Hi,
 
I have evga sc 1060 3G card but I experience heavy Stuttering in GTA V I know this is nvidia driver problem because in my old gtx 960 I did not has this problem but want to know if there is a work around this problem ? when this happen fps drop below 30
 
driver version is 375.63
 
 

Kirosia
Was your 960 a 4GB card by any chance? If so, you may need to scale back certain graphics settings if the 1060 is a 3GB card.
 
And are you using the in-game vsync? Try turning it off, and locking the framerate in the nvidia control panel or an external program like rivatuner.

yes my 690 was 4G and my evga 1060 is 3G but GTA V maxed uses 2.2Gb only from gpu ram so why I need to set settings down ?


How I can lockdown framerate in nvidia cp ?
 

izac3dHow I can lockdown framerate in nvidia cp ?

Open up the control panel then click on Manage 3D Settings, then click the Program Settings tab. Under "Select a program to optimize" look for and select GTA V. Then below it find "vertical sync" and click the box next it that says "Use global settings". Change that to "On".
 
 
Another possible fix that someone posted on the Nvidia forums is to change the options in this image (it's the same place where you change the vertical sync settings above):
 

Your settings are most likely too high. Make sure all settings under the advanced graphics settings menu are set to default settings.

Does setting all graphics settings to low stop the stutter? If yes, it's definitely a settings issue.

Sajin
Does setting all graphics settings to low stop the stutter? If yes, it's definitely a settings issue.

I set all to lowest , graphics are awful and the game is unplayable it keep hanging up

izac3d

Sajin
Does setting all graphics settings to low stop the stutter? If yes, it's definitely a settings issue.

I set all to lowest , graphics are awful and the game is unplayable it keep hanging up

Are your cpu/gpu clocks running at advertised speeds when the stuttering occurs? No overheating on cpu/gpu when stuttering occurs?

Well, GTA V maxed uses aprox. 4GB as the game itself tells you in the graphic options panel.
 
I have GTA V non maxed out, but very high, and it says it will use 3000mb, however it finally takes 3800mb... You should use GPU-Z, for example, to see the actual amount of memory that is being used after 10 minutes playing.

izac3d

Sajin

izac3d

Sajin
Are your cpu/gpu clocks running at advertised speeds when the stuttering occurs? No overheating on cpu/gpu when stuttering occurs?

No OC at CPU or GPU and no overheating

So your gpu/cpu are running at advertised clock speeds when the stuttering is occurring?

#1 Perform steps #1, #2 #5 & #6 listed here.

#2 Make sure power management mode inside the nvidia control panel is set to adaptive under global settings, make sure power management mode inside the nvidia control panel is set to prefer maximum performance for each of your games under program settings. Reboot PC after making these changes.

#3 Make sure your windows power options are set to high performance.
 
Report back if stuttering is fixed or not after doing all the above.

I did not have enough time to try everything so I set adaptive power in global settings and max power in gta v profile and that solved the problem, I had only like couple of stutter then the game ran smooth. I set now global settings as max power and tried again (after restart) and found the game still run smooth !!
 
So thank you so much for that solution but please explain what is adaptive power and why max power solved gta v problem ?

Optimal power: Reduces power consumption when the computer is idle and nothing is changing on the screen, the driver will not make the gpu render a new frame, the driver will use the already rendered frame from the framestore and output directly to monitor to save power.
 
Adaptive: Allows the graphics driver to automatically determine the proper performance state based on gpu usage. Allows the gpu to render a new frame when needed.
 
Prefer maximum performance: Makes the card run at its maximum performance state when 3d applications are running regardless of gpu usage. Prefer maximum performance shouldn't be set under the global tab as it can cause your gpu clocks to run at base clock all the time when web browsing.
 
Using optimal power has been known to create stuttering while gaming. 

izac3d
Thanks Sajin
 
but when I used my old 960 card I never changed any settings in nvidia cp !!  . another question: I will use adaptive in global but do I must set all my games to prefer max performance or I can leave them to adaptive as well ?

No problem. Yes, set all games to prefer max performance.

izac3d
what will happen if I left games at adaptive ?

All games would run fine but you may not get the best performance at times.