silent_orchestra666

GTX 980 Ti then is it?

Turn extended view all the way down in advanced options and see if you still experience frame drops. If you still do then i have no clue. If you don't then that means its a cpu bottleneck. Extended view in gta 5 has been known to kill performance cpu wise. Many would ridicule this but the cpu optimisation on gta 5 is a joke.

Yeah will do. Ordered it from the US. Should take 2 to 3 weeks. It's mostly out of stock here in Australia. The one's available locally are a rip off.

Okay I guess I found your answer convincing enough. Just grabbed a 4790K for 200$ approx from eBay. Kinda surprised how cheap it was for a new retail boxed chip. I hope this fixes the bottlenecking. This the fastest processor that'll work with my LGA1150 setup. Don't want to spend on redoing everything for LGA1151(Skylake). Thanks a lot for taking the time to explain.

That video was really helpful. Ok I think it's the CPU then. I mean the 2600k at 4.4 ghz oc in the video is technically faster than mine and it's bottlenecking pretty bad. But i still have one big doubt. Why does the CPU usage never touch 100%? It is always a little below 80%. Why is the CPU not used 99% by the game if that's whats causing the bottleneck? You will see this in the previously attached afterburner log if you scroll down to the bottom for CPU usage percentage. Please solve this one doubt.

Please help! Any help will be appreciated. Anyone with similar problem and how they solved it?

My System Specs: Intel i5 4690 (boost to 3.7 ghz max all the time when all cores are active) (No manual OC - Non K) Gigabyte GTX 980 Ti Xtreme (Recently upgraded) 16 GB DDR3 RAM (1600 Mhz) Gameplay screen: 1080p 60 Hz (VSYNC always off) 700W 80+ PSU Getting really low fps for a GTX 980 Ti in most games in certain scenarios as follows: GTA 5 When indoor or facing a wall -> 100+ fps When looking at a scenery or just driving (open spaces with buildings) -> 55'ish fps. Project Cars Starting grid -> 55 fps Once no car in sight -> 80 fps Many people suggest that it might be a CPU bottleneck however my CPU utilization stays around 70 to 80%. Also temp does not cross 70 C on CPU. GPU is 50% at the same time with 60 C temp. Games that runs well: The Witcher 3 CPU and GPU usage both 99% and FPS stable at 80 FPS with everything maxed out at 1080p. No dips when doing certain thing or anything. Ran individual benchmarks for CPU and GPU and results were as fine. No hardware defect or anything. Also everthing is set to high performance (nvidia as well as windows control panel) The low usage resulting in sub 60 fps means i cannot play super smooth with VSYNC always on. 650$ GPU and unable to get 1080p 60 fps due to no obvious reason. Guys this is driving me nuts. Please help. Attached MSI afterburner stats when running Project Cars. Can't understand why CPU and GPU both low usage. project cars_1080p max except D2X.hml Background info: Had a GTX 970 before this and utilization was near 99% generally (GPU in some and CPU in others but at least one used to be 99% with VSYNC off) I have already fresh installed windows and all drivers. Still the same. OMG I am going crazy. Please help. I beg of you.