Higher system requirements: GTA 5 PC version gets Raytracing, DLSS FG, FSR 3 & Co

Higher System Requirements: GTA 5 PC Version Gets Raytracing, DLSS FG, FSR 3 & Co 39 Comments

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Before the release of GTA 6, GTA 5 receives a big technical update on the PC, which, in addition to Raytracing, DLSS frame generation, FSR 3 and direct storage, also attracts with a GTA + subscription as well as new vehicles and a Silver Bonus for new players. System requirements increase enormously compared to 2015.

Summary :

Scratch with more circumference than on consoles

The changes are so big that Rockstar Games talks about an “upgrade” in a blog entry, but the word remake doesn’t fall. The upgrade introduces a big visual innovation on March 4 with Raytracing.

Rockstar Games wants to continue here only with the new console edition of 2022: In addition to the Raytracing shadows and reflections known from there, the PC version will also use to rely on environmental coverage and global lighting by ray tracing. Rockstar Games barely shows any images (cover image), but in theory this should lead to a visible graphical change.

FSR-3- and DLSS-3

However, players will not only be able to receive more FPS thanks to FSR and DLSS support thanks to FSR and DLSS support. GTA 5 upgrade supports open FSR 1 and FSR 3 frames, which means both FSR Super Resolution (SR) and fluid motion frames to create artificial frames.

At NVIDIA, support for DLSS 3 seems similar: support for both DLSS super resolution and frame generation is supposed. Ray rebuild support is just as little mentioned as the new DLSS 4 or the improved FSR 3.1. There is no trace of Intels Xess.

Learn more about FSR and DLSSUPSCALING-FAQ: Questions and answers about NVIDIA DLSS, AMD FSR and Intel Xess

In addition, the update also introduces wildlife in the Los Santos area, support for Sony’s DualSense controller and other resolutions and lateral screen conditions.

GTA 5 PC-Update 2025 (Bild: Rockstar Games)

Shorter loading times

With the new version, Rockstar Games also presents support for Microsoft’s DirectStorage API and thus the potentially faster loading of game sequences. GTA 5 comes from a time (the PC release took place in 2015), in which some hard drives still worked in the PC game. Today, on the other hand, SSDs are the standard whose performance is better accessible with direct storage, which means that loading times can be reduced. In particular, NVME SSDs with a high degree of throughput offer advantages here, as was also shown in the community test for the bulkload demo with direct storage.

New system requirements

Due to the additional graphics possibilities, the system requirements for the new GTA 5 increase significantly compared to the release version. Rockstar Games now expects a Windows 10 or Windows 11 replacement. The requirements for the CPU also increase, but, like the GPU recommendations, should be located in the lower range.

An RTX 3060 with 8 GB VRAM is recommended, for example, even if it is not clear which resolution and FPS this specification applies to. The RAM requirement is also usually doubled to recommend 16 GB with a dual-channel connection. Likewise, an SSD with NVME for direct storage is now recommended to the player.

New System Requirements for GTA V Minimum Recommended Operating System Windows 10 Windows 11 Intel® Core™ i7-4770 Processor
AMD FX™-9590 Intel® Core™ i5-9600K
AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600 RAM 8GB min. 2 × 8 GB nvidia geforce gtx 1630 graphics card
AMD Radeon RX 6400
min. 4 GB Vram Nvidia Geforce RTX 3060
AMD Radeon RX 6600XT
Min. 8 GB VRAM storage 105 GB SSD 105 GB NVME-SSD for DIRECTSTORAGE sound card and DirectX 10 audio Windows Spatial Sound / Dolby Atmos

For comparison, the system requirements of the PC version of GTA V in early 2025.

System requirements of GTA V 2015 Windows Vista, 7, 8 or 8.1 (64-bit) AMD PHENOM X4 9850 processor
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 AMD FX-8350
Core i5-3470 RAM 4GB 8GB AMD Radeon HD 4870 graphics card
NVIDIA GEFORCE 9800 GT AMD RADEON HD 7870
Nvidia Geforce GTX 660 HDD 65 GB

GTA + subscription now also on the PC

The update also adds GTA+ subscription from consoles to the PC version for the first time. In exchange for monthly real money payments, players receive benefits in GTA Online mode. The update also contains new HAO NPC vehicles.

The update is free, but incompatible

The new version of GTA 5 comes on March 4 as a free upgrade for all current owners of the PC version. The previous version without raytracing remains in parallel, so GTA 5 remains playable on older computers. Both game versions are also made available for future GTA 5 buyers.

The update has a catch, however: Raytracing Version Players cannot play with players from the old GTA 5. The developer wants to at least make the scores transferable, so they are not lost. However, if you want to play GTA online with friends, you need to make sure everyone is on the same version.

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