GTA V - GPU Load 50-70% [HELP]

[DIW]

So I ran a few games with MSI Afterburner in the background (Tomb Raider, Battlefield 4, Shadow Of Mordor) and CPU and GPU were at 100% running with no problem 60 FPS. But it seems like I have a problem running GTA 5, no matter if the resolution is 800x400 on low settings or 1080p on high-very high setting FPS is always around 30-45 and CPU runs 70-90% while GPU doesn't go above 65%. Any suggestions on how to fix this or is it the game itself as I had the same problem with GTA 4? Rig is:

R9 280 3GB (Latest drivers 14.12)

FX 6300 (Not overclocked, stock 3.5-4.1GHz)

8GB DDR3 Corsair Vengeance 2x4 1600MHz, runs at 667Mhz for some reason, in 3rd and 4th slot because my cpu cooler is blocking the 1st and 2nd slot.

[Majestic]

http://pclab.pl/zdjecia/artykuly/chaostheory/2015/04/gtav/charts5/gtav_vhigh_cpu.png

 

Game is too demanding for FX chips. Sorry. GTA 4 also required a beefy CPU (that means an i5);

http://pclab.pl/zdjecia/artykuly/chaostheory/2014/05/mocne_konfigi_2/charts/gta4_1920.png

[C0LL0SS0S]

^ seems like your CPU is bottlenecking

[Polyvalent]

All 3 games that you say work fine make use of multi-threaded CPUs a lot better than GTAIV and V.

 

That 6300 is holding you back here bud. 

[SkywardKkalox]

So I ran a few games with MSI Afterburner in the background (Tomb Raider, Battlefield 4, Shadow Of Mordor) and CPU and GPU were at 100% running with no problem 60 FPS. But it seems like I have a problem running GTA 5, no matter if the resolution is 800x400 on low settings or 1080p on high-very high setting FPS is always around 30-45 and CPU runs 70-90% while GPU doesn't go above 65%. Any suggestions on how to fix this or is it the game itself as I had the same problem with GTA 4? Rig is:

R9 280 3GB (Latest drivers 14.12)

FX 6300 (Not overclocked, stock 3.5-4.1GHz)

8GB DDR3 Corsair Vengeance 2x4 1600MHz, runs at 667Mhz for some reason, in 3rd and 4th slot because my cpu cooler is blocking the 1st and 2nd slot.

The CPU is holding the GPU back, AKA bottleneck.

[Thebman712]

Bottlenecking.

Overclock you cp a bit but you will want to upgrade to a i5 soon

[Quinten Verhelst]

GTA has always been very demanding for CPU \ GPU for some reason 

[AlexWJD]

http://pclab.pl/zdjecia/artykuly/chaostheory/2015/04/gtav/charts5/gtav_vhigh_cpu.png

 

Game is too demanding for FX chips. Sorry. GTA 4 also required a beefy CPU (that means an i5);

http://pclab.pl/zdjecia/artykuly/chaostheory/2014/05/mocne_konfigi_2/charts/gta4_1920.png

 

Victory! The Intel Supremacy declares another victory! Soon, brother, we will vanquish any who dares use the torturous evil that we name FX CPU's...

[Majestic]

Victory! The Intel Supremacy declares another victory! Soon, brother, we will vanquish any who dares use the torturous evil that we name FX CPU's...

 

Well at the very least it helps debunk the "good value" argument, because on FX CPU's the game is borderline unplayable. 

[alphaproject]

Intel FTW.

[Vhenax]

intel ftw my ass, i have a 970 and a 2600k @4.5 (bottleneck not) and i have same situation , 50 USAGE ON GPU , even @800x600 the game stutters , obviously the game/drivers have some problem , and i m not the only one , people with titan X have the same .

[DimasRMDO]

CPU bottleneck the GPU bro..... If your CPU doesn't bottleneck the GPU it should load at 100%.

[KamiKatze]

intel ftw my ass, i have a 970 and a 2600k @4.5 (bottleneck not) and i have same situation , 50 USAGE ON GPU , even @800x600 the game stutters , obviously the game/drivers have some problem , and i m not the only one , people with titan X have the same .

 

Same thing here. 4670K @ 4.3 GHz with a GTX 970 and the CPU is bottlenecking like crazy!

 

Here's the explanation: The Launcher.exe that runs aside from GTA V puts a lot of load on the CPU. It causes even microstuttering and lag ingame. One fix for this is just force-stopping the Launcher.exe. You game will run much better, the GPU will be your bottleneck again, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand your game will crash after 20 minutes.... yepp, the sad truth is that Rockstar has screwed this one up slightly. The Launcher.exe is essential to run GTA 5 but also takes up a lot of performance...

[dtronicsuk]

what is your cpu load while playing, posting a screenshot of your msi afterburner and task manager would help a lot

if your cpu hasnt got all your cores maxed then its not a bottleneck.

