The leaks and rumors were right: The three GTA classics GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas are coming back as a new edition – in the form of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitve Edition. The system requirements of the remaster had already been leaked in advance (they are now official confirmed by Rockstar Games themselves
Before you fall out of the woods: The system requirements of GTA 5 are very low from today’s perspective. And even for the PC release in 2015, they were already considered manageable. You can find all information about the GTA Remaster trilogy in our compact overview article:
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Graphics card with 4 GB of video memory is sufficient
Minimum system requirements:
- Processor: Intel Core i5-2700K / AMD FX-6300
- Graphic card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 2,0 GByte / AMD Radeon R9 280 3,0 GByte
- Random access memory: 8,0 GByte
- Storage space: 45,0 GByte
- Operating system: Windows 10
Recommended system requirements:
While 8.0 GB of RAM is recommended for GTA 5, 16.0 GB is recommended for the Remaster Trilogy. The video memory should be 4.0 instead of 2.0 GB.
In terms of the recommended processors, Intel’s Core i5-6600K is enough to have a six-year-old mid-range CPU, but AMD’s should be a Ryzen 5 2600 from 2018. Overall, the system requirements for the remaster trilogy are still manageable.
There is also a first official gameplay trailer for the GTA Remaster trilogy:
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GTA: The Trilogy – Definitive Edition – Trailer finally shows game scenes from the remaster
Why are the system requirements higher than for GTA 5?
From our point of view, the officially unconfirmed system requirements seem to be consistent. The fact that they are higher than for GTA 5 should have a simple technical reason:
Remasters are usually based on the technical framework of the original game, i.e. the original code remains essentially unchanged, mostly only the graphics are improved. If necessary, minor improvements will be made and the game will be revised so that it runs on newer hardware.
However, major optimizations and adjustments to current PC components can usually not or only with difficulty be implemented. Therefore, a lot of performance often falls by the wayside and the system requirements are correspondingly higher than one would expect.
The main changes: By the way, we have summarized all information about the graphical and playful improvements of the GTA Remaster trilogy for you in the following text:
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GTA: These are the biggest changes in the remaster trilogy
What do you all mean? Are the system requirements appropriate or too high? Or should we just wait and see what the remaster trilogy looks like in the end? Feel free to write it in the comments!
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