Optimized PC Settings For GTA 5 Enhanced

Ignore Suggested Limits

This setting determines whether the game can exceed your GPU's VRAM limit. Going over the limit can cause severe stability issues, so it's best to keep it off.

Off

Screen Type

This setting controls whether the game uses your entire monitor screen or only a portion of it. Borderless Fullscreen makes Alt+Tabbing quicker and more convenient.

Borderless Fullscreen

Resolution

This setting determines the final resolution of the game. Choosing anything below Native will cause blurriness.

Native

Refresh Rate

This setting determines the refresh rate of the monitor. Only available if Screen Type is selected to Fullscreen.

Native

Frame Limit

This setting applies a custom framerate cap to the game. Choosing a cap below your average FPS can help smooth out the frametime graph. Only enable this if you consistently achieve more than 60 FPS.

Personal Choice

VSync

This setting synchronizes the game's framerate with your monitor's refresh rate, reducing screen tearing at the cost of added input lag. Enable it if you have a 144Hz or higher monitor.

On

NVIDIA Reflex

This setting enables NVIDIA Reflex technology to reduce input lag. However, it can sometimes cause framerate spikes, so it's best to keep it off.

Off

Enable Ray Tracing

This setting enables ray-tracing features in the enhanced version of GTA 5.

On

Ray Traced Shadows

Creates soft shadows from sunlight and moonlight. Determines the quality of RT shadows. Increasing this setting applies shadows to more objects.

High

Ray Traced Reflections

This setting controls the quality of RT reflections and the distance at which objects appear in reflections.

High

Ray Traced Global Illumination

This setting adds RT global illumination. Higher settings increase the distance at which global illumination is applied.

Off (High if you have extra performance)

Ray Traced Ambient Occlusion

This setting adds RT ambient occlusion. Increasing this setting extends the distance at which ambient occlusion is applied.

Off

Ray Traced Scene BVH Quality

Adjusts the quality of objects included in the RT scene. Higher settings enhance all RT features by adding more objects into reflections, shadows, and lighting.

High

Frame Scaling

Determines which upscaling technology to use. Nvidia RTX users should select DLSS, while others should opt for FSR 3.

AMD FSR 3 (DLSS for RTX GPU)

AMD FSR 3 Quality

Controls the quality of the upscaling technology. For 1440p, avoid going below Balanced. Choose Native AA if you prefer no upscaling but still want the scaler's anti-aliasing method.

Native AA (Quality/Balanced for 1440p)

Anti-Aliasing

Selects the type of anti-aliasing used. If upscaling is disabled, the game will default to TAA.

FSR 3 AA (DLSS for RTX GPU)

Sharpness

Adjusts the strength of the sharpness filter. This is a personal preference, but a setting of 3/4 is often recommended.

75%

Shader Quality

This setting controls the quality of various rendering features, including lighting, shadows, and particles.

Very High

Texture Quality

This setting determines the quality of textures and affects the level of detail (LOD) on various objects.

Very High

Anisotropic Filtering

This setting adjusts the quality of textures when viewed at an angle.

X16

Particles Quality

This setting controls the quality and quantity of particle effects, as well as their visibility at a distance.

High

Tessellation

This setting affects the quality of certain surfaces, such as trees.

Very High

Water Quality

This setting adjusts the quality of water effects, including reflections, refraction, and physics.

Normal

Grass Quality

This setting controls the density and draw distance of foliage. On Ultra, grass also receives shadows.

Very High

Lighting Quality

This setting adjusts the quality of lighting from the sun, moon, and local light sources.

Ultra

Reflection Quality

This setting determines the quality of non-RT reflections.

Normal

Shadow Quality

This setting controls the quality of shadows and which objects can cast them.

Very High

Soft Shadows

This setting adjusts the quality of soft shadows. This option is unavailable if RT Shadows are enabled.

Sharp

Long Shadows

This setting enables long shadows during sunrise and sunset.

On

High Resolution Shadows

This setting increases shadow resolution beyond the recommended levels.

Off

Extended Shadow Distance

This setting extends the draw distance of shadows beyond the default settings.

0

Post FX

This setting controls the quality of various post-processing effects, including bloom, motion blur, and depth of field.

Normal

In-Game Depth of Field Effects

This setting adjusts the quality of the depth of field effect.

Personal Choice

Motion Blur Strength

This setting determines the strength of the motion blur effect. Recommended only if running below 60 FPS.

0

Ambient Occlusion

This setting determines the ambient occlusion technique used. This option is unavailable if RT AO is enabled.

HBAO

Population Density

This setting controls the population density of NPCs and vehicles in the open world.

5

Population Variety

This setting adjusts the variety of NPCs and vehicles in the open world.

5

Distance Scaling

This setting determines the level of detail (LOD) for distant objects.

0

High Detail Streaming While Flying

This setting increases LOD for objects while flying.

Off

Extended Distance Scaling

This setting enhances LOD for distant objects beyond the recommended limits.

0