GTA 5 - Increase FPS by 278% | Performance Optimization Guide + Optimized Settings

Grand Theft Auto 5 PC Performance. Every GTA 5 PC graphics setting + optimized settings for improved performance while retaining the game's intended visual presentation.
OPTIMIZED SETTINGS
FXAA: ON
MSAA: OFF
TXAA: OFF
POPULATION DENSITY: 10/10
POPULATION VARIETY: 10/10
DISTANCE SCALING: 10/10
TEXTURE QUALITY: VERY HIGH (AS HIGH AS YOUR VRAM ALLOWS)
SHADER QUALITY: VERY HIGH
SHADOW QUALITY: VERY HIGH
REFLECTION QUALITY: VERY HIGH
REFLECTION MSAA: OFF
WATER QUALITY: VERY HIGH
PARTICLES QUALITY: HIGH
GRASS QUALITY: HIGH
SOFT SHADOWS: SOFTER
POST FX: VERY HIGH
MOTION BLUR STRENGTH: 10/10 (PERSONAL PREFERENCE)
IN-GAME DEPTH OF FIELD EFFECTS: ON
ANISOTROPIC FILTERING: BROKEN, FORCE 16X IN NVIDIA CONTROL PANEL
AMBIENT OCCLUSION: HIGH
TESSELLATION: HIGH
LONG SHADOWS: ON
HIGH RESOLUTION SHADOWS: OFF
HIGH DETAIL STREAMING WHILE FLYING: ON
EXTENDED DISTANCE SCALING: 0/10
EXTENDED SHADOWS DISTANCE: 10/10
PC SPECS:
GPU: RTX 3060 12GB
CPU: R5 3600X
RAM: 32GB DDR4 3200Mhz
Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO MAX
OS: Windows 10
Timestamps:
0:00 FXAA
0:07 MSAA
0:34 TXAA
0:54 POPULATION DENSITY
1:22 POPULATION VARIETY
1:50 DISTANCE SCALING
2:12 TEXTURE QUALITY
2:34 SHADER QUALITY
3:11 SHADOW QUALITY
3:55 REFLECTION QUALITY
5:02 REFLECTION MSAA
5:09 WATER QUALITY
5:46 PARTICLES QUALITY
6:13 GRASS QUALITY
6:41 SOFT SHADOWS
7:25 POST FX
8:09 MOTION BLUR STRENGTH
8:47 IN-GAME DEPTH OF FIELD EFFECTS
9:31 ANISOTROPIC FILTERING
10:00 AMBIENT OCCLUSION
10:22 TESSELLATION
10:49 LONG SHADOWS
11:06 HIGH RESOLUTION SHADOWS
11:26 HIGH DETAIL STREAMING WHILE FLYING
11:48 EXTENDED DISTANCE SCALING
12:26 EXTENDED SHADOWS DISTANCE
12:48 OPTIMIZED SETTINGS
13:03 MAX VS OPTIMIZED SETTINGS
13:46 BENCHMARK RESULTS
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[@captain_grubby9734]

What a perfect sountrack to play for this video! Beautiful work and editing

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Thanks, I try me best!

[@larsbaumgaertner]

This video is amazing, and the time it must have taken. Truly the perfect way to make your game look better without losing or even gaining fps by evaluating what settings to lower or increase. Thank you very much.

[@erickgutierreszuniga9870]

The music makes the video so self explanatory you dont any voice you can just understand how it works by watching, great video

[@ProNinjaHax]

Thank you for the time you put into this. Superb editing too

[@Anriandor]

Pretty impressive Video! I was a bit sceptical at first but it actually worked and boosted my FPS from ~60 to ~90! Very good preparation for the upcoming GTA Online DLC 👍

[@gergrsdhgaergdf]

Wow bro you saved me 2 months of trying to find the right settings

[@narikane]

Loved the music choice for this. Very calm and informative video thanks 🙏

[@mementoa9025]

Thank you so much for this guide dude. I wanted to give GTA5 a proper playthrough in preparation for GTA6, but I was horrifically confused at how maxing out the game on PC could cause my FPS to dip into the 20s at 1440p. I'm running an Arc A770 16gb which doesn't play nice with older games, but I knew for sure its not that bad either. Following the optimized settings in your guide, I was able to run the in-game benchmark and get dramatically higher framerates without much of a cut to quality. Outside of encountering a dip to the 50s as a .01% low, its been a pretty smooth 70s to 100+FPS!

