Grand Theft Auto V PC System Requirement Thread

[DlZZEE]

@thestig93 wtf are you stupid? I was replying to DaRkL3AD3R.

[ayushisrocking]

My 2 cents:

Minimum( Absolute minimum ):
CPU: Core2Quad Q6400

RAM: 3GB DDR3

GPU: 8800GT

HDD: 25GB HD space
OS: Windows XP SP3 or above, Windows 8.1 recommended

Edited June 12, 2014 by ayushisrocking

[DlZZEE]

My 2 cents:

 

Minimum( Absolute minimum ):

CPU: Core2Quad Q6400

RAM: 3GB DDR3

GPU: 8800GT

HDD: 25GB HD space

OS: Windows XP SP3 or above, Windows 8.1 recommended

My guess is similar but I'm not sure about WinXP and DX9. The new version will be improved heavily from last gen but It's still the same game guys, it uses the same engine and all. I hope Rockstar will optimize it so it runs well on wide range of hardware with many graphics options .

Edited June 12, 2014 by DlZZEE

[thestig93]

@thestig93 wtf are you stupid? I was replying to DaRkL3AD3R.

Well, it was an honest mistake. No need to be rude. But Darkloader is not wrong, even though he's not entirely right. If he is suggesting an i5 4440 as minimum requirement then definitely no. But if he has an i5 750 in mind which is a mid range CPU from 2009, then of course. The minimum requirements for AC4 and Watch Dogs were a Q8400. GTYA V is definitely gonna have a little bit more than that as a requirement. As as I said if I had to guess - Q9000-Q9300/ i5 750. btw those games I mentioned ran on weaker CPUs than the Q8400 but they really ran like crap. Believe me, I have experience with this.

Edited June 12, 2014 by thestig93

[DlZZEE]

 

@thestig93 wtf are you stupid? I was replying to DaRkL3AD3R.

Well, it was an honest mistake. No need to be rude.

 

Ok I'm sorry for being rude but your answers made no sense, DaRkL3AD3R should reply to it.

[Antaxi]

i think it will work on minimum on low-end pc

wit 2 cores 2 gigs ram and 786 gb of video ram

btw its 1st gen Rage from 2006 its almost 8 years old enige

no worries

[T-ru]

i think it will work on minimum on low-end pc

wit 2 cores 2 gigs ram and 786 gb of video ram

btw its 1st gen Rage from 2006 its almost 8 years old enige

no worries

It's good to be right, but the engine is updated, the first update is in RDR then MP3 and now gtaV or maybe in GTAV it's not updated (or maybe just small update) because of x360 and ps3 and in the PC,X1,PS4 will be added only more objects, vegetation, peds, cars, some visual effects and better A.I.

[michael85225]

I hope they have the option to switch to ps3/Xbox 360 graphics because I have an older laptop with an AMD A8-3500m processor and 6620g graphics and can play GTA IV at medium settings but it's sure not going to be able to handle all these crazy ass graphics shown in the new trailer. Who knows, maybe the lower settings will equal the last gen consoles graphics.

[Washuchan]

I'd say the system requirements would be around Max Payne 3 or Higher. Watch Dogs has pretty different requirements from the other PC games and people keep confusing both anyway. Lets have a look at Max Payne 3 specs:

 

LOWEST TESTED SPECS

Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)

Intel Dual Core 2.4 GHZ or AMD Dual Core 2.6 GHZ, or better

2GB System RAM

NVIDIA® GeForce 8600 GT 512MB RAM

or AMD Radeon™ HD 3400 512MB RAM

 

LOW RECOMMENDED SPECS

Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)

Intel Dual Core 3GHz or AMD equivalent

3GB System RAM

NVIDIA® GeForce 450 512MB RAM

or AMD Radeon™ HD 4870 512MB RAM

 

HIGH RECOMMENDED SPECS

Windows 7/Vista (32 or 64 bit)

Intel i7 Quad Core 2.8Ghz or AMD equivalent

3GB System RAM

NVIDIA® GeForce 480 1GB RAM

or AMD Radeon™ HD 5870 1GB RAM

 

HIGHEST TESTED SPECS

Windows 7/Vista (64 bit)

Intel i7 3930K 6 Core x 3.06 GHZ

or AMD FX8150 8 Core x 3.6 GHZ

16GB System RAM

NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 680 2GB RAM

or AMD Radeon™ HD 7970 3GB RAM

 

Other Requirements

HDD Space: 35 GB

Sound Card: 100% Direct X 9.0 compatible – Direct X 9.0 compatible supporting Dolby Digital Live.

