Grand Theft Auto IV

Hm, when I tried to use 64bit Vista game had much lower fps, textures were missing etc. On Xp never saw this kind of problems.
Btw on your pc I guess graphic details will be limited to low because of graphic card. You can enable higher details using commandline but dunno how performance will be then.

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So from what I've seen posted here....I shouldn't buy this game for PC?

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lanky180 Wrote:
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> So from what I've seen posted here....I shouldn't
> buy this game for PC?

Avoid it like the plague unless you have a 20 core 100000GHZ processor, 25673453GB memory and 200 46757484GB Graphic cards



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/26/2009 09:18PM by mika19b.

they've even managed to break the 360 version now... on freeplay multiplayer on live, you can't have friendly fire or cops any more!

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This game looks sooo good but ill need a nasa space centre to power it!

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So from what I've seen posted here....I shouldn't buy this game for PC?

I disagee with the posts stating you need "a 20 core 100000GHZ processor, 25673453GB memory and 200 46757484GB Graphic cards"

My PC details are-

Intel Q6600
Nvidia 8800GT
6GB RAM
Windows Vista 64 bit

I run the game at 1680 x 1050, dont know the exact details of everything else but the graphic sliders are about halfway & the game looks good & runs smooth. The lowest FPS I have seen is 16 but even then it felt smooth.

Comparing the same system to playing Far Cry 2 I was playing 1440... (not to sure what it was paired to) using medium settings all around & it ran around 40-60fps. Anything below 40 & it felt unplayable.

The game is fully patched & uses latest NVIDIA drivers.

Hope it helps you & others because I've heard so much criticism about the performance of this game in forums that I was afraid to buy the game.

It may just be that the minority are the most vocal!

Please see pic below for an idea of what it looks like in game for me. It has been resized as a jpg file so won't be the same quality as ingame.








Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/28/2009 05:34PM by chrislewis.

chrislewis Wrote:
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> The lowest FPS I have seen is 16 but even
> then it felt smooth.

Well you must have a computer with magic power's then, as anything below 20 is usually very choppy.

You usually need at least 30+ for it to run smoothly enough.

AMD Athlon X2 5000+ @ 3.0GHZ
4GB DDR2 800MHZ
ATI Radeon 4870 512MB
Vista Home Premium 64Bit

I know my game will run more crappy because i don't have quad core but with everything on low with all the slider's on 5 or less i think i should atleast get more than 29FPS at the highest :/

I went to order a Phenom II quad core up, until i saw a post on another forum with someone who had pretty much the same as me with a Phenom II and he couldn't get more than 35FPS with everything on low.

So no point in me buying a £200 processor for 6 FPS more just because Rockstar did a shite job of porting it :/

/Rant



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/28/2009 08:32PM by mika19b.

When it ran at 16 it was just for a few seconds so it wasn't too bad. If it stayed that way I may have noticed it a bit more. It usually is around 30 though.

chrislewis Wrote:
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> When it ran at 16 it was just for a few seconds so
> it wasn't too bad. If it stayed that way I may
> have noticed it a bit more. It usually is around
> 30 though.


Lucky for some