GTA 5 benchmark: instructions and informative value

If you want to play GTA 5 on your PC or laptop, the benchmark is a useful tool. The following instructions explain how to do this. We also clarify the question of what significance the benchmark really has.

GTA 5 benchmark: a guide

The benchmark is quite easy to find in GTA 5. This is located at the bottom right of the screen within the graphics menu. The game checks the values ​​of your graphics hardware over a period of several minutes and then saves them for you in a document. The following instructions make it easier for you to run the benchmark in GTA 5:

• The benchmark should only be run after completing the "Franklin and Lamar" mission. This completes the majority of the tutorial and thus ensures the best results.
• The benchmark is executed using the "Tabulator" key.
• To achieve the most meaningful result, you should run the benchmark three times in total. You set the graphics settings to the maximum value and only change the screen resolution with each pass.
• First 1, 280 x 720 without AA / AF, then 1, 920 x 1, 080 with FXAA and 16: 1 AF and finally 1, 920 x 1, 080 with FXAA and 16: 1 AF plus 3x MSAA.
• The motion blur and shadows have only a minor influence on the benchmark and are therefore not set to the maximum.
• Unless otherwise specified, the results can be viewed via the path C: \ Users \ "Your user name" \ Documents \ Rockstar Games \ GTA V \ Benchmarks . The results are saved as a txt file.

The meaningfulness of the integrated GTA V benchmark

The integrated GTA 5 benchmark is not necessarily meaningful. As such, it only counts how much FPS - i.e. frames per second - the game reaches with certain settings. This way you can see how your system is running at the highest settings in Full HD and HD. However, it does not show which settings should be changed with little FPS. It is therefore difficult to calibrate GTA 5 on weaker machines using the benchmark program.

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