Can I Run Grand Theft Auto IV?
Released in 2020, Grand Theft Auto IV is an action adventure game built by Rockstar North. Publishing duties went to Rockstar Games. The game supports a single player campaign and competitive multiplayer. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page. At 6 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. Completionists have 55 achievements to work through. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. It is localised into 5 languages according to the store listing. Over 176 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. Controller support is partial, so some input still falls back to the keyboard. Critics scored it 90 on Metacritic.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8GHz, AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | 256MB Nvidia 7900 / 256MB ATI X1900 |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 22 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit) |
| DirectX | 9 |
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Setting and environment
Grand Theft Auto IV places its action in an open sandbox, and the player works through one continuous open world. That openness is what costs performance. Grand Theft Auto IV has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves. It is played from a third person view. There are 14 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why Grand Theft Auto IV is demanding
The install is small at roughly 22 GB. At 2 GB, system memory is undemanding. It targets DirectX 9, an older feature level that almost anything still running will satisfy. Grand Theft Auto IV needs 64 bit Windows.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Grand Theft Auto IV?
Grand Theft Auto IV targets a mainstream modern PC: 256MB Nvidia 7900 / 256MB ATI X1900 and 2 GB of RAM for the minimum. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Grand Theft Auto IV?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Grand Theft Auto IV?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8GHz, AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4GHz; GPU: 256MB Nvidia 7900 / 256MB ATI X1900; 2 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 (64-bit).
How much storage does Grand Theft Auto IV need?
Grand Theft Auto IV needs about 22 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Grand Theft Auto IV?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Grand Theft Auto IV is the CPU.