GTA IV for PC (official)


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Planning to purchase a new PCI-Express, any suggestions between nVidia 9600 GT & ATI Radion 3870HDx2 that gives best result with GTA IV???

@Mystnight: little off topic but 13 GB wasted :o how did you managed to download it in 3 days? what tracker and connection were you using???

Planning to purchase a new PCI-Express, any suggestions between nVidia 9600 GT & ATI Radion 3870HDx2 that gives best result with GTA IV???

@Mystnight: little off topic but 13 GB wasted :o how did you managed to download it in 3 days? what tracker and connection were you using???

What tracker? lol, your too funny.

And people wonder why devs can't be arsed spending time to optimize games for the PC.

As said. There is no consistency with performance. If you can warrant the upgrade for something OTHER than GTA as well, the upgrade, but if it's just for GTA there's no guarantee that it will increase performance.

I wouldn't say that personally. The more power, the better the average frame rate (to a certain limit - other factors of course some into it), even in a same as inconsistant as GTA IV.

I wouldn't say that personally. The more power, the better the average frame rate (to a certain limit - other factors of course some into it), even in a same as inconsistant as GTA IV.

True. But, a lot of people are not getting the performance increase they would like from upgrading.

One person with a q6660 and a 8800GTX+ may get 40 fps, while another could be getting 20 with the exact same settings and set up. Sadly it is just a terrible port hence the inconsistency. Hell the game doesn't even detect most CPU's correctly, nor does it use the 4th core of a quad core.

Dear God!

i was really shocked when my friend told me the minimum/recommended requirements for this game.

his GTA IV arrived today, says its taking ages to install.

sounds like a really power hungry but excellent looking game!

It doesn't look that good, it's got some really bad texture flickering, and the shadows are terrible.

Planning to purchase a new PCI-Express, any suggestions between nVidia 9600 GT & ATI Radion 3870HDx2 that gives best result with GTA IV???

@Mystnight: little off topic but 13 GB wasted :o how did you managed to download it in 3 days? what tracker and connection were you using???

I downloaded it in 3hrs 15 minutes. Steam my friend! :)

Did Rockstar release a patch for the game?
On 13 December 2008, a patch for GTA IV was released to mixed opinions. Some users reported an improved experience, while the majority of users reported little to no difference. In some cases the patch introduced new problems.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTA_IV#Critical_reception

What tracker? lol, your too funny.

And people wonder why devs can't be arsed spending time to optimize games for the PC.

Was just asking for fun not that I will go and download that insane amount of data on by 512kbps :(

I downloaded it in 3hrs 15 minutes. Steam my friend! :)

Thanx for the info about steam, let me check if I can register ;)

Ran a quick benchmark;

Average FPS: 60.27

CPU Usage: 35%

System Memory Usage: 47%

Video Memory Usage: 93%

Video Mode: 1920 x 1200

Texture Quality: High

Render Quality: Very High

View Distance: 32

Detail Distance: 100

Will have to toy around with it, see if I can do something about my GPU bottleneck

Ran a quick benchmark;

Average FPS: 60.27

CPU Usage: 35%

System Memory Usage: 47%

Video Memory Usage: 93%

Video Mode: 1920 x 1200

Texture Quality: High

Render Quality: Very High

View Distance: 32

Detail Distance: 100

Will have to toy around with it, see if I can do something about my GPU bottleneck

That is a marvellous performance dude. Which GPU have you got?

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