GTA IV for PC (official)

[razor5000]

is there any chance this will run on a 2.4ghz single core CPU (i got a AMD Athlon64 3500+ 2.2ghz overclocked to 2409mhz) ... i know dual core is minimum but i wonder if anyone attempted playing it on a single core.

besides CPU i meet or beat the minimum requirements.

Video card = Geforce 7900GT

RAM = 2GB

I'm is a similar boat as you, I've a Intel Pentium Dual Core E2200 (2.2Ghz), 2Gb Memory, and a Nvidia 7600GS. I was hoping to play it at minimal resolution with medium details (yes I did read the game requirements) but even at 800x600 and all setting at low it lags and looks horrendous. As a stark contrast I can run San Andreas on my monitor's native resolution (1680x1050) with details on full.

The game seems only for people who spends lots of money one their computers and buys computer games regularly, whereas I am an infrequent gamer who does not spends ?100s on computer games and plays them once in a way. Even though I have brought all the GTA games, since GTA 3 I am a bit disappointed that RockStar have not catered for users without very fast gaming rigs.

Maybe if a patch comes out it might help but I would be surprised, so I will put it on one side and in a few years might try it then.

I hope gamers with proper gaming rigs (i.e. not mine) will get this game to play as you have been hoping after a patch.

[starbearer]

Why Did Rockstar Release Such A Graphically Demanding Game?

My Laptop's Almost Brand New,With A 256MB Card,And Still Falls Short Of Even The Min.Specifications,Let Alone Recommended.

And A Botched Release Too...From What's Being Said In The Forums?

[ViperAFK]

is there any chance this will run on a 2.4ghz single core CPU (i got a AMD Athlon64 3500+ 2.2ghz overclocked to 2409mhz) ... i know dual core is minimum but i wonder if anyone attempted playing it on a single core.

besides CPU i meet or beat the minimum requirements.

Video card = Geforce 7900GT

RAM = 2GB

Don't bother

at all

this game WILL NOT RUN on a single core. people with high end dual cores are having trouble there is no chance in hell it will even get above the single digits in fps.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

The game wasn't even designed to run on a single core.

[inactive]

From what I understand, peds and vehicles are pretty CPU intensive, so even if the game allows you to install/play without a dual core cpu, you will probably not see a very good FPS. I would wait until someone verifies it. I actually have a single core P4 3.2 sitting next to me but it only has a 128mb graphics card so that wouldn't be a fair estimate.

thanks for the reply and yeah i agree with you... cause your CPU would be a pretty good estimate for me (cause i think mine is like that or a little faster) but with that 128MB graphics card that would kill your performance most likely.

cause i got a Geforce 7900GT 256MB which meets the minimum requirements.

but im not expecting to run it great... i just hope the bulk of the game is 'playable' (i.e. over 20fps) cause once you drop below 20 is when it chugs really bad.

Don't bother

at all

this game WILL NOT RUN on a single core. people with high end dual cores are having trouble there is no chance in hell it will even get above the single digits in fps.

thanks for the reply.... most likely though the game is poorly coded (especially if high end CPU's dont work well in FPS)... cause i expect Mafia 2 to have less 'requirements' than GTA4 does.

at the end of the day i dont care to much if i can run GTA4 since i already beat it on XBox360 (although i usually cant play shooters at all on consoles but that was the exception) but i always like shooters better on PC cause you actually AIM instead of lock on crap.... only reason i beat the GTA4 on console was cause even though the basic thing is still 'lock on' related... once locked on you can fine tune where you aim with analog stick which made the game playable for me and a little more enjoyable vs past GTA games that where just not fun at all on consoles.

i just pray Mafia 2 dont require a dual core CPU cause that game i will be pretty p*ssed if it dont run on my PC since that's the ONLY game i want really bad right now.

[scratch42069]

Low-end dual cores can run the game if you turn the settings way down. I had to change most of the sliders down to about 15 but it did in fact play, though it was slow. Overclocking will help significantly. I overclocked my X2 3800+ 2.0ghz processor to 2.2 and I now have acceptable frames with the sliders set to 15 and textures and renders both set to Medium :) Oh, and my in-game res is 1280x800 (60Hz).

