GTA 6 PC Requirements
Short answer: there are none yet. Rockstar has not announced a PC version of Grand Theft Auto VI, so no official minimum or recommended PC specs exist. This page separates what is confirmed from what we estimate, and explains exactly how our PC compatibility checker reaches its verdict.
Officially confirmed
- Release date: 19 November 2026.
- Platforms: PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
- PC version: not announced.
- PC system requirements: not published.
Verify this yourself on Rockstar's official GTA VI page. If a PC version is announced, requirements will appear there first.
Still unknown
Whether and when a PC version ships, its real minimum and recommended specs, its storage footprint, which upscalers or frame generation it supports, and how it performs on any specific graphics card. Anyone quoting exact "official" or "leaked" PC specs today is guessing.
Our estimated tiers
These are our own estimates, not Rockstar's. They start from the console version's analysed performance and from the requirements of comparable open-world PC games, and they will be replaced with the official figures if and when they are published.
| Component | Minimum 1080p Low ~30fps | Recommended 1080p High ~60fps | Ultra / 1440p 1440p Ultra ~60fps | 4K Ultra 4K Ultra ~60fps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5-10400 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Intel Core i5-12600K / AMD Ryzen 5 7600 | Intel Core i7-13700K / Ultra 7 265K / AMD Ryzen 7 7700X | Intel Core i9-13900K / Ultra 9 285K / AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D |
| GPU | NVIDIA GTX 1660 Super / AMD RX 5600 XT | NVIDIA RTX 3070 / RTX 5060 Ti / AMD RX 6750 XT | NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti / RTX 5070 / AMD RX 9070 | NVIDIA RTX 4090 / RTX 5080 / AMD RX 7900 XTX |
| RAM | 16 GB DDR4 | 16 GB DDR4-3200 | 32 GB DDR5 | 32 GB DDR5-6000+ |
| Storage | SATA SSD, 150 GB free | NVMe SSD, 150 GB free | NVMe SSD, 150 GB free | PCIe Gen4 NVMe, 150 GB free |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit | Windows 10 / 11 64-bit | Windows 11 64-bit | Windows 11 64-bit |
How the checker decides
Everything runs in your browser. For each tier, each component gets a pass, borderline or fail, and the tier's overall verdict is the worst of the five.
- CPU and GPU are given a relative performance score from our own ranking of each chip against the others in the list. It is a rough comparison, not a benchmark result. You pass a tier if your score meets its threshold, and are borderline if you are within 20% of it.
- RAM passes at the tier's amount (16 GB for Minimum, 32 GB for Ultra) and is borderline within 25% of it.
- Storage needs 150 GB free. Drive type is ranked HDD → SATA SSD → NVMe SSD → PCIe Gen4 NVMe. One step below the tier's type is borderline, more than one is a fail.
- Operating system: Windows 10 or 11 passes, and Windows 10 is borderline on tiers we expect to prefer Windows 11. Linux and macOS fail because no supported version exists.
The frame-rate figures in results are the target of the tier you reach, not a measured prediction for your PC. Laptop GPUs usually run slower than the desktop cards they share a name with, so treat a laptop result as optimistic.
Official artwork
Images from Rockstar's official GTA VI media page. They show the console game and say nothing about PC requirements.
Sources
We do not invent numbers and we do not repeat other people's. Below is every source behind the estimates on this site, grouped by how much weight it deserves. Last reviewed .
First-party announcements. The only source that can ever confirm real requirements.
- Grand Theft Auto VI is Now Set to Launch November 19, 2026Rockstar Newswire
The official launch announcement. Lists PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S only — no PC version, and no PC requirements.
- Grand Theft Auto VI — official game pageRockstar Games
The game's home page. If PC specs are ever published, they appear here first.
- Rockstar NewswireRockstar Games
Every confirmed GTA 6 announcement has broken here first. Worth checking before trusting any specs you see elsewhere.
Established outlets with named reporters and editorial standards. They confirm what is still unknown.
- When might the GTA 6 PC release date be?PC Gamer
Tracks the PC port question against Rockstar's history: past console-to-PC gaps ran from about 7 months (GTA 4) to 19 months (GTA 5).
- Rockstar still won't tell us when — or even if — GTA 6 is coming to PCPC Gamer
Confirms that as of 2026 no PC version has been announced at all — which is why no legitimate PC spec sheet can exist yet.
- Rockstar games release on console before PC because that's the "core consumer", Take-Two CEO saysVideo Games Chronicle
Strauss Zelnick on why PC waits. Direct quotes from the parent company — the clearest signal that a PC port is expected but unscheduled.
- GTA 6 skipping PC at launch is not due to a PlayStation deal, Take-Two CEO saysGamesRadar+
Independent coverage of the same remarks, useful as corroboration rather than a single-outlet claim.
Frame-by-frame breakdowns of official footage. The closest thing to hard data that exists today.
- GTA 6 Trailer 2 was only 30fpsGameSpot, reporting on Digital Foundry's breakdown
Digital Foundry's analysis of Trailer 2 — captured on PS5, roughly 1440p upscaled to 4K at 30fps, with ray tracing and FSR1-like reconstruction. This is the single most useful datapoint we have: it anchors what console-equivalent performance looks like, which is where our tier estimates start.
How To Spot A Fake Spec Sheet
Search results for "GTA 6 system requirements" are dominated by pages presenting invented numbers as fact, usually to sell something. We are not going to link to them, but you can recognise them yourself. Treat a page as unreliable if:
- It calls the specs "confirmed", "official", or "leaked" — Rockstar has published none, so there is nothing to confirm or leak.
- It lists exact figures (a precise GB count, a named GPU per tier) with no link to where those numbers came from.
- It sells something on the same page — game keys, boosting, prebuilt PCs, or hardware affiliate links.
- It carries no author byline, no publication date, or a date that silently changes to stay "current".
- It cites another blog that cites another blog, with no primary source anywhere in the chain.
By that standard this site is an estimate too — which is why we label it as one on every page, and why our figures will be replaced with Rockstar's the day they publish them.
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