To ensure smooth gameplay in Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5), you need to meet the recommended system requirements and consider optimizing the game settings for your hardware. Here are the detailed requirements and optimization tips:

### Minimum System Requirements
– **Operating System**: Windows 10 64 Bit, Windows 8.1 64 Bit, Windows 8 64 Bit, Windows 7 64 Bit Service Pack 1.
– **Processor**: Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs) / AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs) @ 2.5GHz.
– **Memory**: 4 GB RAM.
– **Video Card**: NVIDIA 9800 GT 1GB / AMD HD 4870 1GB (DX 10, 10.1, 11).
– **Sound Card**: 100% DirectX 10 compatible.
– **HDD Space**: 72 GB.

### Recommended System Requirements
– **Operating System**: Windows 10 64 Bit, Windows 8.1 64 Bit, Windows 8 64 Bit, Windows 7 64 Bit Service Pack 1.
– **Processor**: Intel Core i5 3470 @ 3.2GHz (4 CPUs) / AMD X8 FX-8350 @ 4GHz (8 CPUs).
– **Memory**: 8 GB RAM.
– **Video Card**: NVIDIA GTX 660 2GB / AMD HD7870 2GB.
– **Sound Card**: 100% DirectX 10 compatible.
– **HDD Space**: 72 GB.

### Best System Requirements
For the best experience:
– **Operating System**: Windows 10.
– **Processor**: Intel Core i7 10th Gen chipset / AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8 Cores up to 4.4GHz 36MB Cache AM4 Socket.
– **Memory**: 16 GB DDR4 RAM.
– **Video Card**: Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB.
– **Sound Card**: 100% DirectX 10 compatible.
– **SSD**: 128 GB.

### Optimization Tips
1. **Use Dedicated Graphics**:
– Ensure the game is running on a dedicated graphics card to improve performance. This is especially important if your PC has both onboard and dedicated graphics.

2. **Adjust In-Game Settings**:
– Lower settings like shadow quality, reflection blur, and texture quality to improve performance on low-end devices.
– Disable shadows entirely by changing the ShadowQuality value to ‘0’ in the settings.xml file.
– Disable auto scan for music and network usage to reduce memory usage.

3. **Frame Rate Limiting**:
– Use tools to limit the frame rate to a stable value, especially if your CPU is bottlenecking.

4. **Switch to Performance Mode**:
– Open Settings on your Windows PC, go to the System section, and click on Power and Battery. Choose Best Performance to allocate more computing power to the game.

5. **Adjust Population Density and Variety**:
– Lowering these settings can reduce the load on your CPU and improve performance.

6. **Disable High Detail Streaming While Flying**:
– This setting can be CPU-intensive, so disabling it might help if you’re experiencing performance issues.

7. **Disable Extended Distance Scaling**:
– This setting can cause significant CPU overhead, so disabling it can help achieve higher frame rates.

8. **Keep Advanced Graphics Settings Balanced**:
– Enable long shadows and high resolution shadows if your GPU can handle it, but disable soft shadows if they mask the visual impact of high resolution shadows.

By meeting the recommended system requirements and adjusting the game settings according to your hardware, you can ensure smooth gameplay in GTA 5.