GTA V stuttering

[Epictroll45]

Ok, so i have this problem with GTA V. I start it up with all of the nvidia recommended settings, and, mind you, I have vysyc turned on. My PC specs are as follows:

Asus geforce gtx 750 ti oc

Intel pentium g3258 at stock speeds

crucial ballistix sport 8gb

EVGA 80+ 500w psu

samsung 850 evo 250gb (game installed on here and rapid mode enabled)

Asrock H97 anniversary mobo

 

I load up the game, and it runs fine for the first few seconds. Then it starts stuttering every few seconds, unless i turn it on half vysync. Can anyone help?

 

Update: I tried using a program to unlimit cpu usage, but it helped only a little. Ive seen videos of computers with the exact same specs as mine, and they do 60 fps with no stuttering. I'm starting to wonder if it's a program on my computer that's holding it back. Also my mobo has an auto overclock function (pentium anniversary boost). Should i activate that? I have the intel stock cooler. Should i overclock it to 3.8? Or is it not worth it?

[Belgarathian]

What's the usage on your CPU & GPU? Given your system specs this could be an issue for both components... I would recommend tweaking your render distance and your traffic settings to reduce CPU load (also don't run custom radio stations, this used to increase CPU usage on an i5-4670k by ~10%).

[Ophidio]

Your CPU isn't exactly ideal. GTA 5 doesn't like Dual Core CPUs. The game just doesn't work well at all on it so that could be a big factor. The GPU could be holding back a little but it definitely isn't holding you back as much as the CPU. 

[Epictroll45]

What's the usage on your CPU & GPU? Given your system specs this could be an issue for both components... I would recommend tweaking your render distance and your traffic settings to reduce CPU load (also don't run custom radio stations, this used to increase CPU usage on an i5-4670k by ~10%).

How do you edit the render distance

[Belgarathian]

How do you edit the render distance

 

You will find it under your graphics (sometimes called video) settings panel, it should be a green bar that you can reduce or make larger. 

[Epictroll45]

You will find it under your graphics (sometimes called video) settings panel, it should be a green bar that you can reduce or make larger. 

wait, do you mean distance scaling?

[Belgarathian]

wait, do you mean distance scaling?

 

Yeap, that'll do it.

 

• Reduce grass, shadow, and water quality
• Turn off anti-aliasing 
• Reduce population (traffic density on the roads)
• ALT-TAB when in-game, and use task manager to close the GTA V game launcher. This supposedly helps a lot if you're CPU throttled. 

[Epictroll45]

Yeap, that'll do it.

 

Reduce grass, shadow, and water quality. Turn off anti-aliasing as well. 

ok

[Belgarathian]

ok

 

This should further help with your CPU issues. 

• Reduce population (traffic density on the roads)
• ALT-TAB when in-game, and use task manager to close the GTA V game launcher. This supposedly helps a lot if you're CPU throttled. 

[CarterDavison]

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This should further help with your CPU issues.

• Reduce population (traffic density on the roads)
• ALT-TAB when in-game, and use task manager to close the GTA V game launcher. This supposedly helps a lot if you're CPU throttled.

They fixed the second method a long time ago

@Epictroll45 unfortunately all you can really do is overclock, lower CPU intensive settings and hope for the best.

GTA v won't run well on a Pentium.

[SkilledRebuilds]

Good thing tho, you can save up.. and just throw an i5 in there and call it a day (when possible)

 

Upgrade path is open to have much better performance.

[sof006]

CPU and GPU combination is a bottleneck. You'll find a lot of games like GTA V will suffer on your system. Reduce graphics settings and you may see an improvement... maybe.

 

Long term solution is to upgrade your CPU to at least a quad core. 

[Epictroll45]

Ok, after looking at all of your suggestions: I used the overclocking feature on my motherboard and boosted to 3.8 ghz. Fixed the stuttering, and im still on high settings. Thanks for the help though!

[Epictroll45]

Still running smooth and stable