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Apr 17, 2015 - Howcome you have a 64 bit chip and yet run 32 bit OS? Vmem: you technically can. But I've seen GTA5 use 4GB of RAM by itself on my.

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You technically can. But I've seen GTA5 use 4GB of RAM by itself on my rig Don't make assumptions.

We don't know his full spec, least of all the GPU. If he has no GPU, what will you tell him? He will get 60fps? Also, the game can take in excess of 7gb in some cases.like mine Well, he said he's getting a gtx 970 so I'm running my 'assumption' off of that. He'll be severely CPU limited, and to be honest I'm having a hard time assessing whether the game will be CPU bound before it is limited by the RAM issue.

You technically can. But I've seen GTA5 use 4GB of RAM by itself on my rig Don't make assumptions. We don't know his full spec, least of all the GPU. If he has no GPU, what will you tell him? He will get 60fps? Also, the game can take in excess of 7gb in some cases.like mine Well, he said he's getting a gtx 970 so I'm running my 'assumption' off of that.

He'll be severely CPU limited, and to be honest I'm having a hard time assessing whether the game will be CPU bound before it is limited by the RAM issue Let me make it easier. The first problem here is a 32 bit OS. This is the bottleneck. He will run out of ram before he even gets to the settings menu. After that, the 970 is far more powerful than an fx-4100 system would normally incorporate, so the cpu is bottleneck 2: Steps: Reinstall OS TOP PRIORITY in 64-bit.

(Use and write down your key) Then look at upgrading the CPU to a fx-6300 for example and going down the 280x route or so. It will create a far better balance. Either way, if you go 970 gtx / 280x / Voodoo 3d you need MUCH more firepower on the cpu level and you will need 8GB of ram!!! Otherwise any upgrade is useless. Well, it doesn't matter what your current GPU is, the problem is that your OS isn't enough.

Minimum for GTA V is 64-bit Windows 7 SP1/8/8.1 (or Windows Vista SP2 if you have an nVidia GPU). So, the absolute minimum you will need to do to even launch GTA V, let alone play at any resolution at any kind of quality setting, is upgrade to 64-bit Windows 7. I would also highly recommend upgrading to at least 8GB of RAM, if for no other reason than to assure good overall system performance (& because 4GB is the minimum for GTA V, 8GB is recommended). Beyond that, your CPU is above minimum. The big question is what your current GPU is, and at what resolution you will be playing.

With your CPU, I doubt you're currently gaming any higher than 1080p (& even that might be stretching it), so you don't need a GTX 970 (or an AMD R9 290/290X). Given the recommended GPUs & your current CPU, a better & cheaper buy would be something like the R9 270/270X (they're slightly faster rebranded HD 7870s, & they're currently between $150 & 200 a pop). As an alternative, if you can swing it you might consider getting the GTX 750Ti & upgrading your CPU to a FX-6300 -- that, of course, will depend on if your board is an AM3+ & if it can support the CPU. And before anyone weighs in, the FX-6300 is better than his current CPU, it's solidly between the minimum & recommended AMD CPUs, & using it instead of going to an Intel build means he doesn't have to reinstall his OS just to try & play GTA V. 32 bit windows limits your RAM to 3gb effectively wasting 1gb. Which GPU do you run? Howcome you have a 64 bit chip and yet run 32 bit OS?

You should reinstall in 64 bit anyway It actually limits your ram to 3.5GB. But this all depends on your Graphics Card.

32-bit Windows has an address space of 4GB. Part of that is used by system BIOSes and graphics memory. With a 256MB graphics card about 3.3-3.5GB of RAM can be addressed and used, assuming you have 4GB fitted. If you fit a graphics card with 1GB of memory only about 2.6-2.8GB of the RAM would be addressable and usable.

You technically can. But I've seen GTA5 use 4GB of RAM by itself on my rig Don't make assumptions. We don't know his full spec, least of all the GPU. If he has no GPU, what will you tell him? He will get 60fps?

Also, the game can take in excess of 7gb in some cases.like mine Well, he said he's getting a gtx 970 so I'm running my 'assumption' off of that. He'll be severely CPU limited, and to be honest I'm having a hard time assessing whether the game will be CPU bound before it is limited by the RAM issue Let me make it easier. The first problem here is a 32 bit OS. Perednyaya bortovaya na t 40. This is the bottleneck.