Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
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Sandbox-style action-adventure computer and video game.
The game is set in the fictional state of San Andreas, comprising three metropolitan cities. Set in late 1992, San Andreas revolves around gang member Carl "CJ" Johnson returning home from Liberty City to Los Santos after learning of his mother's murder.
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  • OS: Win Xp 32
  • Processor: Intel Pentium 4 1.8GHz / AMD Athlon XP 1800+
  • Graphics: AMD Radeon 9500 Pro or NVIDIA GeForce 6600
  • System Memory: 384 MB RAM
  • Storage: 4.7 GB Hard drive space
  • DirectX 9 Compatible Graphics Card
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You need a Pentium 4 1.8GHz or Athlon XP 1800+ processor coupled with a GeForce 6600 to run Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas system requirements at recommended. You can expect to get around 60FPS at 1080p screen res on high graphics settings with this hardware. 384 MB will also be needed to achieve the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas rec specs and get 60FPS. You will require a DirectX 9 GPU. We suggest a 17 year old PC to play smoothly.
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Genres: Sandbox, Sim, Crime
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas PC Release Date:

10 Jun 2005

Alternative Game Tags: gta, san andreas, grand theft auto, rockstar, rockstar games, pc, gta sa, rockstar north
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I'm sure that it can run very well on my potato laptop (I think my laptop can handle up to 100FPS)

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it definitely runs at that settings

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is this a joke? :DD i have a core 2 duo, a lot worse graphics card and ram but i can run at highest settings with 60 fps

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BS: I'll have 2 number nines, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheeeeeeeeeeze and a large soda

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The system is more than enough to run this game

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