Can My PC Run Grand Theft Auto V?

Game details

Developer

Rockstar North

Publisher

Rockstar Games

Released

14 April 2015

Engine

RAGE

About Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V remains one of the most played games on PC a decade after release, helped by GTA Online and an enormous modding scene. Its published PC requirements date from the 2015 release and are extremely modest by modern standards — the practical limit today is usually storage and the online mode rather than raw GPU power.

Common questions about running Grand Theft Auto V

Each link runs a real comparison against the published specification.

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• Can a Radeon HD 7870 run Grand Theft Auto V?
• Estimate Grand Theft Auto V performance at your resolution

What PC do I need for Grand Theft Auto V?

For a comfortable experience, the publisher's recommended specification asks for the following. This is their figure, not our estimate.

Graphics card

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2GB or AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB

Processor

Intel Core i5-3470 or AMD FX-8350

Memory

8 GB RAM

Storage

72 GB

Operating system

Windows 8.1 64-bit or later

Not sure how your parts compare? Run the check above or read what these tiers mean.

Can my laptop run Grand Theft Auto V?

The same check applies — enter the parts your laptop actually contains. Be aware that a laptop graphics chip is usually slower than the desktop card it shares a name with, because the manufacturer sets a lower power limit. A laptop advertising the NVIDIA GeF named here may therefore fall somewhat short of it in practice, and sustained performance drops further as the machine heats up. Treat a borderline laptop result as optimistic rather than assured.

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