You didn’t have time to get a powerful computer before the price of components doubled, but you still want to play blockbusters and cool new releases? We will try to help you! Read our new anti-crisis section “60 FPS”. In it we will try to teach you how to properly configure demanding video games for weak PCs.

First of all, you need to figure out how bad everything is with your “car”. So first, let's remember the system requirements for Grand Theft Auto 5.

Minimum system requirements for GTA 5

Operating system: Windows 8.1 64 Bit, Windows 8 64 Bit, Windows 7 64 Bit Service Pack 1, Windows Vista 64 Bit Service Pack 2
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4 GHz / AMD Phenom 9850 @ 2.5 GHz
Volume random access memory: 4 GB
Video card: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 1 GB / AMD Radeon HD 4870 1 GB
Sound card:
65 GB

So - above you see the computer configuration, which necessary to run Grand Theft Auto 5. If your PC does not meet even these minimum requirements, then even if you can play, it will be with great difficulty. And no fine tuning won't help here. In this case, try one of the cloud gaming services. In the Russian-language segment of the Internet, the largest representative on this moment is Playkey.

Operating system: Windows 8.1 64 Bit, Windows 8 64 Bit, Windows 7 64 Bit Service Pack 1
CPU: Intel Core i5 3470 @ 3.2 GHz / AMD X8 FX-8350 @ 4 GHz
RAM capacity: 8 GB
Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2 GB / AMD Radeon HD 7870 2 GB
Sound card: 100% DirectX 10 compatible
Free hard disk space: 65 GB

If you have a computer similar in configuration to the recommended system requirements, then you should run Grand Theft Auto 5 at least on high settings and in FullHD resolution (1920x1080 pixels). However, it is not a fact that the game will produce a stable 60 FPS with all the “beauties” turned on. Therefore, it will also be useful for you to find out which graphics options can be sacrificed in favor of which ones so that it looks beautiful and the frame rate does not sag.

And, of course, the most useful this material will be the one who falls between the minimum and recommended requirements. That is, those who have a processor more powerful than the AMD Phenom 9850, but weaker than the Intel Core i5 3470, and a video card more powerful than the AMD Radeon HD 4870, but weaker than the AMD Radeon HD 7870, and so on.

Setting up GTA 5 graphics

The following lists all the common and additional settings images in Grand Theft Auto 5. Some of them affect performance more, some less, and some have no effect at all. We tried to briefly describe the essence of each of these parameters, as well as give advice on optimizing them.

“Video memory” and “Ignore suggested restrictions”

The “Video Memory” parameter displays the amount of graphics memory currently consumed by the game. In theory, it should not exceed the available size for your video card, otherwise the main RAM begins to be consumed. However, most players write that even if GTA 5 uses twice as much as you have, the game still works quite stably. Therefore, you can safely enable the “Ignore suggested restrictions” option.

DirectX version

depends on the year of manufacture of the video card.

Not everything is obvious here either. There are three DirectX rendering options to choose from: 10, 10.1 and 11. The game was originally designed for the latest version, which is why it is the most stable. All visual effects are also available on DirectX 11. In theory, he is also the most demanding. However, a significant drop in FPS when choosing this option occurs only on very old video cards (manufactured before 2012). Therefore, if your video card is not very powerful, but quite modern, then definitely choose DirectX 11. Otherwise, try all the options.

Permission

Performance Impact: average.

By setting the native screen resolution (usually 1920x1080 for desktop computers and 1366x768 for laptops), you will get the most sharp image. If you don't have a very powerful system, you can seriously increase the number of frames per second by lowering the resolution by a couple of orders of magnitude. Just don’t overdo it - otherwise you simply won’t see most of the beauties of GTA 5, even if you set the other parameters to maximum. Personally, I would recommend that you always set the default value, and it is better to slightly sacrifice those settings that have a more serious impact on the performance of the game.

Update frequency

Performance Impact: absent.

Here, always feel free to set the standard value for your display. Most often this is 60 Hz. If you put less, the game will not become faster, but it will be worse for your eyes. You can Google this topic if you want to know more about the connection between vision and screen refresh rate.

