Hey guys,

 

I just wanted to start a new single player play-through in GTA V, something I haven't done in over 2 years. However, I notice that the performance of the game has dropped significantly since I last played it a couple weeks ago (just driving around). 

 

I used to be able to run the game on 4K, Ultra Settings with a steady 30 FPS. Now I can't even run the game in 2K on Medium settings without dropping to 20 fps.

 

My specs:

 

Intel Core i7 5820K @ 3.3 Ghz

 

EVGA GTX 1080 FTW Edition

 

24 GB of DDR4 RAM.

 

I heard that all the DLC's R* is packing into the game is really causing significant performance drops. I'm not sure how true that is, but I wouldn't surprised considering they must be on the 10000000th GTA Online DLC. 

 

I can't go under 2K resolution since I have a 2k monitor. Anything less looks really shitty... and I'm not interested in putting all the settings on low... which seems to be the only thing giving me solid FPS. I notice that in areas with significant traffic, my FPS drop like a rock. In areas that have few to no vehicles, my FPS are better (but still not where I'd like it to be). 

 

Any ideas?

Thanks,

 

Original Light 

 

This doesn't seem like an issue related to R* or GTAV.  My PC's specs are much lower and I run the game on ultra and at 4K (downsampled) for screenshots, 2K for gameplay, rock solid 30+ fps

FYI, issue solved. It turns out Vsync was causing this.

I'm buying a Display Port cable since apparently my HDMI cable limits my monitor's refresh rate.