[SOLVED] Low FPS in GTA 5 with a GTX 1060 6GB and i7 960

[FreshPower]

So, I recently purchased GTA 5 in order to play it and I hoped that I will get a lot of fps with this pc but when I go in online I get around 40-50 fps with very high and high settings. I want to know why I don't get much more fps because I have a friend with a gtx 1050 ti and an i5 8400 with the same settings and he gets around 100 fps. If you know how to help me please do it. Thanks.

 

[Lutfij]

What are your current specs? List them like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:

Since you mentioned you got the GTX1060, what was your GPU prior? You also need to understand that your processor is 8 generations behind your friends. You're not comparing apples to apples, more like comparing cats to whales.

+ What resolution are you gaming on? Make and model of your monitor?

 

[FreshPower]

CPU: i7 960 4 cores 8 threads 3.4 Ghz
Motherboard: Alienware
Ram: 12 GB 1336
SSD/HDD: 1TB Hard Disk 7200 RPM
GPU: Gtx 1060 6 GB
PSU: 525 W Alienware
Chassis: Alienware
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate

My system is an alienware bought from someone so I don't know the psu or motherboard

 

[boju]

Gta5 online is very cpu intensive, your friend's cpu has an edge here.

How does Gta5 play in single player for you?

I would look at performance settings in Windows power plans and NvidiaCP.

Do you use Geforce Experience?

 

[assasin32]

Probably the cpu as been stated, it’s a very cpu intensive game. Make sure your running nothing in the background that is hogging up resources as you will need everything you can get.

 

[FreshPower]

Ok, so I am running Geforce Experience and I also get a lot more fps in solo like 70 to 80 compared to online 45(lowest) to 55 or so, I watched the CPU in the task manager when I benchmarked the game and I haven't seen it to reach 100% usage, at worst it reached around 90% to 80% or so. I will try to close the background apps as you said thanks for advice but what if I overclock the cpu just a little? Would it have a massive impact on fps?

 

[assasin32]

Look into using Game Mode in Win 10 too, it may or may not help. But cleaning up background tasks should be priority. I usually start by closing down anything I’m not using and hitting ctrl alt delete and going to I want to say startup and unchecking everything I don’t don’t view as nesscessary to boot up to help free up resources.

 

[DSzymborski]

Ok, so I am running Geforce Experience and I also get a lot more fps in solo like 70 to 80 compared to online 45(lowest) to 55 or so, I watched the CPU in the task manager when I benchmarked the game and I haven't seen it to reach 100% usage, at worst it reached around 90% to 80% or so. I will try to close the background apps as you said thanks for advice but what if I overclock the cpu just a little? Would it have a massive impact on fps?

Probably not massive, you'll eke out a few more fps. The basic problem is that your friend has nearly a decade of cumulative instructions per cycle improvements and an old i7 doesn't even have a core advantage over new i5s. Open-world games are CPU hogs.

 

[FreshPower]

So I can't do nothing about it? boju said "I would look at performance settings in Windows power plans and NvidiaCP." can I make a difference changing some settings?

 

[DSzymborski]

So I can't do nothing about it? boju said "I would look at performance settings in Windows power plans and NvidiaCP." can I make a difference changing some settings?

You can, but expectations have to be realistic; you asked if it would have a "massive impact" on fps. You might be able to get 10-15 fps if you have enough background apps clogging up the works, but I'd probably bet on the under.

 

[FreshPower]

I will give it a try just tell me what settings I should work on.

 

[boju]

Windows power plan; https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/9090/learning-windows-7-manage-power-settings/

NvidiaCP's power management mode under manage 3D settings set to prefer maximum performance.

GeForce experience. In settings, there's options for different levels of quality and GE will optimise games accordingly.

Grass details can be a killer in Gta5, try set medium ingame if GeForce Experience doesn't. Or try Low. Also try different antialiasing settings ingame too. GeForce sets graphic settings when you optimise but you can change them ingame at anytime and theyll stick until you click optimise button again.

Probably wont see a difference though but we'll see. There's a lot more happening in gta5 online and overclocking cpu would give the best results besides upgrading.

 

[FreshPower]

So, I've done more research and I found that gpu usage may be the problem. I monitorized it on gta online and it is at around 60% on msi afterburner with the gpu being at stock clock. What may cause that issue and how can I fix it?

 

[boju]

Overclock or upgrade cpu. Cpu is too busy dealing (occupied) with physics rather than worry about gpu to put bluntly.

 

[mdd1963]

Your CPU was adequate in 2011....

It is not capable of fully saturating a GTX1060.

Trying to decide that 'x' amount of usage is somehow a problem and that if this could be raised or lowered, all would be well, is....a fruitless endeavor.

Sorry but your CPU is too slow for this game.

 

[boju]

Cpu is still ok for 1060 and gta5 single player but online is different, requires more cpu power.

If they overclocked 960 to 4.5GHz there would be quite a difference.

 

[FreshPower]

Overclock or upgrade cpu. Cpu is too busy dealing (occupied) with physics rather than worry about gpu to put bluntly.

So I am having a bottleneck? I don't think so because my cpu Is neither low usage or max usage is like 80% to 90% overclocked at 3.65 GHz.
What if I switch a setting or something to raise the gpu usage more?

 

[boju]

Instructions per second (ipc) of the 960 isn't good enough. Slow ipc wont directly saturate a cpu, it's just slow.

Gta 5 online is cpu demanding there's no denying that. All you can do is reduce background apps or overclock cpu. There's no magic setting that will make your graphics card do more, your cpu is not enough.

Overclock.

 

[FreshPower]

Ok so at what frequency should I get my 9-10 year old cpu at? I am currently running it at 3.6 GHz with 1.15 V Core Voltage. Is it risky to run it at 4.0 GHz these days with an water cooler? If I can oc it can you give me an advice on what voltage to put the V core at? Thank you very much.

 

[boju]

Best search Google i7 960 4.5 oc settings and try those. Its been a decade so there should be quite a few settings to try. Just keep an eye on temps and dont exceed dram more than 1.6v and Vcore 1.4v.

Try aim between 4 and 4.5.

 

[J_E_D_70]

You can, and it may help some, but as stated repeatedly your cpu is too old.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/274729-29-overclock

If you are looking at overall cpu usage of 80%, that really means that one or more cores are at 100% and are the ones setting up frames for the gpu to render and they just cant go any faster.

 

[FreshPower]

Thanks for your answers, I will try.