Smoothing

Performance Impact:

FXAA technology - low,

MSAA technology - average (consumes a lot of video memory),

TXAA technology - high.

Anti-aliasing itself usually slows down the game quite a lot. If you are the owner of a weak video card, then choose either the FXAA option or turn it off completely. If your video card is not so weak and it has at least 2 GB of RAM, then you can try MSAA - it provides a much smoother picture without “ladders” at the edges of three-dimensional objects. But you can hardly afford TXAA technology if you’re reading this manual ☺

Vertical Sync

Performance Impact: absent.

In theory, it makes no sense to turn this option off, since it won’t make Grand Theft Auto 5 go any faster. However, it would be best to leave it turned off first to measure the maximum frame rate in the game, and then choose one of two corresponding options: 50% if the FPS almost never exceeds 30 frames, or 100% if the game produces at least 40 frames. and on average - closer to 60.

City population

Performance Impact: low.

In GTA 4, the lower this parameter was, the faster the game worked. At first glance, in the fifth part everything is arranged the same, but in reality the impact on performance, as it is not surprising, is not so great. If you completely turn off the population, then there will be almost no people and cars on the streets, and you will win a maximum of five frames. If you set it to 75%, then GTA 5 will slow down by only a couple of FPS, and Los Santos will already become much more lively. Therefore, we recommend that you always set this value. As a last resort - 50%.

Population variety

Performance Impact: low.

Video memory consumption: high.

Population diversity is the number of variants different models You will meet people and cars during the game. The parameter should be set below 75% only if you have less than 1 GB of video memory. In all other cases, there will be no difference in the stability or speed of GTA 5.

Focus scale

Performance Impact: low.

This is actually the draw distance. It’s just that the guys from 1C screwed up a little during the translation (by the way, this is not the only incorrectly localized parameter). The lower the setting, the less detailed the 3D surroundings in the distance will be. However, in the game itself, due to the characteristics of the graphics engine, the difference between 0% and 100% is not noticeable. Therefore, you can either win a couple of frames and turn it off if you have a very weak computer, or set it to 75-100%.

Texture quality

Performance Impact: practically absent.

Video memory consumption: high.

The higher the value, the sharper the textures in the game, and three dimensional objects will look more beautiful. Practice shows that setting a value lower than “High” only makes sense if you have little video memory. In all other cases, leave it at “High” or “Very High”.

Shader quality

Performance Impact: average.

The more advanced shaders used in a game, the more high-tech the image will be. If your power graphics adapter is small (closer to the minimum system requirements), we recommend setting the shaders to standard quality in order to gain 7-8 frames. But GTA 5 will look very mediocre, since shaders affect almost the entire graphics of the game as a whole. If you are lucky enough to have a sufficiently powerful video card, then set the value to “High” or “Very High”, and preferably lower one of the more resource-intensive settings.

Shadow quality

Performance Impact: high.

The first parameter from the list that really seriously affects performance. There are only a couple of frames of difference between the Standard and High Quality options. But if you set the quality to “Very High”, then FPS can drop by up to 15 units! Be that as it may, there is practically no noticeable difference “by eye” between very high and simply high beauty values. Based on the above, it would be best to install high quality shadows, not “Standard” and not “Very High”.

Reflection quality

Performance Impact: high.

If you want the game to look at least decent, never set the “Standard” option here. In this case, instead of natural reflections in mirrors, glass of houses, the surface of reservoirs and car bodies, there will be some kind of primitive dregs. If you slightly raise the reflection quality value to the “High” option, then you will only lose 2-3 frames, and GTA 5 will immediately become much more enjoyable to play.

However, this setting seriously slows down the video of the game if you try to set the options to “Very High” or “Highest Degree”. As with most heavy graphics settings with a high impact on performance, you are unlikely to be able to afford this if you are reading this text.

MSAA for reflections

Performance Impact: low.

Video memory consumption: high.

MSAA for reflections is an anti-aliasing effect for reflections. Surprisingly, this option in the game is not too resource-intensive. While in most other games everything is exactly the opposite. Rockstar programmers simply amaze with the quality of optimization in the version of GTA 5 for personal computers. Another thing is that it is almost impossible to notice any difference between the completely disabled parameter and the “MSAA 8X” value. Except on a huge screen and in 4K resolution. But this “stray” eats up a lot of video memory. Therefore, it is better to never turn it on.

