RTX 2080, i9 9900k - Stuttering in GTA 5

[MateiGiurgiu]

Hey guys,

 

I recently upgraded from my Asus ROG laptop to a custom build PC but I have this issue with stuttering in GTA 5. I can't say it happens with a specific pattern but I noticed it is worse when in Michael house. If I go outside it happens at random times but sometimes I can play without stuttering for 20 minutes or I can happen much more often.

 

I made a video with the issue: https://youtu.be/oEEgD7UAHkg (Graphics Settings at 1:35)

 

SYSTEM SPECS:

CPU: i9 9900k (no OC)

AIO: Corsair H100i RGB PLATINUM

MB: MSI Z390 GAMING EDGE AC

RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB DDR4-3000 CAS LATENCY 16

GPU: MSI RTX 2080 8 GB GAMING X TRIO

PSU: Corsair HX Platinum 750W (set on Multi Rail)

STORAGE: Micron 128 GB (just a temporary SSD that I had available, the 970 Evo ordered is in transit)

MONITOR: Alienware AW2518HF 24.5" 1920x1080 240 Hz (G-sync compatible)

 

OTHER MENTIONS:

- No OC to the CPU, I left BIOS settings to default.

- I enabled XMP for RAM in bios

- I set the RAM voltage from the default value of 1.200V to 1.350V

- I tried using Game Boost feature of the MSI mobo but it didn't help

- Since I only have that 128 GB SSD the space left in is ~1 GB or less

- I tried this with both G-sync compatible option on and off

 

Can you please give me some suggestions about what can cause the issue?

Thank you in advance.

[emosun]

15 minutes ago, MateiGiurgiu said:

STORAGE: Micron 128 GB (just a temporary SSD that I had available, the 970 Evo ordered is in transit

replace that first , kinda looks like the game is fetching assets and just hanging when doing so

[Princess Luna]

27 minutes ago, MateiGiurgiu said:

- Since I only have that 128 GB SSD the space left in is ~1 GB or less

Wait you only have about 1gb of storage free AT ALL?

 

This is obviously the issue, you have no pagefile available and GTA V uses it.

[Ankerson]

2 Issues.

 

The SSD is full and it's only 128GB....

 

Playing at 1080P, although it is a 2080 so it should be ok at 1080P.

 

 

[MateiGiurgiu]

Regarding the SSD being full. It might be this or it might not. I have to wait for the 970 Evo and test with it to be sure but I suspect this is not the issue because I tried enabling V-Sync which limited the FPS to 120 but the stuttering appears to be gone.

[NineEyeRon]

Try clearing out the SSD to leave about 13GB free.

 

If you still get stuttering it’s something else.

[MateiGiurgiu]

My SSD only has Windows, the basic utilities such as afterburner and dragon center and GTA 5. There is no way I can free up more space. However, I made a test with very low settings and the issue still persists. 

 

[-rascal-]

@MateiGiurgiu

You have 16GB of RAM...you can try disabling pagefiling on your SSD, so the data goes into RAM instead.

~1GB on a SSD is really low (hence I personally recommend 240GB as the bare minimum, or a cheap 480 / 500 GB if possible, these days).

[MateiGiurgiu]

32 minutes ago, -rascal- said:

@MateiGiurgiu

You have 16GB of RAM...you can try disabling pagefiling on your SSD, so the data goes into RAM instead.

~1GB on a SSD is really low (hence I personally recommend 240GB as the bare minimum, or a cheap 480 / 500 GB if possible, these days).

I've got a 512 GB M.2 970 Evo on its way. Thank you for the suggestion. I managed to solve the problem by limiting the FPS. It seems to be a high FPS problem. If it goes above a certain point which I discovered to be ~165 it starts stuttering. That's why it happens mostly in the interior (such as Michael's House) because due to occlusion culling I can hit higher framerates. 

I also found this to be linked to the issue: 

 

And according to this, it is a bug of the engine when hitting 187.5 FPS: