One of the first reviews of testing GTA 5 on different computer configurations.

Let me remind you of the OFFICIAL system requirements of GTA 5:

Minimum requirements:

• OS: Windows 8.1, 8, 7, Vista 64 bit (Recommended for Vista NVIDIA video cards)
• CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 cores) / AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core Processor (4 cores) @ 2.5GHz
• RAM: 4 GB
• Video card: NVIDIA 9800 GT 1 GB / AMD HD 4870 1 GB (version no lower than DX 10, 10.1, 11)

• OS: Windows 8.1, 8, 7 64 bit
• CPU: Intel Core i5 3470 @ 3.2GHZ (4 cores) / AMD X8 FX-8350 @ 4GHZ (8 cores)
• RAM: 8 GB
• Video card: NVIDIA GTX 660 2 GB / AMD HD7870 2 GB

GTA 5 graphics settings:

Graphics quality at different settings (low, medium, high)

Video card testing

Testing was carried out only at maximum settings. Tests for medium/low and weak computers - NOT YET.

Testing video cards at maximum settings for GTA 5 (1920x1080, standard textures)

Testing video cards at maximum quality settings for GTA 5 (1920x1080)

GPU testing at maximum quality settings (1920x1080, MSAA 8X)

Testing at maximum memory GPU quality settings

Testing for video memory consumption. The test was done in MSI program Afterburner. The configuration and settings are shown in the graph.

CPU testing

Testing at maximum quality settings GTA5 (1920x1080)

Loading Intel processor cores at maximum settings GTA5 (1920x1080)

Before purchasing, almost everyone thought about whether their computer could handle it or whether it was worth postponing the purchase for future hardware. We will try to tell in this article all the subtleties and points about this.

I’ll answer the question right away will gta 5 work? or not - will do. The game has been so optimized that even laptops from 2007 can run it. But the question arises: will the graphics be playable? It is quite possible to play with low settings and with poor drawing, there can be no talk of a comfortable game here.

Let's move on to tips for testing your PC for performance for GTA 5:

1) First, you can try installing a pirated version of the game and see how it behaves on your computer. Please note that in any case, a licensed copy will perform several times faster and better than unlicensed content.

2) Try and set all graphics to maximum. If the game works correctly, then GTA 5 will run on medium or minimum settings - you don’t have to worry.

3) VERY IMPORTANT ADVICE!. If I still convinced you to buy gta 5, then do it in Steam. Because on Steam, if the game does not work correctly, you can ask for a refund, but if you purchased the game on the sites, then there will definitely not be a refund there!

4) Owners of an Nvidia video card can close this article right now and go buy the game, and owners of an AMD video card - I advise you to think several times about buying the game.

5) The list will be supplemented, and if you learned something new from this article, then subscribe to us in social networks and leave a positive comment..

Rockstar Games seems to have learned from past mistakes: if the game is Grand Theft Auto 4 seemed like a clumsy console port, especially for AMD video cards, but now it just “flies” on high-end video cards. We just showed all this in ours. Even on recent video cards for the mass market, such as AMD Radeon R9 280X or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, GTA V runs without much slowdown.

Modern generation consoles display the game in 1080p resolution with a frame rate of 30 fps; in complex and dynamic scenes, the frame rate can drop significantly, but on the mentioned video cards you will get twice as much fps. In addition, Rockstar Games has announced support for 4K, but for such a resolution you will need a very powerful system, as you can see in. Resolution 3,840 x 2,160 pixels normal speed remains the domain of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan X video card. However, such a video card will cost 1,115 euros. The closest competitor is the AMD Radeon R9 295X2 with two GPUs for 43.3 thousand rubles (700 euros) produces 55 frames per second. To play GTA V acceptably, in our opinion, a frame rate of 35 to 40 fps is required. A comfortable game starts at 50 fps.

But not every gamer has a brand new video card from AMD or NVIDIA in their system; even last year’s high-end models are not cheap today. Many users are content with video cards that are several generations behind. For this reason, we are back again to test the GTA V game, but this time we will evaluate performance on video cards for the mass market and on video cards of previous generations. The result can be called encouraging: an upgrade is not always required.

Great graphics settings options

But the reason is not that the video cards are fast enough. The game has many settings that allow you to optimize the PC version of GTA V for the performance of your system. The graphics settings menu has options that affect not only picture quality, but also performance. You can adjust water quality, texture size, shader quality, grass and particle detail, tessellation, reflections, and post-processing effects. Depending on the level of detail and image enhancement modes, GTA V at 2,560 x 1,600 pixels on high-end systems runs from 25 to approximately 150 fps - higher frame rates are possible as the resolution or level of detail is reduced.

