Can I Run Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes?
Released in 2014, Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is an action adventure game built by KONAMI. It offers a single player campaign. 8 languages are covered by the store listing. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17. There are 16 achievements to chase. With more than 13 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. Metacritic places it at 80. At more than a decade old it predates every current graphics architecture, which helps compatibility and limits how well it exploits a modern card. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Core i5-4460 (3.20GHz) or better *Quad-Core or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 (2GB) or better (DirectX 11 graphics card required) |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 4 GB |
| OS | Windows Vista SP2 x64, Windows 7 x64, Windows 8 x64 (64-bit OS Required) |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Core i7-4790 (3.60GHz) or better *Quad-Core or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (DirectX 11 graphics card required) |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 4 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 x64, Windows 8 x64 (64-bit OS Required) |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in an open sandbox. Play is structured around spaces built to be avoided rather than cleared. It is played from a third person view. There are 19 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is demanding
The graphics requirement for Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is light. Hardware around NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (DirectX 11 graphics card required) is enough, so Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes runs on machines never bought for gaming. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes takes about 4 GB of disk space. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes needs only 4 GB of RAM. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes needs only 2 GB of video memory.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes?
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 (2GB) or better (DirectX 11 graphics card required) and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (DirectX 11 graphics card required) for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 3.95x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 2.22x |
| 4K | Borderline | 0.99x |
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 great |
| 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 Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes'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 Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Core i5-4460 (3.20GHz) or better *Quad-Core or better; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 (2GB) or better (DirectX 11 graphics card required); 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows Vista SP2 x64, Windows 7 x64, Windows 8 x64 (64-bit OS Required).
How much storage does Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes need?
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes needs about 4 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes?
The RTX 3060 runs Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes is the GPU.