Can I Run Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas?
Released in 2023, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is an action adventure game built by Rockstar Games. The game supports a single player campaign. 13 languages are covered by the store listing. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. It carries 35 achievements. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17. With more than 14 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5-6600K / AMD FX-6300 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 19 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i7-6600K / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB / AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 19 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 |
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Setting and environment
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas places its action in an open sandbox, and the player works through one continuous open world. It is played from a third person view. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas can never assume the player will stop and let it load. 5 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is demanding
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is undemanding on the graphics side. Its Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas takes about 19 GB of disk space. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas scales hard with the hardware you give it. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas expects 16 GB of system memory. At 4 GB, VRAM is a non issue for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas?
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is light on hardware. Its minimum, Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB, 8 GB RAM, about 19 GB free, sits below what an entry-level PC ships with today, so nearly any modern machine, and many older ones, will run it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 2.07x |
| 1440p | Runs well | 1.17x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.52x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-6600K / AMD FX-6300; GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10.
How much storage does Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas need?
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas needs about 19 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas?
The RTX 3060 runs Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is the GPU.