GTA V System Requirements & FAQ Thread

[Virus115]

Is this good gaming specs?

 

OS: Windows 8 64 bit
CPU: Intel core i7 4500u 1.8ghz / Max turbo 3ghz
RAM: 8gb
GPU: Intel hd graphics 4400 and Nvidia geforce gt 730m 2gb ddr3 vra

 

It`s a laptop.

[Coolstream]

I think I might return my 4790K and motherboard for the 5820K, because why not.. Roughly same price

 

Edit: It might be a pretty daft idea to jump onto the newest of the new, DDR4 prices are pretty high but tolerable might as well keep running the 4970K until it starts slowing down my games (Heh, as if).

 

I'll buy it once I win the lottery

Edited September 8, 2014 by Coolstream

[Kampret]

I think I might return my 4790K and motherboard for the 5820K, because why not.. Roughly same price

 

Edit: It might be a pretty daft idea to jump onto the newest of the new, DDR4 prices are pretty high but tolerable might as well keep running the 4970K until it starts slowing down my games (Heh, as if).

 

I'll buy it once I win the lottery

I might hold on DDR4 for a while, wait until the faster sticks are arriving. If I remember, someone mentioned that DDR4 is currently only DDR4-2400 available.

[Marc79]

You can buy 3200/3300MHz DDR4 kit from G.Skill.

 

DDR4 will be compatible with Skylake when it launches on the mainstream platform (Z170). late 2015-early 16' probably.

Edited September 9, 2014 by Marc79

[TheMcSame]

 

I think I might return my 4790K and motherboard for the 5820K, because why not.. Roughly same price

 

Edit: It might be a pretty daft idea to jump onto the newest of the new, DDR4 prices are pretty high but tolerable might as well keep running the 4970K until it starts slowing down my games (Heh, as if).

 

I'll buy it once I win the lottery

I might hold on DDR4 for a while, wait until the faster sticks are arriving. If I remember, someone mentioned that DDR4 is currently only DDR4-2400 available.

 

G.Skill sells a kit that's been tested up to 3333MHz

http://www.gskill.com/en/product/f4-3333c16q-16grk

[Kampret]

 

 

I think I might return my 4790K and motherboard for the 5820K, because why not.. Roughly same price

 

Edit: It might be a pretty daft idea to jump onto the newest of the new, DDR4 prices are pretty high but tolerable might as well keep running the 4970K until it starts slowing down my games (Heh, as if).

 

I'll buy it once I win the lottery

 

I might hold on DDR4 for a while, wait until the faster sticks are arriving. If I remember, someone mentioned that DDR4 is currently only DDR4-2400 available.

 

G.Skill sells a kit that's been tested up to 3333MHz

http://www.gskill.com/en/product/f4-3333c16q-16grk

Damn! I wonder how fast those sticks are. Heck I always felt my 1600MHz DDR3 are fast enough.

[r34ld34l]

 

 

 

I think I might return my 4790K and motherboard for the 5820K, because why not.. Roughly same price

 

Edit: It might be a pretty daft idea to jump onto the newest of the new, DDR4 prices are pretty high but tolerable might as well keep running the 4970K until it starts slowing down my games (Heh, as if).

 

I'll buy it once I win the lottery

I might hold on DDR4 for a while, wait until the faster sticks are arriving. If I remember, someone mentioned that DDR4 is currently only DDR4-2400 available.

G.Skill sells a kit that's been tested up to 3333MHz

http://www.gskill.com/en/product/f4-3333c16q-16grk

Damn! I wonder how fast those sticks are. Heck I always felt my 1600MHz DDR3 are fast enough.

 

They can do 3600MHz, more over time. Of course stable. You can go higher than that but water cooling and probaly crash after some use or only 1 stick.

[Khaos89]

Bought a triple monitor stand and debezeled my monitors, I quite like it. Need to buy some new LED's for the inside of my case as they've all but dimmed to nothingness.

Edited September 12, 2014 by Khaos89

[Stinky12]

I think I might return my 4790K and motherboard for the 5820K, because why not.. Roughly same price

 

Edit: It might be a pretty daft idea to jump onto the newest of the new, DDR4 prices are pretty high but tolerable might as well keep running the 4970K until it starts slowing down my games (Heh, as if).

 

I'll buy it once I win the lottery

 

DDR4 is currently limited to just a few brands, most of the others isn't out yet. When the others comes out, maybe then we might get to see better prices.

