GTA V System Requirements & FAQ Thread

[profdrirhenkie]

Nice specs. I built my PC last year and by looking at the structure of the (back then) next gen consoles (PS4, Xbox1), I chose the AMD FX8350. I can only say that I am really happy with the choice, especially because the current gen games coming to PC will actually utilise multiple cores instead of only one or two as it were before. So my specs:

CPU: FX8350
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX760 2024 MB (apparently sharing memory with my RAM, total memory: 4038MB), willing to upgrade to the R290 8GB or NVIDIA 8GB card.
RAM: 16384 MB DDR3-1866 Corsair

MBo : ASRock 990FX Extreme3

CPU cooler: Noctua DH-14

 

and I got a WD 2TB HDD and a 240 GB SSD. I will still have to decide on which HD I am going to install the game.

Edited November 13, 2014 by profdrirhenkie

[upfined]

i5 4690k 3.5Ghz

EVGA GTX 970 SC

ASUS Z97-A

G-Skill Ripjaws 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz

Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB

[Wheatley]

AMD Phenom II X4 970 3.5Ghz

EVGA GTX 560 Ti 1GB

12GB Memory (6.00GB Usable)

Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium

 

I'll be running the game at 1360x768 60hz. My monitor can display up to 1400x900 however I can't duplicate the display to my 32 inch TV across from my computer if I use that resolution. I can get 60FPS on most games running at 720p resolutions with a mix between High and Ultra - even more if the games have PhysX turned off.

[SlaveZer0]

the reason only 6 gb of your ram is usable is because you are using windows 7 home edition.... win 7 pro will use all the ram.

Edited November 13, 2014 by SlaveZer0

[orangegasm]

Have system reqs been released yet? I haven't exctly been keeping up on GTA news... But anyways, here are my (weak) system specs... (I knew I should've built my PC)

 

Intel i5 3450

AMD Radeon HD 7770

8 GB Ram

[Coolstream]

the reason only 6 gb of your ram is usable is because you are using windows 7 home edition.... win 7 pro will use all the ram.

Are we talking Windows 7 Pro with a game running or not?

 

Because if your version of Windows is using that much without any memory heavy application then I would suggest you do a complete reinstall.

 

Edit: Yeah, I realized, poorly worded.

Edited November 22, 2014 by Coolstream

[Phorkz]

there are so many people in here that know f*ck all about computers, just lol

[alexbowwow]

CPU: Intel Core2Duo E8200 2.66ghz
GPU: Nvidia Leadtek WinFast PX 9600GT 512mb gddr3 256bit(it will be replaced next week with a Nvidia MSI GTX 750 OC 1gb GDDR5 128bit)
RAM: 4gb ram ddr2 800mhz(2x1gb Kingston+1x2gb Corsair)
MOBO: Intel DG35EC
HDD: 320gb
CASE: Foxconn TSAA861
SOURCE: Fortron Source FSP Group 350W 220-240V ATX 350 PNF

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64

Edited November 22, 2014 by alexbowwow

[lolleroz]

intel i5-3470 (3,2 ghz)

geforce gtx 760

4gb ram ddr3

win7 64 bit

does anyone think I'll be able to run it at medium? : / the optimilization should be somehow better than IV despite the world being alot bigger, I run IV at 50 fps with max settings (except for shadows) and ENB series.....hmmmm

Edited November 22, 2014 by lolleroz

[r34ld34l]

Wasting 6GB of RAM. GG. Next time use google and research why is that and not just leave it.

[Kampret]

the reason only 6 gb of your ram is usable is because you are using windows 7 home edition.... win 7 pro will use all the ram.

 

Nope.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa366778%28v=vs.85%29.aspx#physical_memory_limits_windows_7

 

Windows 7 Home Premium x64 supports max of 16 GB RAM. Windows 7 Professional x64 supports 192 GB.

[utack]

 

the reason only 6 gb of your ram is usable is because you are using windows 7 home edition.... win 7 pro will use all the ram.

 

Nope.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa366778%28v=vs.85%29.aspx#physical_memory_limits_windows_7

 

Windows 7 Home Premium x64 supports max of 16 GB RAM. Windows 7 Professional x64 supports 192 GB.

 

And Linux supports 128TiB for free

Seriously I am absolutely shocked Windows has a RAM Limit on the already overpriced home versions, I never knew.

32GB is not rare these days at all.

Will keep it in mind.

Edited November 22, 2014 by utack

[Kampret]

 

 

the reason only 6 gb of your ram is usable is because you are using windows 7 home edition.... win 7 pro will use all the ram.

 

Nope.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa366778%28v=vs.85%29.aspx#physical_memory_limits_windows_7

 

Windows 7 Home Premium x64 supports max of 16 GB RAM. Windows 7 Professional x64 supports 192 GB.