Edited December 4, 2008 by scratch42069

[CY:G]

Yeah, had that happen to me yesterday and I'm playing on a 4870 X2 as well.

Cy:G, what FPS are you seeing and on what settings?

im getting 22fps in the benchmark and in game im sure i get even less when there is smoke or too many cars around.

Everything set to 30, texture and render on high @ 1920 * 1200

My guess is the game is just using one of the GPUs in the 4870x2, they did mention something about optimizing it for Crossfire in the patch so we will see. For now i shall keep playing Fallout 3

[cpu killer]

Kinda hard to believe, and stupid, that this game requires such ridiculous processing power. I'm wondering if it's even worth picking up with my system specs?

Core 2 Duo E7200 (2.53ghz)

ATi Radeon HD4850

4GB DDR2-800

Would it even be worth bothering? I can just go out and get the PS3 version as I have a PS3, but I would prefer to play it on the PC. Any advice is appreciated :p

On a side note, the game does look kick-ass :)

[Elliot B.]

Kinda hard to believe, and stupid, that this game requires such ridiculous processing power. I'm wondering if it's even worth picking up with my system specs?

Core 2 Duo E7200 (2.53ghz)

ATi Radeon HD4850

4GB DDR2-800

Would it even be worth bothering? I can just go out and get the PS3 version as I have a PS3, but I would prefer to play it on the PC. Any advice is appreciated :p

On a side note, the game does look kick-ass :)

Get the PlayStation 3 version, yeh.

[scratch42069]

Kinda hard to believe, and stupid, that this game requires such ridiculous processing power. I'm wondering if it's even worth picking up with my system specs?

Core 2 Duo E7200 (2.53ghz)

ATi Radeon HD4850

4GB DDR2-800

Would it even be worth bothering? I can just go out and get the PS3 version as I have a PS3, but I would prefer to play it on the PC. Any advice is appreciated :p

On a side note, the game does look kick-ass :)

Get it for PS3 if you can. Future DLCs aren't really worth it if you need a supercomputer like Skynet to run the damn thing lol.

[+Chsoriano Subscriber²]

im getting 22fps in the benchmark and in game im sure i get even less when there is smoke or too many cars around.

Everything set to 30, texture and render on high @ 1920 * 1200

My guess is the game is just using one of the GPUs in the 4870x2, they did mention something about optimizing it for Crossfire in the patch so we will see. For now i shall keep playing Fallout 3

Thanks for the response. I'm seeing about 39fps in the benchmark, and it's running pretty good as far as gameplay, but I really think if I OC'd my processor (Q9450 2.66ghz) I'd get better performance. I need to get a cooler for my processor and try to push it up to about 3.2ghz.

[Hani]

I was able to run Crysis just fine (medium settings - about 35fps). Here's my rig:

# Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 (2.0GHz, 667MHz FSB, 2MB Level 2 cache)

# Operating system: Windows Vista Home Premium SP1

# Memory: 4GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-5300)

# Hard drive: 250GB (5400rpm)

# Screen: 16" HD Acer CineCrystal (glossy) display (1366 x 768)

# Graphics: Geforce 9500 512MB

I'm also able to play many requiring games like Assassin's Creed at medium settings. Do you think it will run?

Also, is it true that you need an internet connection to save your progress every time?

[Samn9]

It will run quite poorly on that system.

[leph555]

Kinda hard to believe, and stupid, that this game requires such ridiculous processing power. I'm wondering if it's even worth picking up with my system specs?

Core 2 Duo E7200 (2.53ghz)

ATi Radeon HD4850

4GB DDR2-800

Would it even be worth bothering? I can just go out and get the PS3 version as I have a PS3, but I would prefer to play it on the PC. Any advice is appreciated :p

On a side note, the game does look kick-ass :)

I have the exact same rig as you except a faster core 2 duo CPU, I get about 22 fps in benchmark with most stuff on high

[Unimatrix Xero]

and now for something completly different .... lol

spent half the day ( and im not joking) on the phone to R* support to a great guy called 'Lee' and i guess they have got the same build as myself and they have managed to replicate the problems im having (using fraps) its like the game is capped at 22fps ive tried the -norescritions command line and no change... but i guess its good that they have managed to replicate the problem.. i'll keep you updated

[+BeLGaRaTh Subscriber¹]

You do know that fraps slows games down by at at least 50% sometimes as much as 75%? Or at least it used to which is why I stopped using it, they may have resolved that in the last builds? The resulting files did play back at proper speeds though.

