The perfect settings for the AMD Radeon R9 270X

[Credipede]

Hi there,

these are my recommended settings for everyone who uses an AMD Radeon R9 270X / ASUS Radeon R9 270X or a graphic card which is equal to the AMD Radeon R9 270X / ASUS Radeon R9 270X. The game is running mostly on 60 FPS or higher for me, with a bit lower FPS when driving, but as far as I know that's normal.

In addition to the ASUS Radeon R9 270X which I'm using, I'm also using the Intel Core i5 4460 @ 4x 3.2GHz and 8GB RAM.

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Ignore Suggested Limits: On // Really important, otherwise you won't be able to use some settings
DirectX Version: DirectX 11

Screen Type: Fullscreen // Depends on preference
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 // Depends on preference
Aspect Ratio: Auto // Depends on preference
Refresh Rate: 60 HZ // Depends on preference
Output Monitor: 1 // Depends on preference

FXAA: On
MSAA: Off
VSync: Off
Pause Game on Focus Loss: On // Depends on preference

Population Density: Maxed
Population Variety: Maxed
Distance Scaling: Maxed

Texture Quality: High
Shader Quality: High
Shadow Quality: High
Reflection Quality: High
Reflection MSAA: Off
Water Quality: High
Particles Quality: High
Grass Quality: High
Soft Shadows: AMD CHS
Post FX: High
Motion Blur Strenght: Lowest // Depends on preference
In-Game Depth Of Field Effects: Off // Depends on preference
Anisotropic Filtering: X16
Ambient Occlusion: High
Tessellation: High

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You could probably turn some settings lower or higher if you want to, but for me these settings are working very well. The game looks very pleasing and the FPS are great. I hope I helped the most of the people who have an AMD Radeon R9 270X / ASUS Radeon R9 270X or an equal graphic card with these settings.

Regards,
Incredipede

[MrBoombasthicc]

+1 Thanks! This worked great for me.

[RingozwenY]

Thanks for these settings! What about advanced graphic options? :)

[Credipede]

Originally posted by RingozwenY:

Thanks for these settings! What about advanced graphic options? :)

I didn't change anything there, as far as I know they don't really enchance the game and just drop performance.

[WARGHATE]

and for AMD R9 280X

[RingozwenY]

How did u put 60hz? Because for me it's capped at 59hz.

[Machin Shin]

your settings suck msaa of is stupid and looks bad, look at my review and use this settings (a good cpu is needed)

[Credipede]

Originally posted by PitchBlackSun:

your settings suck msaa of is stupid and looks bad, look at my review and use this settings (a good cpu is needed)

How about FXAA. In my opinion MSAA turned off still looks awesome. Have fun dropping your FPS with MSAA.

[RingozwenY]

After some testing, I had to reduce soft shadows from AMD CHS to softest because in some parts of the map I got fps drop. For the rest, these settings are perfect! :)

[Credipede]

Originally posted by RingozwenY:

After some testing, I had to reduce soft shadows from AMD CHS to softest because in some parts of the map I got fps drop. For the rest, these settings are perfect! :)

Well, that may be reasonable! I'm using the ASUS R9 270X which is a bit stronger than the "normal" AMD R9 270X. However I'm also using the latest beta driver which is optimized for GTA V.

[Edge_Master]

How are you able to have textures on high?

I've tried turning everything down and I still can't get past normal?

Is there something special you gotta do?

I'm using same card, windforce 270x, 2gb.

[Pig Mac]

The latest beta AMD-card drivers were really good.. mate went from impossible to run 5 seconds lagspikes to totally fluid.

[Credipede]

Originally posted by FXAA™_User:

How are you able to have textures on high?

I've tried turning everything down and I still can't get past normal?

Is there something special you gotta do?

I'm using same card, windforce 270x, 2gb.

Is it lagging for you if you turn it to high or does it block you from turning it to high? If it's lagging for you if you turned it to high, it would be weird as the Gigabyte Windforce R9 270X is stronger than my ASUS R9 270X. If it's blocking you from turning to to high, change the first option "Ignore Suggested Limits" to "on".

[Edge_Master]

Originally posted by Incredipede:

Originally posted by FXAA™_User:

How are you able to have textures on high?

I've tried turning everything down and I still can't get past normal?

Is there something special you gotta do?

I'm using same card, windforce 270x, 2gb.

Is it lagging for you if you turn it to high or does it block you from turning it to high? If it's lagging for you if you turned it to high, it would be weird as the Gigabyte Windforce R9 270X is stronger than my ASUS R9 270X. If it's blocking you from turning to to high, change the first option "Ignore Suggested Limits" to "on".

Got it to work.

Seems weird that you can use more than your memory and not instantly notice slow downs.

I'll give it a good test tomorrow.

[Credipede]

Originally posted by FXAA™_User:

Originally posted by Incredipede:

Is it lagging for you if you turn it to high or does it block you from turning it to high? If it's lagging for you if you turned it to high, it would be weird as the Gigabyte Windforce R9 270X is stronger than my ASUS R9 270X. If it's blocking you from turning to to high, change the first option "Ignore Suggested Limits" to "on".

Got it to work.

Seems weird that you can use more than your memory and not instantly notice slow downs.

I'll give it a good test tomorrow.

Once again, the value is just an estimated value by the game. You can check your actual VRAM usage with a software like MSI Afterburner.

[SHPROTbl]

Thank you!