Grand Theft Auto V: Enhanced is the 2025 remaster of Rockstar’s open-world crime saga, rebuilt with ray tracing, higher-resolution assets and an updated version of Rockstar’s engine. Even years after the base game’s original release, the Enhanced edition is genuinely demanding at high settings because of its dense open world and the added ray-traced lighting, though the base game still runs comfortably on modest hardware with settings turned down.
It’s a good real-world test of whether a mid-range PC can hold up in an open-world title with heavy draw distances and NPC density.
System Requirements
Requirement
Minimum
Recommended
CPU
Intel Core i7-4770 / AMD FX-9590
Intel Core i5-9600K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
GPU
NVIDIA GTX 1630 4GB / AMD RX 6400 4GB
NVIDIA RTX 3060 8GB / AMD RX 6600XT 8GB
RAM
8 GB
16 GB
Storage
105 GB
105 GB
OS
Windows 10 64-bit
Windows 11 64-bit
Source:
the publisher's own officially listed system requirements (view source). Actual performance still depends on drivers, background load and in-game settings.
Want to know how YOUR specific CPU and GPU actually pair up, not just whether you clear the minimum?
Open-world action games stream in traffic, pedestrians, physics objects and long draw distances continuously, which leans harder on the CPU (and on fast storage) than a linear, level-based game — a stronger CPU pays off more here than in most genres, even before touching graphics settings.
The jump from 8GB to 16GB of RAM between the minimum and recommended spec is where Grand Theft Auto V: Enhanced stops paging textures and level data from disk mid-play — below 16GB, that shows up as short stutters and pop-in rather than a flat drop in average framerate. At roughly 105GB, plan storage for Grand Theft Auto V: Enhanced the same way you would for any modern title: an NVMe SSD keeps load times and texture streaming noticeably smoother than a hard drive at the same free-space total.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is 8GB of RAM enough to run Grand Theft Auto V: Enhanced?
8GB is the publisher's stated minimum, meaning Grand Theft Auto V: Enhanced will start and run, but 16GB (the recommended figure) avoids the stuttering that comes from paging assets off your storage drive mid-session. Use our RAM calculator to check your exact total against everything else you run alongside it.
Should I prioritize my CPU or my GPU for Grand Theft Auto V: Enhanced?
For Grand Theft Auto V: Enhanced specifically, the CPU tends to be the more common limiting part in practice, not just the GPU — check your exact pairing with our PC Bottleneck Calculator before assuming a GPU upgrade alone will fix low or inconsistent framerates.
How much free storage should I actually set aside for Grand Theft Auto V: Enhanced?
Plan for at least 105GB free, not exactly 105GB — day-one patches, DLC and shader/texture caches routinely add several more gigabytes after install. Our Storage Calculator can help you plan an upgrade if you are close to full.
