Poor GTA V Performance (5950x/6700 XT)

[Deadman]

So I use to play GTA V with my old pc (which is now sold) 2600k / 980 TI / 16GB RAM and got around 50-60 fps with pretty much max settings (lowered AA to 2x, reduced distance slider in the advanced tab but everything else was pretty much maxed including grass on ultra). Now I have a new PC which is a 5950x / 6700 XT with 32GB of 3600mhz ram and I've put everything on max (except frame scaling) and my GTA V performance is very poor. I game at 1440p on both computers so why is performance on my new PC actually worse than my old? This computer should be able to handle GTA V on max pretty well I would imagine. Looking at benchmarks with similar specs, people are getting well over 60 fps on max.

Lowering settings has little to no effect on the FPS. The only setting that really lowers FPS further is the advanced distance slider. I've lowered AA to 2x, I've lowered shadows, I've lowered grass to high, I've turned off all options in the advance menu too. I am averaging 30-40fps. Occassionally the fps will go above 60 but sometimes it even drops to the 20s. I am getting good FPS in Rainbow SIx Seige with max settings. Yes D.O.C.P is set to 3600mhz in the BIOS. Yes I have the latest Radeon drivers installed. All my steam games are installed on my mechanical hard drive which I've transferred to my new PC. I've verified the file integrity on Steam.

[[-iD-]]

did you delete settings.xml after you changed your graphics card?

[Deadman]

I disabled control flow guard for the game exe which I hear could cause problems with some games. I went into my documents folder and deleted settings.xml, cfg.dat, cloudsavedata.dat, pc_settings.bin. I then loaded the game (it asked me do I want cloud saving enabled and I said no) and set everything to the lowest settings but kept the resolution to 2560x1440. I ran the benchmark again and my results poor. Walking around in game the frame rates are 40-80 in the city (lowest settings)

Just to clarify, this is a whole new machine, not just graphics card. The only part I have kept is the mechanical hard drive where my Steam games and installations are stored.

I'm watching someone playing GTA V in 1440p with the same graphics card as me (6700 XT) and a weaker processor (5600x) and he is getting over 100 fps on ultra settings. Something isn't right here :( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfl59W3AKuM

[Deadman]

I made a screenshot with the Rivatuner OSD. Can you see anything odd? The CPU usuage is so low.... why? why is the memory showing as 1992mhz? and the gpu 914mhz?

https://ibb.co/kHKVV8t

[[-iD-]]

change windows power scheme to maximum performance.
and disable any power saving options in amd- i don't use amd so couldn't say how to do that.

[Deadman]

Publicado originalmente por -iD-:

change windows power scheme to maximum performance.
and disable any power saving options in amd- i don't use amd so couldn't say how to do that.

I have already set the power settings to maximum performance. I'll take a look at the AMD settings in a moment but I just ran Shadow of the Tomb Raider benchmark @1440p ultra settings (minus Ray Tracing and AMD FidelityFX) and it said the average FPS was 98. I never saw the FPS drop below 80. So it seems this is something unique to GTA V....

[[-iD-]]

sounds like an overlay software interfering to me. make sure all unnecessary apps are closed in the background.

[Deadman]

Publicado originalmente por -iD-:

sounds like an overlay software interfering to me. make sure all unnecessary apps are closed in the background.

I don't really have any overlays running. I have the steam overlay that I've just disabled. I have the AMD overlay that came with the Radeon graphics package disabled. I am using Rivatuner just now (I only installed it to take the screenshot, I don't normally have it installed) to check the FPS and nothing has improved. Does anyone know of any software that conflicts with GTA V?

[[-iD-]]

nahmeic2 sometimes. usually comes with mobo software and its ♥♥♥♥. i have to disable it to run benchmarks and stuff.

[Deadman]

nahimic? That comes with MSI motherboards I believe. I have an ASUS motherboard (ASUS Crosshair VII Hero) I don't believe I have nahimic on my system.

In the Tomb Raider benchmark, the GPU is around 2550mhz according to Rivatuner. In the GTA benchmark it changes all the time but it's usually around 800mhz-1000mhz (sometimes it goes to 1200mhz but not often). Sometimes it's drops to under 800mhz. Why is this?

I just used DDU in safe mode and reinstalled the AMD drivers. No change.

[[-iD-]]

Publicado originalmente por Deadman:

nahimic? That comes with MSI motherboards I believe. I have an ASUS motherboard (ASUS Crosshair VII Hero) I don't believe I have nahimic on my system.

In the Tomb Raider benchmark, the GPU is around 2550mhz according to Rivatuner. In the GTA benchmark it changes all the time but it's usually around 800mhz-1000mhz (sometimes it goes to 1200mhz but not often). Sometimes it's drops to under 800mhz. Why is this?

I just used DDU in safe mode and reinstalled the AMD drivers. No change.

it was made by msi, comes with realtek audio drivers. i have an asus mobo which comes with nahemic2.

[Deadman]

Publicado originalmente por -iD-:

Publicado originalmente por Deadman:

nahimic? That comes with MSI motherboards I believe. I have an ASUS motherboard (ASUS Crosshair VII Hero) I don't believe I have nahimic on my system.

In the Tomb Raider benchmark, the GPU is around 2550mhz according to Rivatuner. In the GTA benchmark it changes all the time but it's usually around 800mhz-1000mhz (sometimes it goes to 1200mhz but not often). Sometimes it's drops to under 800mhz. Why is this?

I just used DDU in safe mode and reinstalled the AMD drivers. No change.

it was made by msi, comes with realtek audio drivers. i have an asus mobo which comes with nahemic2.

How do I know if I have realtek drivers on my computer? I don't see any folders in Program files called Realtek. I use a Creative sound card for sound currently.

[[-iD-]]

just look at what services you have running in task manager, if windows installed it- it will be there.

[Deadman]

ok I found the cause! When going into the BIOS to disable SMT (someone on another forum asked me to try), I saw "Smart Access Memory (Resizable Bar)" which was currently set to OFF. I have enabled this and have gained about 90FPS!!! SMT on/off doesn't have any affect but this Resizable Bar does. The GPU clock speed has gone to over 2500mhz too without dropping to triple figures. Any ideas why? Finally I can play GTA V at 130fps :D

[[-iD-]]

rbar is pretty new so i have no idea.

[Doom Sayer]

if your running a modded game remove all the ENB files. GTA 5's ENB for some reason reduces performance even with all effects disabled.