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Can I Run Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas?

Rockstar Games · 2008

Five years ago Carl Johnson escaped from the pressures of life in Los Santos, San Andreas... a city tearing itself apart with gang trouble, drugs and corruption. Where filmstars and millionaires do their best to avoid the dealers and gangbangers. Now, it's the early 90s. Carl's got to go home.

Can You Run Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas?

Pick your CPU, GPU, RAM and OS — we check each one against Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas’s official minimum and recommended requirements.

Your PC

You can run Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas — and then some

Your PC meets the recommended requirements. Expect a great experience.

ComponentYour PCMinimumRecommended
GPUGeForce RTX 406064MB Video Card (Geforce 3 or better)128MB (or greater) Video Card (Geforce 6 Series Recommended)
CPUCore i5-134001Ghz Pentium III or AMD Athlon ProcessorIntel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon XP Processor
RAM16 GB
OSWindows 11

Verdict compares your components against the game’s published requirements using our GPU/CPU benchmark database. Estimates — real performance varies with drivers, settings and cooling.

Estimated FPS at 1080p

Deterministic estimates based on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas’s rendering demand. For your exact CPU + GPU, use the finder below.

Budget GPU

GTX 1650 / RX 6500 XT

36 FPS

Low Performance

Mid-range GPU

RTX 4060 / RX 7600

80 FPS

Playable

High-end GPU

RTX 4080 / RX 7900 XTX

153 FPS

Excellent

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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas System Requirements

Minimum

OS *: Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP Processor: 1Ghz Pentium III or AMD Athlon Processor Memory: 256MB of RAM Graphics: 64MB Video Card (Geforce 3 or better) Hard Drive: 3.6GB of free hard disk space (minimal install) Other Requirements: Software installations required including DirectX and Sony DADC SecuROM Partner Requirements: Please check the terms of service of this site before purchasing this software.

Recommended

Processor: Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon XP Processor Memory: 384MB of RAM (the more the better!) Graphics: 128MB (or greater) Video Card (Geforce 6 Series Recommended) Hard Drive: 4.7GB of free hard disk space (full install) Sound Card: DirectX 9 compatible Sound Card (Sound Blaster Auidgy 2 Recommended)

Requirements sourced from the official Steam store listing.

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