Gta v 4GB stuttering issue

[KalKBrENnER-B3RLiNC4LL1NG]

Hi.
Lately ive been having minor to major gta v stuttering. I have no idea whats the problem, as i meet with the requirements. Im suspecting of my 4gb ram, maybe if i upgrade to 8gb will it be significantly better?
Any help please?
Rig :
Q9650 3ghz x4
4gb hyper x fury
500gb wd hdd
Palit gtx 550ti 1gb gddr5
G41-VGS3

 

[Martell1977]

Use a program like MSI Afterburner and see what is happening during the stuttering. Watch CPU, GPU, GPU VRAM and RAM usage. If something is maxxed out and the rest is below 75-80%, then whatever is maxed is the bottleneck. I would say the VRAM is more likely the issue, but run the program and find out.

 

[vrumor]

You meet the minimum requirements, expect a minimum type experience. You should turn down everything to a mixture of low and a tiny bit of medium settings. Upgrade everything.

 

[Supernova1138]

GTA V is very RAM hungry so running out of system RAM might be causing your stuttering, but you also have a pretty weak graphics card with only 1GB of VRAM, that is pretty much going to limit you to the lowest settings at about 720p. GTA V is a VRAM hog and 1GB isn't really enough to run the game well on higher settings or at reasonably high resolutions. You might wind up benefiting more from a GPU upgrade than a RAM upgrade if your system RAM usage isn't maxed out while playing.

 

[KalKBrENnER-B3RLiNC4LL1NG]

Yes i will monitor the ram usage in game. I will leave you all informed. Im also playing on the lowest settings possible in game. Rockstar also stated , and i quote, " You need a minimum of 8gb, due to the game usage of at least 6gb"

 

[Gman450]

I ran the game with a GTS 450 1gb, i3 3220 and 4 gigs of RAM at medium settings and at 720p. My game used to stutter as soon as I played it for more than an hour or so. After upgrading to 8 gigs, I did see an improvment in the stutter delay, but it still happened, maybe at 2 hours(?) after starting the game. It's a memory leak issue with the game. You can't do much about that.

 

[KalKBrENnER-B3RLiNC4LL1NG]

Hello,
I monitored Gta V's ram usage, Cpu usage being that of 60%, Ram using 3.80 gb / 4

So should i buy 8gb?

 

[Gman450]

Going to 8 will possibly prolong the time before you'll start to experience stutters in the game. If you don't have much money to upgrade your entire system and really tight on budget, then 8 gigs would be beneficial as most games ask for that much as minimum.
I saw some improvements myself when I upgraded to 8.

 

[KalKBrENnER-B3RLiNC4LL1NG]

But why should i upgrade if i meet with the requirements? I mean i game on this rig but gta v starts to stutter idk why

 

[Gman450]

Does the game start stuttering after a while? or instantly?

There is a memory leak issue with the game. I'm not sure if it's been fixed now, but I know I had it when I played.

 

[turbopixel]

Probably your rig getting hot and slows down the power for cooling down and it starts to stutter.

 

[KalKBrENnER-B3RLiNC4LL1NG]

It starts to stutter immediately, no the temps are all 40-45 degrees when gaming 30 when idle

 

[KalKBrENnER-B3RLiNC4LL1NG]

This only happens with Gta 5, 🙁

 

[Gman450]

Upgrading RAM could help you out although there's no guarantee. For me, stuttering came in only after an hour of play. It wasn't instantly. Like I said before, changing mine from 4 to 8 did help me in prolonging that time before stutters started to show up again.

Getting 8 gigs makes sense because you could benefit that for a lot of other games too.