GTA V 30 fps instead of 60

LePenguin01 · Jun 7, 2015

I'm getting 37-45 fps in game and also in the benchmark. I meet the requirements and I don't get 60fps.Ain't the r9 280x suppose to run it at 50-60? I saw videos of people playing it at 50-60 fps with the same specs. Sometimes the game runs at 90 fps(Mount Chil) and it doesn't even feel like 60fps, it feels more like console fps.
r9 280x
fx-8320
8gb g.skill
These are the settings I have: Beta 15.5 Drivers No Custom Music

1366x768 Borderless Window
Refresh Rate Auto
FXX Off
MSSA 4x (Makes No fps difference off)
Vsync Off

Population Density 80%
Population Variety 80%
Distance Scaling 100%

Texture High
Shader Very High
Shadow Very High
Reflection Ultra
Reflection MSAA Off
Water Very High
Particles Ultra
Grass Normal
Soft Shadows Softest
Post fx Ultra
Anisotropic filtering Off
Ambient High
Testallation Off
All the Settings in Advance Graphics are on the lowest.

tachybana · Jun 7, 2015

I don't think once you have mentioned at what resolution are you running this game 1080? 720? 1440?

LePenguin01 · Jun 7, 2015

tachybana :

Lol, I forgot about that. I'm running it at 1366x768 in a borderless window.

Gman450 · Jun 7, 2015

That resolution and and 35-47 FPS? That doesn't seem right.
Are you sure MSAA makes no impact? Try reducing to 2x.

Any other game seem to run below expectations?

sickbullet · Jun 7, 2015

What is your monitors max resolution, what a waste to be running that rig at the resolution.

Them fps are really odd make sure MSAA is off or x2 and Anisotropic filtering should be max without any fps drop at all.

LePenguin01 · Jun 7, 2015

MSAA 2x or off makes no fps difference. I also having low fps on Far Cry 4. My monitor's max resolution is 1366x768. I have a TV that is 1920 × 1080.

Gman450 · Jun 7, 2015

I see. Does changing to an older driver help?

What about the rest of your games, other than FarCry 4 and GTA V? (if any). It could be a hardware problem, most likely a GPU issue. But drivers are to be considered first.

carlosthefish · Jun 7, 2015

I meet the requirements and im getting about 30-50 as well

LePenguin01 · Jun 7, 2015

I have COD Advance Warfare and I have about 50-100 fps aswell as GTA IV. The Omega drivers just cause alot of stuttering and I cant downgrade to 15.4 but 15.5 driver did improve it by +5 fps.

LePenguin01 · Jun 7, 2015

Here's a vid with a r9 270x running it at 60fps with the 15.5 driver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiqEFkg7QM0

LePenguin01 · Jun 9, 2015

I reinstalled my drivers. Still doesn't work.

Gman450 · Jun 9, 2015

That sounds really strange.
I see you're running the game in borderless window. Try fullscreen.

LePenguin01 · Jun 10, 2015

When I go to fullscreen, the game has higher contrast and colors. I can't post a pic of it because for some reason it changes to the regular contrast. Here's a pic of in-game

Gman450 · Jun 10, 2015

Is there better FPS when you go in fullscreen?

turbopixel · Jun 10, 2015

Look in bios, is your pc in power saving mode or so? Or your cpu does bottleneck? I don't know much about AMD stuff. Maybe your card is overheating or you have not enough power on your psu. If you can, update your motherboard and graphics card bios.

Look for selected answers in those topics:
> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1949388/280x-performing.html
> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1957919/280x-framerate-issues.html

LePenguin01 · Jun 10, 2015

Going fullscreen makes the game look very choppy and makes the colors look awful but still the same frame rate. I get 60 fps if I lower the resolution to 720p but it still doesn't feel like 60. I get 40-50 fps if I higher the res to 1080p on my tv. My power plan is on high and my gpu temp is 40c. My psu is a CX 600w. There doesn't seem to be a BIOS update on the gigabyte website. It just says 1rst release. http://www.gigabyte.us/support-downloads/download-center.aspx?kw=ga-78lmt-usb3&ck=2 My motherboard is a ga-78lmt-usb3.

dominirican3351 · Jun 10, 2015

Go into advanced graphical settings and reset those values to default. See if that helps because those settings brought my 780tis to a crawl when maxed out

LePenguin01 · Jun 11, 2015

Reseting the advance settings didn't do anything and maxing out it makes the game laggy. Turning on frame scale increased it by 3 frames.

Gman450 · Jun 11, 2015

How about turning down some of the graphics settings down a notch?

Shader - High
Shadow - High
Reflection - Very High
Water - High
Particles- Very High
Grass - High (you're missing out on a lot of detail setting it to normal. The frames might drop a bit, but it looks good).
Soft Shadows - Soft
Post FX- Very high
Anisotropic Filtering - x16 (You're only going to see small or no FPS drops, with this turned all the way up.)

Turn off MSAA. I know you said it makes zero difference, but just try it. Enable FXAA instead.

Turn down textures to a Normal too.

LePenguin01 · Jun 12, 2015

I turned down the settings, it reaches to 50 but drops to 37 fps. So still kinda the same fps...

Gman450 · Jun 12, 2015

Damn. Does the drop happen at the cities?

Also, are you referring to stutters? Does the FPS drop for a few seconds and regains back the old 50?

Try the 15.4 beta drivers, if you hadn't already.

LePenguin01 · Jun 12, 2015

The whole city and sandy shores is at 30-45 fps. It gets to 50 fps when I go somewhere that's not much going on. The car density isn't causing it though. I just tested the game all on the lowest setting and I can't still go over 55. I don't know where to download the 15.4 drivers since amd updated them.

LePenguin01 · Jun 12, 2015

Also there's no stuttering.

Gman450 · Jun 12, 2015

I see.
Try the 15.4.1. I don't know if it will resolve the issue. Just check and see.
http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/amd-catalyst-15-4-1-freesync-driver-download.html

And if that doesn't work. Try the last stable release from AMD, which is the 14.12, I think.
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+8.1+-+64

LePenguin01 · Jun 12, 2015

The 15.4 drivers did help al bit. The lowest fps is 45 and highest is 54, but mostly the fps is 49. The Omega drivers is just a whole lot of stuttering. Is there some settings I can change in the catalyst gaming settings?

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