Out of the 3 Haswell-E, most will go with the Core i7 5820K because that is the cheapest 6 core CPU, at $400, you also get HT, which makes it to 12 threads. The other 6 core CPU Core i7 5930K cost around $600, making it $200 more than then 5820K. Reason 5820K is cheap is it has 28PCIe lanes vs 40PCIe lanes on the 5930K. So with a 5820K running 2 gpus can only be at x8/x8. The 5930K can do it at x16/x16. But with a single card at x16, even the 5820K has plenty of PCIe lanes left go around.

[nan0s0ldier]

Hey guys im back took a long break from the forum before i kill myself from too much excitement haha

 

Anyways I've made quite a few changes to my pc as you can see Went from my i7 3770K to my i5 4690K with a new Maximus Vii Gene Board Didnt buy another 780 to sli coz i see the new 900 series is coming now So defintely gonna get myself a 980 haha So happy to be back

[Marc79]

^ why go from 4c/8t cpu to a 4 core cpu though? I'd rather keep the 3770k and overclock it as high as I could rather than newer generation 4 core cpu. I'm sure you could easily get 4.5Ghz on the ivy.

 

I think I might return my 4790K and motherboard for the 5820K, because why not.. Roughly same price

 

Edit: It might be a pretty daft idea to jump onto the newest of the new, DDR4 prices are pretty high but tolerable might as well keep running the 4970K until it starts slowing down my games (Heh, as if).

 

I'll buy it once I win the lottery

 

DDR4 is currently limited to just a few brands, most of the others isn't out yet. When the others comes out, maybe then we might get to see better prices.

Out of the 3 Haswell-E, most will go with the Core i7 5820K because that is the cheapest 6 core CPU, at $400, you also get HT, which makes it to 12 threads. The other 6 core CPU Core i7 5930K cost around $600, making it $200 more than then 5820K. Reason 5820K is cheap is it has 28PCIe lanes vs 40PCIe lanes on the 5930K. So with a 5820K running 2 gpus can only be at x8/x8. The 5930K can do it at x16/x16. But with a single card at x16, even the 5820K has plenty of PCIe lanes left go around.

 

5820k will run 2 gpu's at x16/x8

Edited September 11, 2014 by Marc79

[Stinky12]

^ why go from 4c/8t cpu to a 4 core cpu though? I'd rather keep the 3770k and overclock it as high as I could rather than newer generation 4 core cpu. I'm sure you could easily get 4.5Ghz on the ivy.

 

I think I might return my 4790K and motherboard for the 5820K, because why not.. Roughly same price

 

Edit: It might be a pretty daft idea to jump onto the newest of the new, DDR4 prices are pretty high but tolerable might as well keep running the 4970K until it starts slowing down my games (Heh, as if).

 

I'll buy it once I win the lottery

 

DDR4 is currently limited to just a few brands, most of the others isn't out yet. When the others comes out, maybe then we might get to see better prices.

Out of the 3 Haswell-E, most will go with the Core i7 5820K because that is the cheapest 6 core CPU, at $400, you also get HT, which makes it to 12 threads. The other 6 core CPU Core i7 5930K cost around $600, making it $200 more than then 5820K. Reason 5820K is cheap is it has 28PCIe lanes vs 40PCIe lanes on the 5930K. So with a 5820K running 2 gpus can only be at x8/x8. The 5930K can do it at x16/x16. But with a single card at x16, even the 5820K has plenty of PCIe lanes left go around.

 

5820k will run 2 gpu's at x16/x8

Yes it runs at x16/x8 and it's triple that goes to x8/x8/x8

[Kostadinoff]

I don't think I can run it, but:
OS: Windows 7 64bit
CPU: Pentium G3220 3.0Ghz
GPU: nVidia GeForce GT 740
VRAM: 2GB
RAM: 8GB
HDD: 1TB
Anyway, I need to save some money to buy this computer first, and then I might upgrade the CPU, but by Game-Debat It says that I can run the game properly on minimum to medium graphics... So can anybody help me out with that before i buy this computer?

[killerbee25]

I don't think I can run it, but:

OS: Windows 7 64bit

CPU: Pentium G3220 3.0Ghz

GPU: nVidia GeForce GT 740

VRAM: 2GB

RAM: 8GB

HDD: 1TB

Anyway, I need to save some money to buy this computer first, and then I might upgrade the CPU, but by Game-Debat It says that I can run the game properly on minimum to medium graphics... So can anybody help me out with that before i buy this computer?

From what I've seen, the GT740 can run BF4 at 1080p with 40-60 fps, but it was paired with an i7. So a processor upgrade would do you well. Still, 1080p on GTA V with that graphics card would be difficult.

