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GTA 6 setup comparator

GTA 6 runs at 30 frames per second, a 33.3 ms budget per frame. That number settles everything else: here are three costed budgets, and the half of the hardware sold as essential that changes nothing here.

Three budgets, added up line by line

Essential

Start from nothing and play on November 19, with nothing else bought.

  • Xbox Series S 512 Go$499.99

    The cheapest console that runs the game, named as such by Microsoft.

  • GTA 6, Standard edition$79.99

    The game, digital. The box costs the same and holds only a code.

  • The TV you already own$0

    Turning on its Game mode beats any new panel at 30 frames per second.

  • Casque filaire sur le jack de la manettenot surveyed

    Sound through the controller jack, with the headphones already in the house.

From$579.98

1 line with no dollar price surveyed

Know this before you payA 512 GB Series S leaves about 364 GB free, and the press estimates GTA 6 at 150 to 200 GB with no official figure behind it. An expansion card will come soon. Cheaper still, though with no US price surveyed: the Sony-refurbished PS5 Digital Edition at 499.99 euros on August 28, 2026, 12-month warranty.

Comfortable

The setup Rockstar captured An Extended Look on.

  • PS5 Édition Numérique 1 To$599.99

    A base PS5: the machine behind the 26 minutes shown on August 27, 2026.

  • GTA 6, Standard edition$79.99

    The Ultimate upgrade stays buyable later, at $20.

  • Casque sans fil Pulse Elitenot surveyed

    Native Tempest 3D audio, one of the four PS5 strengths Sony lists for this game.

  • Câble HDMI Ultra High Speed certifiénot surveyed

    Only worth it if the cable in place caps the chain at 18 Gbps.

From$679.98

2 lines with no dollar price surveyed

Know this before you payThe Pulse Elite fell to 114.25 euros in late July 2026 and to 99.99 in May. Days of Play, May 27 to June 10, 2026, took 40 euros off it. Waiting for a sale beats paying the shelf price.

No compromise

Everything the hardware can give, knowing what it does not buy.

  • PS5 Pro 2 To$899.99

    Resolution, ray tracing and stability. No extra smoothness: the CPU does not follow.

  • GTA 6, Ultimate edition$99.99

    Digital only, and the sixteen extras unlock across the story.

  • LG OLED G5, 65 poucesnot surveyed

    A 0.1 ms response and true black. The panel refresh rate will go unused.

  • Casque sans fil Pulse Elitenot surveyed

    Still the only route to native Tempest 3D audio.

  • SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850P 1 To, SSD M.2 PS5$379.99

    One more terabyte in the M.2 slot, at $380 per terabyte.

From$1,379.97

2 lines with no dollar price surveyed

Know this before you payTwo of the five lines have no price surveyed in both currencies, and nothing is converted here. The PS5 Pro listed at 899.99 euros was trading from 999 in Germany on August 27, 2026, with third-party sellers at 1,299.99.

The detail, family by family

Every price carries its survey date and its source. Nothing is converted between currencies: when no dollar price was surveyed, the cell says so.

Consoles

Seven machines, four price rises in six years. The disc drive is billed $50 on both ranges, and GTA 6 ships on no disc at all.

HardwareSurveyed priceSurveyed onTierWho it serves
Xbox Series S 512 Goabout 364 GB actually usable$499.99August 3, 2026EssentialMicrosoft names it as the lowest-cost way into GTA 6, in the same statement that raises its price by $100.Pure Xbox, prix en vigueur depuis le 1er août 2026
PS5 Édition Numérique reconditionnée par Sony12-month manufacturer warrantynot surveyedAugust 28, 2026EssentialSony-certified, 100 euros under the new price, free delivery and returns. No US price surveyed.Numerama, boutique PlayStation officielle
Xbox Series S 1 To$599.99August 3, 2026ComfortableThe biggest jump of the range: $100 buys the extra 500 GB, and nothing else.Pure Xbox, prix en vigueur depuis le 1er août 2026
PS5 Édition Numérique 1 To$599.99March 27, 2026ComfortableThe machine An Extended Look was captured on. No disc drive, and GTA 6 ships on no disc.PlayStation Blog, prix en vigueur depuis le 2 avril 2026
PS5 avec lecteur 1 To$649.99March 27, 2026Comfortable$50 more for a drive that will never read GTA 6: the box holds a download code and nothing else.PlayStation Blog, prix en vigueur depuis le 2 avril 2026
Xbox Series X 1 To Digitalabout 802 GB actually usable$749.99August 3, 2026ComfortableThe most powerful Xbox, minus the drive GTA 6 has no use for.Pure Xbox, prix en vigueur depuis le 1er août 2026
PS5 Pro 2 ToPlayStation Store badge: PS5 Pro Enhanced$899.99March 27, 2026No compromiseThe badge exists, its contents were never detailed. Digital Foundry expects a cleaner picture, not more frames.PlayStation Blog, prix en vigueur depuis le 2 avril 2026
Xbox Series X 1 To avec lecteur$799.99August 3, 2026No compromiseUp from $599.99 to $799.99 on August 1, 2026. The 2 TB Galaxy Black model is discontinued.GinjFo et Pure Xbox, prix en vigueur depuis le 1er août 2026

Screens

What matters at 30 frames per second comes down to three things: Game mode, the right HDMI port, and a panel that holds black. Not the refresh rate.

