What causes performance issues with Grand Theft Auto V on a system meeting the recommended specifications?
What causes performance issues with Grand Theft Auto V on a system meeting the recommended specifications?
GTA V runs poorly with only 9 frames per second on my PC. I have cleaned background processes without improvement. My computer specifications are: Core i5 4590 3.30 GHz Quad core, 2x4 GB RAM clocked at 1800 MHz, XFX Radeon 5450 2 GB. I am experiencing lag in the game.
Your GPU is pretty weak for that game, and you most likely will hit bottlenecks most of the time with this CPU, since GTA5 is very GPU card hungry rather than CPU; itll slow down your CPU, making it pre-render the frames slower for the GPU. A cheap GTX660 should be better, but I'd recommend investing 50-70$ for "Medium" settings in-game. Also the current GPU uses a passive cooling, overheating CAN and will slow down your game even more. EDIT: Here a bottleneck calc already with your specs in https://pc-builds.com/calculator/Core_i5.../0A209Kf2/.
Grand Theft Auto V can be more CPU demanding depending on settings, but with a weak GPU, it will not run well. Lowering settings or reducing render scale may help, however a GPU upgrade is needed for a playable experience. If you provide an upgrade budget, PSU model, and case model, we can suggest a good upgrade for your system. An i5-4590 should be able to play the game decently with the correct card.
Yes, depending on CPU actually. For some reason on my i5 which is worse than his, the load wasn't higher than 15%, but on a friend’s machine with a weaker GPU than mine he had over 30% load. I guess it takes GPU over CPU but if GPU has not much to offer, it takes more of CPU, that would be my theory. Some games are optimized this way, and GTA5 is very well optimized, to my surprise I was able to run it on max settings 45FPS on a i5 3450 with 6GB ram and GTX 660. But once I got my GPU upgraded, it started to eat that vram like crazy resulting in way less load on my CPU. Has something to do with multithreading. Now a list of games and their Hardware priorities would be nice
GTA V is reasonably optimized.
I have a Ryzen 3 1200 CPU with 4 cores at 3.7 GHz and a GTX 1050 graphics card. Incorrect settings resulted in significant frame drops as the CPU reached 100% usage while GPU utilization was low. Typically, my 1050 limits the Ryzen 3 in other games, suggesting GTA V is more CPU-intensive than many other titles. With appropriate settings (1080p, medium settings), I achieve approximately 75 frames per second. Considering an i5-4590 outperforms a stock Ryzen 3 1200 but is surpassed by an overclocked 1200, I believe a capable GPU would enable the CPU to run the game effectively.
That won’t do much. Get a proper GPU with a fan, GT710 is passive cooling again and bottlenecks your CPU again, you will get at most 15-20fps on low. The calculator gives an estimate, it's never accurate since bottlenecking is a complex process, but it’s enough to get a rough estimation. So if you’re ok with 20fps, fine, you’ll lag during fast car driving (which is crucial for missions and chases) and cutscenes + sound stuttering. What is your budget? For 60 you should be able to get a 750 Ti for around 30fps, or for 80 bucks a 1030 GT for 35-40fps at most on medium. A 710 GT is around 40$ for some reason, so not much difference there, if you have 100 to spare -> GeForce GT 730 4GB