GTA IV for PC (official)


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I wish there was a demo available of this, I don't want to spend $80 just to find it's terribly coded.

And yeah, it could run better under DX9 mode, although if it does it's because Rockstar are being silly with DX10 mode, Vista's not at fault.

well in india, the original game is available from rockstar for $10 only. so u might just grab it from there instead of getting a demo.

well in india, the original game is available from rockstar for $10 only. so u might just grab it from there instead of getting a demo.

10 bucks ?? Is it a legit version ?

I thought software and hardware was extremely expensive in India?

It's legit alright. They sell it at insanely cheap prices to combat piracy.

Rs.475 comes up to $9.59 USD or $12.41 CAD.

Anyway, I managed to change the Windows Live ID associated with my gamertag. I've also linked my Live ID to my Social Club account.

That makes no sense. Isn't India a poor country? How the hell are they going to afford to upgrade their machines to run it?

Not everyone in India is poor. One of the richest men on the planet is an Indian. I bet you didn't know that. His name is Mukesh Ambani. If I remember correctly, he was the world's richest man in 2007.

That makes no sense. Isn't India a poor country? How the hell are they going to afford to upgrade their machines to run it?

just visit india once... forget about upgrading computers, you'll see a hell lot of bmw's, merc's, and ferrari's bein driven around by "poor" people who live in cities that are comparable if not better than the best in the world.

(pls dont start a india debate in this thread, just discuss gta iv)

I was not trying to offend anyone, I was genuinely concerned for Indian consumers. I'm basing my statement on people whom I have spoken to from India who say something cost xxx amount of rupees and that they don't understand why it's so much compared to elsewhere in the world. Oh and a country can be poor overall and have a minority of rich people. Good attempt at painting me as a bigot though lol.

I was not trying to offend anyone, I was genuinely concerned for Indian consumers. I'm basing my statement on people whom I have spoken to from India who say something cost xxx amount of rupees and that they don't understand why it's so much compared to elsewhere in the world. Oh and a country can be poor overall and have a minority of rich people. Good attempt at painting me as a bigot though lol.

India has the 2nd largest population in the world. Yes there are lots of poor people but it's all relative. Even if you target the people that make decent living you still are going to cover a large number of consumers.

After playing it for a few days (not constantly), I'm mixed. On one hand, I had to upgrade and buy new stuff (new 9800GTX video card and an xbox 360 controller) for my computer to even run it. On the other hand, it is what I expected it to be, and compare this game to GTA:III, I can't wait to see what the future versions will be like.

Then again, I had no major problems with the securom protection thing (had to activate it offline) and the video card upgrade did make me turn on aero's transparency.

well the bug i tested still worked, but it gave me 40gamerpoints so happy days, i just got 'One Man Army' by hiding in the subway for 5 minutes LOL

sure im up for that, add me to your friends list 'Unimatrix Xero' and i'll have a blast with you

Hey UnimatrixXero, did you get any call back from R* Support? Any news on upcoming patches?

I serious hope the new drivers help coz mine Lags hard out when it starts raining :-( and nearly eveything is turned super low im currently Running GTAIV @ 1024x786 with rendering and stuff at Low :-( and im using 8600GT on SLi (I know not the best Card) Kinda blew my budget on space and building 2 towers :-(

I installed this (via Steam but much less hassle).

It all seemed fine, one I'd signed up to R* Social etc etc.

But then I got these flickering shadows and FPS was low as well.

My rig:

Asus P5K PremiumWiFi-AP Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 Stepping (2.4GHz 1066MHz) Socket 775 L2 8MB Cache (2x4MB (4MB per core pair) Retail Boxed Processor

PowerColor HD 4850 PCS+ Edition 512MB GDDR3 Dual DVI HDTV Out PCI-E

2 x Corsair 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL5(5-5-5-18)

WD Raptor WD740DFD 74GB SATA 10KRPM 16MB Cache - OEM

Western Digital WD3200AAKS 320GB SATAII 16MB Cache 7200 RPM - OEM

I updated my drivers from ATI, and the flickering shadows have disappeared thankfully.

Any tips on optimization? I'm sure my computer should have no problem with this game, although I appreciate I won't be able to set the graphics sliders all the way to the right.... :)

Thanks

I installed this (via Steam but much less hassle).

It all seemed fine, one I'd signed up to R* Social etc etc.

But then I got these flickering shadows and FPS was low as well.

My rig:

Asus P5K PremiumWiFi-AP Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 Stepping (2.4GHz 1066MHz) Socket 775 L2 8MB Cache (2x4MB (4MB per core pair) Retail Boxed Processor

PowerColor HD 4850 PCS+ Edition 512MB GDDR3 Dual DVI HDTV Out PCI-E

2 x Corsair 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory Non-ECC Unbuffered CL5(5-5-5-18)

WD Raptor WD740DFD 74GB SATA 10KRPM 16MB Cache - OEM

Western Digital WD3200AAKS 320GB SATAII 16MB Cache 7200 RPM - OEM

I updated my drivers from ATI, and the flickering shadows have disappeared thankfully.

Any tips on optimization? I'm sure my computer should have no problem with this game, although I appreciate I won't be able to set the graphics sliders all the way to the right.... :)

Thanks

-Try going to the options menu while ingame and turning off clip recording

-Create a file called commandline.txt in the GTA folder and typing this in

-norestrictions -nomemrestrict -novblank -dx9

(Don't know if this will work for you, worked for me though)

-Wait for the patch. The game seems to be full of memory leaks and has been optimised for PC very badly.

pretty poor port, have to run @ 800x600 for playable fps, hope theres a path soon!!!! I think my specs are more than enough, the specs on the game box are complete bs as usual.

The patch is complete. They're waiting for Microsoft to authorise its release (Y)

agh you beat me to it KM

Driver News

We?re pleased to announce that in co-operation with Nvidia a new driver has been released that improves performance and fixes a major issue with 7900 series cards. If you haven?t gotten the driver yet download it here: http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_gtaiv_downloads.html

ATI has also agreed to officially release Catalyst 8.12 which will release on Dec 10th from http://game.amd.com. Expect significant performance improvements when using this new driver.

Patch Is On The Way

We are working on making a patch available in the next few days. Since Grand Theft Auto IV is a Games For Windows ? Live game the patch must be certified by Microsoft before release. The patch is already at Microsoft and we expect a speedy approval. The patch contains a variety of fixes including:

* A fix to the crash after legal screen that some German customers were reporting.

* Numerous improvements to the video editor: Smarter naming of videos, improved rendering quality, better fx during replays

* Fix to bowling while using certain sensitive mice

* Fix for ATI 1900 shadows

* Overall savings to memory

* Graphic improvements to particle systems and mirrors

* Multiplayer character settings are preserved

* Support for DirectInput controllers. Note: The current hack way of supporting these controllers may not work with the improved functionality. So we recommend you remove the hack before upgrading to the patch.

Issues with power management software have also been fixed (slow speed, double speed issues). Even after the patch comes out setting power management software to maximum performance is recommended. We?ve seen cases where power management software does not detect the game is running and puts the CPU in green mode.

Besides the patch we?ve also improved the way the Social Club handles data this should have greatly reduced or eliminated the Mma10 error. If you are still receiving this error after logging in and out of Social Club we would like to know as much info as you can about it.

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