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What is causing lag in GTA 5?

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hell911

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I have a laptop with these specs...

Intel core i7 3612QM
Geforce GT 740M
4GB DDR3 RAM
1TB HDD (280GB left)

When I play GTA 5 (low resolution 1024x768 and windowed mode), I can walk fine, but when I started driving a car, then comes the hiccups/lag.

This is the video memory spec i got from ingame.

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Also, My RAM usage in laptop goes until 3.6 or 3.7GB, i think 200MB or 300MB was left free. Definitely a very bad sign.

My question is, If i upgrade my RAM to 8GB. Will it fix my problem (lag/hiccups)?
 
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Could be slow laptop hard drive, could be low-clocked notebook CPU, could be RAM. A GT 740 is pretty slow, but it should be equally slow everywhere.

I think a RAM upgrade is a safe bet.
 
Try bringing up the Resource Monitor and let it run alongside the game. When you hit a point where there is lag, take a screenshot and post it here (upload to imgur.com and link to it).
 
hell911 said:
Thanks for that!!

But from this website..

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/D/disk_thrashing.html

It says hard disk is being used for virtual memory because the physical memory is full.

In that case. I can just get 8GB ram and no need SSD because 8GB ram will be enough. Hard disk wont feel excess load anymore.
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Basically yeah. A slow disk can still cause hitching in games that frequently load textures (World of Warcraft is a perfect example of this) but RAM is almost certainly the primary culprit here.
 
The pictures you posted show that cpu 1 is parked so look at tools that unpark all cores, it might help.

4gb are ok for this game at low and 768p resolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK0_wOKv-rU
look into limiting the fps to something your system can handle without hiccups/lag.
(look at ~4min into the video)
 
disable that avguard. That could possibly help a little, but your 740M is really not that great of a gpu. It is not much faster than the IGP. You may be stuck with what you got.
 
TheELF said:
The pictures you posted show that cpu 1 is parked so look at tools that unpark all cores, it might help.

4gb are ok for this game at low and 768p resolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK0_wOKv-rU
look into limiting the fps to something your system can handle without hiccups/lag.
(look at ~4min into the video)
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If you note the overall CPU load when the screenshot was taken, it was low (presumably the OP had stopped the game or alt-tabbed out). So it makes sense that one core would be parked at that instant and doesn't necessarily indicate a problem.
 
mfenn said:
If you note the overall CPU load when the screenshot was taken, it was low (presumably the OP had stopped the game or alt-tabbed out). So it makes sense that one core would be parked at that instant and doesn't necessarily indicate a problem.
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Still if core parking is enabled it could slow the game down,there is no downside in trying if it makes a difference.
 
I just installed a new ram, from 4GB to 8GB. Now the hiccups are gone

I am playing the game at normal settings, windowed mode though (1280x720) and x16 AA. Getting around 45 FPS.

I know my laptop is not for gaming, but I am not looking for 1080p and max settings experience.

Problem solved.

EDIT: some of my cpu's were parked coz i alt tab from game, the game paused.
 
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hell911 said:
I just installed a new ram, from 4GB to 8GB. Now the hiccups are gone

I am playing the game at normal settings, windowed mode though (1280x720) and x16 AA. Getting around 45 FPS.

I know my laptop is not for gaming, but I am not looking for 1080p and max settings experience.

Problem solved.

EDIT: some of my cpu's were parked coz i alt tab from game, the game paused.
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:thumbsup: Glad that worked for you!
 
When you can not afford to upgrade ram then how to reduce disk trashing?
Disable antivirus
Disable Windows indexing -search indexer. Control panel,admin tools,services

If you are wired then you can also disable wifi services. If you are on your home pc but never share data on your network then you can turn off other things likes folder sharing.
You can also disable auto defragging.
Also disable the AUTO HIDE TASK BAR
Any automation eats up cpu cycles and when too much is automated then it starts to add up and begins to be noticeable.

Also those 5-40 meg family photos as wallpaper on the pc can add up to 200 megs in memory sometimes(depends on how hires it is) Instead use solid colors so less memory is used.
 
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