Water quality

Performance Impact: low.

Here, too, everything is clear and simple. The higher you set the quality value, the more beautiful the water in the game becomes.

The most reasonable option is “High” quality. If you set it to “Standard”, then all the bays, channels and waves of the Pacific Ocean will look too miserable, and you will only gain a couple of frames. If you set the quality to “Very High”, then “by eye” there will be no noticeable difference, but you will lose four frames.

Particle quality

Performance Impact: average.

Grand Theft Auto 5 introduced many high-tech effects such as volumetric smoke and fire, dirt flying out from under the wheels of cars and motorcycles, and simply stunning explosions.

All this beauty, of course, affects the operation of the game, but it affects it moderately. Therefore, if you have a computer with a configuration closer to the recommended requirements, you can safely set “High” or “Very High” particle quality. And if everything is really bad, leave “Standard”.

Grass quality

Performance Impact: high.

Probably the most gluttonous parameter in the game. If you have hardly the minimum configuration required for GTA 5, then you can set it to “Standard”. Walking through the green surroundings of Blaine County will certainly be a pain, but you will gain a lot of FPS. If the video card’s power is approximately halfway between the minimum and recommended, then feel free to set the value to “High”. The “Very High” and “Highest Degree” options eat up resources very seriously, so use them only if you are absolutely confident in your “vision”.

Soft shadows

Performance Impact: average.

Remember the “Shadow Quality” option that was higher on the list? “Soft shadows,” as you might guess, are directly related to him. If “Shadow Quality” has a very strong impact on performance, then “Soft Shadows” is rather average. And even if in the first case you set the value to “Standard”, then using this setting you can make them more attractive by simply selecting options such as “Soft” or “Softer”. Higher values ​​already reduce FPS quite a lot, so we won’t recommend them to you. However, of course you can try.

Setting up special effects

Performance Impact: high.

Another parameter related to special effects. However, while “Particle Quality” controls the processing of particle effects, “Special Effects Settings” determines the quality of post-processing effects. And there are a great many of them in the game: this is Bloom (glow), and depth of sharpness, and blur when driving a car, and Sun rays, and fog, and much, much more.

Here, as always with resource-intensive parameters, we advise you to set the value no higher than just “High” so that it looks beautiful and GTA 5 does not slow down.

Motion Blur Level

Performance Impact: absent.

This setting does not affect performance in any way, so you can set it to your taste. And its essence, we think, is absolutely clear from the name.

Depth of field effect

Performance Impact: very low.

Blurs the background of the landscape when driving a car, or while aiming.

If you enable this option, it will be easier for you to focus on certain elements of the environment or targets, and you will only lose 1-2 frames. So bet as you wish.

Anisotropic filtering

Performance Impact: very low.

Thanks to this technology, textures that are at an angle from your field of view remain sharp. Just five years ago, the use of anisotropic filtering could seriously deteriorate game process and reduce the frame rate. However, in last years video cards and game engines have learned to work with it just fine. Therefore, we advise you to try turning this parameter on to the maximum. It is very unlikely that you will lose more than 1-2 frames.

AO Shading

Performance Impact: low.

Also known as SSAO. This varies from game to game, but in general, AO Shading has a fairly large impact on performance. But not in the case of the perfectly optimized Grand Theft Auto 5. In general, the essence of SSAO is that it allows all highly detailed objects in the game to cast shadows on themselves.

Tessellation

Performance Impact: low.

Since in GTA 5 there is quite a bit of application this technology, then the impact on performance is not too great. For example, if you set a high value, the relief of palm tree trunks will become more voluminous. Also added to the details are various cobblestones and stones, as well as waves on the surface of reservoirs.

It is best to either turn off tessellation completely if your “machine” can barely play the game, or turn on “Very High” quality. There will be no difference in FPS loss (3-4 frames), and the picture in some places will become much more saturated.

