Do I need an RTX card to play GTA V Enhanced?

No. The game runs rasterized on non-RTX hardware down to a GTX 1630 / RX 6400. Ray tracing and DLSS need an RTX (or RDNA2+ Radeon for RT/FSR), so on a GTX 1650 leave Ray Tracing off and play raster-only.

What is the FPS cap and how do I change it?

GTA V Enhanced originally capped at 120 FPS in the menu, but Rockstar later patched out the hard cap. You can still set a limit by creating commandline.txt in the install folder and adding -maxFrameLimit followed by your target (up to 500), e.g. -maxFrameLimit 240 — it now mainly limits frame rate rather than unlocking it.

Which ray tracing setting costs the most performance?

Ray Traced Global Illumination is the heaviest (~25-30% FPS), then Ray Traced Reflections (~14-25% at Ultra). RT Shadows and RT Ambient Occlusion are cheaper (~4-11%). Dropping RTGI to High/Very High and RT Reflections to High recovers most of your frame rate with little visual loss.

Is the "Maximum" ray tracing preset worth using?

Usually not. Reviewers found the Maximum RT preset gives a small visual upgrade for a large FPS hit; dropping to Very High RT (RTGI High/Very High, Reflections High) yields a 30+ FPS buffer on cards like the RTX 4070 with nearly identical image quality.

Best Grand Theft Auto V (Enhanced) Settings — Optimized for Your Hardware

By Han Mitchel·Updated Jun 3, 2026·2 min read

Creator of SmoothFPS

Settings tested across 4 hardware tiers · Last verified Jun 4, 2026

RAGE (Rockstar Advanced Game Engine) DirectX 12DLSSFSR Ray Tracing Frame Gen ReflexMedium(3/5)

Last verified: 2026-06-04

Launch Options:

Create commandline.txt in the game install folder. Useful entry: -maxFrameLimit 240 (sets a frame-rate limit; values up to 500). GTA V Enhanced has no Steam/Epic launch options — tweaks go in commandline.txt. Note: intro-video skipping and NPC/traffic-density changes are NOT official launch flags; control density via the in-game Population Density slider instead.

Optimized Settings by Hardware Tier

Grand Theft Auto V (Enhanced) Optimized Settings by Hardware Tier
Setting	Budget (GTX 1650 / RX 6500 XT-class) GTX 1650 4GB / RX 6500 XT 60 FPS	Mid (RTX 3060 / RX 6700 XT-class) RTX 3060 12GB / RX 6700 XT 70-90 FPS	High (RTX 4070 / RX 7800 XT-class) RTX 4070 / RX 7800 XT 90-120 FPS	Ultra (RTX 4080+ / RX 7900 XTX-class) RTX 4080 / RTX 4090 / RX 7900 XTX 100-120 FPS (4K)
V-Sync	Off (cap FPS instead)	Off (G-Sync/FreeSync + cap)	Off (G-Sync/FreeSync + cap)	Off (G-Sync/FreeSync + cap)
Post FX	Normal	High	High	Very High
Upscaling	FSR Balanced	DLSS Quality (RTX) / FSR Quality (AMD)	DLSS Quality (RTX) / FSR Quality (AMD)	DLSS Quality (RTX) / FSR Quality (AMD)
Motion Blur	Off	Off	Off	Off-Low
Ray Tracing	Off (rasterized)	On (Very High, tuned)	On (Very High, tuned)	On (Maximum on RTX / Very High on Radeon)
Anti-Aliasing	TAA	—	—	—
Grass Quality	High	—	—	Ultra
Water Quality	High	—	—	—
Shadow Quality	Normal-High	Very High	Very High	Ultra
Texture Quality	High	Very High	Very High	Ultra
Population Density	5/10	5/10	7/10	8/10
Reflection Quality	Normal	Very High	—	Ultra
Anisotropic Filtering	16x	16x	16x	16x
Extended Distance Scaling	3/10	—	—	—
Reflex	—	On (RTX)	On (RTX)	On (RTX)
RT Reflections	—	High	High-Very High	Ultra (RTX) / High (AMD)
Frame Generation	—	Off (or FSR FG on AMD if base FPS >50)	DLSS FG On (RTX 40) / FSR FG (AMD)	DLSS 4 MFG (RTX 50) / DLSS FG (RTX 40) / FSR FG (AMD)
RT Global Illumination	—	Very High	Very High	Ultra (RTX) / Very High (AMD)
RT Shadows	—	—	High	—

GPURTX 3060 12GB / RX 6700 XT

Target70-90 FPS

Expected FPS70-90 FPS with Very High RT + upscaling

RTX 3060 handles tuned RT well with DLSS. RX 6700 XT's RDNA2 RT is weak, so prefer RT Reflections High only (or raster) plus FSR Quality.

Setting	Value
Reflex	On (RTX)
V-Sync	Off (G-Sync/FreeSync + cap)
Post FX	High
Upscaling	DLSS Quality (RTX) / FSR Quality (AMD)
Motion Blur	Off
Ray Tracing	On (Very High, tuned)
RT Reflections	High
Shadow Quality	Very High
Texture Quality	Very High
Frame Generation	Off (or FSR FG on AMD if base FPS >50)
Population Density	5/10
Reflection Quality	Very High
Anisotropic Filtering	16x
RT Global Illumination	Very High

Top 5 FPS-Impacting Settings

These settings have the biggest impact on frame rate in Grand Theft Auto V (Enhanced). Adjust these first when optimizing performance.

#1
Ray Traced Global Illumination — heaviest single setting (~25-30% cost)
#2
Ray Traced Reflections — ~14-25% at Ultra; High is far cheaper (~6%)
#3
Upscaling mode (DLSS/FSR Quality vs Balanced vs Performance)
#4
Post FX / Bloom — up to ~16-20% at Ultra
#5
Population Density and Extended Distance Scaling — CPU-bound (~9-11% combined)

Known Issues & Fixes

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. DLSS Super Resolution and DLAA work on all RTX GPUs, plus DLSS Frame Generation and DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation (up to 4x) on RTX 40/50. AMD cards get FSR 3 with Frame Generation, and FSR 4 was added for newer Radeons via a mid-2025 driver update. NVIDIA quotes up to a 3.9x FPS uplift at 4K maxed with MFG.

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