GTA 5 Size and System Requirements on PC (2026): Enhanced 105GB vs Legacy 125GB

How big is GTA 5 on PC? It depends on which edition you install.

Since the free PC upgrade arrived on March 4, 2025, your Steam library shows two entries, Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced and Grand Theft Auto V Legacy, and as of November 10, 2026 their store spec sheets ask for 105GB and 125GB of free space respectively.

The newer edition is listed 20GB smaller, but there is a catch: Enhanced requires an SSD even at minimum spec, and its recommended tier calls for an SSD with DirectStorage compatibility.

As of November 10, 2026, a new Steam purchase of GTA 5 Enhanced includes Legacy in the same package, Legacy's own store page is unlisted at the publisher's request, and anyone who already owned GTA 5 on PC can upgrade to Enhanced for free.

This guide puts both spec sheets for GTA 5 in one table, explains which edition suits your hardware, and shows what to delete first when your drive runs short. Requirements can change with updates, so check the store page once more right before you install.

Enhanced or Legacy: which one should you install?

The rule of thumb is short. If your graphics card has at least 4GB of VRAM, you have 8GB of RAM or more, and you can install to an SSD, go with Enhanced.

Rockstar lists what the upgrade adds: ray tracing (ambient occlusion and global illumination, plus ray traced shadows and reflections), AMD FSR and NVIDIA DLSS support, faster loading through SSD and DirectStorage on supported setups, DualSense adaptive triggers, and Dolby Atmos audio, while GTA Online on Enhanced carries content such as the Hao's Special Works vehicle upgrades.

If your card has less than 4GB of VRAM (a 2GB or 3GB model), you have only 4GB of RAM, or your PC has nothing but a hard drive, Legacy is the one that fits. Rockstar said it would keep supporting Legacy so players whose hardware misses the new minimum can keep playing.

One thing to settle before you choose: GTA Online on Legacy and Enhanced is split, so you and your friends must be on the same edition to share a session.

Story Mode and GTA Online progress can be migrated from Legacy to Enhanced only once, the move cannot be reversed, and your Legacy progress stays where it was. If you play on FiveM servers, check FiveM's own guidance for which edition your server expects.

Once installed, if frame rates fall short, the official checks are in GTA 5 FPS boost settings, and FiveM client options are in FiveM FPS boost and best settings.

GTA 5 Enhanced vs Legacy PC requirements (Steam, November 10, 2026)

Checklist before you hit Install

• Your graphics card has 4GB of VRAM or more for Enhanced; with less than 4GB (2GB or 3GB cards), pick Legacy.
• The drive for Enhanced is an SSD with at least 105GB free.
• You and your GTA Online crew agreed on the same edition.
• If you plan to keep both editions, you budgeted 230GB on paper.
• If you also record, you left room for recordings on top of the game.

From freeing space to first launch

1. 1Check your PC specsOpen the Performance tab in Task Manager or go to Settings > System > About, note your CPU, RAM, and graphics card, then compare them with the table. How to check your PC specs on Windows 11 walks through it. For GTA 5, whether your card has 4GB of VRAM is the first line that splits the two editions.
2. 2Confirm your Windows and DirectX versionEnhanced asks for Windows 10 with the latest service pack at minimum and Windows 11 for the recommended tier, and Legacy's minimum graphics cards are listed with DirectX 10, 10.1, and 11. Use how to check your DirectX version to read it in dxdiag.
3. 3Make room on your SSDUnder Settings > System > Storage, see how much space each drive has and clear temporary files and games you no longer play. Aim for 105GB for Enhanced or 125GB for Legacy, and leave extra beyond that so future updates have room to download.
4. 4Pick the edition in your libraryYour Steam library lists Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced and Grand Theft Auto V Legacy separately. Install only the one you will play, and choose your SSD as the install location in the install dialog. The first launch needs the Rockstar Games Launcher and a sign in to your Rockstar Games account.
5. 5Migrate Legacy progress if you need itStory Mode saves and GTA Online characters from Legacy can be migrated once from inside Enhanced. It cannot be undone, and your Legacy progress remains. If your friends are still on Legacy, agree on an edition first.
6. 6Remove the edition you skipIf both editions are installed, uninstall the one you do not play in Steam. Removing Legacy frees its listed 125GB, and BattlEye, which stays behind, has to be removed separately as the Steam store page notes.

Space to keep if you record GTA 5 too

DOR is a free Windows app that detects GTA 5 when you launch it and records the whole session, from launch to exit. Recordings land in My Clips inside the app, and you trim only the parts worth keeping, like a police chase or a heist finale, saving them in 16:9, 9:16, or 1:1.

For disk planning, treat the game and the recordings as two separate budgets. DOR's full gameplay videos share a 5GB allowance by default, older videos are cleared only once that allowance is exceeded, and recent and liked videos stay.

If recordings live on the same SSD, start from 110GB for Enhanced (105GB for the game plus the default 5GB for recordings) and add more as your saved clips pile up.

The free plan records at 720p or 1080p and 30 or 60fps (1080p at 30fps by default), and on supported NVIDIA graphics cards such as the RTX series it records with NVENC hardware encoding. If your PC sits near the minimum spec, dropping to 720p at 30fps lightens the load.

To send trimmed clips to friends, see how to share GTA 5 gameplay videos; for specs that handle gaming and recording together, see recommended specs for game recording; and for keeping hours long online sessions smooth, see recording long gameplay without stutter.