Specs:
EVGA GTX 660 Ti Superclocked 2GB
i7-3770 @ 3.4GHz
8GB RAM, running dual channel @ 1600MHz according to CPU-Z
7200RPM hard drive (specifics unknown because I don't know how to check and this is a prebuilt computer)
750w PSU (specifics also unknown)
I've had this problem with a few other recent games, and I think all of them are open-world games (Watch Dogs, Far Cry 4 are two others). I don't think I remember this happening in linear games. For example, if I'm moving at a high speed in GTA 5, my game stutters/freezes to a point where it's unplayable. The stuttering isn't as noticeable on foot, but it eventually happens.
This is graph of my resource monitor when I'm playing: http://i.imgur.com/OhVK7Ho.jpg
This is a graph from HDTune (not playing; seems pretty bad): http://imgur.com/QDsyhkr
And here's a video I recorded while playing (sorry if it's a little difficult to see the Afterburner overlay): The performance is pretty much the same with or without recording.
The freezes/stutters are always there, but the slow texture loading is there sometimes, other times it isn't. The first percentage for GPU on the overlay is power usage, the second is temperature, the third is GPU usage, and the fourth is fan speed. Below that is VRAM usage, and you can also see my CPU temps/usage as well as RAM usage and pagefile usage. I let my power usage for my GPU go above 100% because it seemed like it alleviated the problem somewhat by doing so; I'm pretty sure my PSU has enough power to support that.
I don't have any other programs open when I'm playing GTA except for MSI Afterburner, Steam, and my DS3 to Xinput program (not MotionJoy, it's from Scarlet Crush Productions).
Things that I notice when the stutters happen is that the GPU usage, power usage, and CPU usage completely drop to 0%; not sure if that's directly causing it or not. But I'm thinking that it might be a problem with either my RAM or my hard drive; I'm leaning towards hard drive, but shouldn't it only be loading textures slowly if that were the problem, not a ton of stuttering? As far as I know, hard drive should only affect loading times and such, right?
I've tried increasing my page file, I've tried lowering the priority of the launcher and increasing the game's priority, I've tried completely uninstalling my display drivers and reinstalling them using Display Driver Uninstaller, and I'm really not sure what else to do. Thanks for any help, and I'll provide more info if needed.
More about : gta freezes stuttering caused hard drive ram
EVGA GTX 660 Ti Superclocked 2GB
i7-3770 @ 3.4GHz
8GB RAM, running dual channel @ 1600MHz according to CPU-Z
7200RPM hard drive (specifics unknown because I don't know how to check and this is a prebuilt computer)
750w PSU (specifics also unknown)
I've had this problem with a few other recent games, and I think all of them are open-world games (Watch Dogs, Far Cry 4 are two others). I don't think I remember this happening in linear games. For example, if I'm moving at a high speed in GTA 5, my game stutters/freezes to a point where it's unplayable. The stuttering isn't as noticeable on foot, but it eventually happens.
This is graph of my resource monitor when I'm playing: http://i.imgur.com/OhVK7Ho.jpg
This is a graph from HDTune (not playing; seems pretty bad): http://imgur.com/QDsyhkr
And here's a video I recorded while playing (sorry if it's a little difficult to see the Afterburner overlay): The performance is pretty much the same with or without recording.
The freezes/stutters are always there, but the slow texture loading is there sometimes, other times it isn't. The first percentage for GPU on the overlay is power usage, the second is temperature, the third is GPU usage, and the fourth is fan speed. Below that is VRAM usage, and you can also see my CPU temps/usage as well as RAM usage and pagefile usage. I let my power usage for my GPU go above 100% because it seemed like it alleviated the problem somewhat by doing so; I'm pretty sure my PSU has enough power to support that.
I don't have any other programs open when I'm playing GTA except for MSI Afterburner, Steam, and my DS3 to Xinput program (not MotionJoy, it's from Scarlet Crush Productions).
Things that I notice when the stutters happen is that the GPU usage, power usage, and CPU usage completely drop to 0%; not sure if that's directly causing it or not. But I'm thinking that it might be a problem with either my RAM or my hard drive; I'm leaning towards hard drive, but shouldn't it only be loading textures slowly if that were the problem, not a ton of stuttering? As far as I know, hard drive should only affect loading times and such, right?
I've tried increasing my page file, I've tried lowering the priority of the launcher and increasing the game's priority, I've tried completely uninstalling my display drivers and reinstalling them using Display Driver Uninstaller, and I'm really not sure what else to do. Thanks for any help, and I'll provide more info if needed.
More about : gta freezes stuttering caused hard drive ram
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