This allows to get 2-3 more frames per second - http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/improve-geforce-gtx-series-performance-with-a-handy-tweak.html
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GTA V on Mac Pro
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I read that article also. Although by community comments it seems that for more capable rigs the benefit is negligible/non-existant. Have you seen any benefits on cMP computers? I'll try some benching later.
I hate to bring up an old thread, but seeing that GTA V was on sale on Steam I purchased it, I was expecting some good performance on my machine as it has an RX580, but while it gives solid 60fps in some area's of the game (I have Vsync on) there are parts of the game where it drops to about 30fps which has me stumped as graphics wise the RX580 should be able to lock 60fps pretty easy unless I have a bottle neck somewhere. Anyone else have a RX580 and seen this kind of issue?
CPU single thread bottleneck.
Reduce moving objects (e.g. people, cars, etc) and view distance may help.
The comments above are good advice. Keep in mind, the 580 is a midrange GPU from a few years ago and GTAV is an extemely demanding (and fun!) title, at least with all the graphics options turned up. I don’t recall how the cpu vs gpu load breaks down in that game but if you are playing at 1080p you are more likely to be cpu bound than if you run it at higher resolutions. Vsync typically incurs a small performance penalty and can increase your input lag, so unless your system can maintain 60 FPS at the most demanding of times it is usually better off. Vsync On eliminates tearing (more FPS than the monitors refresh rate causing parts of the screen to render one frame while other parts of the screen are rendering previous frames) and is also helpful for say indie titles where you don’t want your gpu rendering 200fps all the time when 30 or 60 will do.
Thanks guys, I appreciate ya'lls input. I've got the settings on High to Very High, GPU load is maxed but CPU load hovers around 35-55% on all cores and threads. I've been trying to disable hyper threading for the game as apparently that could cause performance problems as well, no success though.
As mentioned I do have Vsync on, turning it off does not increase the FPS in the game either.
I do plan on eventually upgrading the CPU's on my MacPro to X5690, but I have a feeling its not gonna do much for the game itself.
As mentioned I do have Vsync on, turning it off does not increase the FPS in the game either.
I do plan on eventually upgrading the CPU's on my MacPro to X5690, but I have a feeling its not gonna do much for the game itself.
35-55% across all cores doesn’t mean that you are not CPU single thread limiting.
The CPU will automatically balance the loading internally. E.g. a single thread bottlenecking process may show up as 50% core 1 usage + 50% core 2 usage.
So, it may looks like the process (a game in this case) can utilise multi core quite well, and you are not CPU bottlenecking. But that’s illusion actually.
I never really used AMD cards but for Nvidia sometimes you had to turn off vsync in the nvidia control panel as well as for the in game settings. Not sure if AMDs cataylist drivers or whatever they are called may have a similar feature but might be worth a look.
Same, the game's Vsync setting can be override by the driver setting.
In general, it's better to turn off Vsync, but simply limit the framerate to the monitor's max refresh rate. Not always work, but most games will be able to stay at (or just below) the max refresh rate (with proper settings), and no tearing. Also, there is no need for the GPU to render any extra frame that never display. Save some power, let it run cooler.
Very surprised to read what you've written here, completely goes against conventional wisdom.