GTA 5 Looks Jaw Dropping With This PC Mod

@lisandrocalejo: I wasn't talking about the article and mods. I was talking about my previous comment where I was comparing percentage usage of different graphics cards from Steam Hardware Stats.

It is clear according to the data from Steam that just as many people use middle of the range graphics cards such as the GTX 760 and GTX 660 than use the top end cards such as the 970 and 980.

My point was mods like this and mods in general tend to require quite a lot of power to run. Especially ones which upgrade textures. I suggested that using a GTX 970 or lower might give less than ideal performance when running a game that looks like those screen shots.

Which goes against the previous comments that if consoles didn't exist all games would look like this. Which I seriously doubt because the majority of people are using graphics cards that are less powerful than a 970. If a 970 struggles with this level of graphics then MOST people would struggle. Games are made for the average system.

If consoles didn't exist PC graphics might be better than they are now but they sure wouldn't be THAT much better. Most PC exclusive games don't even look as good as those screenshots.

@Saidrex: Are you sure you know how computers work or are you just butt hurt because someone pointed out that this PC fan was talking out of his ass?

This mod INCREASES graphic fidelity. It doesn't matter how you cut it, increased graphics requires FASTER hardware.

The GTX 970 (the most commonly used card on Steam) can't run the base game at 1080p max settings as seen by the video I linked above. So it isn't going to be able to run the mod at 60fps either.

Sure you might be able to tweak settings here and there but then the game still won't look like these screen shots in that case.

Also as you mentioned, mods are unoptimised meaning you need EVEN BETTER hardware to brute force the shit coding.

So no matter how you look at it, games created specifically for PC won't look like this at all because the average gamer wouldn't be able to run it!

@Saidrex: No they can't but considering this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vCM1ffXGhY

shows GTA V running on a 970 on ultra at 1080p and it can't even hit consistent 60fps without mods.

With mods and increase in graphics to the level seen in these screen shots it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that the fps will drop. So in the 970s case it will be heading quickly towards 30fps.