Big fps drop while looking on big cities (GTA V , Dying Light , H1Z1 , DayZ , Arma 3 etc)

BrutalHero

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My Pc Specs

CPU : Athlon x4 860k 4.40 ghz 4 cores
GPU : AMD R9 290 Tri-X 4GB OC
MOBO : MSI GAMING A88X-G45
PSU : 650 CORSAIR
RAM : 8GB 1600mhz

So in many big games like GTA V and Dying light when i look in the middle of the cities my fps drop by a lot and i don't know what causes this.I tried lowering my Distance Scalling and View Distance and it doesn't help.When im in the Wild part of gta v i don't lag at all on max graphics but as soon as i look on the big city my fps goes to 40-30.What is the cause of this and is there a way to fix that ?
 

thomas123321

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your processor is a huge bottleneck for the gpu as tht cpu is equivalent to a Intel i3 which is pretty bad when put together with a R9 290. And the GPU is more powerful. The CPU is not so great for gaming.So i would recommend you to upgrade your processor something much more powerful or move to an Intel system with an i5 or better because the cpu seems to be causing the lags in big cities as it cant handle that much of load and causing bottleneck for with the R9 290