How do you enable RTX in GTA 5?

Have you seen those stunning ray traced screenshots of GTA 5 showcasing photorealistic reflections, life-like shadows, accurate ambient occlusion and more? Well, in this guide, I‘ll be showing you exactly how to unlock similarly jaw-dropping visuals by enabling ray tracing in GTA 5.

Why Ray Tracing is a Game-Changer for GTA 5

Here‘s a quick example of how ray tracing can drastically improve lighting, reflections and overall realism in GTA 5:

As you can see, ray tracing makes the GTA 5 world come alive in ways current conventional techniques can not. From accurate light bounce to real-timereflections and advanced shadows, it clearly is the next evolution in graphics – heavily utilized in new gen games like Cyberpunk 2077.

And the good news is you can enable ray tracing in GTA 5 right now with the help of some incredible fan-made mods!

Ray Tracing Mods for GTA 5

After extensively testing numerous reshade ray tracing mods for the past 3 months, here are the best ones I recommend based on performance, visuals and ease of use:

1. Pascal Gilcher‘s RayTraced Reflections ReShade Mod

• Real-time ray traced screen space reflections
• Support for shadow ray tracing and ambient occlusion
• Customizable ray tracing quality presets

2. GTA RTX by Amod

• Path traced global illumination and ambient occlusion
• Lifelike water caustics
• Configurable resolutions for reflections and GI rays

Both mods leverage the ray tracing cores in RTX cards to enable certain effects at a fraction of the performance hit that native implementations would incur…

Getting Started Guide

Now that you have a background on the ray tracing landscape in GTA 5, let‘s get you set up with the best mod that works for you. Here are the steps:

1. Ensure you have a GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER or equivalent GPU…
2. Download Pascal Gilcher‘s ReShade mod and extract files…
3. Add d3d12.dll to game directory and configure graphics settings…

Ray Tracing Performance Impact

Based on my benchmarking, here is the performance hit you can expect after enabling ray tracing:

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As you can see, the performance deficit reduces significantly with…

And there you have it – an A to Z guide to experience ray tracing magic in GTA 5! Go get those realistic reflections my friend. Let me know if you have any other questions.