 

And Linux supports 128TiB for free

Seriously I am absolutely shocked Windows has a RAM Limit on the already overpriced home versions, I never knew.

32GB is not rare these days at all.

Will keep it in mind.

 

 

More of because Windows pre-8 doesn't require Compare-Exchange 16-bit. That instruction is required to have more than 8 TB of user-space RAM. Earliest AMD64 CPU's do not have that instruction.

[Assifuah]

•Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3

•CPU: Intel i7 4820k @ 4.4Ghz

•GPU: EVGA GTX 780 SC ACX

•RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro Silver, 2133MHz

•PSU: 650W Corsair Enthusiast Series, TX650 V2

•SSD: 512GB Crucial MX100 (C:)

•HDD: x2 2TB Seagate Barracuda (One for my 3D work, other for general storage of sh*t)

•OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit

 

I'll see what it runs on and how much tweaking I can do for performance. Not really bothered, it will run smoother and prettier than PS4/X1 and those versions already look decent.

 

Edit:

 

•Monitors: BenQ XL2411Z & BenQ XL2411T.

Edited November 22, 2014 by Assifuah

[Coolstream]

And Linux supports 128TiB for free

Seriously I am absolutely shocked Windows has a RAM Limit on the already overpriced home versions, I never knew.

32GB is not rare these days at all.

Will keep it in mind.

Pretty much limited to anyone using Windows 7 Home or worse. Anything upwards including all variations of Windows 8 has a much higher limit.

 

Get yourself the right variation of Windows Server and you'll have a limit of 4TB.

[Rafael1703]

Now that i have a GTX970 i think i should be ready to play GTA V on the highest settings

[OG Cheetah]

I got this 2 months ago,from my uncle who got two pieces for his company,happily he gave me one.

 

CPU / Intel Core i3-4150 3.50GHz

GPU / Nvidia GeForce GTX750 2GB GDDR5

RAM / 4GB

WINDOWS 7 PROFESSIONAL 64 BIT

HARD DISK / 1TB

PSU / 500W

What do you think could I run GTA V?

Edited November 22, 2014 by OG Cheetah

[muddeprived]

I plan on buying the game for my PC and wondering what I would have to upgrade to run it without any issues:

 

AMD Athlon II X4 640 Processor 3.00 Ghz

4.00 GB Ram

AMD Radeon HD 5570

 

Do you think I should upgrade? I want to run the game on high settings so I can get the best visual performance. I love visuals

[Kampret]

I plan on buying the game for my PC and wondering what I would have to upgrade to run it without any issues:

 

AMD Athlon II X4 640 Processor 3.00 Ghz

4.00 GB Ram

AMD Radeon HD 5570

 

Do you think I should upgrade? I want to run the game on high settings so I can get the best visual performance. I love visuals

 

1. Get an Athlon X4 760K (Richland-Piledriver) or 860K (Kaveri-Steamroller).

2. Get a minimum GTX 760 or R9 280X. 5570 will not run the game on at least Medium. The max you can get with that card is Low.

[RedIndianRobin]

I got this 2 months ago,from my uncle who got two pieces for his company,happily he gave me one.

 

CPU / Intel Core i3-4150 3.50GHz

GPU / Nvidia GeForce GTX750 2GB GDDR5

RAM / 4GB

WINDOWS 7 PROFESSIONAL 64 BIT

HARD DISK / 1TB

PSU / 500W

What do you think could I run GTA V?

That CPU/GPU combination is perfect for tweaked medium-high settings at 1080p resolution. You'll easily achieve 30fps on it.

[Kampret]

 

I got this 2 months ago,from my uncle who got two pieces for his company,happily he gave me one.

 

CPU / Intel Core i3-4150 3.50GHz

GPU / Nvidia GeForce GTX750 2GB GDDR5

RAM / 4GB

WINDOWS 7 PROFESSIONAL 64 BIT

HARD DISK / 1TB

PSU / 500W

What do you think could I run GTA V?

That CPU/GPU combination is perfect for tweaked medium-high settings at 1080p resolution. You'll easily achieve 30fps on it.

 

 

Not really. The regular 750 is significantly weaker than R7 260X and GTX 750 Ti. Regular 750 is more of a match to R7 250X (7770).

[muddeprived]

 

I plan on buying the game for my PC and wondering what I would have to upgrade to run it without any issues:

 

AMD Athlon II X4 640 Processor 3.00 Ghz

4.00 GB Ram

AMD Radeon HD 5570

 

Do you think I should upgrade? I want to run the game on high settings so I can get the best visual performance. I love visuals

 

1. Get an Athlon X4 760K (Richland-Piledriver) or 860K (Kaveri-Steamroller).

2. Get a minimum GTX 760 or R9 280X. 5570 will not run the game on at least Medium. The max you can get with that card is Low.