 

I think we can make a rough estimation of having an additional RAM of 1GB and 2GB additional hard disk space for running the game with Windows 8/8.1 (Service Pack 1) or higher.

 

 

My quick prediction:

 

Based on Max Payne 3 + a lil bit more

 

LOW RECOMMENDED SPECS

Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)

Intel Dual Core 3GHz or AMD equivalent -> 3.2GHz or 3.0Ghz quad Core

3GB System RAM -> 4GB RAM

NVIDIA® GeForce 450 512MB RAM -> 1GB DDR5 VRAM

or AMD Radeon™ HD 4870 512MB RAM

HIGH RECOMMENDED SPECS

Windows 7/Vista (32 or 64 bit)

Intel i7 Quad Core 2.8Ghz or AMD equivalent -> 3.5 GHz Quad Core

3GB System RAM -> 6-8GB RAM

NVIDIA® GeForce 480 1GB RAM -> GTX 660 / Radeon R9 270x

or AMD Radeon™ HD 5870 1GB RAM

 

Max payne uses the same engine so it is reasonable to assume there would be similar system requirements , perhaps more if they push the limits of the engine, and then again they might be slightly less if they have really optimized the engine (and they have had a chance to field test it with MP3 so that could be a possiblity.).

Edited June 12, 2014 by Washuchan

[DaRkL3AD3R]

 

 

@thestig93 wtf are you stupid? I was replying to DaRkL3AD3R.

Well, it was an honest mistake. No need to be rude. But Darkloader is not wrong, even though he's not entirely right. If he is suggesting an i5 4440 as minimum requirement then definitely no. But if he has an i5 750 in mind which is a mid range CPU from 2009, then of course. The minimum requirements for AC4 and Watch Dogs were a Q8400. GTYA V is definitely gonna have a little bit more than that as a requirement. As as I said if I had to guess - Q9000-Q9300/ i5 750. btw those games I mentioned ran on weaker CPUs than the Q8400 but they really ran like crap. Believe me, I have experience with this.

Yes bingo I was thinking of the old Nehalem series processors. Not the new Haswell.

 

The guy blew up on me and I don't even know why. I think the specs I had for the minimum was pretty realistic. Like minimum GTX 460 and i5 from 2009. If you have WORSE parts than that 5 years later you are doing it wrong. It's not like a GTX 750 Ti is expensive. And a Sandy Bridge quad core is like staple minimum processor you should have in 2014. It's not expensive either.

 

I honestly don't understand how anyone could be playing games on pc today with like an Athlon X2 and like a Radeon 4000 or below series or GTX 200 or lower.

[sasuke256]

 

I'd say the system requirements would be around Max Payne 3 or Higher. Watch Dogs has pretty different requirements from the other PC games and people keep confusing both anyway. Lets have a look at Max Payne 3 specs:

 

LOWEST TESTED SPECS

Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)

Intel Dual Core 2.4 GHZ or AMD Dual Core 2.6 GHZ, or better

2GB System RAM

NVIDIA® GeForce 8600 GT 512MB RAM

or AMD Radeon™ HD 3400 512MB RAM

 

LOW RECOMMENDED SPECS

Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)

Intel Dual Core 3GHz or AMD equivalent

3GB System RAM

NVIDIA® GeForce 450 512MB RAM

or AMD Radeon™ HD 4870 512MB RAM

 

HIGH RECOMMENDED SPECS

Windows 7/Vista (32 or 64 bit)

Intel i7 Quad Core 2.8Ghz or AMD equivalent

3GB System RAM

NVIDIA® GeForce 480 1GB RAM

or AMD Radeon™ HD 5870 1GB RAM

 

HIGHEST TESTED SPECS

Windows 7/Vista (64 bit)

Intel i7 3930K 6 Core x 3.06 GHZ

or AMD FX8150 8 Core x 3.6 GHZ

16GB System RAM

NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 680 2GB RAM

or AMD Radeon™ HD 7970 3GB RAM

 

Other Requirements

HDD Space: 35 GB

Sound Card: 100% Direct X 9.0 compatible – Direct X 9.0 compatible supporting Dolby Digital Live.