HardwareSurveyed priceSurveyed onTierWho it serves
Câble HDMI Ultra High Speed certifié48 Gbps against 18 Gbps on HDMI 2.0not surveyedMarch 13, 2026EssentialThe only defensible screen spend for GTA 6, and only if the cable you own throttles the chain. No US price surveyed.Comparatif-TV
LG OLED C5, 55 pouces0.1 ms lag measured in Game modenot surveyedMay 11, 2026ComfortableThe panel that gives Vice City its night. Game mode matters more than refresh rate: it drops lag from 80 to 120 ms down to a few.Le Figaro, prix indicatif
LG OLED C5, 65 poucesnot surveyedMay 11, 2026ComfortableTen more inches for about 200 euros. No US price surveyed.Le Figaro, prix indicatif
LG OLED G5, 65 poucesnot surveyedApril 9, 2026No compromiseLes Numeriques recommended the G5 over the G6 while stock lasted. Le Figaro logged it at 2,999 euros, so check the shelf before you buy.Les Numériques, relevé lors du test du G6
Samsung S95F, 65 poucesnot surveyedMay 11, 2026No compromiseSamsung gives full bandwidth on all four HDMI inputs, where Sony reserves it for some ranges.Le Figaro, prix indicatif
LG OLED G6, 65 pouces4.8 ms lag at 1080p 120 Hznot surveyedApril 9, 2026No compromiseIts 165 Hz panel only pays off on PC. Consoles stop at 120 Hz, and GTA 6 stops at 30 frames per second.Les Numériques, prix de lancement France

Audio

The PS5 turns down standard Bluetooth audio. Three routes are left: the controller jack, a USB dongle, or a Sony headset for native Tempest 3D audio.

HardwareSurveyed priceSurveyed onTierWho it serves
Casque filaire sur le jack de la manettenot surveyedAugust 28, 2026EssentialThe PS5 does not support standard Bluetooth audio: AirPods will not work in game. The DualSense 3.5 mm jack takes any headphones you own.PlayStation Support et Radio87, aucun prix relevé
Casque sans fil Pulse Elite30 hours claimed, planar magnetic driversnot surveyedAugust 20, 2026ComfortableOne of three headsets that get native Tempest 3D audio. It fell to 114.25 euros on July 28, 2026 and to 99.99 on May 29, so waiting for a discount pays. No US price surveyed.Bonne-Promo, relevé Amazon à 148,99 €
Casque tiers avec dongle USB 2,4 GHznot surveyedMay 15, 2026ComfortableIt works, but runs its own software spatialisation: native Tempest 3D audio stays with the Pulse Elite, Pulse 3D and INZONE H5.GamingLab, aucun prix relevé dans le dossier
Barre de sonnot surveyedAugust 28, 2026No compromiseNo soundbar price was surveyed, so none is shown here. Worth knowing anyway: the PS5 Tempest 3D audio runs through headphones, not through a soundbar.aucun modèle ni prix relevé dans notre dossier de faits

Storage

Rockstar has published no install size. The 150 to 200 GB estimates going around come from third-party sites, never from the studio.

HardwareSurveyed pricePer terabyteSurveyed onTierWho it serves
WD_Black C50 1 To, carte d’extension Xbox919.9 GB usable, a 53.6 GB game moved in 1 min 23 snot surveyednot surveyedAugust 26, 2026EssentialThe cheapest storage per terabyte in this whole file. A French tracker logged it at 155 euros on August 23, 2026, so the price moves week to week.Netzwelt, meilleur prix relevé, contre 177,99 € conseillés
SanDisk Optimus GX C50 512 Go, carte Xboxnot surveyednot surveyedAugust 26, 2026EssentialThe smallest Xbox expansion card, and the priciest per terabyte. SanDisk quoted three to seven months of shipping delay.Netzwelt, boutique du fabricant
SanDisk Optimus GX C50 1 To, carte Xboxnot surveyednot surveyedAugust 26, 2026ComfortableThe same terabyte as the WD_Black, 69 euros dearer, and 295.73 on Amazon the very same day.Netzwelt, boutique du fabricant, en rupture ce jour-là
Seagate Expansion Card 1 To, carte Xboxnot surveyednot surveyedAugust 26, 2026ComfortableThe original supplier, now the dearest of the three. The 2, 4 and 5 TB versions were out of stock.Netzwelt, boutique Seagate, 249 € sur Amazon
Samsung 990 Pro 1 To avec dissipateur, SSD M.2 PS5not surveyednot surveyedJuly 24, 2026ComfortableCheck this one on the shelf: three guides give 150, 221.99 and 269.99 euros for the same part in 2026, a 1 to 1.7 spread.jeuxvideo.com, guide SSD PS5
SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850P 1 To, SSD M.2 PS5up to 7,200 to 7,300 MB/s claimed$379.99$379.99June 22, 2026ComfortableOfficially licensed for PS5, which makes it no faster. No euro price surveyed at this capacity.The Verge, relayé par jeuxvideo.com
SanDisk Optimus GX C50 2 To, carte Xboxnot surveyednot surveyedAugust 26, 2026No compromiseThe capacity that settles a Series S for the rest of the generation. Amazon had it at 336.67 euros the same day.Netzwelt, boutique du fabricant
SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850P 8 To, SSD M.2 PS5$2,959.99$370June 18, 2026No compromiseOne SSD for the price of 3.4 PS5 Pros. It is the marker of what the memory crunch did to prices.Rotek pour l’euro, The Verge pour le dollar
WD_Black SN850X 8 To, SSD M.2 PS5$1,299.99$162.50June 17, 2026No compromiseComparable specs, same parent company, less than half the price per terabyte. It sold for 600 dollars last year. No euro price surveyed.Notebookcheck, relevé Amazon