If we turn up the detail level to the maximum and set the maximum AA and AF values, then at a resolution of 2,560 x 1,600 pixels, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 video card in our configuration gives less than 25 fps, which can hardly be called an acceptable level. At a medium level of detail at the same resolution, the frame rate increases to approximately 60 fps. With low detail levels and no AA/AF we can achieve almost 150 fps. With the same settings on AMD video card Radeon R9 290X we get from 20 to 140 fps, that is, a little less.

This range of graphics settings allows you to get acceptable performance on almost any video card!

Grand Theft Auto 5

2.560 x 1.600

149.1 XX

140.1 XX

65.4 XX

59.2 XX

24.5 XX

Frames per second

More is better

Visibility range has a fairly significant impact on performance. Compared to the PlayStation 4 version and Xbox One, the developers doubled the range. If you turn the additional graphics settings to maximum, you can see for kilometers into the distance. Many objects at a great distance are displayed as outlines or even quite detailed models. If you're having performance issues, it makes sense to reduce your viewing range - but you won't lose much since you'll still be spending most of the game in downtown Los Santos.

In GTA V we got a significant visibility range

Additional graphics settings can eat up available video memory and cost a significant portion of performance. The approximate level of memory consumption shows that the game adapts well to the settings. In any case, depending on the video card used, additional settings You can bypass charts altogether. You can easily overdrive the graphics quality settings for your video card, making it impossible to play. For example, increased visibility range eats up a lot of performance. If you turn the slider here to the maximum, then objects will be visible with a very large viewing radius. Judging by our experience, it only makes sense to take this step with modern high-end video cards. In any case, you will spend most of your time in Los Santos.

"Ladders" on the edges of objects are a thing of the past

If you've played GTA V on a console, you're probably familiar with the "ladder" effect of the RAGE engine - this is especially true for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Without enabling AA/AF, this negative effect is also noticeable on PC, so we recommend adding at least minimal smoothing. FXAA in GTA V will cost a very small performance penalty, but the results will be only slightly better. The combination of MSAA and FXAA performs much better. Depending on the video card, quadruple MSAA and FXAA results in a performance drop of 40-60 percent. A higher level of smoothing does not make much sense. Visually you get a small gain, but the drop in performance is very significant. MSAA with reflections, it seems to us, can also be safely ignored.

There are significant differences between the minimum and maximum anti-aliasing levels, which are visible in the screenshots below. Pay attention to the fence, the roof of the first house and skyscrapers in the distance - everything is displayed more clearly and accurately, but the level of anti-aliasing is especially noticeable in motion. So it's better to find a balance between the level of anti-aliasing and performance.

Smoothing: maximum (left), minimum (right)

Grand Theft Auto 5

2.560 x 1.600, Maximum

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Games these days are increasingly demanding on hardware, but before you run to the store, you want to find out if this or that work of game developers will work without upgrading the hardware? So, first of all, you need to check with system requirements, this method is time-tested and does not give any failures, unlike various tests.

Minimum system requirements for GTA 5

CPU	Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs) / AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs) @ 2.5GHz
RAM
Video card	NVIDIA 9800 GT 1GB / AMD HD 4870 1GB
Sound card	100% DirectX 10 compatible
Hard drive	minimum 65GB of free space

Minimum software set:

• Operating system: Windows 8.1 64 Bit, Windows 8 64 Bit, Windows 7 64 Bit Service Pack 1, Windows Vista 64 Bit Service Pack 2 (works stably on Vista GTA 5 if an Nvidia video adapter is installed)
• DirectX version: DX 10,DX 10.1,DX 11.
• For a comfortable game, you can install drivers that video card manufacturers released specifically for the release of the PC version of GTA 5: GEFORCE GAME READY DRIVER FOR GRAND THEFT AUTO V.
• We also highly recommend installing Microsoft Visual C++.

CPU	Intel Core i5 3470 @ 3.2GHZ (4 CPUs) / AMD X8 FX-8350 @ 4GHZ (8 CPUs)
RAM
Video card	NVIDIA GTX 660 2GB / AMD HD7870 2GB
Sound card	100% DirectX 10 compatible
Hard drive	minimum 65GB of free space

If you still have neither the time nor the desire, and perhaps even information about the hardware, which is far from uncommon nowadays, then it is possible to test your computer for compatibility with the game online.