Additional image settings

There are five parameters here that affect performance differently. Since the effect of almost all of them is not particularly noticeable, and the essence is clear from the name, we decided to simply give a couple of tips on which of them to include and which not:

Long shadows. More precisely, “full-size” shadows. Turn it off only if you have a very weak PC.

Shadows high resolution. Quite a voracious parameter that makes additional processing shadows On configurations closer to the minimum requirements it is better to turn it off, and closer to the maximum requirements it is better to turn it on.

Loading more detailed textures during flight. Not really “textures”, but 3D objects in the environment when your character is flying on a plane. Surprisingly not too demanding an option, so you can try enabling it.

Increased loading distance for more detailed objects. Requires a lot of resources. If you are reading this text, turn it off.

Length of shadows. Another incorrectly translated parameter. This is not the “length” of the shadows, but the “draw distance” of the shadows. The game does not slow down too much, so you should only turn it off on very weak computers.

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Are you having any performance issues with GTA V on your personal computer? Have you already tried all the typical solutions like downgrading and got no results? If so, then you are in luck, because below we have collected all the solutions to problems that are not on the surface. It is this text that will help you squeeze 100% efficiency out of your computer if all else fails.

Important: Before you apply any changes to your configuration, make sure you have done backup copy settings and know exactly what you are changing and where. Everything is as usual here: if you play too hard, you can break something.

Drivers

Before making drastic changes to the game, make sure that everything is in order with your software and all drivers are updated to the latest version. Believe me, even if you regularly download a driver for a video card on the Internet, this does not mean that the drivers for all other components are updated to the latest version and work correctly.

In order not to run around the Internet looking for a driver for each component, download this free program, which automatically scans the system and updates all drivers to the latest version.

After downloading, scan your system. It usually takes 5-10 minutes
- After scanning, you can easily update all drivers with one click

GeForce Experience driver problem

The first fix applies only to owners of Nvidia video cards who use GeForce Experience. The point is that this software may try to stream to Nvidia Shield, even if you don’t have any trace of the device itself.
To fix it, type “services” in the search on your PC. Open the menu found by your computer and disable the Nvidia Streamer Service. Make sure that the Startup Type checkbox is not checked.

Now restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

Problem with installation paths

The following fix will be useful for people who have the game distribution on different local drives. To speed up the application, simply move one to the other.

Just remember this trick with Rockstar Social Club. If you move it (probably it), then remember the original location in which the files were located. For example, imagine that the Rockstar Games folder was located at C: Program Files, and you moved it to the “G” drive simply “to the root”. This is just an example and your actual folder paths may differ and are what you should use.

Once you have moved the folder to its new location, run command line with administrator rights and enter the following command:

mklink /d “C:Program FilesRockstar Games” “G:Rockstar Games”

This command will make a shortcut to the old location, and it will point to the new one. This way you can get rid of all problems if the game does not find the necessary executable files.

High priority game process automatically

You can improve GTA V performance by setting the process to the highest priority and companion applications (Rockstar Social Club and GTALauncher) to the lowest.

However, you have to do this every time, which is not so convenient. There are two ways you can set these settings automatically.

First method:

Create a txt file with the following content:

And save it with the extension .bat. Run this file every time you want to play because it will automatically set all the priorities as needed in one click.

The second method works with any version of GTA V on personal computers, so for many it will be preferable. Create a txt file with the following content:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 “CpuPriorityClass”=dword:00000003 “CpuPriorityClass”=dword:00000005 “CpuPriorityClass”=dword:00000005

Save it as a file with the reg extension. Now back up your registry, you know how fragile it is! Now run the created file with administrator rights and add data to the registry (Windows will ask you about this). After this manipulation, priorities will be set automatically every time normal startup GTA 5. Reg file can now be deleted.

Setting up the swap file

GTA 5 uses a lot of RAM. To the point where you can't even run something in background. Therefore, a swap file (or Pagefile) will be essential.

Open Control Panel on your PC, then go to the System tab (usually located in the System and Security field group), and select Advanced there. Pay attention to the Virtual Memory option - click on the Change button.

If GTA 5 is installed on a specific local disk, then you need to make the pagefile there. In other cases, the paging file size is configured in the system options described in yours.

