Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is the ultimate Metal Gear title for gamers who don’t like Metal Gear. Despite an off-the-wall intro channeling P.T. and the Metal Gear Solid of yore, it’s almost as if Kojima has transplanted Snake and put him in a totally different game.
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain System Requirements
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Official Minimum Requirements
  • OS: Windows 7 64-bit
  • CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2 GHz or AMD FX-8320 3.5 GHz
  • RAM: 4GB System Memory
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 2GB or AMD Radeon HD 5850 2GB
  • HDD: 28GB Free Hard Drive Space
  • DX: DirectX 11
  • Audio: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card
Official Recommended Requirements
  • OS: Windows 8 64-bit
  • CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 3.6 GHz or AMD FX-9590 4.7 GHz
  • RAM: 8 GB System Memory
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 or AMD Radeon R9 280
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PC System Analysis For Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Requirements
To run Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain on high graphics settings your PC will require at least a 0MB GeForce GTX 760 / Radeon R9 280 with a Core i7-4790 4-Core 3.6GHz or FX-9590 CPU. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain needs a Radeon HD 5850 2048MB graphics card to play on low settings, with a Core i5-4460 3.2GHz or FX-8320 processor to reach the minimum specs, achieving 30FPS on 1080p monitor res. To be able to run at all you will need at least 4 GB system memory. Your graphics card will need to be capable of running DirectX 11. To summarise, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain needs around a 6 year old PC to play at recommended settings.
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain System Requirements
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Intel CPU
AMD CPU
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Core i5-4460 3.2GHz
FX-8320
GD CPU hardware score: 8
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GeForce GTX 650 2GB
Radeon HD 5850 2048MB
GD GPU hardware score: 3
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2 GB
GD VRAM hardware score: 5
4 GB
GD RAM hardware score: 4
Win 7 64
DX 11
28 GB

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Core i5-4460 3.2GHz
FX-8320
GD CPU hardware score: 8
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GeForce GTX 660
Radeon HD 7870
GD GPU hardware score: 4
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2 GB
GD VRAM hardware score: 5
6 GB
GD RAM hardware score: 6
Win 7 64
DX 11
28 GB
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Core i7-4790 4-Core 3.6GHz
FX-9590
GD CPU hardware score: 9
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GeForce GTX 760
Radeon R9 280
GD GPU hardware score: 5
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2 GB
GD VRAM hardware score: 5
8 GB
GD RAM hardware score: 8
Win 8 64
DX 11
28 GB

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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain PC Release Date:

1 Sep 2015

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