Nvidia graphics adapter test

First of all, I would like to consider the online test that is provided by Nvidia on its official website at http://www.geforce.com/games-applications/pc-games/grand-theft-auto-v/gpu-analyzer . Although the test is provided by Nvidia, you can check compatibility even if you have AMD. So, the main thing to remember is to check the compatibility in Google browser Chrome won't work because they stopped supporting NPAPI for Java applets. In simple terms, the verification process requires a Java module, which does not work in Chrome. You can use another browser - for example, Internet Explorer or Opera.

If the Java package is not installed, then after clicking Check Now you will be prompted to download latest version of this module from the official website of the developer.

After downloading and installing Java, you will be able to check compatibility GPU with the game. Therefore, again follow the link provided above and click CHECK NOW. If the video card is weak, you will see a message similar to what is shown in the picture.

If everything is in order, the frame will be green and the view will be as follows:

However, testing only the graphics card does not provide comprehensive answers, so if the graphics card is suitable, then you can move on to the next test.

Can You Run It?

A very common test that operates on the website http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri?itemId=12455. After the transition, you need to click on the “Can you run it?” button.

In the pop-up window that appears, there are two options to choose from:

• View Requirements – if you choose this method, you will be shown the system requirements and there will be no test. The same requirements are presented in the table above.
• Desktop App - as is clear from the description and name, the user is invited to download a small application weighing 5 megabytes, which will help to find out the characteristics of your hardware. Select this item and click Start.

The program automatically starts scanning the system, all you have to do is wait without taking any action. Once the scan is complete, you will be redirected to a site with the results. Depending on the hardware, the results will be different, however, the report is comprehensive. These were the results on my laptop:

From these red signs it is immediately clear that it does not meet the system requirements of the game, however, the main points are described below, exactly how much and what needs to be added for the game to start:

And if your PC or part of its components is compatible with the game, then instead of a crossed out circle, you will see a checkmark:

You can also choose whether to compare PCs with minimum system requirements or with recommended ones. This is done by switching tabs on the results page:

Test on Steam

In addition to other tests, it is possible to check the PC for compatibility with the game via Steam, although reviews of such testing are not the most flattering, for the following reason - the necessary accuracy is not achieved: sometimes it can be shown that the PC is suitable with a 256 megabyte video card. However, if other methods are not suitable for some reason, do the following:

1. Launch Steam.
2. Press the key combination WIN (the button that opens the start menu) and R on the keyboard.
3. In the window that appears, paste the following: steam://checksysreqs/271590.

Test stand, testing methodology

Energy-saving CPU technologies are disabled in all tests. In the NVIDIA driver settings, the CPU is selected as the processor for PhysX calculations. In AMD settings, the Tesselation setting is moved from AMD Optimized to Use application settings.

Frame rates were recorded using the built-in GTA 5 benchmark. Testing was carried out at resolutions of 1920 × 1080, 2560 × 1440 and 3840 × 2160 in three graphics quality modes. The most gentle mode includes minimal quality settings, with a few exceptions that have little effect on performance (for example, anisotropic filtering is enabled). In High Quality mode, detail settings are set to maximum, but the Extended Graphics section is left at its default values, and full-screen anti-aliasing is disabled. In the “ultra-high quality” mode, the settings in the Extended Graphics section are set to maximum and MSAA 4x anti-aliasing is enabled.

Graphics quality
	Low	High	Ultra-high
FXAA	Off	Off	Off
MSAA	Off	Off	X4
Vsync	Off	Off	Off
Population Density	100%	100%	100%
Population Variety	100%	100%	100%
Distance Scaling	100%	100%	100%
Texture Quality	Normal	Very High	Very High
Shader Quality	Normal	Very High	Very High
Shadow Quality	Normal	Very High	Very High
Reflection Quality	Normal	Ultra	Ultra
Reflection MSAA	Off	Very High	Very High
Water Quality	Normal	Very High	Very High
Particles Quality	Normal	Very High	Very High
Grass Quality	Normal	Ultra	Ultra
Soft Shadows	Sharp	Softest	Softest
Post FX	Normal	Ultra	Ultra
Motion Blur Strength	0%	0%	0%
In-Game Depth Of Field Effects	Normal	Very High	Very High
Anisotropic Filtering	X16	X16	X16
Ambient Occlusion	Normal	Very High	Very High
Tesselation	Normal	Very High	Very High
Long Shadows	Off	Off	On
High Resolution Shadows	Off	Off	On
High Detail Streaming While Flying	Off	Off	On
Extended Distance Scaling	0%	0%	100%
Extended Shadows Distance	0%	0%	100%

⇡ Test participants

The testing presents the results of the following video adapters.