Set the initial size to the "system recommended" value. Or set it to "maximum" to double the size. Do all this in the properties of a specific local disk.

This should resolve low memory issues.

RAM in dual channel mode

This could also be a problem with your computer and RAM. While playing GTA 5, you may notice unacceptable performance. In this case, it’s worth checking whether the memory really works in dual-channel mode and setting it up in accordance with the manual supplied with the motherboard.

Slow RAM

If your PC starts up slowly, and even more so GTA 5 is acting up, then you can look at the reason in a program called to check your RAM. DRAM Frequency is exactly the line you need. Now compare this number with what it should be according to the manufacturer.

If you see a discrepancy, restart your PC and enter the BIOS. Here you can adjust the “speed” of the RAM. If it was not possible to install it manually, you should set other options in the XMP column.

Radio

GTA 5 allows you to add your own from specified MP3 files, but this can and does degrade overall performance. Delete these files and search for them again in the game menu. If this is not done, the game will continue to try to turn on specified files where they are not, which will again degrade performance.

MSAA and grass

In locations full of vegetation, the number of frames per second may drop. The first thing you decide to do is reduce the graphics settings for grass. But in fact, the problem lies in MSAA - this is the setting that should be changed.

The game crashes in in-car aiming mode

In this case, go to the menu, open options and go to the Saving and Startup tab. Make sure the option Landing Page included.

These little tricks should help you get rid of performance problems in GTA 5. Good luck in the vastness of San Andreas!

If you experience FPS freezes in GTA V and you have a monitor with G-SYNC support, just try to turn it on. They say it eliminates it completely. Well, for those who, like me, don’t have this technology, welcome to the guide.

Inherent Guidance

READ THE LAST SECTION OF THIS GUIDE IMMEDIATELY

GoTo "What's the trick?" It contains the summary of the entire manual. Everything between this section and the last is now useless observations and reasoning. If I have time, I will remove unnecessary things or even rewrite the manual.

Texture loading instead of FPS micro-freezes (FPS drops to 0)

I'll tell you about the most interesting things right away :)
I did not test this setting without all the other tweaks, which will be discussed later, but I noticed that it sharply nullifies all micro-freezes, but sometimes textures are loaded on the fly instead, for example bushes - first the simpler texture is displayed, then the normal one.
It's about the parameter "Image Resolution Scale". When I set the value 5/4 (1.250) , FPS stuttering is gone. Before this, I had already applied some of the tweaks, which will be discussed further, but that’s not the point. If I set the default value, the friezes return. I checked it many times by turning it on, off, restarting and not restarting the game.
You can use other values, but everything above 5/4 (1.250) will reduce FPS, and anything lower will degrade image quality.

My configuration on which it worked

Processor: Intel Pentium G4500 @ 3.50GHz (built-in GPU disabled in BIOS)
Video card: Palit GeForce® GTX 980 Super JetStream 4Gb
Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-VH (MS-7996) with latest version BIOS 2.30
RAM: DIMM DDR4, 8GB (2x4GB), Kingston HyperX Savage Black, HX421C13SBK2/8 2133 MHz Dual channel CL13
OS: Windows 10 x64 with all updates as of January 20, 2016.
SSD: 512 Gb OCZ Agility 4

Windows 10, GTA V and Steam on SSD.

The video card is connected to a Samsung UE40ES7507U TV (60Hz) via HDMI in PC mode through a Pioneer VCX-421 AV receiver with the video signal passing through.

Game Settings in NVidia Control Panel

More details about this + general optimization tweaks that you can’t do without in another guide - which is essentially an integral part of this guide.

Here I will only give screenshots of the settings. Please note that the settings must be specified for gta5.exe, NOT for gtavlauncher.exe.

However, if you use ShadowPlay but don't need or particularly need the background recording feature, I would recommend turning it off. Especially if you have an SSD, as this can contribute to its accelerated wear:

Regarding autoloading, everything is simple - nothing extra. This is what it looks like for me.