[@abdullahhash1r]

This was so therapeutic, and helpful too, thanks mate

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Glad I could help!

[@shreywixon6560]

X2, X4 & X8 it all makes sense now. Thanks mate for your beautiful representation 👍🏻

[@skyline196]

Really can't wait for your optimized game video!❤

[@lukacrlenec5538]

You are a hero! Thank you! This helped me fix my FPS drops! Game works now 10x times better!

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Just doing what needs to be done to help the PC gaming community. Enjoy the game Luka Crlenec.

[@lukacrlenec5538]

@@ZykopathOfficial Wanted to ask if you know if they patched MSAA or anything else in the new Update?

[@ZykopathOfficial]

@@lukacrlenec5538 apparently when changing the MSAA setting, it works correctly after restarting the game. But it still has a big performance impact and it doesn't really improve aliasing that much.

[@leonkenedy4616]

Very well put together video. Thanks.

[@pitch_blaccck]

I seriously cannot recommend this video enough. Only a small visual downgrade but the trade off for a crazy massive fps boost plus still looking pretty good is amazing

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Couldn't have said it better myself!

[@aetherpoint]

Haha I was looking for this just yesterday, what wonderful timing! Thanks again for all of your work!

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Haha, glad I was on time.

[@Jim-Stick]

Your video is outstanding explanation. Thank you. I started a new playthrough on the game. RDR2 ran perfectly for me. Was frustrated. The game still looks great as old as it is. I just would hope my computer could run it better. Was spoiled with how good RDR2 ran for me.

[@GGA_TN]

This guy has just gained Legend status, just from this Life/Time saving awsome video.

[@eedoamitay3341]

Came here to learn about what settings to use, left here thinking about my existence in this world. 10/10 would recommend.

[@saidevpappu]

This video is amazing, and the time it must have taken. Truly the perfect way to make your game look better without losing or even gaining fps by evaluating what settings to lower or increase. Thank you very much.I was a bit sceptical at first but it actually worked and boosted my gameplay.

[@ZykopathOfficial]

It's what I do. 😊

[@ukaocacao]

so detailed video. thanks a lot

[@t.c.h_11]

Thank you man, your optimization takes my game to the next level.

[@Edwardian]

Thanks, managed to run this in native 4K on an OLED on my old-ass GTX 1070. Mostly in the 50fps and no lower than the 40s in complex conditions. Very good for such old hardware

[@Safrika18]

Thanks a lot for this cool video !

[@Anakonda224]

Very nice video just what i need ty very much!

[@holad-jlsegovia-423]

Reflection MSAA only seems to work for cubemap reflections in the game, so just reflections outdoors that do not include bodies of water or mirrors, it's easier to spot how it affects reflections during night time and rainy weather

[@veljko2597]

D:

[@Eltonix]

D:

[@veljko2597]

@@Eltonix D: 💨

[@xric6708]

D: GASP

[@VideoDivision]

Really thankyou a bunch. My game has been crashing just every now and then and i have a fairly beasty pc build. I think it was due to some buggy in-game settings conflicting with eachother. Thankyou again, definitely recommend the optimized settings in description. Tho I did enable msaa only for reflection because i have a feeling it works on weapons ingame and cutscenes.

[@sebysebyt12]

Modders 😂

[@Gamefrez]

Thanks for this video. I just yanked down my msaa to 2x and increased resolution instead. Turned of post fx as i realized i dont need it and majorly the soft shadows, damn, i have been using Nvidia pcss, it is sad to know i have been short changed but i am happier with the new settings.

