Nvidia releases GTA V in depth performance guide

[Sidiox]

Source:

http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/guides/grand-theft-auto-v-pc-graphics-and-performance-guide

 

 

 

Grand Theft Auto V needs no introduction. It's the one of the best-selling titles of all time, and the highest-rated game of the past decade. Now, the highly-anticipated, definitive PC edition has arrived, so join us as we dissect Rockstar's record-breaking open-world action game to reveal the technological treats that await amongst its many, many graphics settings.

 

To turn everything on at 1920x1080, and 4x TXAA, you'll need a GPU with at least 4GB of VRAM, and to hit a solid 60 frames-plus per second in every single intensive moment, a top end supercomputer will be required. With a few tweaks though you can dramatically improve performance with a near-imperceptible loss in visual fidelity, giving you a smooth, highly detailed experience on a far more affordable system.

 

So Nvidia created a really indepth guide looking at nearly all of the options in GTA V. It is really nice to see how you can optimise your game to run best. I'd be cool if they did this for more games (although I can understand that they don't)

It isn't really aimed at the lower end since they did most of their testing with Titan X's in SLI.

 

(1 remark, the "conclusion" states a 4GB VRAM GPU, so that kinda fucks with the people that have a GTX970, because although it might have the VRAM, not all of it is full speed. To clarify, I have a GTX 970 and I don't encounter stutter because of the 3.5GB I think)

[Unlikelyjoker]

There is more people complaining about GTA V with a 970 then i can count!

And i can count to banana dammit!

[JoaoPRSousa]

"a GPU with at least 4GB of VRAM"

970 users. I'm sorry.

[TheSLSAMG]

I have a GTX 970, have no real issues with VRAM because even pushing 4K at a mix of Very High and High, I'm not running into over 3.5GB VRAM usage.

[Humbug]

Judging by below TXAA causes signficant texture blurring, compared to MSAA

http://international.download.nvidia.com/geforce-com/international/comparisons/grand-theft-auto-v/grand-theft-auto-v-anti-aliasing-interactive-comparison-1-4x-txaa-vs-8x-msaa.html

 

e.g. the trees, the red tiled floor or the  roofs amongst other things

[Notree]

Yeah I couldn't find that using google because: 1. it isn't in the news section and 2. it doesn't have nvidia in the title and that is what I used to search on Google

And tbh if it isn't in the news section I don't really count as a repost. 

It is a repost and the original poster should get credit. I don't really care at the end of the day.  :lol:

[Unlikelyjoker]

"a GPU with at least 4GB of VRAM"

970 users. I'm sorry.

BRB gonna club baby seals to stop Nvidia

[JoaoPRSousa]

BRB gonna club baby seals to stop Nvidia

RIP 780

[Notional]

"a GPU with at least 4GB of VRAM"

970 users. I'm sorry.

 

I feel even more sorry for people, who shelled out for a 780ti (or just a 780). Those cards are powerful enough to deal with these settings, but are vram limited, because NVidia chose to rip off their customers. You really get to see how privileged these hardware reviewers are, getting the latest hardware constantly, as all of them, seems to have completely forgotten about these cards.

The problem is though, that people buy expensive cards, to have for years. All those who bought the 780 series (or even worse, the 770), are screwed in the new games coming out (The Witcher 3 and The Division, should also require a lot of vram). Alas, no one talks about this, because a 700+$ card a year ago, is long forgotten.

[JoaoPRSousa]

I feel even more sorry for people, who shelled out for a 780ti (or just a 780). Those cards are powerful enough to deal with these settings, but are vram limited, because NVidia chose to rip off their customers. You really get to see how privileged these hardware reviewers are, getting the latest hardware constantly, as all of them, seems to have completely forgotten about these cards.

The problem is though, that people buy expensive cards, to have for years. All those who bought the 780 series (or even worse, the 770), are screwed in the new games coming out (The Witcher 3 and The Division, should also require a lot of vram). Alas, no one talks about this, because a 700+$ card a year ago, is long forgotten.

@Unlikelyjoker

[Humbug]

I feel even more sorry for people, who shelled out for a 780ti (or just a 780). Those cards are powerful enough to deal with these settings, but are vram limited, because NVidia chose to rip off their customers. You really get to see how privileged these hardware reviewers are, getting the latest hardware constantly, as all of them, seems to have completely forgotten about these cards.

The problem is though, that people buy expensive cards, to have for years. All those who bought the 780 series (or even worse, the 770), are screwed in the new games coming out (The Witcher 3 and The Division, should also require a lot of vram). Alas, no one talks about this, because a 700+$ card a year ago, is long forgotten.