[dark_night]

I have built this system - it can run BF4,Crysis 3 at high to ultra.

CPU Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core **Overclocked to: 4.8Ghz $78.00

CPU Cooler Deepcool GAMMAXX 200 37.2 CFM $19.00

Motherboard ASRock H81M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1150 $57.00

Memory Kingston 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 $46.00

Video Card Asus Radeon R9 280 3GB DirectCU II **Overclocked to: 1.18Ghz $245.00

Case BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower $39.00

Power Supply Corsair 450W ATX12V / EPS12V $55.00

Total(AUD): $539.00

** Include your own HDD (500gb-$59) and Optical Drive (CD/DVD-$19) --> Total price with these inclusions = $617

 

 

Just wondering what you guys think!

Edited September 12, 2014 by dark_night

[Coolstream]

 

I think I might return my 4790K and motherboard for the 5820K, because why not.. Roughly same price

 

Edit: It might be a pretty daft idea to jump onto the newest of the new, DDR4 prices are pretty high but tolerable might as well keep running the 4970K until it starts slowing down my games (Heh, as if).

 

I'll buy it once I win the lottery

I might hold on DDR4 for a while, wait until the faster sticks are arriving. If I remember, someone mentioned that DDR4 is currently only DDR4-2400 available.

 

 

That's true, but I had the option to send back my 4790K and motherboard (edit: And I only could for another week or so). I had to spend a little extra on new RAM but it was way less than expected. This way I can upgrade to some faster sticks once 16GB becomes a little more affordable, the 5820K at 4GHz is still a decent upgrade from the 4790K.

Edited September 12, 2014 by Coolstream

[Kampret]

 

 

I think I might return my 4790K and motherboard for the 5820K, because why not.. Roughly same price

 

Edit: It might be a pretty daft idea to jump onto the newest of the new, DDR4 prices are pretty high but tolerable might as well keep running the 4970K until it starts slowing down my games (Heh, as if).

 

I'll buy it once I win the lottery

I might hold on DDR4 for a while, wait until the faster sticks are arriving. If I remember, someone mentioned that DDR4 is currently only DDR4-2400 available.

 

 

That's true, but I had the option to send back my 4790K and motherboard (edit: And I only could for another week or so). I had to spend a little extra on new RAM but it was way less than expected. This way I can upgrade to some faster sticks once 16GB becomes a little more affordable, the 5820K at 4GHz is still a decent upgrade from the 4790K.

 

 

I see... Having DDR4 ready means cheaper future upgrades, so that's another plus. BTW, what GPU are you using?

[Coolstream]

 

 

 

I think I might return my 4790K and motherboard for the 5820K, because why not.. Roughly same price

 

Edit: It might be a pretty daft idea to jump onto the newest of the new, DDR4 prices are pretty high but tolerable might as well keep running the 4970K until it starts slowing down my games (Heh, as if).

 

I'll buy it once I win the lottery

I might hold on DDR4 for a while, wait until the faster sticks are arriving. If I remember, someone mentioned that DDR4 is currently only DDR4-2400 available.

 

 

That's true, but I had the option to send back my 4790K and motherboard (edit: And I only could for another week or so). I had to spend a little extra on new RAM but it was way less than expected. This way I can upgrade to some faster sticks once 16GB becomes a little more affordable, the 5820K at 4GHz is still a decent upgrade from the 4790K.

 

 

I see... Having DDR4 ready means cheaper future upgrades, so that's another plus. BTW, what GPU are you using?

 

 

At the moment, the XFX HD 7970, the full name is in my signature. I want to upgrade to Nvidia's 900 series, but I'm not sure yet.

[dark_night]

I believe the Nvidia 900 series will be comparable to the 780 or 780ti performance as they are both based on the 28nm process.

Next year, once they move down to the 20nm or 16nm...not sure which one.You will see quiet a substantial performance boost.

 

I would prob wait till they start manufacturing on the new nodes,but still your gpu is comparable to the R9 280X in performance which is still pretty good.

[Coolstream]

I believe the Nvidia 900 series will be comparable to the 780 or 780ti performance as they are both based on the 28nm process.

Next year, once they move down to the 20nm or 16nm...not sure which one.You will see quiet a substantial performance boost.

 

I would prob wait till they start manufacturing on the new nodes,but still your gpu is comparable to the R9 280X in performance which is still pretty good.

 

I looked it up, the 280X is just a rebranding of the 7970 GHz, so it's all good in that department. But yeah, I think it would be a good idea to wait for the proper 900 series to come out. The 7970 will probably be sufficient until then.

