GTA V with my 970

[XiaoPineApple]

happy to everyone who brought this great game ^^

Okay
i've been playing gta V lately,
monitoring my GPU usuage, everytime it reach to 3.5gb floor turn gray, building dissappears. yes the 970 issue is Here again.
i have a watercool g1 970 and planning to get my third monitor.
should i buy another 970 sli or something more powerful, perhaps 390x soon.


 

[Sorfex0]

No such issues with my gtx 970 sli.

[TheKDub]

I'd recommend turning down the settings, mainly Anti-Aliasing as it eats up vram.

 

The reason you're getting those issues is from the issue of 3.5GB of VRAM on the 970 being fast, and the last .5GB being slow af, once you get it so you don't go over 3.5GB then the issues should be gone.

 

If anything I'd just go for getting a 980 or if DirectX 12 will allow for VRAM stacking, get another 970 and do what you can to deal with the VRAM issue until DX12 is released.

 

I wish I had the money for GTA 5... though I need an SSD, new case, another 8GB kit of RAM, a new HDD, an AIO water cooler, and some more case fans too... (Those probably will come over the summer once I have a decent paying job as my current one with my school doesn't have me working very often, and it only pays $8.15 an hour.. [no tax])

[Totallycasual]

My 780 is handling it just fine i don't understand how you could be having such troubles with a 970, kinda sounds like you're just itching for a reason to complain about the 3.5 thing.

[XiaoPineApple]

My 780 is handling it just fine i don't understand how you could be having such troubles with a 970, kinda sounds like you're just itching for a reason to complain about the 3.5 thing.

it's just the 3.5vram is kinda hiting the limit for me.

gonna playing with surround when i get my last monitor, so just wondering an upgrade or sli .

i know directx12 will be out soon and maybe the vram stack thing is real.

[hypnodog]

My 780 is handling it just fine i don't understand how you could be having such troubles with a 970, kinda sounds like you're just itching for a reason to complain about the 3.5 thing.

That's probably because your settings are turned down a bit. I have every single setting maxed, and I use 3.3-3.7 GB of VRAM, so if OP has settings cranked up, it will pass the 3.5 mark. OP, turn down your settings and wait for DX12, if it has stacking, get another 970, if not, get something else.

[XiaoPineApple]

That's probably because your settings are turned down a bit. I have every single setting maxed, and I use 3.3-3.7 GB of VRAM, so if OP has settings cranked up, it will pass the 3.5 mark. OP, turn down your settings and wait for DX12, if it has stacking, get another 970, if not, get something else.

probabbly turn down the setting when i play surround soon,

guess we wait and see if the stacking thing is real >

[Statik]

It's not a matter of your 970 being too weak. I destroy the game with a stock 2gb 770.

[Sorfex0]

GTA V does reach 3.6gb vram sometimes rarely 3.7gb vram but i dont get visual or performance issues.