A few moments ago it was announced that Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain is now available for pre-order on Steam. Furthermore, the game will now launch on PC and consoles on the same day i.e. September 1st, 2015. Konami are also giving away a free copy of Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes for those will pre-order Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain on Steam.
So what exactly will it take to run the game on your PC? The official Steam store page of the game has revealed the minimum and recommended requirements which you can check out below. It seems that you will need quite a powerful CPU with a modest GPU configuration to run this game, pointing towards the fact that this game is mostly CPU bound.
MINIMUM:
OS: Windows 7×64, Windows 8×64 (64-bit OS Required)
Processor: Intel Core i5-4460 (3.40 GHz) or better; Quad-core or better
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 (2GB) or better (DirectX 11 card Required)
DirectX: Version 11
Hard Drive: 28 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
RECOMMENDED:
OS: Windows 7×64, Windows 8×64 (64-bit OS Required)
Processor: Intel Core i7-4790 (3.60GHz) or better; Quad-core or better
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (DirectX 11 graphic card required)
DirectX: Version 11
Hard Drive: 28 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card (Surround Sound 5.1)