Building a PC for GTA5

Retro6 · 31 Jan 2022 at 13:13

Hi I'm more of a retro vintage computer person so I'm not clued up on new hardware. I got fed up with my PS3 over heating and I want better graphics so I thought why not build a PC for GTA 5. I'm more into my car games plus I don't mind playing a few shooting games but that is about all I play.

Grand Theft Auto 4 & 5 are the main games I play.

I understand anything from a quad core with 8 GB of RAM is reasonable for GTA 5. I don't want to spend to much money... then there is the GPU. What graphics card would be the best performance for value?

Thanks

Tetras · 31 Jan 2022 at 15:23

Even an RX 550 can play GTA 5, so it really depends what kind of detail level / resolution you want to play at. Do you have anything left unused like an old Radeon?

Retro6 · 31 Jan 2022 at 17:04

This kinda resolution.... link at the bottom. I've never played GTA 5 on a PC before I've only watched it in videos and played it on the PS3. I think its the best game of the 21st century that has so much in it. I have old Radeons from the late 90s sort of 95/98 era but I don't think you meant as old as that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_UTYrOFgw4&ab_channel=BayAreaBuggs

LeoK · 31 Jan 2022 at 20:14

If it is any help, my GTX670 plays GTA5 reasonably but with compromises. 720p resolution. Customised medium graphic settings with maxed vehicles, maxed draw distance, etc.

It’s on an equally old i5-3550k CPU overclocked.

If you want cheap and new, you might get away with integrated graphics E.g. Intel XE . Can look at a cheap GTX later.

Another option is : https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sapp...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-39s-sp.html

(Flame shield on) reading reviews it’s just about ok for the money if running on the latest pcie 4.0 (/shield off)

Final option is second hand market.

boabs · 2 Feb 2022 at 18:17

dont need a huge pc for that