this is only noticeable if you're not using a "true" quad-core CPU (i.e. dual-core with HyperThreading Core i3 chips don't count). Haswell i5s are just about neck-and-neck with Haswell/Broadwell i7s, so your CPU definitely isn't holding you back.

And the kicker:
http://www.techspot.com/review/991-gta-5-pc-benchmarks/page2.html, http://www.techspot.com/review/991-gta-5-pc-benchmarks/page3.html: GTX 970 tops out at 88FPS/59FPS @ 1080 with Normal/Very High texture quality, 58FPS/30FPS @ 1600p with Normal/Very High texture quality. Heck, it took the old Titan X (pre-Pascal) to clear 100 FPS with Normal textures at 1080p, & a GTX 1060 isn't near as powerful.

Unless you've turned the resolution below 1080p, or turned the texture quality down below "Normal", there's no reason to expect a GTX 970 or 1060 to clear 100FPS. Ever. If you take nothing else from this, remember: don't trust YouTube videos.

 

[Tylerr]

what settings are you running?

I know a few of them murder your fps, like grass.