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Sometimes, you'd be surprised at just how much using lower settings can be unnoticeable during gameplay, while the extra frames are immediately noticeable.

[@MOCHITO]

Amazing work

[@maggetboy]

Yo sick vid man i basically got the same specs as you besides abit better of a cpu and i’ve been playing and most of my settings on the lowest they can go besides textures and after changing to these settings my game looks heaps better and i only dropped 20fps

[@MrBill007]

Maaannn.... That really boosted my fps from 32 to 60 locked ♥️♥️ on 1440p

[@fablelapunisher6232]

You’re a legend thank you so much for this, the performance gain has been nothing but incredible.

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Glad I could be of help!

[@Saleh_jr]

great work bro, you are the goat

[@shoyaibmx1305]

all the best my brother :-)

[@stjepansavic4485]

very nice video and music, I watched it all ❤❤❤❤

[@nowitzer26]

That is so much effort. Thank you.

[@ZykopathOfficial]

My pleasure! 😁

[@thdat.2006]

Respect how u made this video

[@user-qs6qm5cs6c]

You, my friend, just earned a new subscriber! I hope you create more videos like this to help us improve our gaming experience. Thank you so much. You are truly the hero that we need in the gaming community.

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Just doing what I can!

[@V019]

Very informative Thanks for the settings Keep up the good work

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Will do!

[@Vasilissofi]

Thank you i went from 40 fps to 100 you deserve the sub!

[@crazybudy2286]

Wow bro you deserve 10000000000 million likes brooo❤

[@yazeedzzouby2506]

good job man great video :D

[@outsidein3206]

Very nice, thanks for your time and effort. I have the same PC build as yours, with the exception being my cpu is the 3600 non X. I had been following an older guide for 4k on RTX 3060 12gb model, but thats a few years old now and games always changing. Having a 4k tv for PC screen means i only need 60Fps. Using this guide and some testing will allow me to freestyle the settings a little, set a baseline and tweek it from there. Thanks and a like

[@multimediaman374]

using a TV for gaming is the worst thing you could ever do. imput lag is terrible (at least 15ms) you will play better on a cheap 1080p 75hz 22 inch monitor cost around 100 bucks brand new

[@outsidein3206]

@@multimediaman374 Hey and yes you're correct However I live at the end of the internet, literally. The cable gets here and stops. So that said playing FPS games or anything competitive is always trash already. So I have two options Die at high FPS low resolution or Die at Low FPS high resolution, at least it will be as good as the game as i can set it, with an RTX 3060 on 4k TV @4k So worst yes, will it make a difference not really, not with all the controller auto aimers anyway and esp the lag. Therefore to extract value for my former costly 2y/o GPU, i may as well die and enjoy the view. Besides thanks to all the troll modders and aholes, i mostly end up playing in solo mode. My next purchase when the prices come down or at least the feature set as at a reasonable price will be a proper gaming TV at 4K with 100Hz min. Besides I couldn't go back to tiny screen after 43 inches of glory.

[@user-fs8rn4cb6c]

As far as I can remember on release disabling Depth of Field on PC was actually broken - in cutscenes you could still spot ugly blurred edges on characters and objects (basically where the focus is supposed to be when DoF is on) in comparison to PS3/Xbox 360 where cutscenes didn't had any DoF to begin with. Curious if that bug still persist, though

[@holad-jlsegovia-423]

it's not a bug, DoF is enabled by default on the next gen releases of the game during cutscenes and when you set the Post FX setting below high, the DoF blur is replaced with bloom with causes the extremely blurred image and washed out image and yup, it's still in the game

[@WavyyFour]

aye bro, I really appreciate you, and all the effort you put into this, these optimizations have worked just fine for me, and I have used them In a couple different games that you have uploaded and the difference Is very noticeable, also I play on a 60 hz 4k tv with my laptop plugged to It, and 60hz actually feels smooth as butter, even though I have played on 240hz before, I also wanted to ask for an optimization video for FC 24 If possible, Thanks!

