Gmod FPS Boost & Best Settings Guide
In this article, we will discuss how you can increase the FPS of your PC and your overall experience with Garry’s mod on your computer. By getting the best FPS, you can get in Garry’s Mod; you are ensuring you’re not losing its advantages.
It’s essential to have a properly optimized PC to experience the most fluid and responsive gaming with the highest frame rate per second. This is what I’m going to share with you in this article. Be assured that if you adhere to the steps in this guide, you’ll finally feel the experience of playing Garry’s Mod as you’ve never experienced before.

Gmod FPS Boost & Best Settings – In-Game Settings:
Go to the Video – Advanced options and set them like this:
- Model Detail: High
- Texture Detail: High
- Shader Detail: Low
- Water Detail: Simple Reflections
- Shadow Detail: Low
- Color Correction: Disabled
- Antialiasing mode: 2x MSAA
- Filtering mode: Bilinear
- Wait for vertical sync: Disabled
- Motion Blur: Disabled
- Field of view: 75 (min)
- Multicore Rendering: Enabled
- High Dynamic Range None
- Use bloom effect when available: No
Gmod FPS Boost & Best Settings – Config (Autoexec.cfg):
Go to Garry’s Mod Folder, then to cfg, find the autoexec.cfg, and open it with Notepad++. If you don’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 when you are playing, 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 your PC quality, there are better DirectX options:
- Low End Pcs (Low graphics): The best choice would be DirectX 70 (cmd – mat_dxlevel 70)
- Standard Pcs (Medium graphics): The best choice would be DirectX 80 (cmd – mat_dxlevel 80) or DirectX 81 (cmd – mat_dxlevel 81)
- Best Pcs (Nice graphics): The best choice would be DirectX 90 (cmd – mat_dxlevel 90) or DirectX 95 (cmd – mat_dxlevel 95)
Do you want more Best settings & FPS Boost guides? then check:
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- Hell Let Loose
Gmod FPS Boost & Best Settings – External Settings:
Have you ever checked the System Requirements (Minimum and Recommended), you should:
Graphics Card Settings for Garry’s mod:
- Update your graphics card drivers
- Max Performance: go to 3d settings – Adjust Image settings and there choose max performance
- Antialiasing: Off
- Texture Filtering: High Performance
Computer Settings for Garry’s mod:
- Windows Performance: Properties > Advanced Settings > Performance, once there uncheck all.
- Disable Core Parking: Win + R simultaneously > type msconfig > Boot > Advanced Options, once there: max number of processors
- Disable Startup Programs:Win + R simultaneously > 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:
Just if everything else does not work, 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)
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