Grand Theft Auto V is an action-adventure game played from either a first-person or third-person view. Players complete missions—linear scenarios with set objectives—to progress through the story.
Outside of missions, players can freely roam the open world. Composed of the San Andreas open countryside area and the fictional city of Los Santos, the world of Grand Theft Auto V is much larger in area than earlier entries in the series.
The world may be fully explored from the beginning of the game without restrictions, although story progress unlocks more gameplay content. (Wikipedia).
We maximised every slider – FXAA was enabled, although we left all other Anti Aliasing settings disabled – based on reader feedback from previous reviews. ‘Ignore Suggested Limits’ was turned ‘ON’. The 2560×1440 and 3820×2160 (4K) resolutions were tested.
We found some intensive sections of the Grand Theft Auto 5 world and tested each card multiple times to confirm accuracy. These settings typically demand around 3.5GB of GPU memory at 1440p and just over 4GB at 4K.
These results indicate stability at 1440P and an almost-playable experience at 4K. 4K gaming is a really, really tough task for a video card, and Grand Theft Auto V is a seriously demanding title. You’ll get a reasonable experience by reducing the graphics detail a bit (in practice we’re not sure any anti-aliasing is needed at this resolution).