GTA 5 is an amazing game that is pretty well-optimized and can even run on old PCs. Although, you’ll have to choose the lowest graphic settings, set the highest priority for the game and kill all other processes. This should help to avoid lags and texture pop-ins. You can watch a video on how to optimize the game if you have any problems.
Lowering graphic setting doesn’t always help and even GTX GIGABYTE 960 users run into lags and freezes. A cheap way to increase your performance is to buy additional RAM. You need at least 6 Gb of RAM to play GTA Online. Newer graphics cards have special drivers that allow you to increase your performance in many different games, including GTA 5 Another way would be to defragment your disks. This will speed up the process of reading files and information, thus increasing your FPS.
If you want to enjoy the game with all its amazing graphics and views, it’s better to buy a new PC or upgrade the old one. Otherwise, lowering your graphic settings should help.
