Best settings for GTA 5 Enhanced Edition (PC)
Finally, the wait is over. It is time for PC players to enjoy a version of GTA 5 that actually takes advantage of several modern technologies, loads faster, and runs smoothly. But if you are looking to get the most out of it, here are the best settings for GTA 5 Enhanced Edition. What are the best settings for GTA 5 Enhanced edition? Image via Rockstar Games Here are what we have found to be the best settings to get the most out of GTA 5 Enchaned edition on your PC. Option name Recommended setting Screen Type Fullscreen (Borderless Full Screen also works if you alt-tab a lot with other applications) Resolution Choose the maximum one supported by your display (if 1080p then 1980x1020, 4K then 3840 × 2160 etc) Refresh Rate As above, push it to the maximum supported by your display (60hz, 90hz, etc) Frame Limit Generally keep it to OFF, unless you experience issues with the game going too fast. V-Sync Generally keep it to OFF, unless you are playing on a display that supports G-Sync NVIDIA Reflex Best to keep it OFF Enable Ray Tracing ON Ray Traced Shadows High Ray Traced Global Illumination High Ray Traced Reflections High Ray Traced Ambient Occlusion High Ray Traced Scene BVH Quality High Frame Scaling OFF Shader Quality Very High Texture Quality Very High Anisotropic Filtering x8 Particles Quality Ultra Tessellation Quality Very High Water Quality Ultra Grass Quality Ultra Lightning Quality High Reflection Quality Very High Shadow Quality Very High Long Shadows OFF Post FX Normal In-game Depth of Field OFF Population Density Max Population Variety Max Distance Scaling Max High Detail Streaming While Flying ON Naturally, if you find that your game is not running as smoothly as it should or you are having random slowdowns, you should definitely try to tweak a few of these settings. In particular, the Quality of Grass, Water, and Shadow do have quite a bit of impact on performance and, overall, do not make a lot of difference, visually. Try to switch them to "Normal" to see if that improves things. Also, we recommend playing around with Frame Limit if you are having issues with stuttering. While that won't really fix it, it can reduce some of the overall problems. Also, try to lower the refresh rate, if you have a 120hz monitor, try putting it at 60hz and capping the Frame at around 72 or a close enough value. That should reduce some of that stuttering, at least until Rockstar can go in and fix some of the performance problems. Minimum and recommended requirements for GTA 5 Enhanced edition Naturally, you should keep in mind the minimum and recommended PC requirements for GTA 5 before you go in and ask too much from your computer. Image via Rockstar Games Here are the minimum PC requirements: Operating System: Windows 10 (Latest Service Pack) CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 or AMD FX -9590 RAM: 8 GB RAM GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630 (4GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon RX 6400 (4GB VRAM) Sound Card: DirectX 10 Compatible Storage: 105 GB of free space, SSD required to take advantage of faster loading times If you want to take full advantage of the latest features of the Enhanced edition, here are the recommended PC Requirements: Operating System: Windows 11 CPU: Intel Core i5-9600k or AMD Radeon Ryzen 3600 RAM: 16 GB RAM GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (8GB VRAM) or AMD Radeon RX 6600XT (8GB VRAM) Sound Card: Windows Spatial Sound-compatible audio system, plus a device with Dolby Atmos® compatibility to take advantage of the Dolby Atmos® experience Storage: 105GB of available space, SSD with DirectStorage-compatibility Rockstar is hopefully working to fix some of the initial stuttering and performance issues that people have noticed, so in the future the game should be able to take advantage even of a less powerful PC. The post Best settings for GTA 5 Enhanced Edition (PC) appeared first on Destructoid.
Finally, the wait is over. It is time for PC players to enjoy a version of GTA 5 that actually takes advantage of several modern technologies, loads faster, and runs smoothly. But if you are looking to get the most out of it, here are the best settings for GTA 5 Enhanced Edition.
What are the best settings for GTA 5 Enhanced edition?
Here are what we have found to be the best settings to get the most out of GTA 5 Enchaned edition on your PC.
Option name
Recommended setting
Screen Type
Fullscreen (Borderless Full Screen also works if you alt-tab a lot with other applications)
Resolution
Choose the maximum one supported by your display (if 1080p then 1980x1020, 4K then 3840 × 2160 etc)
Refresh Rate
As above, push it to the maximum supported by your display (60hz, 90hz, etc)
Frame Limit
Generally keep it to OFF, unless you experience issues with the game going too fast.
V-Sync
Generally keep it to OFF, unless you are playing on a display that supports G-Sync
NVIDIA Reflex
Best to keep it OFF
Enable Ray Tracing
ON
Ray Traced Shadows
High
Ray Traced Global Illumination
High
Ray Traced Reflections
High
Ray Traced Ambient Occlusion
High
Ray Traced Scene BVH Quality
High
Frame Scaling
OFF
Shader Quality
Very High
Texture Quality
Very High
Anisotropic Filtering
x8
Particles Quality
Ultra
Tessellation Quality
Very High
Water Quality
Ultra
Grass Quality
Ultra
Lightning Quality
High
Reflection Quality
Very High
Shadow Quality
Very High
Long Shadows
OFF
Post FX
Normal
In-game Depth of Field
OFF
Population Density
Max
Population Variety
Max
Distance Scaling
Max
High Detail Streaming While Flying
ON
Naturally, if you find that your game is not running as smoothly as it should or you are having random slowdowns, you should definitely try to tweak a few of these settings. In particular, the Quality of Grass, Water, and Shadow do have quite a bit of impact on performance and, overall, do not make a lot of difference, visually. Try to switch them to "Normal" to see if that improves things.
Also, we recommend playing around with Frame Limit if you are having issues with stuttering. While that won't really fix it, it can reduce some of the overall problems. Also, try to lower the refresh rate, if you have a 120hz monitor, try putting it at 60hz and capping the Frame at around 72 or a close enough value. That should reduce some of that stuttering, at least until Rockstar can go in and fix some of the performance problems.
Minimum and recommended requirements for GTA 5 Enhanced edition
Naturally, you should keep in mind the minimum and recommended PC requirements for GTA 5 before you go in and ask too much from your computer.
Here are the minimum PC requirements:
- Operating System: Windows 10 (Latest Service Pack)
- CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 or AMD FX -9590
- RAM: 8 GB RAM
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630 (4GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon RX 6400 (4GB VRAM)
- Sound Card: DirectX 10 Compatible
- Storage: 105 GB of free space, SSD required to take advantage of faster loading times
If you want to take full advantage of the latest features of the Enhanced edition, here are the recommended PC Requirements:
- Operating System: Windows 11
- CPU: Intel Core i5-9600k or AMD Radeon Ryzen 3600
- RAM: 16 GB RAM
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (8GB VRAM) or AMD Radeon RX 6600XT (8GB VRAM)
- Sound Card: Windows Spatial Sound-compatible audio system, plus a device with Dolby Atmos® compatibility to take advantage of the Dolby Atmos® experience
- Storage: 105GB of available space, SSD with DirectStorage-compatibility
Rockstar is hopefully working to fix some of the initial stuttering and performance issues that people have noticed, so in the future the game should be able to take advantage even of a less powerful PC.
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