GTA 5 Poor Performance

[zoog18]

I just recently installed a new GTX 980 and have been playing GTA 5. I am running the game with absolutely everything maxed and I get a constant 60 FPS, with it never dropping below 45. However, the game is very laggy and the FPS is not reflective of the number in game, turning feels sluggish and definitely not like a 60 FPS game.

PC Specs
i5 4670K currently at stock speeds
MSI GTX 980 with latest drivers
16GB G. Skill Trident
Samsung 840 Evo
Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB (Game is installed on this)
Corsair AX 760
Asus Xonar Essence STX

 

[lli10]

The problem is likely about the hard drive, when the game is big like GTA 5, they won't load the texture, image all into memory at a time, I guess you graphics card is just waiting for the loading from the hard drive, I would recommend try to squeeze your game into your SSD. see whether it helps or not. If it does help, then you can purchase another SSD, just for gaming, 120 G / 128 G SSD is not expensive nowadays.
Also mobo could be another factor

I just recently installed a new GTX 980 and have been playing GTA 5. I am running the game with absolutely everything maxed and I get a constant 60 FPS, with it never dropping below 45. However, the game is very laggy and the FPS is not reflective of the number in game, turning feels sluggish and definitely not like a 60 FPS game.

PC Specs
i5 4670K currently at stock speeds
MSI GTX 980 with latest drivers
16GB G. Skill Trident
Samsung 840 Evo
Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB (Game is installed on this)
Corsair AX 760
Asus Xonar Essence STX

 

[zoog18]

I actually forgot about the mobo I have an Asus Sabertooth Z97, so I don't think that's the problem

 

[mrmez]

Could be one specific gfx option enabled thats adding lag without ruining fps.
Go through the options and disable one item at a time and see if anything changes.
Also close/disable anything running in the background. Virus scanner, downloads etc.

 

[zoog18]

I actually did that, systematically disabling graphics options and not a single one changed that lag/choppiness issue so I think its the hard drive. I'm wondering, could the hard drive also effect Anti-Aliasing? Since I've noticed rather poor anti aliasing in all the open world games that I installed on my HDD and SSD, despite me having cranked up the option in each game close to its max or max.

 

[rudi95]

Turn down the grass quality (takes a big hit on the graphics card), i had this same issue until i turned that down...might work for you

 

[mrmez]

I play GTA V on an SSD, so I can't be sure, but the game WILL load as much as it can into RAM. I can't imagine your HDD will be a constant bottleneck, constantly loading causing stuttering.

You'll obviously have to try install it on the SSD (if you have room) to isolate this, but I'd be leaning towards a setting/driver/software issue, especially background tasks like downloads or a virus or virus scanner.