Despite the fact that grand theft auto 5 was released more than three years ago, and on PC more than a year ago, it was and remains a real benchmark for graphics in computer games. As before, players around the world tentatively evaluate the power of their computer, checking how well it works with Grand Theft Auto 5. The game really does not always work stably even on fairly powerful machines, what can those whose silicon friend is about to handle hope for? your seventh birthday? In this article, we will try to help you make the optimization of GTA 5 successful. Here you will find not only a patch for weak PCs, but also a couple of very useful tips, to optimize the performance of your video card and operating system. Make sure your game doesn't lag!

How to increase FPS by digging in the settings

Don’t worry, there are ways to optimize the game for weak PCs, and in this article you will find the best, proven and effective ones. So, how to configure GTA 5? How to run the game on a laptop? Let's start with the most obvious and simple ways, because, quite possibly, this will be enough to increase FPS on your computer. Our GTA 5 optimization will begin with us taking a deep dive into the game's settings and your computer's configuration.

First of all, lower your requirements. Disable everything related to post-rendering, anti-aliasing (including FXAA and MSAA), draw distance, screen resolution and texture quality. The game has a special video memory usage scale (displayed directly in the settings window in the game), based on which you can easily select the appropriate settings for your system. Another important point is the choice of the version of DirectX to use. DirectX 11 requires much more computer resources to operate than DirectX 10.

If you have set everything possible to the minimum and still do not get the number of displayed frames per second that is comfortable for the game, then do not despair! Let's try to dig into the software settings for your video card. In addition to the usual device management tools (like the NVidia Control Panel), there are also special software created to optimize the performance of your video card in modern games. For NVidia video cards this program is called GeForce Expirience, video cards from AMD use an analogue - AMD Catalyst or Radeon Software Crimson Edition. Both of these programs do an excellent job of optimizing the operation of the video card, which should significantly increase the FPS of GTA 5 PC.

It is also, of course, worth stopping all programs that consume computer resources. This means: browsers, streaming programs, other games, and the like. If your GTA 5 is terribly slow, then look at the “task manager” and the quick access, most likely you will find a lot of programs there that take away precious processing power from the game. There is an even more radical way (which, however, does not guarantee success): save all the information you need to some external media and completely reinstall Windows. Believe me, even heaven, even Allah, does not know exactly how much various information junk has accumulated on your computer, especially if you have not really cleaned the system for any long time. A new system, not yet clogged with garbage, will always work faster and more stable than an old and cluttered one.

Programs to increase FPS in GTA 5

Have you done everything described in the first part of the article, but your FPS still does not rise above 5? Don't worry, there are still a couple of ways to play GTA 5 on weak PCs. Fortunately, there is a GTA 5 patch for weak computers, as well various programs, allowing you to play GTA 5 60 FPS. Let's start in order:

FPS Booster

The FPS Booster GTA 5 program will most likely be the answer to the age-old question: how to increase FPS in GTA 5. This small utility disables some GTA 5 processes and also increases the priority of the game when allocating computer resources. The program really works, which we tested experimentally. GTA 5 FPS has increased, on average, by 20-30%, without any particularly noticeable deterioration in graphics. You can download the latest version of FPS Booster completely free of charge from our website.

Extreme Low End PC Settings

This program, or rather, GTA 5 mod for weak computers, allows you to reduce the game settings even lower than allowed standard tool GTA 5 PC settings. According to the author, this utility is capable of providing a more or less comfortable game, even on computers with only 2 Gb RAM, which is much lower than even the minimum GTA requirements 5, officially announced by Rockstar Games. You can also download this program absolutely free from our website. This patch for GTA 5 for weak computers will probably be your last chance if nothing else has helped.

If even after all the steps described above, you were still unable to play Grand Theft Auto 5 to your satisfaction, then all we can advise you is to donate your antique computer to some museum and still buy something more modern .

GTA 5 has a large number of graphics settings that allow you to very flexibly customize the graphics and performance of the game to suit your needs. specific computer. We have written a large guide on setting up and optimizing graphics in GTA 5, which settings items affect what, how much they affect the game performance (number of fps), what can be disabled in the graphics and what is better not.
A few days ago, NVIDIA released a large article in which it described in detail all the graphics settings in GTA 5, changes in game performance on the same computer, and also provided screenshots of changes in graphics, what has changed, as well as recommendations for optimizing graphics in GTA 5 .