What the PS5 demands of an expansion SSD

  • M.2 NVMe PCI-Express Gen4x4, M key. M.2 SATA drives are not supported.
  • Sequential read of at least 5,500 MB/s recommended, from 250 GB to 8 TB.
  • A heatsink is required, built in or added, 11.25 mm thick at most and 25 mm wide.
  • Sony warns that not every game will match the internal SSD, even above 5,500 MB/s.

PlayStation Support France, installation d’un SSD M.2, checked on August 28, 2026

What buys you nothing at 30 frames per second

Every line below costs money and changes nothing on screen. This is the part of the tool no product page will ever write.

  • The disc drive

    $50

    Rockstar puts it plainly: "A disc will not be included in the box." The box holds a download code. Everyone downloads, including shelf buyers.

    Rockstar Store, page produit officielle, checked on August 28, 2026

  • A 120 Hz TV bought for GTA 6

    A 120 Hz panel only pays off with a 40 fps mode, which divides cleanly into it. No 40 fps mode has been announced, on any console, PS5 Pro included.

    Digital Foundry, DF Weekly du 29 juin 2026, checked on June 29, 2026

  • VRR

    The PS5 VRR window runs from 48 to 120 Hz. At 30 frames per second you sit under the floor, and the compensation that takes over needs a native 120 Hz panel. VRR is for shaky 60 or 120 fps modes, not for patching 30.

    KTC, guide de compatibilité VRR de la PS5, checked on May 1, 2026

  • A PS5 Pro bought for smoothness

    $300

    The bottleneck is the CPU, and the Pro adds only a fractional CPU gain. Digital Foundry calls a 60 fps version "extremely unlikely" on console hardware. The PS5 Pro Enhanced badge promises resolution and ray tracing, never frames.

    Digital Foundry, analyse de l’Extended Look, 28 août 2026, checked on August 28, 2026

  • An external USB SSD

    A USB drive cannot launch a PS5 game. It only parks PS5 games and runs PS4 ones. GTA 6 needs the internal SSD or an M.2 in the expansion slot.

    Frandroid, guide stockage PS5 mis à jour le 26 août 2026, checked on August 26, 2026

  • An "officially licensed" PS5 SSD

    $217

    The badge makes no drive faster: the M.2 slot takes any NVMe PCIe 4.0 that meets Sony criteria. The licensed SanDisk works out at $380 per terabyte, a WD_Black SN850X at $162.50.

    Games.gg, et relevés Rotek et Notebookcheck de juin 2026, checked on June 18, 2026

  • A controller bought for its latency

    The DualSense Edge saves 12.8 ms over an Xbox Elite Series 2 on Bluetooth. Against a 33.3 ms frame budget, that gap is invisible. And GTA 6 is single player: there is nobody to out-react.

    gamepadla.com cité par Shattered.io, relevé de prix du 7 août 2026, checked on August 7, 2026

What costs nothing and matters more

  • Turn on the TV Game mode

    Lag falls from 80 to 120 ms in standard mode to 1 to 5 ms on a decent panel. Nothing on this page buys an effect that big.

    LeBonEcran, guide 2026

  • Find the right HDMI port and unlock the input

    Many TVs leave their inputs on Standard and cap bandwidth until you switch the signal format. On LG sets, only HDMI 1 and 2 reach 48 Gbps.

    Frandroid, 19 juin 2026

  • Clear space before November 12

    Preload opens on November 12 at local midnight. A launch PS5 leaves about 667 GB usable, a 512 GB Series S about 364. Rockstar has published no install size.

    Rockstar Support, Frandroid et Stealthy Gaming

Sources

Prices and specifications surveyed between March 27 and August 28, 2026. A hardware price ages fast: the date counts as much as the figure.