GTA IV for PC (official)


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Everyone is having issues over at gtaforums. However the ones with a quadcore and the same card compared to the ones with dualcores with the same card, it seems that quadcores really get more fps, apperantly the game is a lot of cpu independent. And someone with an core i7 with only a 9800gtx had 75fps average with everything on high-medium at a 1440 resolution.

It could be very well a problem with amd processors though.

Would I be able to run the game on Medium with the specs in my sig?

not a chance, sorry ive got a AMD Athlon X2 6000+ (3ghz) 3 gb ram and a 8800GTX 768 with the same HDD as you and i get **** fps, average of 22fps

from a thread ive seen on the steam forums it looks like the problem is AMD processors sadly :(

I have an AMD Opteron 180 @ 2.8GHz running the game with no problems, although I played only for hour and a half last night...

I'll play some more tonight when I get home.

I wonder how would this play on a 4870X2

I'm installing my 4870 X2 in about 2 hours (when I get home from work). I'm upgrading from a 4870 512MB so hopefully I will see improved performance. I was seeing an average of 44 fps with my 4870, but with texture setting on high textures took a second to render sometimes. Hopefully the X2 will improve this. I will post some comments about it in a couple hours.

EDIT: the most annoying this is that with my monitors max resolution, I see "grainy" shadows, I posted a screenshot several pages back. They really detract from the visuals.

Hello, I've been waiting for this game to come out on the PC for some time, I'm stoked now that its finally here!

Though I have to say I'm really surprised to hear these stories about the FPS issues and the need for a Quad-core, please tell me this isn't another Crysis!

For those who have similar specs or even higher/lower/what ever you have, do you think this'll work out fine, its pretty old by today's standards:

CPU: Core2Duo e4400 @ 2.00GHZ

RAM: 2GB RAM

GDX: 8800GTS 320MB

Res: 1280 x 960

not a chance, sorry ive got a AMD Athlon X2 6000+ (3ghz) 3 gb ram and a 8800GTX 768 with the same HDD as you and i get **** fps, average of 22fps

Oh well, I guess it's Low for me. I just bought the game at Wal-Mart and I'm installing it now so I'll hopefully be up and playing shortly.

I'm installing my 4870 X2 in about 2 hours (when I get home from work). I'm upgrading from a 4870 512MB so hopefully I will see improved performance. I was seeing an average of 44 fps with my 4870, but with texture setting on high textures took a second to render sometimes. Hopefully the X2 will improve this. I will post some comments about it in a couple hours.

EDIT: the most annoying this is that with my monitors max resolution, I see "grainy" shadows, I posted a screenshot several pages back. They really detract from the visuals.

Not sure how much it will help, but pressing 'p' puts some weird filter on the game, giving everything a slight blur. Might help make the shadows less grainy.

I just tested this game with the system in my Signature(CPU: Intel c2d e8400 @ 4.00Ghz GPU: HD4870x2 + HD3870 Ram: 4GB DDR2 HDD: 2 *640 GB WD in RAID-0 ) and oh my god i get horrible performance,

Every slider to 30,

Render quality and texture quality on High,

Only getting around 22 fps @ 1920 * 1200

After 10 minutes of playing the game crashed with a "Out of video memory" error, yeah the 2GB on the 4870x2 isnt enough..., im going to stay clear from this until they fix the mess, supposedly they will add better support to Crossfire, so maybe there is hope.

By the way, i have been able to play anything with every slider to 11 with no problem, :(

not a chance, sorry ive got a AMD Athlon X2 6000+ (3ghz) 3 gb ram and a 8800GTX 768 with the same HDD as you and i get **** fps, average of 22fps

same here with my 5600+ and 9600gt.

lowering my settings / resolution actually made it WORSE, I mean WTF!

I just played this game with a 4870 X2, and I do admit it performs quite a bit better than with the 4870 512MB. Textures don't suffer the wait time, even on the high setting. I also pushed everything up to max except for the view distance and it's working well. As for the shadows, they look the same... I will try that "p" thing and see if it helps any.

