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Can I run Grand Theft Auto VI with a GeForce RTX 5070?

High in Grand Theft Auto VI is drawn around a GeForce RTX 4080 Super and its 16 GB. The GeForce RTX 5070 has the core for it and not the memory, which is the one shortfall no setting recovers.

Ranked 11 of the 47 cards we track, with 17 of them carrying more video memory - and 10 of the 47 cards we track stop at the same point in Grand Theft Auto VI.

estimated index 36 · 12 GB · 2025
Ceiling with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and 32 GB

Runs well

Clears the recommended tier, which is the target the publisher designs against.

Headroom
exactly on the line on VRAM
Bottleneck
VRAM
Confidence
estimated

Tier ladder

  1. minimum cleared
  2. recommended cleared
  3. high blocked by VRAM + GPU
  4. ultra blocked by GPU + VRAM

The weakest link is video memory: this rig brings 12 against the 16 that Grand Theft Auto VI asks for at the high tier. Everything else in the rig is already past that line.

That readout is the best this card can do in Grand Theft Auto VI: it assumes nothing else in the machine holds it back. Your own processor and memory can only lower it, never raise it.

The same card with three different processors

In Grand Theft Auto VI the processor beside a GeForce RTX 5070 changes the answer, which is why a card-only verdict is not worth much here. Each row assumes 16 GB of system memory.

Processor Index Verdict Bottleneck
Ryzen 5 1600 30 Will not run processor
Ryzen 9 5900X 70 Runs well system memory
Ryzen 7 9800X3D 95 Runs well system memory

Cheapest way up one tier

video memory: GeForce RTX 4080 Super

The GeForce RTX 5070 carries 12 GB of video memory and the high tier needs 16 GB. Video memory is a hard limit: no amount of core speed substitutes for it.

That is the smallest part in our catalogue that clears the high tier - not the fastest one, and not a price claim: we hold no price data, so "cheapest" here means "least upgrade that does the job".

This part alone will not get you there. graphics card also falls short of that tier.

Where to look: GeForce RTX 4080 Super (no store links yet)

Thresholds, against this card

Green means the GeForce RTX 5070 clears that number, red means it does not. The processor and memory columns are yours to fill in with the checker below.

System requirement thresholds for Grand Theft Auto VI, by tier
Requirement minimum recommended high ultra your rig
GPU index 14 26 45 63 36
CPU index 50 65 86 92 0
Video memory 8 GB 12 GB 16 GB 16 GB 12 GB
System memory 16 GB 16 GB 32 GB 32 GB 0 GB
Storage 150 GB 150 GB 150 GB 150 GB -

The CPU and system memory rows show zero because this page knows the card and nothing else.

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Questions

Will a GeForce RTX 5070 run Grand Theft Auto VI?
High in Grand Theft Auto VI is drawn around a GeForce RTX 4080 Super and its 16 GB. The GeForce RTX 5070 has the core for it and not the memory, which is the one shortfall no setting recovers. Above that the video memory is what stops it.
Is 12 GB of video memory enough for Grand Theft Auto VI?
Not for every tier. Grand Theft Auto VI asks for more video memory than the 12 GB on this card at the tier above recommended, and video memory is a hard limit rather than something extra core speed can cover.

More on this card: what the GeForce RTX 5070 runs across every game we track.