 

I think we can make a rough estimation of having an additional RAM of 1GB and 2GB additional hard disk space for running the game with Windows 8/8.1 (Service Pack 1) or higher.

 

 

My quick prediction:

 

Based on Max Payne 3 + a lil bit more

 

LOW RECOMMENDED SPECS

Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)

Intel Dual Core 3GHz or AMD equivalent -> 3.2GHz or 3.0Ghz quad Core

3GB System RAM -> 4GB RAM

NVIDIA® GeForce 450 512MB RAM -> 1GB DDR5 VRAM

or AMD Radeon™ HD 4870 512MB RAM

HIGH RECOMMENDED SPECS

Windows 7/Vista (32 or 64 bit)

Intel i7 Quad Core 2.8Ghz or AMD equivalent -> 3.5 GHz Quad Core

3GB System RAM -> 6-8GB RAM

NVIDIA® GeForce 480 1GB RAM -> GTX 660 / Radeon R9 270x

or AMD Radeon™ HD 5870 1GB RAM

 

Max payne uses the same engine so it is reasonable to assume there would be similar system requirements , perhaps more if they push the limits of the engine, and then again they might be slightly less if they have really optimized the engine (and they have had a chance to field test it with MP3 so that could be a possiblity.).

 

I totally agree.

[Bishie]

 

 

@thestig93 wtf are you stupid? I was replying to DaRkL3AD3R.

Well, it was an honest mistake. No need to be rude. But Darkloader is not wrong, even though he's not entirely right. If he is suggesting an i5 4440 as minimum requirement then definitely no. But if he has an i5 750 in mind which is a mid range CPU from 2009, then of course. The minimum requirements for AC4 and Watch Dogs were a Q8400. GTYA V is definitely gonna have a little bit more than that as a requirement. As as I said if I had to guess - Q9000-Q9300/ i5 750. btw those games I mentioned ran on weaker CPUs than the Q8400 but they really ran like crap. Believe me, I have experience with this.

Yes bingo I was thinking of the old Nehalem series processors. Not the new Haswell.

 

The guy blew up on me and I don't even know why. I think the specs I had for the minimum was pretty realistic. Like minimum GTX 460 and i5 from 2009. If you have WORSE parts than that 5 years later you are doing it wrong. It's not like a GTX 750 Ti is expensive. And a Sandy Bridge quad core is like staple minimum processor you should have in 2014. It's not expensive either.

 

I honestly don't understand how anyone could be playing games on pc today with like an Athlon X2 and like a Radeon 4000 or below series or GTX 200 or lower.

 

I'm inclined to agree with you. The notion that GTA V should run on aging hardware, particularly laptops with integrated or entry-level graphics, is just plain ludicrous.

GTA V is bound to be incredibly CPU and GPU intensive. Low-clocked, aging architecture will just not cut the mustard in this instance. (Even on low-medium settings!)

 

Edit: ALSO, Max Payne uses the same engine, but it was largely linear, and is not nearly as intricate in terms of physics, lighting, weather effects etc. In GTA V there is a great multitude of different variables to account for. They are not one and the same.

Edited June 12, 2014 by Bishie

[Shorty_F]

Guys, waiting for R* recommended specs, do you think that an i7 will be mandatory to really max out GTA V, or an i5 @4.2GHz will do the job ??

[thestig93]

Guys, waiting for R* recommended specs, do you think that an i7 will be mandatory to really max out GTA V, or an i5 @4.2GHz will do the job ??

Last generation i5s from 2012 (Ivy Bridge) don't bottleneck a 290X on Watch Dogs. I see no reason for GTA 5 to need anything above an i5 3570K for the highest settings.

