GTA V Stuttering on Capable PC (What do I really need?)

[YourGrandaddy]

Well, I recently got Grand Theft Auto V, and like most other open-world games that I've tried, I got an unbearable amount of stuttering.

So, I'm basically looking for things that I can add to my current build or OC in order to squeeze out the stuttering.

SPECS

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 LGA 1150

CPU Cooler: Stock Cooler

GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC Gaming ACX 2.0+ Cooling Graphics Card

HDD: Seagate 1TB Desktop HDD SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache

Power Supply: XFX 650W TS SERIES FULL WIRED 80+ BRONZE PSU

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (One Stick) [Defective motherboard couldn't take two sticks at a time]

Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 CA-1B3-00M1NN-00 Mid-tower Computer Chassis

Motherboard: Gigabyte LGA 1150 Intel H97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX DDR3 1600 LGA 1150 Motherboards GA-H97M-HD3

Windows 10

 

[bailojustin]

When playing the game, what are the temps on your gpu and cpu? Please post.



Turn off high detail shadows, turn shadows down, turn tesselation to x8.

Make sure it's running the latest direct x.

Cap frames at 60 if a 60hZ monitor and your golden.

 

[AngelOfDarkness]

It can either be your ram, your proccesor or your HDD.

 

[YourGrandaddy]

When playing the game, what are the temps on your gpu and cpu? Please post.



Turn off high detail shadows, turn shadows down, turn tesselation to x8.

Make sure it's running the latest direct x.

Cap frames at 60 if a 60hZ monitor and your golden.

By golden do you mean being able to have everything else at maximum settings? (Testing temp right now).

 

[bailojustin]

Yes that's what I mean by golden 😛.

The bad news is though, I suspect a thermal throttle is to blame for the lag.

 

[YourGrandaddy]

Yes that's what I mean by golden 😛.

The bad news is though, I suspect a thermal throttle is to blame for the lag.

60 Degrees Celsius for GPU and Mid 50's for CPU.

Is that bad?

 

[djreedj]

use adaptive vsync from nvidia control panel it helped me

 

[YourGrandaddy]

Well, I don't know what it is, Bail, but when I applied the settings you recommended that I tone down, most of the stuttering eradicated itself. Although there's the occasional hiccup, at least the game is finally playable until I upgrade my cooling system. Thanks alot man.

 

[bignastyid]

Only having 4Gb of ram is going to kill your experience in GTA V by causing massive stuttering. Either replace the board so you can install 2 4gb sticks(assuming you bought a set), or get a single 8Gb stick of ram.

 

[bailojustin]

Yea wi th gta it's best played with 16gb, 8gb recommend. Your going to have a hard time with 4 as stated above.

Open task manager, now resource moitor, start playing gta, minimize after 10 mins and look at your memory usage.