Can I Run Grand Theft Auto V?
Grand Theft Auto V is an action adventure game from Rockstar North, released in 2025. Rockstar Games published it. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. Only some of the game is mapped to a controller. As a new title, the figures below were written against parts you can still buy. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page. Over 196 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. Completionists have 77 achievements to work through. 13 languages are covered by the store listing. The game ships for Windows alone.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i7-4770 | AMD FX™-9590 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 1630 (4GB VRAM) | AMD Radeon™ RX 6400 (4GB VRAM) |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 105 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 (latest service pack) |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5-9600K | AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce® RTX 3060 (8GB VRAM) | AMD Radeon™ RX 6600XT (8GB VRAM) |
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 105 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 11 |
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Setting and environment
Grand Theft Auto V places its action in an open sandbox, and the player works through one continuous open world. 11 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Grand Theft Auto V can never assume the player will stop and let it load. The view is from a third person view.
Why Grand Theft Auto V is demanding
Demand in Grand Theft Auto V is ordinary. The publisher has NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 in mind, which our tables place around the RTX 3060. Windows 11 appears in the requirements, which is worth checking before buying Grand Theft Auto V. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Grand Theft Auto V at the floor and Grand Theft Auto V at the recommended tier are not the same experience. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has. Grand Theft Auto V asks for 8 GB of video memory, so VRAM capacity matters here as much as speed. Grand Theft Auto V wants about 105 GB of disk space on an SSD, which is a real consideration on a smaller drive.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Grand Theft Auto V?
Free up space before installing Grand Theft Auto V: it needs roughly 105 GB of SSD storage. Once it's on disk the rest is unremarkable, NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 1630 (4GB VRAM) | AMD Radeon™ RX 6400 (4GB VRAM) and 8 GB of RAM meet the minimum, so most current PCs handle the compute side.
Bottleneck: GPU
Large install. Grand Theft Auto V needs about 105 GB of SSD of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Borderline | 1x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.56x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.25x |
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 | Playable |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 V'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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Can my PC run Grand Theft Auto V?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Grand Theft Auto V?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4770 | AMD FX™-9590; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 1630 (4GB VRAM) | AMD Radeon™ RX 6400 (4GB VRAM); 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 (latest service pack).
How much storage does Grand Theft Auto V need?
Grand Theft Auto V needs about 105 GB of SSD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Grand Theft Auto V?
The RTX 3060 runs Grand Theft Auto V comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Grand Theft Auto V?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Grand Theft Auto V is the GPU.