 

 

 

 

The i5 3570K is actually quite powerful though. Check out that list and compare it with yours. http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php

 

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 - 2166 pts, this was one of the most popular high-end dual cores back in the day

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 - 2827 pts, the least powerful quad core CPU made by Intel

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 - 3194 pts, a mid range quad core from the Core 2 era

Intel Core i5 750 - 3745 pts, a mid range quad core from 2009

Intel Core i7 920 - 5004 pts, the affordable enthusiast CPU from 2008

Intel Core i3 4340 - 5276 pts, a modern brand new low end CPU

Intel Core i5 4690 - 7843 pts, the new addition to the Haswell range - mid-high end CPU

Intel Core i7 4790 - 10365 pts, the new addition to the Haswell range - high-end CPU

Intel Core i7 4930K - 13224pts, an enthusiast grade CPU from last year, very expensive but very powerful

 

 

Edited June 12, 2014 by thestig93

[Flesk99]

Pfft, it would be stupid to have i7 "mandatory." A lot of good gaming comps from 2013 and 2012 use i5 processors.

[Raavi]

I think for lower end rigs there will the rumoured "Last gen" switch. Personally I'm upgrading too an i7 4790k with GTX 780 Ti Dual Classified ACX hoping that will run anything I throw at it at ultra and will be somewhat future proof.

[DaRkL3AD3R]

I think for lower end rigs there will the rumoured "Last gen" switch. Personally I'm upgrading too an i7 4790k with GTX 780 Ti Dual Classified ACX hoping that will run anything I throw at it at ultra and will be somewhat future proof.

This is my way of thinking. Get the best parts you can afford in the high end spectrum and sit on it for a few years before selling them and rebuying top end hardware again when they become middle class again.

 

Really no reason to ever buy low tier hardware because you'll be forced to either upgrade constantly or play games in the most miserable state possible.

[thestig93]

Really no reason to ever buy low tier hardware because you'll be forced to either upgrade constantly or play games in the most miserable state possible.

i5s are not low tier though. If you buy a 4690 now it would last you for a very long time.

Edited June 12, 2014 by thestig93

[Shorty_F]

I see no reason for GTA 5 to need anything above an i5 3570K for the highest settings.

 

The i5 3570K is actually quite powerful though.

 

OK, thks for this spoiler, 3570K is exactly what I got and I'm going to stick to it, thks again

 

 

Pfft, it would be stupid to have i7 "mandatory." A lot of good gaming comps from 2013 and 2012 use i5 processors.

 

"mandatory to max out the game", I asked

 

Then I knew an i5 will be good enough to decently play the game, I was just wondering if an i7 could do better, as I suddenly remembered that IV ran better with a Quad Core (when most of the games in 2008 were running very well with a Dual Core)

 

As shown by The_Stig, since an i7 gives really NOTHING more than an i5 on Watch Dogs (which seems to be badly optimized... not to say NOT optimized ) I am going to keep my [email protected],2GHz, it should just works fine with my GTX 780 SC and my 8 Go RAM

Edited June 12, 2014 by Shorty_F

[kricco]

I think my computer will run it on the highest settings. My computer costed $1400. This is a desktop computer. It is running mostly all games perfectly.

 

 

Intel Core i7-3770 3.4GHz

12GB DDR5 RAM

Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 3GB

[Bishie]

I think my computer will run it on the highest settings. My computer costed $1400. This is a desktop computer. It is running mostly all games perfectly.

 

 

Intel Core i7-3770 3.4GHz

12GB DDR5 RAM

Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 3GB

Pre-built? You could have got a substantially better system for the price. Also, DDR5? The Starship Enterprise called, they want their warp core back!

[thestig93]

I was just wondering if an i7 could do better

Well, yeah, it would do better if you wanna hit 200fps with a GTX 1280 or whatever. It's all a matter of balance. For example if your CPU is capable of feeding 100fps worth of information to the GPU, even if the GPU can push 200fps, the CPU wouldn't allow it. This is what it's called a bottleneck. But if the GPU can only push 70fps for example, then the CPU would not be stopping the GPU from reaching it's full potential. After the game releases you can check the utilization of your GPU in game with MSI Afterburner. If it's holding up around 95-99% then there is no bottlenecking happening, meaning the CPU is allowing the GPU to max it's potential. But if the utilization is consistently going below 90% then there's a bottleneck happening. Considering you have a good PC you're probably an enthusiast and you know all this stuff, but I just wanted to mention it for other people.

