Gmod FPS Boost & Best Settings Guide

In this article, we will discuss how to increase your PC’s FPS and your overall experience with Garry’s mod on your computer. Getting the best FPS will get you into Garry’s Mod; you make sure you don’t lose its benefits.

Having a well-optimized PC is essential to experience the smoothest and most responsive gaming at the highest frame rate per second. I will share this with you in this article. Rest assured that if you follow the steps in this guide, you will finally feel the experience of playing Garry’s Mod like you’ve never experienced before.

Gmod FPS Boost & Best Settings – In-Game Settings:

Go to the Video – Advanced options and set them as follows:

• Model Detail: High
• Texture detail: high
• Shader Detail: Low
• Water detail: simple reflections
• Shadow Detail: Low
• Color Correction: Disabled
• Anti-aliasing mode: 2x MSAA
• Filter Mode: Bilinear
• Waiting for vertical sync: Disabled
• Motion Blur: Disabled
• Field of View: 75 (min)
• Multicore Display: Enabled
• High Dynamic Range None
• Use bloom effect if available: No

Gmod FPS Boost & Best Settings – Config (Autoexec.cfg):

Go to Garry’s Mod Folder, then cfg, find the autoexec.cfg and open it with Notepad++. If you can’t find the file, create it (autoexec.cfg) with notepad++

• sv_cheats 1
• r_lod 8
• mat_dxlevel 70
• mat_picmip 4
• mat_showlowresimage 1

Close the autoexec.cfg file and save:

To load these graphics options during gameplay, open the console and type exec autoexec.cfg.

There are tons of cheat codes and console commands in Garry’s mod; you can check them here: cheat codes and console commands.

Gmod FPS Boost & Best Settings – DirectX:

Depending on the quality of your PC, there are better DirectX options:

• Low-end PCs (low graphics): the best choice is DirectX 70 (cmd – mat_dxlevel 70)
• Standard PCs (average graphics): The best choice is DirectX 80 (cmd – mat_dxlevel 80) or DirectX 81 (cmd – mat_dxlevel 81)
• Best PCs (nice graphics): the best choice is DirectX 90 (cmd – mat_dxlevel 90) or DirectX 95 (cmd – mat_dxlevel 95)

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Gmod FPS Boost & Best Settings – External Settings:

Did you ever get the system requirements (Minimum and Recommended), you must:

Graphics card settings for Garry’s mod:

• Update your graphics card drivers
• Max Performance: go to 3D settings – Adjust Image settings and choose max performance
• Anti-aliasing: Off
• Texture filtering: high performance

Computer settings for Garry’s mod:

• Windows Performance: Properties > Advanced settings > Performance, if you uncheck everything there.
• Disable Core Parking: Win + R at the same time > type msconfig > Boot > Advanced options, once there: max number of processors
• Disable startup programs: Win + R at the same time > type msconfig > Startup tab > once there, uncheck what you don’t need
• Power Options: Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Power Options; once there: high performance

Monitor settings for Garry’s mod:

If all else fails, change your screen resolution depending on the monitor you have:

• 1920×1080 = (1280×720)
• 1600×900 = (1280×720)
• 1366×768 = (800×600)
• 1024×768 = (640×480)
• 640×480 = (320×210)