Apparently, having a quad core CPU adds about 10-15 fps. :/

Statistics

Average FPS: 34.50

Duration: 37.20 sec

CPU Usage: 96%

System memory usage: 70%

Video memory usage: 90%

Graphics Settings

Video Mode: 1920 x 1200 (60 Hz)

Texture Quality: High

Render Quality: Highest

View Distance: 45

Detail Distance: 60

Hardware

Microsoft? Windows Vista" Ultimate

Service Pack 1

Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Video Driver version: 180.48

Audio Adapter: Speakers (ASUS Xonar D2 Audio Device)Intel® Core2 Duo CPU E6750 @ 2.66GHz>

----------------------------------------------------------

StatisticsAverage FPS: 47.62>

Duration: 37.17 sec

CPU Usage: 78%

System memory usage: 60%

Video memory usage: 97%

Graphics Settings

Video Mode: 1920 x 1080 (60 Hz)

Texture Quality: High

Render Quality: Highest

View Distance: 33

Detail Distance: 80

Hardware

Microsoft? Windows Vista" Ultimate

Service Pack 1

Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280

Video Driver version: 180.48

Audio Adapter: Speakers (Creative SB X-FiIntel® Core2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHzb>

well heres something that will make you laugh:

Today Rockstar Games got in touch with us, and they would like to assure fans that they are working to help solve the issues with GTA IV PC as quickly as possible. They advise anyone that is encountering difficulties to contact their local technical support helpline for advice and recommendations. These telephone numbers can be found in the game’s manual. You can also refer to Rockstar's support site, which provides regularly updated technical information and solutions to common problems, including a complete list of error codes, and some advice on how to use the graphics settings.

Quote:

Hey guys,

We are aware that a small number of fans are having problems running GTA IV on their PC’s and we would like to assure them we are working to help solve these as quickly as possible.

We would ask anyone that is encountering difficulties to contact their local technical support helpline for advice and recommendations. These telephone numbers can be found in the game’s manual.

There is also a regularly updated technical support page available on the Rockstar Games website http://www.rockstargames.com/support/ where there are many useful faqs and information on how to resolve some common problems being encountered.

Thanks,

Webmaster@R*

Quote:

If you need more help you can contact a technical support via email or phone.

For Support in the US

Phone: 1-866-405-5464

Email: [email protected]

For Support in Canada

Phone: 1-800-269-5721

Email: [email protected]

For Support in the UK

Phone: 08701 200060

Email: [email protected]

URL: http://www.take2games.co.uk/index.php?p=support_contact

For Support in Australia

Phone: 1902 262 606 - $2.48 + GST per minute (higher from mobile and public phones)

URL: http://www.take2games.com.au/index.p...upport_contact

For Support in New Zealand

Phone: 0900 54263 - $1.99 + GST per minute KIDS - ASK YOUR PARENTS FIRST!

URL: http://www.take2games.com.au/index.p...upport_contact

For Support in Spain

Phone: (+34) 91 636 39 25

Email: [email protected]

URL: http://www.taketwo.es/index.php?p=support_contact

For Support in Germany

Phone: http://www.take2.de/index.php?p=support_contact

URL: http://www.take2.de/index.php?p=support_online

For Support in France

Phone: 0890 808 809 (0,15 � TTC / min)

Email: [email protected]

URL: http://www.taketwo.fr/index.php?p=support

For Support in Italy

URL: http://www.take2.it/assistenza/contacthelp.asp

Note: If you need help with a PC title please attach your DxDiag and MSinfo when emailing us. For instructions on how to get this information look here.

Sources:

http://www.gta4.net/news/4161/gta-iv-pc-issues/

http://www.gtagaming.com/news/comments.php?i=1513

http://www.rockstargames.com/support...&submit=Submit

Question is, do you have any numbers? My computer is almost 2 years old and runs the game fine, the people I've played with online also said the game is running just fine - Yes there are some severe issues with the game and lot of "loud" people out there, still don't have any real numbers.

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