The bigger problem for 780 series users is that Nvidia has been neglecting the drivers for them since Maxwell came out. There was a time when a 780 was as fast as an R9 290. But not any more in recent AAA games... planned obsolescence?

[Humbug]

Got to appreciate the effort nvidia put into this guide. But I wonder how relevant the performance measurements of various features on vs off is for people with normal hardware... considering they tested with Titan SLI and overclocked 5960x... still the image quality comparisons are invaluable.

[Unlikelyjoker]

The bigger problem for 780 series users is that Nvidia has been neglecting the drivers for them since Maxwell came out. There was a time when a 780 was as fast as an R9 290. But not any more in recent AAA games... planned obsolescence?

Ever since the 980/970 came out all the drivers have been doing is fucking up my games....

THANKS DSR!

[Humbug]

Hey look it's a feature many of you like; Depth of field.

http://international.download.nvidia.com/geforce-com/international/comparisons/grand-theft-auto-v/grand-theft-auto-v-in-game-depth-of-field-effects-interactive-comparison-1-on-vs-off.html

 

Lowering your frame-rate while making half the image look blurred. Awesome right? More cinematic. Just like motion blur and film grain.

[Misanthrope]

Interesting guide. Though more interesting AMD gaming evolving thingie is finally giving recommendations on it and all of them recommend to dial back to direct x 10.1, I'll give it a try. 

[Notional]

Hey look it's a feature many of you like; Depth of field.

http://international.download.nvidia.com/geforce-com/international/comparisons/grand-theft-auto-v/grand-theft-auto-v-in-game-depth-of-field-effects-interactive-comparison-1-on-vs-off.html

Lowering your frame-rate while making half the image look blurred. Awesome right? More cinematic. Just like motion blur and film grain.

Just like the Mr. Magoo, Uhm the worse mod, everyone loved for watch dogs. It's nice looking in movies, like 24fps is, but useless in games, as it removes detail and focus far away.

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The problem is though, that people buy expensive cards, to have for years. All those who bought the 780 series (or even worse, the 770), are screwed in the new games coming out (The Witcher 3 and The Division, should also require a lot of vram). Alas, no one talks about this, because a 700+$ card a year ago, is long forgotten.

 

Not really.  MSI has an overclocked 4GB version of the 770 and I can testify that this runs the game really well.  In fact with 2 of them you can completely max it out at 1080p and hit the vsync all day long while the cards aren't even working hard yet.  Only using 3.2 GB of VRAM right now, the only way to actually push it would be in 1440p or 4K, but I am running 1080p monitors.

[Trik'Stari]

problems with a 970? Not here, and I'm running the game at 5760x1080.

[Notional]

Not really.  MSI has an overclocked 4GB version of the 770 and I can testify that this runs the game really well.  In fact with 2 of them you can completely max it out at 1080p and hit the vsync all day long while the cards aren't even working hard yet.  Only using 3.2 GB of VRAM right now, the only way to actually push it would be in 1440p or 4K, but I am running 1080p monitors.

 

Most 770/680's sold are only 2GB. The problem with double up vram graphics cards, is that it halves the bandwidth/GB. So the 8GB 290x is a little bit silly as well, but still has a large bandwidth compared. A 770 gets something out of the 4GB, sure, but will be bandwidth limited none the less.

[Thony]

Im sure im not buying 970 anymore...

Finally a proper guide to all the ingame settings. I always wanted this to be expalined in detail.

Going to have a read through on friday

This guide wouldnt have existed if 970 was a perfect card.

[swifty7]

I currently use my 55" Sony HDTV as computer monitor and will buy a 65" 4k Samsung down the road so It's imperative for my next gpu to have hdmi 2.0 to handle 4k @ 60fps

[Sidiox]

I currently use my 55" Sony HDTV as computer monitor and will buy a 65" 4k Samsung down the road so It's imperative for my next gpu to have hdmi 2.0 to handle 4k @ 60fps

Or you could try an actual monitor instead, that has DisplayPort? Unless you really need the massive screen size (Barnacules style)

[Doobeedoo]

Love these kins of detailed guides. But hmmm more optimization from RS would be appreciated.

Runs pretty good on my R9 290 though

[ivan134]

The bigger problem for 780 series users is that Nvidia has been neglecting the drivers for them since Maxwell came out. There was a time when a 780 was as fast as an R9 290. But not any more in recent AAA games... planned obsolescence?

Lol, I said this a while back and even posted evidence of it, and people called me a conspiracy theorist and an AMD fanboy.

[georgespamme]

My favorite quote from the source:

 

Performance: Grass Quality has the largest impact on performance of any setting in the entire game, even with shadow quality settings at their lowest values.