[@peterb5235]

Definitely helped - thanks a whole bunch!

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Great to hear!

[@Jakiyyyyy]

Wow amazing boost. This tells us that MSAA really not worth turning on. It does basically nothing in games and only hog your FPS. Thanks for the guide!

[@ZykopathOfficial]

That's why TAA is the standard right now, and for good reason.

[@deathtrooper2048]

@@ZykopathOfficial TAA is terrible in most games with artifacts that make it look uglier.

[@ZykopathOfficial]

@@deathtrooper2048 As that is true, it's still the most practical form of anti aliasing we currently have.

[@naninun]

With msaa your game will look very Crisp

[@galoidrovo2212]

How do i use taa on gta?

[@n0temalex]

OMG! Thank you! My FPS was 50-70 before, and now it's 80-110! Game looking pretty smooth on my new 100hz monitor, but personally, i added MSAA 2x but anyways, thanks for your work!

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Great to hear!

[@xtrvgnzabeats]

​@@THERTXGUYmsa

[@Nealios568]

It's mental how crazy magnificent GTA V looks, the charcter models are fine but the world is gorgeous

[@michubern1444]

lol its very old

[@huntergmr777]

broo thanks man appriciate it

[@ZykopathOfficial]

No problem!

[@zappalavigna]

Hi, I have a really low end pc and I barely made 20 fps with the settings I had, now I was even able to pu reflection quality to high and get 25 to 30 fps, thanks (i know it doesn't sound like a lot but between 20 and 30 fps there is a very noticeable difference)

[@haroonahmed1077]

PS4 runs game at 30fps. 30 fps are definitely good experience

[@Manatrunk]

@@haroonahmed1077 lets call it playable

[@TopBassBoosters]

actually its a big diffrence bro i also have a low end pc it gave around 15-20 fps on 1080p and about 50-60 on 800x600 but after i installed a performance mod it went from 15-20 to 30-40 1080p and 50-60 to around 84 -90 range in 800x600 but being able to play 1080p with even 40 fps is better than 20 fps ngl

[@zappalavigna]

@@TopBassBoosters what's the performance mod, if u wanna tell me?

[@TopBassBoosters]

@@zappalavignasure,its "OKM Speed Loader"

[@VincenzoMGREX]

Thank you so much it worked! I was confused because i can play rdr2 on high settings with 80fps average and iwas getting 27-30fps in gta V. Now my fps is 120 on avarage.

[@Izzybboy]

Your video’s save my life bro 😅

[@doannhatnam808]

My Legion go running like a champ here ❤❤

[@Yasser_wt]

you're a LEGEND. the effort you put in this video is insane I appreciate your hard work RESPECT.

[@ZykopathOfficial]

I appreciate that!

[@oliverlewis9080]

This is crazy. I've tried about every trick in the book, I've spent days of my life trying to get answers. I assumed that with my setup, it was either the games fault or an issue with my PC. I had no idea how taxing the shadows were. I always assumed my fps drop was due to ultra grass and mods and I wasn't willing to lower it but just seeing the difference in fps between the settings has got me itching to do some testing

[@Brandywine92]

And what did you find

[@zhckoo]

​@@Brandywine92 legend says he is still trying to get answers

[@Brandywine92]

@@zhckoo Haha 😄 I can only assume his findings were not profitable

[@Evo_912]

Thanx bro, i watched your video and my fps goes from 60-100❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@William_15_]

Thanks mate, need to try this next week

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Hope you enjoy!

[@William_15_]

@@ZykopathOfficial ❤️❤️

[@ByLFHoffc]

Author is a legend. Huge respect for your work, thank you.

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Enjoy the game!

[@rezaurrahman6404]

Dope settings, thanks

[@ZykopathOfficial]

You're welcome!

