********************Settings.xml********************
All setting.xml files will be using about the same settings.
There will be 3 new files
Test each one and see what gives you the best FPS
dx10
dx10.1
dx11
dx10.1_high (gives some good settings while trying to be low)
********************How to edit settings.xml********************
The settings.xml needs to be edited before it will work.
You need to put your video card name in this line: <VideoCardDescription>YOUR VIDEO CARD HERE</VideoCardDescription>
For your screen resolution you can change it here or in game:
<ScreenWidth value="800" />
<ScreenHeight value="600" />
If you need to run the game window, change the following to "1": <Windowed value="0" />
You may experience better performance in DirectX 11 mode (or vice versa). Try experimenting with the settings.
<DX_Version value="2" /> This will set the DirectX for the game
value=2 (sets the game to DirectX 11)
value=1 (sets the game to DirectX 10.1)
value=0 (sets the game to DirectX 10)
If you need to find your video card name, you can do so by going to
Start>Accessories>System Tools>System
Information>Components>Display
Your card name will be listed as an adapter.
you can use the extra_scripts.bat from the tandalone_scripts folder
to find your video card name
There are all so other ways to find this
NOTE: This is not the settings.xml. Editing this file will do nothing
********************NVIDIA********************
Open the NVIDIA Control Panel then go to 3D settings.
Manage 3D settings and click on program settings.
click the ""select a program to customize" button and select GTA5.
If Grand Theft Auto V does not show, browse and look for GTA5.exe
Set Anisotropic filtering to off.
set Maximum pre-rendered frames to ""use the 3D application settings".
Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration to single display performance mode
If power management mode shows set it to prefer maximum performance
This setting can help you get more FPS or lower FPS, so try to see what works best for you:
Set shader cache to off (if your FPS is lowered by doing this set it to on)
Set texture filtering Quality to high performance.
Set vertical sync to off.
Click apply when finished.
********************AMD/ATI********************
Open the Catalyst Control Center and click on Preferences>Advanced view>Gaming>3D Application Settings.
Set mipmap detail level to high performance
Set wait for vertical refresh to always off.
Click save and select the GTA5.exe
Click apply when finished.
********************COMMAND LINE********************
This will just make it so you do not have to edit the settings.xml and add your video card name.
https://support.rockstargames.com/hc/en-us/articles/202518358-Available-Command-Lines-for-GTAV-on-PC
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In here you will find folders with files in them to help speed up GTA 5.
There are three settings.xml files. Settings_low.xml runs fast and still looks good.
-Settings_super_low.xml lowers settings a lot but has lowered some users FPS in-game.
-Settings.xml is just like settings_super_low.xml but made to work with out lowering some users FPS in-game.
When replacing the settings.xml, don't forget to make a backup and rename one of the files from the settings xml
folder to just settings.xml and replace.
The Screenshots folder will help show you in order to set up the control panel