Can I Run Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain?
Released in 2015, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is an action adventure game built by KONAMI. The game supports a single player campaign and competitive multiplayer. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. There are 42 achievements to chase. Over 72 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. At more than a decade old it predates every current graphics architecture, which helps compatibility and limits how well it exploits a modern card. An age check at 18 sits in front of the store page. Cloud saves are enabled. Its Metacritic score stands at 91. Steam lists support for 8 languages. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-4460 (3.40 GHz) or better; Quad-core or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 (2GB) or better (DirectX 11 card Required) |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 28 GB |
| OS | Windows 7x64, Windows 8x64, Windows 10x64 (64-bit OS Required) |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-4790 (3.60GHz) or better; Quad-core or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (DirectX 11 graphic card required) |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 28 GB |
| OS | Windows 7x64, Windows 8x64, Windows 10x64 (64-bit OS Required) |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain places its action in an open sandbox, and the player works through spaces built to be avoided rather than cleared. The publisher supplies 28 storefront screenshots of these environments. Play is presented from a third person view.
Why Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (DirectX 11 graphic card required) scores low against the RTX 3060, putting Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. At 8 GB, system memory is undemanding. Disk footprint is light, near 28 GB. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain 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: The Phantom Pain?
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 (2GB) or better (DirectX 11 card Required) and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (DirectX 11 graphic 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: The Phantom Pain'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: The Phantom Pain?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 (3.40 GHz) or better; Quad-core or better; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 (2GB) or better (DirectX 11 card Required); 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7x64, Windows 8x64, Windows 10x64 (64-bit OS Required).
How much storage does Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain need?
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain needs about 28 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain?
The RTX 3060 runs Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is the GPU.