Will this graphics card run GTA 5?

Lilmar · Jul 20, 2015

Hi, I'm planning on upgrading my iBuuPower desktops graphics card soon because I can only run the game on low settings. I'm just trying to get a decent FPS and play on high settings, not max all of it out. Will the EVGA GeForce GT 740 4GB GDDR5 Superclocked graphics card run the game?

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=04G-P4-3748-KR

Finstar · Jul 20, 2015

that card should run gta v but definitely not at high settings. if you want to run it at high settings you would have to look at something like gtx 960 or r9 380 (if you are playing on 1080p)

bootcher · Jul 20, 2015

It will run it at 720p high settings. Higher resolution will see a performance drop.

Doc Funky · Jul 20, 2015

In my experience GTA V is extremely CPU intensive my i7 2600 was running at 70-80% load with my gtx 670 to get 60 fps on high at 1080p just something to consider if your cpu isn't very strong.

Finstar · Jul 20, 2015

Doc Funky :

if the game needed any cpu power your cpu usage would be at 100%... gta v doesn't need really any cpu power to run, just gpu

need4speeds · Jul 20, 2015

What you need is yesterday's "980" or "R290X".

Its only 340 cores. In this price range under $120 you are better off buying a used card locally. Many gamers upgrade to the newest and fastest card, like many here on tom's the sell their "old" 680 to buy a new 980ti. With the crash and death of gpu script bitcoin mining like dogecoin and litecoin there is many cards out there for sale cheap. Cards like the HD-7950,7970, R280x, R290 and so on. A "old" 680 or 7970 would be way better than any of the budget cards like the R260 or this GT 740. MAKE SURE YOU SEE IT WORKING AND MAYBE DOING A BENCHMARK LIKE FURMARK OR PLAYING A GAME THAT WORKS THE CARD. IT IS USED SO YES THERE IS A CHANCE. BUY ONLY FROM GOOD AREAS OF TOWN. A CHEAP APARTMENT BLOCK IS USUALLY BAD NEWS SO USE YOUR GUT FEELING AND INSTINCT WHEN BUYING USED ITEMS.
Just my experience. I got some really good deals in the past from people in mostly fancy condos that always upgrade to the greatest and latest parts. When the hd-4870 was $300 the "old" hd-3870 was a great deal for $60. And so was a Hd-7850 for $120 when they bought a new R290x.

need4speeds · Jul 20, 2015

Some cards may need a larger power supply that is a quality brand and better case cooling, some cards are longer so make sure your case is large enough.

The R265 with 1024 cores that is a rebranded HD-7850 is not too bad and is low wattage, so is the geforce 750ti with 640 cores. The cards faster and larger than that need more power supply wattage and better cooling and more room.

Please note that the nvidia cuda cores approximately equal two amd open cl cores. So 512 cuda cores = 1024 amd ones.
This is a rough estimate and varies with clock speed and other things like memory. More cores are better but also use more power and put out more heat, this results in a larger card.

velo3100 · Jul 20, 2015

You should be able to play the game at 720p. It may struggle at 1080p though.

need4speeds · Jul 20, 2015

If you have two pcie x16 slots on your board so it can run crossfire, or sli, (make sure it can run sli and says it can since that needs two x8 speed slots or higher to run while crossfire can run on the slower x4 slots). A pair of used Hd-7850's or r265's is fairly common ( they are the same card so you might find a R265 and Hd-7850 together). Often people will sell a pair of cards for cheap. Some of them can be a good deal. Two smaller cards can run cooler than one larger card and can fit in smaller cases. These smaller cards were popular mining cards so there are some selling pairs of them for cheap. A pair of R260s, hd-7790, 7770 are ok too. STAY AWAY FROM ANY OLDER CARDS LIKE THE GEFORCE 580, 480, HD-6970, 5970 THESE ARE TOO OLD AND HAVE ISSUES LIKE FAILING FANS AND ALSO USE LOTS OF POWER AND ARE HARD TO KEEP COOL. THEY ARE FAST CARDS BUT THE WATTAGE THEY USE TO GET THERE IS NOT WORTH IT. A 750TI IS AS FAST AS A MASSIVE 480 OR 6970 BUT USES 1/4 THE POWER.

I don't have gta5 but do have GTA IV. With a pair of Hd-7850's and a A6-3650 4 core apu at 3.5ghz the game runs well. I still cant totally max out the settings so a few things are turned from max to high, or 16x aa down to 8x aa. I would suspect that the newer one, GTA 5 will need med-high settings to run on my system where GTAIV runs on high-max settings. I run at 1080p.

Do some research so you know what you are buying.

Creme · Jul 20, 2015

For that price you might find a R7 250X 2GB or R7 260, which slightly edge the 740. Anyway, that card will run GTA 5, one way or another.

Lilmar · Jul 20, 2015

720p would be fine, but how much FPS would I get with this?

Here's my other specs:

CPU: AMD FX(tm)4100 Quad-Core Processor
RAM: 8 GB
OS: Windows 8.1

bootcher · Jul 20, 2015

Should be able to reach average 60 fps, depending on your settings and how much the FX is overclocked.

here is a similar system running 900P:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrBI0zw-5Ic

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