The 400MB version of GTA: San Andreas for PC refers to a "Highly Compressed" or "RIP" version of the original game. While the official full version requires approximately 4.7GB of disk space (or up to 19GB for the Definitive Edition), these ultra-compressed versions are modified to fit much smaller storage footprints. What is Compressed in a 400MB Version?

The "400MB" version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (GTA SA)

Because this is still the original 2004 engine, it runs on almost any modern PC: Windows XP / 7 / 10 / 11 1GHz Pentium III or AMD Athlon 256MB (512MB recommended) 64MB Video Card (DirectX 9 compatible) 400MB for the installer; ~1GB to 1.5GB after extraction. 3. Installation Steps Extract the Archive: Most 400MB versions come as a to extract it to a folder (e.g., C:\Games\GTA San Andreas Run the Setup/Unpack Batch: Look for a file named unpack.bat install.exe inside the folder.

The comments were a war zone. Half the users claimed it was a virus that would melt my motherboard; the other half called it a miracle of "KGB Archiving." Desperate to play, I clicked download. It took fourteen hours.