[@sigitsamudrarizki55]

You're awesome, my potato PC can now run above 80fps from like 50fps. Great work! ❤

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Enjoy it! 😊

[@Euzuto]

If you don't mind can you tell me which graphic card do you have ??

[@sigitsamudrarizki55]

@@Euzuto GTX 970 4GB paired with i5-7500, and recently I've come to realize that my CPU is quite a bottleneck when paired with the GTX 970. The i5-7500 is relatively weak in handling graphically intensive games such as GTA 5, resulting in a rather low average fps like that I obtain. Once, I lent this VGA to my friend's PC, which was equipped with a Ryzen 5 5600X. Without utilizing graphic optimization as shown in this video, the system was able to achieve an average fps up to 120! This indicates that the CPU plays a significant role in supporting the graphic capabilities of the GPU to either create a bottleneck or to support the VGA to its maximum capability.

[@Euzuto]

@@sigitsamudrarizki55oh i see thanks for replying tho 🤗

[@panmarshal4608]

Good video!

[@martinezmatias1943]

from 30 fps to 75 fps at 3k using a ryzen 3 3200g, 32 gb ram and a rx 570 4gb. You made my day, i also recomend trying directx 10.1, it can get you 10+ fps

[@mrnobody6097]

Holy.. thank you mate, i went from 80fps to 130-150fps. You're the best 🙏

[@ZykopathOfficial]

That's a big improvement, enjoy it Mr. Nobody!

[@EthanBabin1]

80fps is really nothing to complain about

[@simPL306]

@@EthanBabin1 depends on your monitor's refresh rate

[@alo0ann]

@@EthanBabin1 I can feel the difference between 80 & 60 even if playing on 60hz monitor So Imagine the difference on a 144/120hz monitor

[@EthanBabin1]

@@simPL306 good point I don’t know much about computers🤷‍♂️

[@onlynoneo]

Thank you very much, I had lower settings and MSAA X2+TXAA anti-aliasing but I saw pixels flickering on the screen and got 50-60fps.... I tried your settings, and what was my surprise when the game became many times more beautiful, pixels disappeared...and the average fps became≈85. THANK YOU . / but FXAA broken, need ON in nvidia control panel

[@ZazaNugget_]

Optimized graphics: DirectX11, 1920x1080 FXAA On MSAA, TAA Off Population Density 80% Population Variety Unknown Distance Scaling 90% Texture Quality Very High (apparently the reason PS4 and XB1 seem to have worse textures than this is because they only use 4x AF) Shader Quality High Shadow Quality High Reflection Quality Very High Reflection MSAA Off Water Quality High Particles Quality High Grass Quality Very High (PS4) / High (XB1) Soft Shadows Softer Post FX Very High Anisotropic 1-2 is or much nigher visual quality Ambient Occlusion High Tessellation High Advanced Graphics all off

[@sanyacev]

Gras standart = profit Your settings are much more optimized. I have the same graphics settings on my 750ti.

[@ZazaNugget_]

@@sanyacev grass on normal basically removes 90% of all grass Looks last last gen, Xbox 360 days I wouldn’t recommend Even with these graphics I posted you’ll get around 60fps with a low tier gpu

[@rsho3472]

Yes, anisotropic works, but only if you have shaders at high or more

[@eangsarak008]

Thanks for your efforts.

[@ZykopathOfficial]

😊

[@bobbytang9924]

Just bought the game. This video is godsend ! 😀

[@hgygu8b]

Thx for the settings

[@ZykopathOfficial]

No problem! 😃

[@sidharths4096]

Gotta subscribe now

[@loloosoroka]

thank you omw to optimize my gta

[@wafers8117]

not gonna lie previously i was getting 70-80 fps now i am getting 110-135 fps.great vidoe

[@MEMELAND50]

bro thank for this video😍😍

[@ZykopathOfficial]

No problem 😊

[@o_o6869]

this guy explain the gta 5 very well

[@sijcecilio]

Now averaging 115 fps on very beautiful visuals using your settings. Thank you so much ❤

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Enjoy!

