GTA IV for PC (official)

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

Intel's integrated graphics processors are really bad, their high end might be equivalent to Nvidia's or ATI's low end.

If you're having problems running Bioshock (i.e. you're running it on low) you're going to have lots of problems running GTA4 (if it even will, the Intel cards cut corners to do certain things)

[alphaomegainfinity]

There is no way even the fastest Intel Integrated card-the 4500MHD can run GTA 4 ,let alone play it.

[Samn9]

If you manage to get it working you won't get above 3fps.

[StealMySoda]

As a lot of people have said. Intel integrated graphics are terrible.

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Any integrated GPU is well below the minimum system requirements for GTA IV. I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't work properly.

[DuTemp]

Well, it's a shame if it won't work, but the good news is I just bought two GeForce 9800 512mb GTs for my desktop. From the comments in this thread, it looks like I'll have good results with them. I believe my CPU will be the only bottleneck I'll then have to contend with.

[Tech Star]

Have you installed the latest patches? There's 2 so far.

Yeah I have the latest drivers.

[Dysphoria]

GTA IV is running great on my new rig. I upgraded to an AMD Phenom 9750 from an Athlon X2 3800+ and my game is so smooth. I've used various video card drivers with my 9600GT and I've found the best drivers to use are either the new 181.00 or the 180.87 driver.

I am glad to hear that. I am just getting my Phenom II X4 940 BE tomorrow. I was going to go with Intel q9550 but changed my mind last moment. AMD alternative came much cheaper and apparently same performance after I OC the CPU a bit.

I also have a 9600GT @700MHz Core.

For HD I have the WD 320GB 16MB cache 7200RPM SATA 3Gbps.

So I think I will see a good performance increase going from Opteron 180 oced @ 3GHz

I heard that a quad core makes quite the difference when it comes to GTA IV

Cheers

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

Well, it's a shame if it won't work, but the good news is I just bought two GeForce 9800 512mb GTs for my desktop. From the comments in this thread, it looks like I'll have good results with them. I believe my CPU will be the only bottleneck I'll then have to contend with.

It should perform well with GTA IV. What CPU do you have? If it's a quad-core, you're good to go.

Yeah I have the latest drivers.

That's odd. What settings are you using? Sometimes, it may "underestimate" the video memory usage in the options menu. Try lowering the settings and see if you still get the error.

I am glad to hear that. I am just getting my Phenom II X4 940 BE tomorrow. I was going to go with Intel q9550 but changed my mind last moment. AMD alternative came much cheaper and apparently same performance after I OC the CPU a bit.

I also have a 9600GT @700MHz Core.

For HD I have the WD 320GB 16MB cache 7200RPM SATA 3Gbps.

So I think I will see a good performance increase going from Opteron 180 oced @ 3GHz

I heard that a quad core makes quite the difference when it comes to GTA IV

Cheers

A game like GTA IV is CPU-bound so a better CPU means better FPS. Especially if you're upgrading to a quad-core CPU.

[StealMySoda]

Just benchmarked with my new system. Using the preset settings, have tried to tweak it yet:

Statistics

Average FPS: 46.94

Duration: 37.41 sec

CPU Usage: 72%

System memory usage: 54%

Video memory usage: 75%

Graphics Settings

Video Mode: 1680 x 1050 (60 Hz)

Texture Quality: Medium

Render Quality: High

Reflection Resolution: High

Water Quality: Very High

Shadow Quality: High

View Distance: 37

Detail Distance: 37

Definition: Off

VSync: Off

[Dysphoria]

Just benchmarked with my new system. Using the preset settings, have tried to tweak it yet:

Can you give us your PC specs again?

I am just installing my AMD Phenom II 940 and I will post some benchmarks later.

Cheers

[StealMySoda]

Can you give us your PC specs again?

I am just installing my AMD Phenom II 940 and I will post some benchmarks later.

Cheers

AMD Phenom II 920

Asus Dark Knight 4870 HD Top Edition

4GB of Kingston KVR 800Mz HyperX DDR2

[Tech Star]

Alright sometimes when I play GTA4 it crashes and after the crash something comes up and tells me Windows closed the program because it was doing wierd behavior and all that. When I click on more information I get this:

Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is a security feature that can help prevent damage to your computer from viruses and other security threats. Harmful programs can try to attack Windows by attempting to run (also known as execute) code from system memory locations reserved for Windows and other authorized programs. These types of attacks can harm your programs and files.

DEP can help protect your computer by monitoring your programs to make sure that they use system memory safely. If DEP notices a program on your computer using memory incorrectly, it closes the program and notifies you.

So I am asking you, as I am getting tired of this thing Windows has closing GTA4 during a mission always, what should I do?

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

Ideally I'd wait until Rockstar fix the issue, but the odds of Rockstar fixing anything are quite low.

You should be able to configure Windows to ignore DEP when it comes to the main GTA app though.

[Tech Star]

Ideally I'd wait until Rockstar fix the issue, but the odds of Rockstar fixing anything are quite low.

You should be able to configure Windows to ignore DEP when it comes to the main GTA app though.

Which one do I choose? When I chose to exclude GTA.exe it says it is not allowed. UAC is not on.

[Roadrunna]

I picked up GTA IV (PC) for ?9.99 from Morrisons (in Plymouth, UK) and I'm surprised how well it runs on my system. Some graphic gliches but nothing game stopping. - usually when on a motorbike going very, very fast.

My specs :

Intel Q6600

Geforce 8800GTS 320mb

2gb ddr2

Vista 32bit

Texture are low but that's due to the gfx card but everything else medium to very high.

[the big dill]

roadrunna, that's not a bad system... im not surprised you are satisfied with the performance!

Here are my bench mark's:

Statistics

Average FPS: 41.95

Duration: 37.19 sec

CPU Usage: 64%

System memory usage: 81%

Video memory usage: 100%

Graphics Settings

Video Mode: 1920 x 1200 (60 Hz)

Texture Quality: Medium

Render Quality: High

Reflection Resolution: Very High

Water Quality: Very High

Shadow Quality: Very High

View Distance: 7

Detail Distance: 31

Definition: Off

VSync: Off

(with hardware limits)

[Srugie Veteran]

The game is mostly a CPU game and requires at least a quad core CPU to run. The GPU doesn't matter as much.

[Panacik]

The game is mostly a CPU game and requires at least a quad core CPU to run. The GPU doesn't matter as much.

Not true. I have a dual core CPU and 2 gig of ram along with a 512 meg GPU and it runs just fine.

Sure i need to set a few settings low, but it looks and runs fine.

[Daninku]

quad core CPU!?!?! :o

[Sethos]

He is right about the game being very CPU dependant, though you aren't required to have a quad core but, under Vista with high settings you do need a quad core to see optimal performance, it'll kill any other CPU.

[Dysphoria]

Hey guys! I've been having a blast in GTA IV since I upgraded my CPU, so I havent posted much.

So far I've sailed, flew a helicopter and pretty much drove anything off the streets, but can someone tell me if its possible to fly a plane? I went over to the airport but I could not get into any of the planes.....

[the big dill]

sorry pal - they removed planes since GTA SA... sad but makes sence, the map is too small to fly a jet... 10 seconds and you will be across the whole map!

[Dysphoria]

sorry pal - they removed planes since GTA SA... sad but makes sence, the map is too small to fly a jet... 10 seconds and you will be across the whole map!

:( ugh that suck... oh well.. it's still fun flying around in a helicopter.

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

Planes are still in GTA4, just no models or vehicles set as planes. Wait for the modders to work out the model format and there should be planes made available.

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