GTA V stuttering

[sanderlawrence]

What settings should I have to eliminate stuttering?

 

Here's my specs:

 

i3 4170 3.7 GHz

2x4GB Kingston HyperX Fury RAM

Asus Strix GTX 960 2GB

1 TB WD Blue HDD

[ShadowCaptain]

What settings should I have to eliminate stuttering?

 

Here's my specs:

 

i3 4170 3.7 GHz

2x4GB Kingston HyperX Fury RAM

Asus Strix GTX 960 2GB

1 TB WD Blue HDD

 

Should be playable at the right settings, what are you running at?

 

the i3 is probably the weak link here, but should still play at the right settings

[sanderlawrence]

Should be playable at the right settings, what are you running at?

 

the i3 is probably the weak link here, but should still play at the right settings

I use the game optimizer from nvidia geforce experience

[ShadowCaptain]

I use the game optimizer from nvidia geforce experience

 

Thats useless, play with the settings yourself

[sanderlawrence]

Thats useless, play with the settings yourself

Yeah that's why. So what can you recommend?

[ShadowCaptain]

Yeah that's why. So what can you recommend?

 

Sometimes its good, sometimes its utterly shit, best picking your own settings

 

Not sure, start on low, try turning things up, lie texture quality etc, (at your native res ofc), turn off all anti aliasing, turn down/off all the advanced settings, turn off things like tessellation and advanced shadows, turn down grass details etc

 

[sanderlawrence]

Sometimes its good, sometimes its utterly shit, best picking your own settings

 

Not sure, start on low, try turning things up, lie texture quality etc, (at your native res ofc), turn off all anti aliasing, turn down/off all the advanced settings, turn off things like tessellation and advanced shadows, turn down grass details etc

I play at high settings. Does the advance settings make a difference if I turned it off?

[CaptainPebbleDash]

Although GTA5 is a amazing game its quite a bugger to get running right sometimes. It's either go with higher settings with stuttering at random times or go for lower settings and see all the awful AA on the trees/lamp posts. 

[ShadowCaptain]

I play at high settings. Does the advance settings make a difference if I turned it off?

 

Of course, high is quite demanding, maybe a few settings on medium, advanced settings off etc might help a lot, turn AA off maybe

 

You will have to experiment, I have never used an i3 before

[Guest Ranterbach]

MSAA and grass hit performance the hardest for me. I keep MSAA off, grass as low as I can stand it, shadows on "Softest" (though you may want to try just "Soft"), and reflection MSAA off. 

[sanderlawrence]

MSAA and grass hit performance the hardest for me. I keep MSAA off, grass as low as I can stand it, shadows on "Softest" (though you may want to try just "Soft"), and reflection MSAA off. 

does the grass on low look ugly?

[Guest Ranterbach]

does the grass on low look ugly?

It's not horrible, but it definitely looks worse. Just depends on whether you want beautiful screenshots or a playable game. I get a fairly stable 55-60 FPS walking around, and it drops to 40-50 when I'm driving. There are still some areas that are just horrible for FPS, though. If I'm driving in the mountains, my FPS tanks pretty hard. I do use SweetFX though, which hits performance a bit. 

[sanderlawrence]

It's not horrible, but it definitely looks worse. Just depends on whether you want beautiful screenshots or a playable game. I get a fairly stable 55-60 FPS walking around, and it drops to 40-50 when I'm driving. There are still some areas that are just horrible for FPS, though. If I'm driving in the mountains, my FPS tanks pretty hard. I do use SweetFX though, which hits performance a bit. 

I always hit 50-60 fps with high settings and some advance settings on. But it drops when there are a lot of peds and cars.

[Guest Ranterbach]

I always hit 50-60 fps with high settings and some advance settings on. But it drops when there are a lot of peds and cars.

 

Yeah, driving my Zentorno is hell because I'm moving past so many cars and people and environment. 

[sanderlawrence]

Yeah, driving my Zentorno is hell because I'm moving past so many cars and people and environment. 

But you have a gtx 970, and a better cpu too. You still get frame drops?

[Guest Ranterbach]

But you have a gtx 970, and a better cpu too. You still get frame drops?

 

Oh yeah. Depending on where I am, it can tank as low as 35. SweetFX is partly to blame for that, but it just looks so much better I can't switch back. 

[airdeano]

what resolution?

are you playing in fullscreen or windowed mode?

 

as to stuttering, is this online or story mode or both?

have your set your RAM in UEFI? or just on auto?

 

im playing on a 4670k 4.5 and 2x 670 4GB and still get drops to 50's on 1200/60Hz.

ultra/very high 2xmsaa 130hi/55low (sever melee and red GPS)

[Real_PhillBert]

It could be Vsync. I was getting a bit of stuttering with it on, once I turned Vsync off the stutter went away. 

[sgtcool]

does the grass on low look ugly?

its just blank, landscapes are empty, only bushes and more important grass are on

[EChondo]

On the GTA V pcgaming wiki for stuttering issues; http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_V#Stuttering_during_gameplay

 

• Disable the custom radio.

• Keep the graphical settings under the video memory limit.

• Change Windows sound quality.

      1. Open Start menu, search for "mmsys.cpl" and open it.

      2. On the Playback tab, click on your sound card and click on Properties.

      3. Click on the Advanced tab and change the default format to a lower setting (16bit, 48000hz should stop stutter entirely).

      4. Apply and hit OK.

• Set Graphics settings in Nvidia Control Panel

      1. Right click on your desktop background.

      2. Select Nvidia Control Panel

      3. Go to Manage 3D Settings > Program Settings tab.

      4. In the select program field, select GTA5.exe.

      5. Modify the following settings.

      6. Maximium pre-rendered frames=1

      7. Power management mode=Prefer Maximum Performance

      8. Threaded optimization=On

      9. Vertical sync=Adaptive

      10. Hit Apply to save.

These are recommendations on how to fix the stuttering. All could be causing it, only one or two could be causing it, or none could be the cause. Hopefully one of these works for you.

Best of luck.