 

Keep in mind that the balance for every game is different. For example an Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 doesn't bottleneck an AMD 6870 in Far Cry 3, hence the GPU is constantly around 98-99%, but it does bottleneck it at Far Cry 3, where the utilization is 75-90%, and in Watch Dogs where it's only 35%. This happens because the CPU runs at 95-100% and does not feed the information fast enough to the GPU. Every game has a different level of CPU intensity, hence the different balance.

 

Edit: Here's an example in which the GPU is not a bottleneck simply because the game is set to the lowest graphical settings. If you had a GPU that could hit 320fps on max settings on Metro: Last Light, then the 4960X would be able to provide them, while a 4770K would not.

 

Edited June 12, 2014 by thestig93

[kricco]

 

I think my computer will run it on the highest settings. My computer costed $1400. This is a desktop computer. It is running mostly all games perfectly.

 

 

Intel Core i7-3770 3.4GHz

12GB DDR5 RAM

Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 3GB

Pre-built? You could have got a substantially better system for the price. Also, DDR5? The Starship Enterprise called, they want their warp core back!

 

 

Just to know, i really looked everywhere for a computer with a better system, before i was gonna buy one, and this is the one I found. I have an ASUS CG8350. It was a year ago i bought it.

[gear999]

I should be able to run it on at least ultra settings at 2560x1600 with 8x MSAA.

 

Pentium E2140 Dual Core @1.6 GHz

1 GB DDR2 RAM

Nvidia GeForce 9500GT 1 GB

 

[DaRkL3AD3R]

 

 

Really no reason to ever buy low tier hardware because you'll be forced to either upgrade constantly or play games in the most miserable state possible.

i5s are not low tier though. A if buy a 4690 now it would last you for a very long time.

That's because the i5 is the middle class of Intel CPUs. The i3 would be the low class and i7 upper.

 

I'm saying there is no reason to buy some low class dual core processor in 2014. Financially and logically there's absolutely no reason.

[fastetshot]

LOW RECOMMENDED SPECS
Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)
Intel Core I3 3.4GHz or AMD equivalent
4GB System RAM
NVIDIA® GeForce GT 630 1GB RAM
or AMD Radeon™ R7 250 1GB RAM

 

HIGH RECOMMENDED SPECS
Windows 7/Vista (32 or 64 bit)
Intel i7 3.4Ghz or AMD equivalent
8GB System RAM
NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 760 2GB RAM
or AMD Radeon™ R9 270X 2GB RAM

 

And for those who want Next Gen quality maybe better with a lower budget:

Windows 7/Vista/XP (32 or 64 bit)
Intel I5 3.1Ghz or AMD equivalent
6GB System RAM
NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 750
or AMD Radeon™ R7 260X

Edited June 12, 2014 by fastetshot

[thestig93]

That's because the i5 is the middle class of Intel CPUs. The i3 would be the low class and i7 upper.

Well, no. I see them this way.

 

Celeron - extremely low end office processors

Pentium - entry level

i3 - low to mid range gaming CPUs (depending on the model)

i5 - mid to high end (depending on the model)

i7s on the 1150 socket - high end

i7s on the 2011 socket - enthusiast grade

Xeon - server and workstation

Edited June 12, 2014 by thestig93

[1000pia]

can l run at the lowest settings?

(look my signature)

[fastetshot]

can l run at the lowest settings?

(look my signature)

That GPU is going to cause you some problems in GTA V in my opinion, but on a lower resolution with low-med settings you should play the game fine with 30fps.

[Bonaldo]

Guys, waiting for R* recommended specs, do you think that an i7 will be mandatory to really max out GTA V, or an i5 @4.2GHz will do the job ??

 

Lol, i5 will DEFINITELY be enough to run GTA V maxed out

 

i3 might have a problem, but not i5

 

i5's are powerful enough for all gaming purposes

 

There is no point in paying extra for an i7 if you use it only for gaming

 

For example an stock i5 4670K has basically the same performance in games that i7 4770K, and it's around $100 cheaper

 

It's better to save that money on the processor, and buy a better graphics card (like GTX 770 instead of GTX 760)

Edited June 12, 2014 by Bonaldo