[erenpeker]

OS: Windows 8.1
CPU: Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 @2.4 GHz
RAM: 6.00 GB
HDD: 1TB Seagate
GPU: Sapphire HD7850 DUAL-X OC GDDR5 2GB 256Bit

 

Hope it will run at least medium settings smooth. But I'm not sure because of the old cpu. It depends on optimization.

[Offroader228]

Cpu: AMD fx-8320

Ram: 8gb

GPU: xfx radeon r9 280 3gb

Cooler: corsair h55 liquid cpu cooler

 

[Stinky12]

 

 

I think I might return my 4790K and motherboard for the 5820K, because why not.. Roughly same price

 

Edit: It might be a pretty daft idea to jump onto the newest of the new, DDR4 prices are pretty high but tolerable might as well keep running the 4970K until it starts slowing down my games (Heh, as if).

 

I'll buy it once I win the lottery

I might hold on DDR4 for a while, wait until the faster sticks are arriving. If I remember, someone mentioned that DDR4 is currently only DDR4-2400 available.

 

 

That's true, but I had the option to send back my 4790K and motherboard (edit: And I only could for another week or so). I had to spend a little extra on new RAM but it was way less than expected. This way I can upgrade to some faster sticks once 16GB becomes a little more affordable, the 5820K at 4GHz is still a decent upgrade from the 4790K.

 

 

I believe that Gigabyte X99 heatsink lights up or it doesn't?

[parallaxscroll]

Okay, I don't have a PC capable of playing AAA games, all I have is a laptop with Intel graphics.

 

So I'll be starting from scratch. I want to have a desktop put together by one of my brother's friends since I've never built a PC.

 

I'm gonna make an big assumption that a single GeForce GTX 780 Ti will be enough to run GTAV at 60FPS, 1080p on Ultra settings, but I'd keep anti-aliasing to a minimum or off altogether if I can't get a solid 60 frames. I understand that it's possible to buy most cards that are already already super clocked, so that's an option, rather than going with a 2nd card in SLI. I won't be ever going beyond 1920 x 1080 resolution.

 

 

Help me choose an Intel CPU that would be a good match for a high-end graphics card like the 780 Ti. I'm not very familiar with the various models of Intel CPU.

I think I can do without a 6 core, so a quad core i5 or i7. I'd like to have something that's 4.0 GHz base clock (so not counting Turbo Boost). But which one ?

 

 

And I'll probably go with 16 GB DDR3, unless 32 GB makes a major difference with most games.

Edited September 14, 2014 by parallaxscroll

[Lowi]

wait for AMD 3xx and GTX 9xx cards

[Stinky12]

Okay, I don't have a PC capable of playing AAA games, all I have is a laptop with Intel graphics.

 

So I'll be starting from scratch. I want to have a desktop put together by one of my brother's friends since I've never built a PC.

 

I'm gonna make an big assumption that a single GeForce GTX 780 Ti will be enough to run GTAV at 60FPS, 1080p on Ultra settings, but I'd keep anti-aliasing to a minimum or off altogether if I can't get a solid 60 frames. I understand that it's possible to buy most cards that are already already super clocked, so that's an option, rather than going with a 2nd card in SLI. I won't be ever going beyond 1920 x 1080 resolution.

 

 

Help me choose an Intel CPU that would be a good match for a high-end graphics card like the 780 Ti. I'm not very familiar with the various models of Intel CPU.

I think I can do without a 6 core, so a quad core i5 or i7. I'd like to have something that's 4.0 GHz base clock (so not counting Turbo Boost). But which one ?

 

 

And I'll probably go with 16 GB DDR3, unless 32 GB makes a major difference with most games.

Unless you have the money to burn then yeah grab the top of the line parts. But a well configured PC can also play the game, as well as save on your wallet. The only Intel CPU with a base clock is the Core i7 4790K. If you

have a budget of just $1000, then a Core i7 4790K along with a GTX 780Ti will eat up about all of the entire budget, with nothing left for motherboard, ram, etc.

Most games currently don't even go beyond 4 cores, so a socket 1150 Core i5 is the ideal choice as you save about $100. Also there is no need to grab the most expensive model, even the cheapest socket 1150 Core i5 will do. For graphics wait until both AMD and Nvidia release their next gen cards. Memory, that's based on what you want. most gaming computers uses just 8GB, unless you want more then 16GB is plenty. 32GB is overkill for a gaming computer, that is you're doing some rendering work. Even for some 16GB is plenty for rendering.

