Settings Help - Sudden Decrease in Graphics

[Maximillius 9]

Hey all,

 

I was wondering if I could get some help with my settings for GTA V. I used to be able to run GTA V without any issues until recently it started to lag, textures drop when driving fast etc.  I recently tried a mod from GTA5 Mods called "Best High Settings For Medium and Low PC 3.1.2 " and it seems to have made everything worse. Now the scenery loads for a minute, then invisible roads, invisible buildings, and I can see through the map.

 

So I deleted my mods folder, deleted my settings and restored them to default. Still, graphics except for the car mods I reinstalled, suck.  I am running the non-steam version and I am in the process of verifying game data to make sure nothing is corrupted. But I could use some help getting some decent settings for my computer. 

 

First of all, it's not an amazing PC. It's a laptop that I have been able to play games on as well as do school work. It's an Asus Q551L. System stats are the following:

 

OS: Windows 10

Processor: i7-4510 CPU @ 2.00 GHz 2.60 GHz

RAM: 8GB

Video Card: GeForce 840M

Direct3D API Version: 12

Direct3D Feature Level: 11

Graphics Dock: 1029 MHz

Memory Data Rate: 1800 MHz

Memory Bandwidth: 14.40GB/s

Total Available Graphics: 6085 MB

Dedicated Video Memory: 2048 MB DDR3

 

Like I said, I know the computer isn't amazing. I used to have no issues though. If anyone could help with suggested settings or recommendations please let me know!

 

Settings:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<Settings>
  <version value="27" />
  <configSource>SMC_AUTO</configSource>
  <graphics>
    <Tessellation value="0" />
    <LodScale value="3.000000" />
    <PedLodBias value="0.900000" />
    <VehicleLodBias value="0.000000" />
    <ShadowQuality value="1" />
    <ReflectionQuality value="0" />
    <ReflectionMSAA value="0" />
    <SSAO value="0" />
    <AnisotropicFiltering value="0" />
    <MSAA value="0" />
    <MSAAFragments value="0" />
    <MSAAQuality value="0" />
    <SamplingMode value="0" />
    <TextureQuality value="1" />
    <ParticleQuality value="2" />
    <WaterQuality value="0" />
    <GrassQuality value="1" />
    <ShaderQuality value="1" />
    <Shadow_SoftShadows value="1" />
    <UltraShadows_Enabled value="false" />
    <Shadow_ParticleShadows value="false" />
    <Shadow_Distance value="1.000000" />
    <Shadow_LongShadows value="false" />
    <Shadow_SplitZStart value="1.300000" />
    <Shadow_SplitZEnd value="1.300000" />
    <Shadow_aircraftExpWeight value="0.090000" />
    <Shadow_DisableScreenSizeCheck value="false" />
    <Reflection_MipBlur value="false" />
    <FXAA_Enabled value="true" />
    <TXAA_Enabled value="false" />
    <Lighting_FogVolumes value="true" />
    <Shader_SSA value="true" />
    <DX_Version value="2" />
    <CityDensity value="1.000000" />
    <PedVarietyMultiplier value="-4.700000" />
    <VehicleVarietyMultiplier value="-4.700000" />
    <PostFX value="2" />
    <DoF value="false" />
    <HdStreamingInFlight value="false" />
    <MaxLodScale value="-0.300000" />
    <MotionBlurStrength value="0.000000" />
  </graphics>
  <system>
    <numBytesPerReplayBlock value="0" />
    <numReplayBlocks value="0" />
    <maxSizeOfStreamingReplay value="0" />
    <maxFileStoreSize value="65536" />
  </system>
  <audio>
    <Audio3d value="false" />
  </audio>
  <video>
    <AdapterIndex value="0" />
    <OutputIndex value="0" />
    <ScreenWidth value="1600" />
    <ScreenHeight value="900" />
    <RefreshRate value="59" />
    <Windowed value="0" />
    <VSync value="0" />
    <Stereo value="0" />
    <Convergence value="0.100000" />
    <Separation value="0.000000" />
    <PauseOnFocusLoss value="1" />
    <AspectRatio value="0" />
  </video>
  <VideoCardDescription>NVIDIA GeForce 840M</VideoCardDescription>
</Settings>