What is the essence of the experiment? show what strange letters and values ​​mean in the GTA 5 image settings, how they affect the speed of the game.
After reviewing this article, you can change some settings to improve the speed of the game, without significantly degrading the picture quality.

By the way, I’ll add on my own behalf, if you don’t want to read and understand the settings and you have an nvidia video card, I advise you to try optimizing the game with GeForce Experience. There you can choose what you want more, game speed, or picture quality, and the program itself will select the values ​​specifically for your video card, I have a gtx 760, I optimized the game, and I’m happy, stable 50-60 fps, many values ​​are set higher than standard, as well as the amount of memory required is 2600MB, although my video card only has 2000MB. Give it a try.

Test computer configuration:
- Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 4.4 GHz;
- RAM: 64 GB;
- Video card: Nvidia GeForce TitanX SLI.

An incredibly powerful machine, but it will also be pushed to its limit and there will be a noticeable difference in performance and graphics.

How much video memory (memory in the video card) does gta 5 consume on Pc at different settings.

As you can see, at 1920 by 1080 resolution, very high quality textures will require a whopping 1335 megabytes, 100% population diversity will require another 763 megabytes, and very high quality shaders will require another 711 megabytes.

DirectX version

IN Gta settings 5 there are 3 versions of DirectX to choose from, these are 10, 10.1, and 11, support for 10 and 10.1 is made for better compatibility with older video cards that do not support version 11, but are powerful enough to process the game.
See on the graph how performance changes depending on the version of DirectX

As you can see, more old version Direct X performance is about 20% higher, but don’t rush to change the value, the fact is that this is an outdated version and it does not have certain tools and features, which will make the effects in the game look worse, and since the graphics have decreased, the performance has increased. Also, according to NVIDIA, stability on DirectX 11 is higher.

Texture Quality

It's simple, the higher the quality of the textures, the better the graphics, you are given the opportunity to choose from 3 settings, normal, high, very high. There is no huge difference, but this parameter takes up quite a lot of video memory.
Let's see how performance changes with different texture quality.

As you can see, the change did not significantly affect performance, BUT on less powerful machines the values ​​will be higher, since with a lack of video memory, performance degradation is inevitable. This parameter It is recommended to set it to high, and if you have less than 2 gigabytes of video memory, to normal.

Also see the difference between high, very high, and normal, in different places. Move the slider from right to left.

Drawing quality depending on distance (Distance Scaling)

This setting greatly affects the quality general picture, namely how well distant (far away) objects will be drawn, which significantly increases the load on the video card, and can greatly and sharply reduce FPS in different game locations, especially in cities.
As you can see from the graph, this option reduces the number of FPS by about 10, when changing from 0 to 100%.

Now look how this setting changes the game:

Increased loading distance for more detailed objects (Extended Distance Scaling)

This setting changes the distance at which textures will be loaded in higher resolution, thanks to this the quality of objects near the player and at a distance will be amazingly detailed. This option quite significantly optimizes the graphics in the game, allowing you to load your video card to process close objects, but for owners of very powerful gaming systems, you can improve the picture quality.

Reduced performance on the test bench:

As you can see, this setting reduces performance by 5-8 fps, and now look how the graphics in the game will change:

According to the photo comparison, the quality of the shadows, their detail and complexity, changes quite a lot in the graphics. As well as the quality of grass and foliage. Don't look too much at the cars, the screenshots were taken at different times, the cars are moving.

Grass Quality

In GTA 5, the grass has changed quite a lot, if you compare the graphics with the graphics on the xbox 360, many people underestimate the load that high-quality realistic grass gives. The grass has many objects that change position depending on various factors, and a large number of shadows.
If you change the grass quality settings, and this does not change the number of fps much, then I strongly advise you to come to the countryside, fields or forest, where there is a very large amount of grass; even on very productive systems, increasing the grass quality setting can cut you up to 40% fps. Also, if your productivity decreases in rural areas, reduce the quality of the grass and other grass-related settings.

