GTA V Will support the Vulcan API?

GTA V Will support the Vulkan API?

GTA V Will support the Vulkan API?

[email protected] had Confirmed that GTA V will support the Vulkan API on twitter, the next generation graphics API which is based on AMD's Mantle. Though we doubt this will be the case at launch supporting this API will give this much better access to CPU and GPU resources in order to utilize your hardware more optimally for increased performance.

When asked if GTA V will support AMD's Mantle API, Roy Taylor, Corporate Vice President at AMD, said that "it will via Vulkan", which blatantly says that the game will support the Vulcan API in the future. The tweet confirming this can be seen below.

The support of the Vulkan API will not just benfit the PC version of the game's performance, but also be used allow it to be used on a wider range of devices, which includes Linux based PC or Steam Machines.

Below are the minimum and recommended specifications for GTA 5, which do say that you require a DirectX 10 or above compatible GPU. As you can see the minimum requirements are very low compared to many other modern titles and the recommended specifications seem very reasonable considering the relative power of the current generation consoles and the framerate at which they run at, this is a good sign that we have a great PC port on our hands, though we cannot confirm this before launch.

Minimum specifications:

OS: Windows 8.1 64 Bit, Windows 8 64 Bit, Windows 7 64 Bit Service Pack 1, Windows Vista 64 Bit Service Pack 2* (*NVIDIA video card recommended if running Vista OS)

Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs) / AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs) @ 2.5GHz

Memory: 4GB

Video Card: NVIDIA 9800 GT 1GB / AMD HD 4870 1GB (DX 10, 10.1, 11)

Sound Card: 100% DirectX 10 compatible

HDD Space: 65GB



Recommended specifications:

OS: Windows 8.1 64 Bit, Windows 8 64 Bit, Windows 7 64 Bit Service Pack 1

Processor: Intel Core i5 3470 @ 3.2GHZ (4 CPUs) / AMD X8 FX-8350 @ 4GHZ (8 CPUs)

Memory: 8GB

Video Card: NVIDIA GTX 660 2GB / AMD HD7870 2GB

Sound Card: 100% DirectX 10 compatible

HDD Space: 65GB

GTA 5 has been a long time coming on PC, and with delay after delay we hope that Rockstar will provide us PC gamers the solid PC port that we desire. We definitely do not want a repeat of GTA 4.

You can view some screenshots of the PC version of GTA V here and the game's recent PC 60 FPS trailer here.

*Edit*

AMD's Roy Taylor has since retracted this statement on GTA V, saying that his statement regarding Vulkan was not related to GTA V but the future of Mantle. Sadly this means that Rockstar may not be bringing the game over to the Vulcan API after release.

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