Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V (DirectX 11)


From one of the biggest series in gaming history, the latest iteration of the Grand Theft Auto titles is a stunning collection of graphics and gameplay. The PC version adds new features like an optional first-person mode and increases visual fidelity dramatically, making this one of the best looking and most GPU-demanding games available.

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Settings used for GTA V Testing

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Settings used for GTA V Testing

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Settings used for GTA V Testing

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Settings used for GTA V Testing

GTA V continues to stress GPUs, even the powerful GTX 1080. At 2560×1440, NVIDIA's latest card runs at just over 80 FPS and perfectly matches the results from the pair of GeForce GTX 980 cards running in SLI! AMD's Fury X is actually slower than the GTX 980 in result – not a great showing for Radeon.

The first thing you notice at 4K is how much more stutter and frame time variance there is with the Fury X compared to the GTX 1080 or any single GPU NVIDIA card. At 45 FPS, the GTX 1080 is significantly faster than GTX 980 Ti and Fury X, giving another huge performance advantage to NVIDIA.

GeForce GTX 1080 8GB, Average FPS Comparisons, Grand Theft Auto V
  GTX 980 Ti GTX 980 R9 Fury X GTX 980 SLI
2560×1440 +25% +58% +68% +0%
3840×2160 +29% +67% +50% -10%

This table presents the above data in a more basic way, focusing only on the average FPS, so keep that in mind. The GTX 1080 is 25-30% faster than the GTX 980 Ti and ~60% faster than the GTX 980; it's just fun to say these things out loud finally. The Fury X suffers as well with the memory consumption of our test settings in GTA V, falling well behind what GP104 can do. Heck, even the GTX 980 SLI configuration is struggling to keep up this new powerhouse!

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