 

 

http://pclab.pl/zdjecia/artykuly/chaostheory/2015/04/gtav/charts5/gtav_vhigh_cpu.png

 

Game is too demanding for FX chips. Sorry. GTA 4 also required a beefy CPU (that means an i5);

http://pclab.pl/zdjecia/artykuly/chaostheory/2014/05/mocne_konfigi_2/charts/gta4_1920.png

really so explain how i can play gta iv on high at 1680x1050 on my athlon II x4 640 and it doesnt max out all my cores, i detect a intel fan boy

your cpu should be fine infact my mate has the fx8320 and that uses every core apart from the last 2 at about 80 - 90%

if its not using your gpu you can try (as long as you have enough vram) turning graphic settings up and try and get the gpu to work harder, putting setting down or using a lower screen res will not make things better (from my experience) 

i personally would wait a while, the game has just come out and i was only playing it for a few hours yesterday and found a lot of bugs

[kronickiller]

check cpu'z is ur ram in single channel

[roop182]

I'm at the same place with usage. I'm running 290x in crossfire and they never go past 70% I have a I7 4770k of to 4.5 and none of the cores according to afterburner go over 90% usage and thats one core at a time. The others stay around 50%`

[Vhenax]

http://i.imgur.com/fLOkBYR.jpg

 

where is the bottleneck ? i tell you , there IS NO BOTTLENECK , i can post more of this, this is worst case anyway cause i was driving , and the GPU is throttling like hell, while i stand STILL the FPS goes from 76 to 63 for no reason , just standing in front of a damn wall

[mlecruz]

Perhaps you should try using the Beta Drivers specifically released for GTA V and not the 5 month old driver.

[Majestic]

really so explain how i can play gta iv on high at 1680x1050 on my athlon II x4 640 and it doesnt max out all my cores, i detect a intel fan boy

your cpu should be fine infact my mate has the fx8320 and that uses every core apart from the last 2 at about 80 - 90%

if its not using your gpu you can try (as long as you have enough vram) turning graphic settings up and try and get the gpu to work harder, putting setting down or using a lower screen res will not make things better (from my experience) 

i personally would wait a while, the game has just come out and i was only playing it for a few hours yesterday and found a lot of bugs

 

That's because per core that CPU is shit and it doesn't have enough IPC on the mainthread to properly scale to the other cores. I would ask for your GPU load and framerate, but I'm pretty convinced I won't get an honest answer out of you.

 

Implying Not maxing all cores means it's not a bottleneck is absolute BS and you have no clue what you're talking about if you make this assumption.

[gods_hammer]

GTA is leaning towards Intel CPUs, its probably that.

[Lawliet93]

Update your drivers and overclock your cpu, make sure that your power limit on the GPU is anywhere from 10% to 20%. A German game-website called Gamestar made a test with the exact same configuration and the results were around 40fps at high-very high settings at 1080p.

[sgloux3470]

Well at the very least it helps debunk the "good value" argument, because on FX CPU's the game is borderline unplayable.

It works good on mine, but I'm heavily overclocked.

I think my minimum so far was 55ish. Usually float around 60 while driving around the city.

OP overclocking if possible would help a bunch. If you can get it up to 4.0-4.4 ish you'll have a much better experience. You could also try disabling the second core because the game uses core 1 to delegate up to four threads so you could disable core 2 to increase the speed of that module and then it will assign the other threads to your other cores. (with 1 not really being used anyway)

[dtronicsuk]

That's because per core that CPU is shit and it doesn't have enough IPC on the mainthread to properly scale to the other cores. I would ask for your GPU load and framerate, but I'm pretty convinced I won't get an honest answer out of you.

 

Implying Not maxing all cores means it's not a bottleneck is absolute BS and you have no clue what you're talking about if you make this assumption.

 

the only screenshots i have is gta iv (i dont own gta v yet waiting for them to fix all the issues, well at least most of them)

in fact heres a video i did last month with gta iv running on my pc, and before you complain about fps i was recording with fraps and we all know that when recording with that it kills fps, also i have mods that also reduce the fps a little

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34EEIhtBajg

your also forgetting that gta iv for the pc was a very bad port

i will speak to my mate and get him to reply to this post with screens of him playing with msi afterburner running

but like i said you sound like a intel fan boy so really there no point me or my mate posting screen because your just gonna say its because we are using amd  cpus

[Majestic]

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44% gpu load on a 460? Yes, not bottlenecked at all. And why bring up GTA IV all of a sudden, I thought this was a GTA V topic.

[dtronicsuk]

44% gpu load on a 460? Yes, not bottlenecked at all. And why bring up GTA IV all of a sudden, I thought this was a GTA V topic.

you mentioned it first dont go passing blame onto other people