• AMD Radeon R9 290X (1000/5000 MHz, 4 GB), Uber Mode;
• AMD Radeon R9 270 (925/5600 MHz, 2 GB);
• AMD Radeon R7 250X (1000/4500 MHz, 2 GB);
• AMD Radeon R7 250 (1050/4600 MHz, 2 GB);
• AMD Radeon R7 240 (780/4500 MHz, 2 GB);

• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 (1058/5000 MHz, 1 GB);
• NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 (810/1800 MHz, 1 GB).

⇡ Test results

Tests with different image settings were run in such a sequence as to identify a) maximum resolution, b) maximum graphics settings, which provide either 60 FPS and higher, or at least 30 FPS.

Each chart shows graphics cards that achieve at least 30 FPS at the appropriate settings, but are unable to deliver 60 FPS or more at higher resolutions with the same graphics quality. In other words, each diagram represents a list of video adapters that, in GTA V with the appropriate settings, either a) do not allow increasing the resolution while maintaining the minimum acceptable frame rate; b) they cope well enough that there is no point in reducing the resolution.

Low graphics quality

• The entry ticket to the world of GTA V from AMD adapters is the Radeon R7 240 - the slowest “red” video card among the test participants.
• At the time of testing, we did not have NVIDIA adapters from the 700 line younger than the GeForce GTX 750 Ti, so we took the GeForce GT 630 with GDDR3 memory as the lower reference point. He was unable to reach the required 30 FPS, and since the GeForce GTX 730 (or rather, one of its versions) is built on the same GPU, it will not cope with the task. But the GeForce GTX 740, judging by its characteristics, is quite suitable for the role of the most affordable NVIDIA video card for playing GTA V.
• The GTX 650 and R7 250 are approaching the 60 FPS border, and the GTX 750 Ti and R7 250X are already reaching this level.

• The GTX 650 and R7 250 are enough to keep the average FPS from dropping below 30 at WQHD resolution.
• The GTX 750 Ti is the only NVIDIA card in the "around 60 FPS and above" category on this chart. The rest of the positions at the top belong to AMD, starting with the R7 260X.

High quality graphics

• Radeon R7 260X and GeForce GTX 760 are the weakest cards suitable for playing GTA V with high settings and Full resolution HD. Moreover, the GTX 760 is, of course, much faster than the R7 260X.
• The GTX 770 and, with a stretch, the R9 280 allow you to play at 60 frames per second.

• WQHD mode with such graphics quality is already a serious test for gaming video cards middle category. The game includes top accelerators, including such monsters as GeForce GTX TITAN X and Radeon R9 295X2.
• The Radeon R9 270 and GeForce GTX 760 meet the minimum performance criteria, while the R9 290X and either the GeForce GTX 780 Ti or GTX 970 are required to achieve frame rates of 60 FPS.

Ultra high quality graphics

• Ultra-high settings in Full HD mode are easier for test participants than just high settings at a resolution of 3840 × 2160. Even the GTX 770 and R9 280 provide the minimum acceptable frame rate.
• But only the GeForce GTX TITAN X and Radeon R9 295X2, which are equivalent in performance in this test, are capable of 60 FPS.

⇡ Conclusions

GTA V is, although not the heaviest game of recent years, but still a very, very demanding project in terms of GPU computing power at high graphics settings. A resolution of 1920 × 1080 with full-screen anti-aliasing and maximum detail is more or less playable on a GeForce GTX 770 and AMD Radeon R9 280, or even better to have a GTX 980 or even a TITAN X or Radeon R9 295X2. The last three are suitable even for a resolution of 2560 × 1440.

Without full-screen anti-aliasing and some additional options that eat up performance and VRAM space, owners of the GeForce GTX 770 and AMD Radeon R9 280X can count on comfortable gaming at 1920 × 1080. For 2560 × 1440, it is advisable to have something no worse than the GTX 780 Ti or Radeon R9 290X. And a resolution of 3840 × 2160 again requires a TITAN X or Radeon R9 295X2.

At low graphics settings, GTA V looks unsightly, but is accessible to owners of very weak computers. Even a GeForce GTX 740 or Radeon R7 240 will allow you to play at a resolution of 1920 × 1080 with an acceptable frame rate, and on a GTX 650 or R7 250 the game already runs quite smoothly.

This article uses screenshots from geforce.com.