Optimization for low end PCs

[Stugbit]

Guys, how optmized is this game for weaker PCs? Back then, Rock Star did a good job optimzing GTA V.

[MonkeyGamesVR]

Not so much! This game needs a 'good' pc to run. Optimazation is good when your pc specs are good, so thats about how far the story goes.

🙏namastè

[PapaCrazy]

Originally posted by MonkeyGamesVR:

Optimazation is good when your pc specs are good, so thats about how far the story goes.

🙏namastè

You mean performance, not optimization. You tell quite a simplified story.

OP, it's not optimized well. Needs hardware that can strong arm its way to smooth performance. The range of performance is narrow too. The best you could hope for even with a strong PC is decent. GPUs more than a couple gens old will have issues. Weaker CPUs will struggle too.

[Stainless Steel Rat]

Depends on what kind of spec. However, do know it can run on a GTX 970 lowish graphics but it works.

[NoSavy¯\_(ツ)_/¯]

Love how people throw out the smart words like optimization.

[Stugbit]

I have here a GTX 1050. With GTA V it works reasonable.

[Stugbit]

Originally posted by NoSavy¯\_(ツ)_/¯:

Love how people throw out the smart words like optimization.

Optmization is a smart word? I said it because Rock Star titles usually came as ports from console versions. At least this is what I hear people saying. So it`s a matter of how good they made the transfer for PC. And if it works good for those on the minimum specs range as well, you see?

[CunkFeatures]

Originally posted by Stugbit:

Originally posted by NoSavy¯\_(ツ)_/¯:

Love how people throw out the smart words like optimization.

Optmization is a smart word?

+1

Someone failed at school... "op op op optim optimization. Hey mum I did it! I did a big word!"

[Stugbit]

Originally posted by tomtalk24:

Originally posted by Stugbit:

Optmization is a smart word?

+1

Someone failed at school... "op op op optim optimization. Hey mum I did it! I did a big word!"

Pretty much. I`m a half-alphabetized Brazilian and I know what optimization is.

[SpunkyJones]

Originally posted by Stugbit:

I have here a GTX 1050. With GTA V it works reasonable.

Thats irrelevant. Its over 5 years old at this point.

[Ancient]

Originally posted by Stugbit:

I have here a GTX 1050. With GTA V it works reasonable.

In RDR2, it will work reasonable. It will suck, because the GPU is a 3.5 year old entry-level PoS. But it will perform reasonably and as expected for an entry-level PoS GPU: not very well.

With a GTX 770 being min spec, a GTX 1050 is below min spec: https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-770-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1050/2174vs3650

[MAXE]

The Evga Gtx 1060 6gb can run the game just fine, if your pc got a decent Cpu and enough ram.. even the old Gtx 970 ti can run it smooth .. Gtx 1080 ti is kinda overkill .. and any RTX super should be overkill aswell.. but the game requires to much of the GPU processor .. idk if it is to much 3d mesh or what, but something is eating up the GPU power in the game, the Ark Developers notice it and is trying to fix the issue, idk if the game developers of this game will do the same ?

They could take some of the GPU load off by using photo realistic graphics on still-pictures like house´s, tree lumbers, dirt, grass, rocks / stones, ground and wires and so on, stuff you know would take alot of GPU power to render in 3d .. you could even use it on still standing shadows to take some of the 3d rendering loads off the gpu ..

That would give the gpu more power to render moveing 3d objects in higher detailed graphics, such as moveing shadows, sun and lights ..

[GOD RAYS ON ULTRA™]

Originally posted by Stugbit:

Guys, how optmized is this game for weaker PCs? Back then, Rock Star did a good job optimzing GTA V.

There's tons of graphic settings. I find it the most optimized game ever. You can change everything from resolution scale mode to water, trees, even clouds. Shadows have several options also. Reflections, terrain, API choice. For me, this game is "the example" of optimized.
What's not optimized are users PCs. They buy high-end gear that they're unfamiliar with or don't know how to setup properly. And they all show up with very high expectations of what their PC can actually do.
Everything is controlled by marketing hype. Look at the boxes these GPUs come in. All over it says "dx 12" "OVERCLOCKER" "Ray trace" "get an edge"" lol these companies want you to believe that your machine is the fastest on the planet for every game. So what happens when it isn't? People complain, blaming optimization. Meanwhile, you could just tweak the 40-50 graphic settings and get it playable. But they won't because they paid a grip for their setup.

That's why I always use old ♥♥♥♥. The new ♥♥♥♥ is overhyped.

I just threw this cheap ♥♥♥♥ together this week and it runs the game beautifully:

Intel Xeon e3 v2 1230
8Gb dual-channel viper 3 series
GTX 1050ti

[PanzerRabbit]

Been running it like a charm on a mix of high to ultra settings for 360+ hours on a GTX 970 with 4 GB. CPU is i7 4790. 16 GB RAM helps a lot. So does a fast SSHD. Just shut down stuff that does not need to run, and you should be fine. It has crashed 5 times. 3 of those crashes were my fault. (too much stuff running in the background)

[🍁𝑨𝒔𝒉𝑭𝒐𝒙🍁]

Originally posted by Stugbit:

I have here a GTX 1050. With GTA V it works reasonable.

Don't know about your other parts, but based on the GPU alone, you'll get 30-40 fps on the absolute lowest settings since you only have 2GB of vram which isn't enough for AAA gaming in 2020, regardless of how optimized a game is.
The "my GPU could handle this previous game so it should run *insert a whole new game*" is irrelevant. GTX 1050 is an entry level card that came out a year AFTER GTAV's pc release so it's only natural it'd give reasonable performance.

Then again, if you're willing to turn the settings down, you should be able to get fairly playable performance out of it, provided your other parts are up to the task.
https://youtu.be/g1VFXxv_19Q
https://youtu.be/FNy_j2MtwBo

[bigbenisdaman]

Like, settings/textures/etc go pretty low. As long as you meet min. req. you should be fine for 720p gaming.