DirectX 3.0 GTA San Andreas is a popular graphics overhaul mod created by (also known as Makalaby)

This guide was updated for 2025. GTA San Andreas remains one of the best-selling games of all time. Treat your PC – and your game – to the correct DirectX version today.

The original PC port of GTA San Andreas is notoriously buggy. The community-made fixes hundreds of glitches, gameplay bugs, and modern resolution issues. It restores broken graphics settings. It fixes the frame limiter problems.

Before you can run the DirectX 3.0 graphics engine, your base game must be clean and ready to accept heavy mods.