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GTA5 CPU Benchmarks (I3 beats FX yet again)

I await for some real posts of guys playing the game with similar specs - chiefly FX cpus and the fps that accompany the settings.
 
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Yeah, saw that a few days ago and even posted it in the GTAV thread in the PC games section. I don't expect to be running at max settings, but I want to find out roughly how low the game will need to be turned down to play it at 60fps most of the time. A mix of medium-high would be just fine, but a lot of low settings would not.
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For me, performance in GTA5 matters most when there's lots of action going on. Whether it be a high speed chase involving 10-20 vehicles, or a huge gunfight, thats when the FPS matters most.

If you're FPS is jumping around during the hectic parts of the game, I for one would be very frustrated.
 
Th0nt said:
I await for some real posts of guys playing the game with similar specs - chiefly FX cpus and the fps that accompany the settings.
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Hi, i have the following

AMD 8350 @ 4.4ghz
MSI 290 Gaming OC @ gpu 1030mhz and 1300mhz memory
8GB DDR3 1866MHZ

using a 1080p monitor

i think i got the balance now i set everything to high with 2x msaa with it off or just fxaa it seems to be exact same, i do get stutters but not as much now,

its around 40fps - 60fps, i can tell when it drops to 40fps its not as smooth, guess an intel I7 would sort this, but with skylake around the corner best to hold out now,

also my monitor in windows is set to 60hz, but in game settings i only get option for 59hz, will that effect smoothness ?

Thanks
 
uscool said:
its around 40fps - 60fps, i can tell when it drops to 40fps its not as smooth, guess an intel I7 would sort this, but with skylake around the corner best to hold out now,
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Thanks for posting uscool.

You do not need an i7 to see an improvement, it could be an i5 or just pushing your current system, smoothing things out.

On the graphics forum a patch for GTA V was quoted by Superpatsy:

A decent sized patch was installed which was making me think it was an issue with game, rather than my hardware and/or drivers.
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* Ed - Also your 8350 should be able to hit 4.7Ghz or more. What motherboard and cooler do you have?
 
Its not the best of articles, but it certainly gives hope for people with Nvidia cards and a weak CPU like me. i just wish they posted more details about the various settings and performance using them: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-grand-theft-auto-5-pc-performance

I vaguely remember this being due to Nvidia doing some clever stuff with the drivers and sometimes even completely bypassing the DX11 way of doing things in favour of their own methods. If anyone has a link to an article going into a good amount of detail about this I would be very interested to read it
 
Would love to see how an x58 hex Xeon stacks up against the newest i7 quads.

Mines at 4.5ghz, GTA is running very well on 970 SLI.
 
Another review:

http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/2...on-the-pc-how-do-amd-intel-and-nvidia-perform

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AMD’s chips hit a minimum frame rate of 30 FPS, compared with 37 FPS for the Core i7-4790K. That gap is significant — Intel’s high-end cores are hitting a 23% higher frame rate. That said, these gaps can be reduced by lowering visual quality from Max to something a bit less strenuous — many of the Advanced graphics features and post-processing effects in GTA V incur a heavy performance hit.

The bottom line is this: While CPU brand matters in GTA V, it’s not the major factor. Every chip, save for the Intel Pentium G3258, can run the game. Low-end AMD owners may have to put up with a significant performance hit, while most users with AMD Athlon 760K-class processors likely aren’t trying to run GTA V in the first place.
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It looks like the G3258 is not doing very well in this review!

Another review:

http://www.techspot.com/review/991-gta-5-pc-benchmarks/page6.html

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If intel would like to do Fatality on Amd they just should start selling unlocked I3 chips :)
 
GTA V finished downloading today, so I was able to fire it up and give it a go on my [email protected] and crossfire 290X.

Definitely seeing a CPU bottleneck. Everything ramped up to max (MSAA off), I'm seeing 60fps most of the time (VSYNC on) but occasionally, particularly when driving, the FPS is dipping to 50fps. GPU usage on the two cards is only around 40-50%, though, indicating it's the CPU holding everything back.
 
Bit of a change though from what I am seeing. I3 certainly not beating the FX in the last few linked benchmarks and Bonjour can play the game on his FX. I would not run crossfire high end cards on the FX though.

Bonjour can you disable and run off one card and see what performance you get?

50fps is still a long piece above the 30s that was focussed on at the beginning of the thread. I would hedge my bets that after a driver improvement for GPU's and a couple of game patches this will see further improvements to the fps counter folk.
 
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TBH, the performance is very good and it's more than playable. I'm sure if I tone down a setting or two I'll get a constant 60 with no noticeable degredation in quality. As the GPUs are only around 40-50% utilisation, I could probably turn MSAA on as well.

I'll give it a go with a single card with the same settings and report back.

Crossfired 290s are fine on most other games. Tomb Raider, Battlefield 4 and Dragon Age: Inquisition are particularly sweet and can ramp both cards up to 95%+.
 
I have

8320 4.4 ghz 16gb 1866 8gb 290x Asus 990 - plays great at 1080p
4820k 4.3 ghz 32gb 2133 3gb 780ti RIVE - plays great at 1440p

Monitor makes the most difference imho!
 
Thank's Bonjour!

Goes to show the FX can play the game absolutely fine even though the intel die hards dont want it to. The guy in the other thread who was being told to go intel (with the terrible board) has reported back the game is running great around 60fps. ;)
 
Single 290X is pretty much identical performance, albeit with a single card working twice as hard (~90%). Shows what a great card the 290X is.

I reckon with a bit of tweaking, I should be able to get decent performance at 3k(VSR) with Crossfire enabled.
 
Settled on some settings now.

Turned Post-FX down to 'Very High', upped the resolution to 3K(VSR) and MSAA 2X. Looks superb and runs great. GPU usage up to the 60s.

I'm not sure an i3 would be able to run these settings on a crossfire setup.
 
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