 

 

Hey thanks! Can I get away with just upgrading the video card? I'm guessing those two (if needed both) will install without any issues? Sorry for my noob-ness, it's been a LONG time since I messed with computers.

Edited November 23, 2014 by muddeprived

[Kampret]

 

 

I plan on buying the game for my PC and wondering what I would have to upgrade to run it without any issues:

 

AMD Athlon II X4 640 Processor 3.00 Ghz

4.00 GB Ram

AMD Radeon HD 5570

 

Do you think I should upgrade? I want to run the game on high settings so I can get the best visual performance. I love visuals

 

1. Get an Athlon X4 760K (Richland-Piledriver) or 860K (Kaveri-Steamroller).

2. Get a minimum GTX 760 or R9 280X. 5570 will not run the game on at least Medium. The max you can get with that card is Low.

 

 

Hey thanks! Can I get away with just upgrading the video card? I'm guessing those two (if needed both) will install without any issues? Sorry for my noob-ness, it's been a LONG time since I messed with computers.

 

 

Well, I'm a bit worried about the CPU too. All I know about that CPU, is that it uses AM3. Chances are you're using an AM3+ compliant board, thus you can easily upgrade to a FX-4300 (quad-core), or FX-6300 (hexa-core).

 

If your motherboard doesn't support AM3+ (which is rather rare, you're looking at a 2009-2010 motherboard), the best is either get a rather old Phenom X4 965 BE, or Phenom X6 series. Or get a FM2/FM2+ system instead.

 

I misunderstood the CPU. I thought Athlon II X4 640 uses FM2.

[jackoboy9]

My PC (in my sig as well):

CPU: AMD Phenom II x6 1090T @ 4GHz

Mobo: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0

GPU: AMD ASUS R9 280X OC

Storage: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSD

RAM: Samsung 'Green' 8GB

PSU: Corsair AX 860

OS: Windows 7 64-Bit

[muddeprived]

 

 

 

I plan on buying the game for my PC and wondering what I would have to upgrade to run it without any issues:

 

AMD Athlon II X4 640 Processor 3.00 Ghz

4.00 GB Ram

AMD Radeon HD 5570

 

Do you think I should upgrade? I want to run the game on high settings so I can get the best visual performance. I love visuals

 

1. Get an Athlon X4 760K (Richland-Piledriver) or 860K (Kaveri-Steamroller).

2. Get a minimum GTX 760 or R9 280X. 5570 will not run the game on at least Medium. The max you can get with that card is Low.

 

 

Hey thanks! Can I get away with just upgrading the video card? I'm guessing those two (if needed both) will install without any issues? Sorry for my noob-ness, it's been a LONG time since I messed with computers.

 

 

Well, I'm a bit worried about the CPU too. All I know about that CPU, is that it uses AM3. Chances are you're using an AM3+ compliant board, thus you can easily upgrade to a FX-4300 (quad-core), or FX-6300 (hexa-core).

 

If your motherboard doesn't support AM3+ (which is rather rare, you're looking at a 2009-2010 motherboard), the best is either get a rather old Phenom X4 965 BE, or Phenom X6 series. Or get a FM2/FM2+ system instead.

 

I misunderstood the CPU. I thought Athlon II X4 640 uses FM2.

 

 

Here's the motherboard I have:

 

GA-M68MT-S2P

 

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3726#ov

[BelowMe]

 

Can i get 60 fps with this?

 

gtx570

i5-2500

8gb ram

[raburs]

Can i get 60 fps with this?

 

gtx570

i5-2500

8gb ram

 

maybe...... at a lower resolution.

[Kampret]

 

 

 

Here's the motherboard I have:

 

GA-M68MT-S2P

 

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3726#ov

 

 

Sorry mate, but you're out of luck. That board doesn't support AM3+, limiting you to the *retired* Phenom II series.

 

Off-topic: X1 version looks rather disappointing for me:

 

 

 

Didn't expect that much of a difference.

Edited November 24, 2014 by Kampret

[kaza83]

Just ordered a new PC (My 5 years old one dead)

 

- Asus x99-s

- Samsung SSD pro 256GB

- WD black 1TB 64MB

- Intel i7 5820K

- Corsair Hydro H105

- Gigabyte GTX980 4GB

- Corsair 16GB 2400MHz

- Cooler Master V850

- Fractal Design Arc midi R2

and the DVD driver i already have.

[muddeprived]

 

 

 

 

Here's the motherboard I have:

 

GA-M68MT-S2P

 

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3726#ov

 

 

Sorry mate, but you're out of luck. That board doesn't support AM3+, limiting you to the *retired* Phenom II series.

 

Off-topic: X1 version looks rather disappointing for me:

 

 

 

Didn't expect that much of a difference.

 

 

Yeah too bad. Do you think it'll run ok if I just upgrade the video card to one you recommended?