GTA V stutters and crashes

[ZombifiedPyro]

Hey Guys,

When I play GTA V I get stuttering and inevitably a crash saying "initialization failed, re-install if problem persists." Then it goes to desktop and a get a message saying "display drivers have stopped responding, and recovered successfully." I have also seen this error a lot in hitman: absolution.

 

I am almost certain it has to do with my lackluster hardware, but which component? I am assuming it is a GPU issue because it is the display drivers, but it could also be my athlon processor. When the game is benchmarked, like in LTTs review the GPU works fine, but when paired with an athlon it has lots of issues. Could it also be a RAM issue?

 

Thank you.

[Adreyu]

honestly probably both your processor and gpu. and only really your ram if you have a bunch of stuff open in the  background

[SageC]

Do you have the newest GPU driver?

[wyattzx]

I get the very same issue, but my display driver doesn't fail. I wish I could help, but at least you know you're not the only one.

[Overkilled]

It's called vram and you don't have enough of it

[Sumsar]

honestly probably both your processor and gpu. and only really your ram if you have a bunch of stuff open in the  background

His CPU shouldn't have any problems with GTA V. The problem is the GPU.

[SageC]

It's called vram and you don't have enough of it

 

What are you talking about? An R7 260X has 2GB which isn't a lot but definitely is enough, and that amount VRAM would not cause consistent crashes.

[Overkilled]

What settings are you playing on gta can be quite heavy on vram

[Adreyu]

His CPU shouldn't have any problems with GTA V. The problem is the GPU.

on higher settings it would be a problem

[ZombifiedPyro]

honestly probably both your processor and gpu. and only really your ram if you have a bunch of stuff open in the  background

I don't have anything else, but steam open in the background.

 

Do you have the newest GPU driver?

I do 14.501.1003-141120a-177998C

 

I get the very same issue, but my display driver doesn't fail. I wish I could help, but at least you know you're not the only one.

Hmm, well I guess there is some consolation.

 

What settings are you playing on gta can be quite heavy on vram

I have everything set as low as possible running 720p. The bar at the top says it should take 1GB of the 2GB available

[Adreyu]

I don't have anything else, but steam open in the background.

 

I do 14.501.1003-141120a-177998C

 

Hmm, well I guess there is some consolation.

 

I have everything set as low as possible running 720p. The bar at the top says it should take 1GB of the 2GB available

Might be the game itself then. how able are you to try a reinstall?

[Overkilled]

I don't have anything else, but steam open in the background.

 

I do 14.501.1003-141120a-177998C

 

Hmm, well I guess there is some consolation.

 

I have everything set as low as possible running 720p. The bar at the top says it should take 1GB of the 2GB available

maybe not vram then is gta enjoyable on 720p low, better then ps3/360?

[ZombifiedPyro]

Might be the game itself then. how able are you to try a reinstall?

I could try a reinstall, it will take a night though, not the end of the world. Will steam keep my save file?

 

maybe not vram then is gta enjoyable on 720p low, better then ps3/360?

Well I don't enjoy playing on controllers at all so IMO its better than PS3. Low settings/720p doesn't look great, but for having a $400 budget PC its alright. Main thing is to get it running smooth and get rid of the stuttering.

[Adreyu]

I could try a reinstall, it will take a night though, not the end of the world. Will steam keep my save file?

 

Well I don't enjoy playing on controllers at all so IMO its better than PS3. Low settings/720p doesn't look great, but for having a $400 budget PC its alright. Main thing is to get it running smooth and get rid of the stuttering.

rockstar has your online profile and your local save on your computer should keep the rest. 

maybe not vram then is gta enjoyable on 720p low, better then ps3/360?

when i tried it i was expecting a similar performance but it still looks better

[ZombifiedPyro]

rockstar has your online profile and your local save on your computer should keep the rest. 

when i tried it i was expecting a similar performance but it still looks better

ok, I will try a reinstall and hope it helps.

[ZombifiedPyro]

Is windows RAM testing sufficient enough to determine if that is the cause of failures?

[xAcid9]

I do 14.501.1003-141120a-177998C

Download and install Catalyst 15.5 beta.

[ZombifiedPyro]

Hey guys,

I made some progress talking with R* about why GTA 5 was crashing. They told me my display drivers are out of date (which they aren't anymore, I installed beta 15.5), and that atidxx64.dll was causing my crashing. My question is what is the best way of repairing this file? Completely un install display drivers and re-install?

 

If I do I clean driver install, how should I go about doing it? Last time I tried to uninstall amd drivers it took my USB drivers with it and I had to use a PS/2 keyboard to get windows to restore. I downloaded DDU but I haven't ran it yet.

 

Also, they suggested running sfc, which I did. It found corruption, but it could not repair the issues, any clue on how to fix this?