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GTA V: Major constant freezes

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FeLynX Posted messages 7236 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   -
Hello, I recently bought GTA V, but I can't play it; I'm experiencing "freezes" of several seconds in the menu and during gameplay. The image and even the sound cut out every 2 seconds.

My specs:

Windows 8.1

Intel Core i5 3450 (3.1 GHz)

8GB DDR3 RAM

Nvidia GTX 1050Ti

(I apparently have the required configuration even though the processor is a bit old)

Thanks in advance

2 answers

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    Jean20B Posted messages 1861 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   2 373
     
    Hello, I had pretty much the same problem with this setup:
    Windows 10
    Intel Core i5-7300HQ (2.5 GHz - 3.5 GHz in turbo)
    6 GB DDR4 (2133 MHz) of RAM
    Nvidia GTX 1050Ti (2 GB)

    Since then, I have 12 GB of RAM (DDR4 2400 MHz) and there are no more freezes.

    Maybe there's not enough RAM, but that seems weird to me because 8 GB should normally be sufficient. Is there something else running while you're playing?
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    1. Pudi
       
      No, I closed all the programs when launching the game. And yet my task manager indicates that only 70% of the RAM is being used when I play.
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  2. FeLynX Posted messages 7236 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   1 538
     
    Hi, are all your drivers up to date, especially the graphics card one? Is the system clean? No temperature issues?
    This setup is very good for GTA 5. Just a reminder, this game is from 2013.
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    1. Pudi
       
      Yes, I have the latest drivers for my GPU and no temperature issues. As for the system, I ran different scans, but I noticed that my RAM usage could rise to 80% in the task manager after a few hours of use for no apparent reason. This may indicate a RAM issue?
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    2. Pudi
       
      But before launching the game, I make sure to be at less than 30% of RAM used.
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    3. FeLynX Posted messages 7236 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   1 538 > Pudi
       
      80% of 8 GB of RAM used without running anything is huge. Maybe a game is still cached in memory after closing. 30% is already better but not perfect. In the Processes tab of the Task Manager, you can see which applications are the most resource-hungry when it spikes to 80%. You can also see how it performs in-game (in windowed mode).
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    4. Pudi
       
      So, in the task manager, if I manually add up the RAM consumption of the background processes (visible), we hardly exceed 500MB. This is very different from 30% or even 80% of 8GB.
      Either it's a problem of invisible processes, or it's poor memory management? I don't know...
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    5. Pudi
       
      However, to get back to my game, I don’t think it’s a hardware issue. But rather a software or driver that’s acting up.
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