Grand Theft Auto 5 for the PC is almost upon us. It's less than ten days away from release, and with its impending pre-load, which begins later today, the game's developers at Rockstar Games have revealed the minimum requirements and recommended PC specs for the game. Should players' rigs meet the recommended specs, they'll be able to play it on high settings.
It should be noted that the game requires 65gb of space to install, so be sure to clean your hard drives by deleting some old games or copying extraneous data to an external HD. With a good week to spare, gamers shouldn't have any difficulty downloading the pre-load ahead of the game's release.
Here are the minimum specs you'll need to get the game running on the PC:
- OS: Windows 8.1 64 Bit, Windows 8 64 Bit, Windows 7 64 Bit Service Pack 1, Windows Vista 64 Bit Service Pack 2* (*NVIDIA video card recommended if running Vista OS)
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs) / AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs) @ 2.5GHz
- Memory: 4GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 9800 GT 1GB / AMD HD 4870 1GB (DX 10, 10.1, 11)
- Sound Card: 100% DirectX 10 compatible
- HDD Space: 65GB
- DVD Drive
And here's what you'll need to get the game running on high settings:
- OS: Windows 8.1 64 Bit, Windows 8 64 Bit, Windows 7 64 Bit Service Pack 1
- Processor: Intel Core i5 3470 @ 3.2GHZ (4 CPUs) / AMD X8 FX-8350 @ 4GHZ (8 CPUs)
- Memory: 8GB Video Card: NVIDIA GTX 660 2GB / AMD HD7870 2GB
- Sound Card: 100% DirectX 10 compatible
- HDD Space: 65GB
- DVD Drive