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 roughly what frame rate your own CPU and graphics card get in Grand Theft Auto V: Enhanced, not just whether you clear the minimum?
Or check every game in our list at once with Can I Run It?, or the balance of your CPU and graphics card with the Bottleneck Calculator.
Why These Specs Matter
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.
How Grand Theft Auto V: Enhanced Compares
At 16GB, Grand Theft Auto V: Enhanced asks for as much recommended RAM as any of the other 15 games we cover. 9 others ask for the same amount. Its 105GB install ranks #6 of 16 by size, so 5 of the games we cover need more free space.
Games with the closest published requirements (recommended RAM, install size and minimum RAM):
Grand Theft Auto V: Enhanced on Common CPU + GPU Pairings
The Bottleneck Calculator treats Grand Theft Auto V: Enhanced as one of the typical AAA games. Here is which part would set the frame rate on 6 pairings from budget to high-end at high settings; each pairing links to its full page.
What the parts in the table above do: CPU, GPU, RAM and SSD.
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.
What graphics card do I need for Grand Theft Auto V: Enhanced?
The publisher lists NVIDIA GTX 1630 4GB / AMD RX 6400 4GB as the minimum and NVIDIA RTX 3060 8GB / AMD RX 6600XT 8GB as the recommended graphics card for Grand Theft Auto V: Enhanced. To see how your own card is likely to perform at your resolution, try our FPS Calculator, and check memory needs with the GPU VRAM Calculator.
Which version of Windows does Grand Theft Auto V: Enhanced need?
The publisher lists Windows 10 64-bit for the minimum spec and Windows 11 64-bit for the recommended spec of Grand Theft Auto V: Enhanced.