LOW GPU USAGE ON GTA 5 (help)

androww99

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My GPU usage is around 50-75 percent on GTA 5. It is not a CPU bottleneck, I get about 55-70 percent CPU usage with each core under 60%. What could be causing this? I also have 16gb Ram
 
Solution
Voltage as in your cpu clocks?

Perhaps try the settings, muck around with AA, up the detail a bit and see if can get the gpu working more.

What resolution are you in? 1080p is my guess but checking.

Are options in Nvidia CP more or less standard from install? Besides performance and vsync, nothing else quality wise set too high?

Apart from game and Nvidia CP settings which might make a difference could try another driver (Newer or older) as drivers may break performance. Not always but possible. Always clean install though just to be on the safe side, even if you need to redo a few settings.

Another thing to try might be to turn off or on cpu's Hyperthreading and see how performance compares.

boju

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Hi,

Are you using Geforce Experience to optimise or are you doing it manually? Geforce Experience may work, sometimes not so well.

Certain settings will affect performance more than others.

Try these settings found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/GrandTheftAutoV_PC/comments/56wncd/gtx_1060_settings/

Grass, shadow quality and Anti aliasing mostly. Grass if set on ultra is a power hog detailing individual shrub/grass blade, whether you notice or not i personally don't so i leave it on vhigh.
 

boju

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Voltage as in your cpu clocks?

Perhaps try the settings, muck around with AA, up the detail a bit and see if can get the gpu working more.

What resolution are you in? 1080p is my guess but checking.

Are options in Nvidia CP more or less standard from install? Besides performance and vsync, nothing else quality wise set too high?

Apart from game and Nvidia CP settings which might make a difference could try another driver (Newer or older) as drivers may break performance. Not always but possible. Always clean install though just to be on the safe side, even if you need to redo a few settings.

Another thing to try might be to turn off or on cpu's Hyperthreading and see how performance compares.
 
Solution

miswrote1

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Aug 28, 2017
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I went through some settings in the Nvidia control pannel, got some more usage out of the gpu but still not in the high 80s and 90s. I'm fine with it tho I found real Ly good settings that average 70 fps and hardly dip into the 50's