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rtk39
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GTA 5 Lag spikes

Hi.

Whenever I play GTA 5 or GTA 5 Online, the game runs perfectly. It’s really smooth, and runs well. A few minutes into the game, I get these lag spikes that last for about 3 to 8 seconds long, and it really makes the game unplayable and it’s really a struggle because I cannot aim, or shoot correctly. In a few seconds it goes away, but repeats itself. I stopped playing for a few months, but I have videos on YouTube where it never used to lag, it was perfect. I logged on recently and I was greeted with these lag spikes. I do not know what happened, I do not know if I messed up the GTA 5 settings, or if I messed up the settings for GTA 5 in my AMD Radeon settings, whatever it is, I wish it were to be fixed like it was 6 months ago, without any lag, smooth, clean, and running well. I have the settings on the near to lowest, and I know I can play higher but I just get these lag spikes that get worse the longer I play, and my PC gets louder and hotter. I think it has something to do with my graphics that I never did when I played.

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ashton_p
Adept I

Check you PSU. What os are you running and what's your specs?

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Specs:

Operating System

Windows 10 Home 64-bit

CPU

AMD FX-8320 29 °C

Vishera 32nm Technology

RAM

8.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 799MHz (11-11-11-28)

Motherboard

MSI 760GMA-P34(FX) (MS-7641) (CPU1) 33 °C

Graphics

C24F390 (1920x1080@60Hz)

2048MB ATI Radeon RX 460 Graphics (MSI) 35 °C

Storage

931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EZEX-08WN4A0 (SATA) 37 °C

Optical Drives

ASUS DRW-24F1ST c

Audio

whats a psu?

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Power supply. And your vidio memory is kinda low. Maybe a new card would assist. Also consider running on an ssd.

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Hi

I have been looking into a computer that i want. I am going to send you the link to it.

Will this PC be good for GTA 5, Fortnite, etc?

https://g.co/kgs/mtue9A

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do you think you are able to built a pc on your own?
there are tons of yt videos to show each step

if you want i will than the best hw combo for your price-range

starting from 800$ there is a lot we can do

ps - your current HW is limited by several factors
weakish CPU, only single-channel ram, higher-entry-level gpu

PC: R7 2700X @PBO + RX 580 4G (1500MHz/2000MHz CL16) + 32G DDR4-3200CL14 + 144hz 1ms FS P + 75hz 1ms FS
Laptop: R5 2500U @30W + RX 560X (1400MHz/1500MHz) + 16G DDR4-2400CL16 + 120Hz 3ms FS
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