[@doug078]

Excelente trabalho, adoro esse tipo de comparação.

[@rusher_122]

excellent video, could you make one of The Division 2?

[@virunawijesiriwardena6967]

Man U really deserve the Sub 😭❤u saved me

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Glad I could help!

[@davronbekabdullajonov3882]

Thank u so much👍

[@ZykopathOfficial]

You're welcome!

[@sasha76431]

I tested some configs with Apple M1 Chip and wow, increased sooo much, thx

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Glad I could help!

[@yeromez]

I went 60 fps to 85 in gta online, thx bro

[@justdoit9403]

Amigo podrías hacer una serie de vídeos optimizando los mejores juegos de anteriores años: residen evil 2, 3, Doom Eternal, Sekiro, Devil May Cray, GTA 4, optimización sin perder calidad gráfica, creo que sería una excelente serie

[@alanleveke478]

THANKS A LOT MAN ❤️

[@ZykopathOfficial]

My pleasure, Alan!

[@bibVFX]

gave me a little fps boost without dramatically changing the graphics, thank you man :D

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Glad I could help! ☺️

[@Here_it_is_bro]

You deserve more views 😅

[@dekogg]

amazing video. I think the FPS killer is MSAA. would have similar performance if you mantein Max Settings, but with MSAA OFF. or am I wrong?

[@veikoyt6216]

Thanks!

[@ZykopathOfficial]

You're welcome!

[@Ph0eniX0710]

8:40 "I'm only human after all"

[@MirelRC]

Exteded Distance Scaling makes some details through transparency to be correctly visible from mid distance.

[@blackdevilgamers5844]

I'd like to thank you. My GTA was from 70 FPS to 190 FPS on 6700xt. Thank you so much!

[@ZykopathOfficial]

That's incredible! Glad I could help.

[@PernelTV]

190FPS ? Almost 190, no ?

[@Manatrunk]

How can you get 190? the engine cap is 188

[@sanyacev]

​@elliem2563 The game lags at 150-188 FPS. If I were you, I would use an FPS limiter of 120 - 140FPS

[@Revvlyn]

msaa making grass semi transparent gets fixed when restarting the game, i can say from experience since i play on 1440p with msaax4 and that issue isnt present on my end, another point reflection msaa only works on vehicles and buildings glass/windows not on mirrors.

[@Zegitos]

Music choice made me question about everything. Now I'm lost in dark.

[@KieranBLK]

Mmmm. This is super interesting. I’d taken me this long to realize just how little difference most of these settings make. Also, for me, extended shadow distance is broken. It does nothing and also doesn’t save after a restart. I would also love to see you add the DLSS mod by PureDark here to see just how much more FPS you could get. Even tho for some reason upscaling mods just doesn’t wanna work properly for me. They oddly don’t give me good visuals or performance boosts. 😢

[@JamesWalker-oh9oz]

That s a good fking vid mate

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Thanks James!

[@gui9529]

Thx man!

[@ZykopathOfficial]

You're welcome!

[@ohcacestpastresgentil8462]

thank you brother

[@ZykopathOfficial]

You're welcome!

[@nothing12299]

Thanks mate, again you made me happy. My stock game gives me 170+fps and after i installed all heavy natural vision evolved mods my game fps dropped to 60fps now with your settings again i can play the game at 75-85fps

[@jamworthy14]

Bro is flexing

[@nothing12299]

@@jamworthy14 no bro it's a reality

[@statix]

how man! @@nothing12299 i have a 5700x, and 7800xt and dipping 60-to 40s :/ tried everything the settings don't make a difference

[@nothing12299]

@@statix I think you have driver issues or lack of ram that's why

[@sombra-_-kun1600]

awesome video

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@bakoelizabeth5761]

From 30-50 thanks bro

[@OnlyMarcoS1]

this setting made my gta 5 have less stutters, almost all gone, and im with 4 ram, a single channel stick of 4. i love you ❤ (im with 16gb now!)

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Glad I could help!