Let's see how the speed of the game changes when the parameter changes - the quality of the grass.

As you can see, this setting greatly affects the speed of the game, even incredibly powerful computer, the ultra graphics setting drops the FPS of games from 57 to 33. A very important setting for optimizing the graphics speed of GTA 5 on a PC.

And now the amazing change in graphics in the comparison screenshots:


As you can see, in any position of the graphics except normal, there is high-quality, beautiful grass, but in the normal position there is no grass.
I advise you to set the position to high, there is no huge difference between high and ultra, but the load varies greatly, by about 12 fps on the test bench.

Shadow Quality

Shadows and their quality make the graphics in the game truly natural, the way we are used to seeing them in life. The higher the quality of the shadows, the more video memory you will need, and the greater the load on the video card itself. But the difference in graphics is visible even to the naked eye. The higher the quality of the shadows, the clearer and more believable the shadows, and the more of them there are in the picture.
First, let's see how performance changes in GTA 5 graphics when changing positions from normal to very high.

As you can see, excellent shadows eat up a good 10 fps, and this setting also flexibly interacts with the “high-resolution shadows” setting, read about this setting below.

Now watch how the graphics change:

High Resolution Shadows

This option also improves the quality of shadows, but puts a lot of strain on the video card. It goes without saying that it makes sense to use high-resolution shadows if the quality of the shadows is set to high or very high.

FPS drops by 5-7 units, but this option requires even more video memory.

Two screenshots, with the high-resolution shadow option enabled and disabled.

Extended Shadow Distance

This option allows you to increase the distance at which shadows begin to appear, which makes the picture more realistic, but of course increases the load.

This setting does not greatly increase the load on the video card, only 3-5 fps, although the difference in realism between 100% and 0% is quite noticeable.

Difference in picture quality:

Long Shadows

This option improves the visualization of shadows at sunrise and sunset, but it adds a bit of load; if you have performance problems, feel free to disable it. This option has almost no effect on the picture quality, see the screenshots for yourself.

Loading more detailed textures while flying (High Detail Streaming While Flying)

This option in the GTA 5 graphics settings is used to adjust the load on the video card when moving quickly in the game, for example on an airplane. This option allows you to optimize the graphics when flying on an airplane and save 5-10 fps, but in some places the difference in the detail of some objects is quite large.

Ignore Suggested Limits

This option monitors the video memory, when you change different values, the amount of video memory required for these settings changes, this option limits the settings and does not exceed the physical amount of memory. I advise you to handle this setting carefully; if the video memory is clearly full, there may be crashes, glitches, etc. BUT, GeForce Experience itself enabled this option, and the current settings consume 2500 megabytes of memory, while physically I have 2000, and everything works fine.

Global occlusion model (Ambient Occlusion)

This option is responsible for realistic darkening of some objects in the game, changing color depending on the location of the sun. The difference in realism between the high and off settings is quite large, but the difference between high and normal is not very large.

As you can see, the high parameter does not differ much from the normal one, perhaps this is a bug.
Difference in picture quality:

Anisotropic Filtering

This setting improves the quality of textures and textures at an angle to the player. This setting greatly improves the quality and detail of the world, but hardly loads your video card. See the difference between 16x and off.

Difference in picture quality:

Population Density

This option has a significant impact on both the performance of the game and the overall experience of the game. The more people and cars on the city streets, the more work on processing shadows and effects for your video card. You can experiment with this indicator, perhaps you prefer empty streets?

Difference in picture quality:

Population Variety

This option allows you to optimize video memory consumption, the game has a certain number of models of people and cars, if you insert 100%, the game will be the most diverse, but will require a lot of video memory, I think it’s better to look at the same people and cars, but set more high quality textures. This setting does not affect FPS, only the memory consumption of the video card.

Post FX Effects Settings

This option adds a huge number of effects to the game, glare, sharpness, volumetric effects, motion blur, twilight rays. Basically, these effects work at sunrise and sunset. The difference in performance is very, very decent, as is the difference in graphics. I advise you to set it to the High position; the load increases slightly, but the quality and quantity of effects increases noticeably.