[Richard Hammond]

I dont think hes using it to record video, i think hes just using it to show the FPS.

[Unimatrix Xero]

showing fps only

[Dysphoria]

Yeah, keep us posted dude. At least is good that they are working on it.

[Unimatrix Xero]

omg... well i just overclocked my processor from 3.0 to basicly a 3.2 and it did bugger all, still 22fps, this is weird

[cpu killer]

I have the exact same rig as you except a faster core 2 duo CPU, I get about 22 fps in benchmark with most stuff on high

Thanks! Good to know. What resolution are you running it at?

[leph555]

Thanks! Good to know. What resolution are you running it at?

1440*900

[Sethos]

Another random picture, god I love this game

[Unimatrix Xero]

no one likes a showoff lol

EDIT: on a side note this command line works for alot of people, thus not for me but feel free to give it a shot

es, after days of BS and frustration I got it to work, Singleplayer and Multiplayer both work fine although in Multiplayer the framerate occasionally drops to 20 from its usual 25-30.

What I am doing to work this as of now in steps:

1: Have Steam and R*SC running in the background.

2: Create a desktop or steam shortcut to "LaunchGTAIV.exe".

3: Set launch parameters to "-norestrictions -nomemrestrict -novblank -windowed –availablevidmem 512 -percentvidmem 100"

4: I tweaked the graphics settings while running fraps to optimize the FPS to my liking, 30 average I'd say.

5: Now finally I am playing this game and frustration is over with although shadows still look like s h i t.

I hope this can help anyone, really I do - this game is fun if you get it to work and I want to see some more of you guys actually running this game instead of seeing 10 posts per hour of how much Rockstar ♥♥♥♥ed up and pointless whining and ♥♥♥♥♥ing. Just remember, the night is darkest before the dawn.

If you get this to work send me a friend invite, my Live ID is "Necrofanatix" and maybe we can play online!

Good luck everyone!

[Elliot B.]

no one likes a showoff lol

EDIT: on a side note this command line works for alot of people, thus not for me but feel free to give it a shot

The -nomemrestrict parameter looks interesting :D Damn my 320 MB graphics card.

EDIT: Full list of parameters:

Tools:
	-benchmark:   Runs the benchmark tool and immediately exits game.  
	-help:  Display list of all command line options

Graphics:
	-renderquality:   Set the render quality of the game. (0-4)
	-shadowdensity:   Set the shadow density of the game. (0-16)
	-texturequality:	Set the texture quality of the game. (0-2)
	-viewdistance:   Set the view distance of the game (0-99)
	-detailquality:   Set the detail quality of the game. (0-99)
	-novblank:   Disable wait for vblank (No Vsync)
	-norestrictions:	Do not limit graphics settings
	-width:  Set width of main render window (default is 800)
	-height:   Set height of main render window (default is 600)
	-safemode:   Run the graphics in the lowest setting possible
	-frameLimit:   Limit frame to interval of refresh rate (ex If refreshrate is 60HZ –frameLimit 1 = Locks down to 60HZ)
	-refreshrate:   Set the refresh rate of main render window (Warning - Monitor must support (ex. –refreshrate 60))
	-fullscreen:   Force fullscreen mode
	-windowed:  Force windowed mode
	-availablevidmem:  Set amount of physical Video Memory(ex. –availablevidmem 0.9)
	-percentvidmem:   Percentage of video memory to make available to GTA
	-dx9:  Forces DirectX 9 mode for Windows Vista users

Audio:
	-fullspecaudio:   Force high-end CPU audio footprint
	-minspecaudio:   Force low-end CPU audio footprint

System:
	-noprecache:   Disable precache of resources
	-nomemrestrict:   Disable memory restrictions

Edited December 5, 2008 by King Mustard