GTA V PC: Graphics Settings Comparison Video Details All Settings; Recommended Settings

GTA V PC has been out for a week and PC gamers finally got the chance to enjoy the best version of this great game. Featuring a huge variety of settings catering to all kinds of different setups, GTA V PC definitely provides all the necessary options for players to get the best performance out of their systems.

For those of you wanting to get the best graphical experience for GTA V on PC, YouTuber williextreme has made a graphics comparison video, detailing the impact that each setting has on the visual quality of the game. Those interested  can subscribe to him on YouTube here.

williextreme’s details each setting as follows:

• · Ambient Occlusion usually is just a waste of fps, don’t be afraid to turn it off.
• · Anisotropic Filtering doesn’t affect the performance, always set x16.
• · Post FX on Very High and Ultra look similar, but Ultra sometimes can reduce fps by 10 more.
• · Grass Quality is performance killer.
• · Extended Distance Scaling has little effect on the quantity of details, but significantly reduces performance.
• · Some shadows (e.g. some shadows created by car lights) may be seen only on Very High shadow quality.

williextreme’s Settings Recommendations:

For Mid-Range PCs:

• · Texture Quality: High or Very High, based on VRAM
• · Shader Quality: Normal or High ±5 FPS
• · Shadow Quality: High
• · Reflection Quality: High
• · Water Quality: High
• · Grass Quality: Normal or High ± 10 FPS
• · Post FX: Normal or High ±5 FPS
• · Antialiasing: FXAA or MSAA ± 10 FPS
• · Reflection MSAA: Off
• · Anisotropic Filtering: x16
• · Ambient Occlusion: Off
• · Tesselation: Off or Normal
• · Distance Scaling: 0 to max
• · Extended Distance Scaling: 0
• · High Resolution Shadows: Off
• · Extended Shadow Distance: Off

For High Range PCs:

• · Texture Quality: Very High
• · Shader Quality: High or Very High
• · Shadow Quality: Very High
• · Reflection Quality: Very High
• · Water Quality: High or Very High
• · Grass Quality: High or Very High
• · Post FX: High
• · Antialiasing: MSAA x2,MSAA x4 or TXAA x4 ± 10 FPS
• · Reflection MSAA: Off or x2
• · Anisotropic Filtering: x16
• · Ambient Occlusion: Off or Normal
• · Tesselation: High
• · Distance Scaling: max
• · Extended Distance Scaling: 0 to max ± 10 FPS
• · High Resolution Shadows: On
• · Extended Shadow Distance: On
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