Lag spikes/stuttering in gta5!

[greenappleswe]

Hi, i recently bought gta 5 for pc. it runs, most of the time at least very smoothly (above 60 fps at almost all times) but sometimes i get these lag spikes that drop down to about 20 fps for a few seconds (1-2sec) and getting these lag spikes every 20 seconds is really annyoing, annoying enough to stop playing the game.

i checked some temps,

CPU - around 70°C

GPU - also around 70°C

hardrive - around 25-30° C

I also ran a virus scan but it said there was no viruses, is 70°C (CPU or GPU) hot enough to create lag spikes?
the lag spikes are more common after i played awhile, about 2 hours dont know exactly.

 

[Mattios]

70 degrees is a tad high but not terrible.

However this is almost certainly because the game is new. Many users are reporting issues of differing severity with the game. The game is just buggy, there is nothing wrong with your system.

 

[greenappleswe]

70 degrees is a tad high but not terrible.

However this is almost certainly because the game is new. Many users are reporting issues of differing severity with the game. The game is just buggy, there is nothing wrong with your system.

could it be a problem with my harddrive? the stuttering/lag spikes tend to happen a bit more when driving around and moving fast? loading up more areas faster.

 

[burdenbound]

70 degrees is a tad high but not terrible.

However this is almost certainly because the game is new. Many users are reporting issues of differing severity with the game. The game is just buggy, there is nothing wrong with your system.

could it be a problem with my harddrive? the stuttering/lag spikes tend to happen a bit more when driving around and moving fast? loading up more areas faster.

Sounds like it, if you have the funds grab an SSD to put the game on. I can't imagine how long it takes to load the game on a regular HDD, I had the game on 360 and it took forever, currently have it loaded on my SSD on the PC and it doesn't take long at all to get in.

 

[greenappleswe]

70 degrees is a tad high but not terrible.

However this is almost certainly because the game is new. Many users are reporting issues of differing severity with the game. The game is just buggy, there is nothing wrong with your system.

could it be a problem with my harddrive? the stuttering/lag spikes tend to happen a bit more when driving around and moving fast? loading up more areas faster.

Sounds like it, if you have the funds grab an SSD to put the game on. I can't imagine how long it takes to load the game on a regular HDD, I had the game on 360 and it took forever, currently have it loaded on my SSD on the PC and it doesn't take long at all to get in.

i meant driving around, loading up more details, you know when you get closer too something it looks nicer? having that happen faster then what the harddrive can keep up with may cause the lag spikes?

 

[burdenbound]

70 degrees is a tad high but not terrible.

However this is almost certainly because the game is new. Many users are reporting issues of differing severity with the game. The game is just buggy, there is nothing wrong with your system.

could it be a problem with my harddrive? the stuttering/lag spikes tend to happen a bit more when driving around and moving fast? loading up more areas faster.

Sounds like it, if you have the funds grab an SSD to put the game on. I can't imagine how long it takes to load the game on a regular HDD, I had the game on 360 and it took forever, currently have it loaded on my SSD on the PC and it doesn't take long at all to get in.

i meant driving around, loading up more details, you know when you get closer too something it looks nicer? having that happen faster then what the harddrive can keep up with may cause the lag spikes?

It could, I know on the 360 if I was driving fast I would eventually start driving on a clear road because it couldn't load everything in, but it never lagged when this happened so I can't say for sure the HDD is the cause. I would hate for you to spend money on an SSD for it to not work but right now it's the best guess I have. Plus I think every one should experience an SSD.

 

[Entomber]

can you provide full system specs?

GTA V isn't actually that poorly optimized of a game, likely your settings are a little too high for your hardware to handle.

 

[Mattios]

Trust me, unless this is happening in other games, it is not your PCs fault. People have differing degrees of problems.

http://www.reddit.com/r/GrandTheftAutoV_PC/comments/32od4r/gta5_crashes_mega_thread/
http://www.reddit.com/r/GrandTheftAutoV/comments/32k9jk/grand_theft_auto_v_pc_release_megathread_1/
http://www.reddit.com/r/GrandTheftAutoV/comments/32k9jk/grand_theft_auto_v_pc_release_megathread_1/cqc0t35 >> THIS SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU
http://www.reddit.com/r/GTA/comments/32m1qz/pc_gta_v_performance_issues/

Even with the highest components, some users still see issues.

User in the third link suggests 'by turning off the shading cache in the nvidia control panel' (if you have nvidia)