[MP2]

Hi all.

I have been playing at 90 FPS since the client-side /fpslimit command was added like 5+ years ago and have always had smooth gameplay. I bought a Titan X GPU last year and recently my framerate has been skipping/stuttering, although I'm getting 90+ FPS.

I have tried the following:
- GTA reinstall
- Frame limiter on/off
- /fpslimit at 60 FPS rather than 90
- Played about with all the Nvidia settings including V-sync etc.
- Reduced graphics to minimum
- Set PC to use 1 core (of 4)
- Set CPU process priority to high
- Updated all drivers
- Set Windows to lowest graphics settings
- Nothing running in background

Note:
- Game is on SSD hard drive
- RAM is 2400 MHz 16GB
- VRAM is 12GB

Some things make a tiny difference, but as I'm driving along my game will skip frames and/or stutter. Sometimes it can be minor, sometimes it can be very noticeable. At the moment it is not too bad, and I have attached a video below. Some people may say it is hardly noticable, but for me I notice every single skip and it makes the game unplayable for me. Doesn't happen in any other games. I can run GTA V on almost ultra settings and get 60 FPS..

I know GTA: SA is designed to run at 25 or 30 FPS and running it higher causes issues, but this has never been a problem until recently. Any suggestions? I want to run the game at 60 FPS at the least..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yEvXT7r4d8
Sorry for the crappy phone video but I wanted to capture the skips without interference from recording software.

[nickdodd25]

It kinda sounds similar to Romeorawr's issue in this topic http://forum.sa-mp.com/showpost.php?...68&postcount=8. I know you said you played with nividia settings but did you try the shader cache?

[MP2]

I have played with all of the NVidia settings and no difference. I just did another fresh reinstall and wiped all settings etc. and it's still the same problem. I don't understand how I've played the game for years without this problem and all of a sudden without me changing a THING I'm suddenly getting this shit..

This is my CPU usage while just idling on the Desktop with nothing running apart from background stuff.



Why am I getting sudden spikes in CPU usage?

This is my CPU usage while in GTA: SA


It seems my CPU is reaching maximum at times? Why would this be?

EDIT: I've been mainly focusing on the Frame Limiter and NVidia V-Sync settings. It seems that turning both off results in tearing, as expected, but it eliminates most of if not all of the stuttering.. But I can't play with screen tearing..

[Dignity]

What's your CPU? Also go to 3d settings and set everything from quality etc to performance if you already haven't done that.

Also you should be fine having v-sync enabled.

[MP2]

CPU is Intel i7-6700K Quad Core 4.0 GHz

[Dignity]

Ok. Is Speedshift / speed-step enabled in your mobo? If it is, that's probably causing the spikes ─ if you're not sure, see if it's doing it in a different game as well

Also did you put everything to performance instead of quality?

[MP2]

I don't know what "Speedshift / speed-step" is but I've looked through all my MB/BIOS settings and turned things on/off and nothing's changed.

I've tried setting everything to optimise performance also.

[Dignity]

Basically speedshift or speedstep turns your voltages / core frequency up when doing tasks to allow your CPU to suck up more power. Those spikes can also be the cause of bottleneck but seeing your CPU I doubt that's the case.

Try downloading this and see if it still happens (you need asi loader)
http://www.gamemodding.net/en/gta-sa...memfix-22.html

[MP2]

Tried that before also

I've literally tried everything imaginable..

[Toroi]

https://sampforum.blast.hk/showthread.php?tid=634130

May be similar

[MP2]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Troydere https://sampforum.blast.hk/showthread.php?tid=634130 May be similar

Tried that. It's not low FPS I have a problem with, I easily get 60+ FPS, it's just frames skipping/stuttering every few seconds.

[Dignity]

I had this issue before man, but I don't remember what caused it. I've got a i7 7700k and a GTX 1080 Ti Aorus Xtreme so our hardware is sort of similar.

Are you using the steam version of gta sa or pirated/disk?

[MP2]

Okay I'm pretty sure I just fixed it.. As I said previously, I had played about with all the NVidia control panel settings, however I wasn't restarting the game and I don't think the settings were taking effect.

I have narrowed it down to one setting - 'Maximum pre-rendered frames'. This was set to 'Use 3D app settings' and I changed it to 1 and now there's no stuttering! Fingers crossed it stays this way.

Thank you for your help guys I appreciate it a lot.

[Dignity]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MP2 Okay I'm pretty sure I just fixed it.. As I said previously, I had played about with all the NVidia control panel settings, however I wasn't restarting the game and I don't think the settings were taking effect. I have narrowed it down to one setting - 'Maximum pre-rendered frames'. This was set to 'Use 3D app settings' and I changed it to 1 and now there's no stuttering! Fingers crossed it stays this way. Thank you for your help guys I appreciate it a lot.

Nice man. If stuttering happens again you can try this method too, even though it's from a different game

https://*********/WVOSHT1FVxY?t=33s