 

Total cost of just the 2 parts you want.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($339.93 @ OutletPC)

Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB DirectCU II Video Card ($557.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $897.92

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-13 23:39 EDT-0400

Edited September 14, 2014 by Stinky12

[Kampret]

Okay, I don't have a PC capable of playing AAA games, all I have is a laptop with Intel graphics.

 

So I'll be starting from scratch. I want to have a desktop put together by one of my brother's friends since I've never built a PC.

 

I'm gonna make an big assumption that a single GeForce GTX 780 Ti will be enough to run GTAV at 60FPS, 1080p on Ultra settings, but I'd keep anti-aliasing to a minimum or off altogether if I can't get a solid 60 frames. I understand that it's possible to buy most cards that are already already super clocked, so that's an option, rather than going with a 2nd card in SLI. I won't be ever going beyond 1920 x 1080 resolution.

 

 

Help me choose an Intel CPU that would be a good match for a high-end graphics card like the 780 Ti. I'm not very familiar with the various models of Intel CPU.

I think I can do without a 6 core, so a quad core i5 or i7. I'd like to have something that's 4.0 GHz base clock (so not counting Turbo Boost). But which one ?

 

 

And I'll probably go with 16 GB DDR3, unless 32 GB makes a major difference with most games.

 

Honestly, at 1080p any some sort of AA is unnecessary. More so at 4K.

I'm not an Intel guy, but I think the i7-4790K has 4.0 GHz base.

[TheMcSame]

My replies are in red, it's easier (for me) that way rather than splitting it up in to a billion different quotes.

So I'll be starting from scratch. I want to have a desktop put together by one of my brother's friends since I've never built a PC.

 

It's pretty simple, there's plenty of videos on how to do this. It doesn't hurt to get some help from someone with experience though.

Video from a respectable Youtuber:

 

 

 

Keep your eye on Linus and sub to him if you have an account. Definitely one of the more trustworthy tech Youtubers around

 

I'm gonna make an big assumption that a single GeForce GTX 780 Ti will be enough to run GTAV at 60FPS, 1080p on Ultra settings, but I'd keep anti-aliasing to a minimum or off altogether if I can't get a solid 60 frames

Honeslty, I think a weaker card could push that. AA is pretty demanding so no using it really gives a frame boost (depending on the AA). To milk extra FPS you can always overclock your graphics card.

How to overclock a graphics card:

 

 

 

I think I can do without a 6 core, so a quad core i5 or i7. I'd like to have something that's 4.0 GHz base clock (so not counting Turbo Boost). But which one ?

Unless you're going to be doing CPU intensive stuff then a i5 if fine for gaming. However, you wont find an i5 with a 4GHz base as far as I'm aware. It doesn't really matter though. Various brands have overclocking software which will overclock the CPU for you. They use higher voltages than you need but it works if you don't know what you're doing or you don't want to do it. Asus' overclocking software is generally considered the best.

How to overclock the CPU manually:

 

 

 

And I'll probably go with 16 GB DDR3, unless 32 GB makes a major difference with most games.

8GB is more than enough. Again, unless you're doing something that uses a lot of RAM like editing or using a RAMDisk then you don't need the extra RAM. Speed doesn't really matter either. Get what looks good to you if you can spare the money. It doesn't matter how much a kit costs or who it's from. If 2 kits have the same specs but one costs more than the other then both kits will still perform the same.

Edited September 14, 2014 by TheMcSame

[Jevi]

I have a perfect desktop pc gamer for play it in high-ultra settings, but i'm studying away from home, so i bought a laptop. The problem is that i only will play on desktop pc on summer, so i hope that in laptop the game runs well. (Perfect optimization in pc or go home).

 

OS: Windows 8.1

CPU: i7-3537U 2.5 GHz

GPU: Intel HD Graphics 4400 and Nvidia Geforce GT740M (Resolution of 1366x768)

RAM: 6 Gb

HDD: 750 Gb + 24 Gb SSD (Only for OS)

 

I have doubt if it can run well with a GT740, i don't know if is enough for an PS3/XBOX360 graphics or similar (Low-Mid i supose).

Have two graphic cards is an advantage or just only run with Nvidia card?

[NeckFace94LV]

My budget build (Built about 5 months ago):

CPU: AMD FX 8320 @4.2Ghz w/ Corsair Hydro H60 cooler

RAM: 2x4Gb

GPU: Asus R9 270x DirectCU II 2gb

HDD: 60Gb SSD ( for OS and some programs) + 1Tb WD 7200rpm + 500gb WD 7200rpm

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit