Can I run Grand Theft Auto IV on an integrated graphics card?


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I have a dell with some intel graphics accelerator thing, I got 4 GB of ram, it says 3.49 GB usable, so Im guessing some of it is set aside for graphics?

I think my processing speed is okay core2 duo, T5750 2.0 GHz

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No, you definitely wouldn't be able to.

I bought GTA IV this morning with the Steam offer, and the computer I have has near minimum specs. I'm downloading it now, but I doubt it'll run well at all.

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GTA4 is far more advanced then SA so yea n o it wont run but if you got something like a nvidia GTS 250 card dedicated one then yes you be ok

Can't use a dedicated card on a notebook man

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If it does not run well with an Intel Core i7 920 with a BFG nVidia GTX 280 OC2 and it crashes and the fps drops from time to time, then hell no.

Worst port EVER!

If your having problems on that system your doing something wrong. I have everything maxed out and run it on a CoreI7 920 with a Geforce 260. I have even been able to get rid of the feel of mouse lag for a complete crisp experience with sli 260. So again, I don't know what your doing wrong.

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If your having problems on that system your doing something wrong. I have everything maxed out and run it on a CoreI7 920 with a Geforce 260. I have even been able to get rid of the feel of mouse lag for a complete crisp experience with sli 260. So again, I don't know what your doing wrong.

I don't know if the latest patches fixed the issues, but this was around last January when I was playing this and this was happening.

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Can't use a dedicated card on a notebook man

Sure you can. You just can't use a video card designed for a PC in a notebook.

Lot's of laptops come with dedicated video cards these days.

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Sure you can. You just can't use a video card designed for a PC in a notebook.

Lot's of laptops come with dedicated video cards these days.

He said "GTS 250", you can't add a GTS 250 to a notebook, it either has it or it doesn't

....and you know what I meant :rolleyes:

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He said "GTS 250", you can't add a GTS 250 to a notebook, it either has it or it doesn't

....and you know what I meant :rolleyes:

He actually said "something like a GTS 250" and I thought you meant exactly what nekkidtruth thought you meant, that you cannot have a dedicated card on a laptop.

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He actually said "something like a GTS 250" and I thought you meant exactly what nekkidtruth thought you meant, that you cannot have a dedicated card on a laptop.

notuptome2004 implied that it would be playable if the TC added a card like a GTS 250 into the mix which I pointed out was not possible as the PC in question is a notebook (made obvious by the mention of its mobile CPU in the OP). :rolleyes:

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I got it but it barely runs on my computer. One of the things that ****es me off is that in the options it doesn't even let you change some of the settings if the game decides that your computer isn't good enough. I had a hard time getting it to change from 800x600.

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If it does not run well with an Intel Core i7 920 with a BFG nVidia GTX 280 OC2 and it crashes and the fps drops from time to time, then hell no.

Agree with sidroc's comment, something sounds wrong with your system as GTA 4 runs very well for me with no crashes and a smooth framerate. The patches do improve performance but not massively and I never had stability issues prior to any patches being released.

But with regards to OP, forget about attempting to play it with an integrated graphics chip.

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Agree with sidroc's comment, something sounds wrong with your system as GTA 4 runs very well for me with no crashes and a smooth framerate. The patches do improve performance but not massively and I never had stability issues prior to any patches being released.

But with regards to OP, forget about attempting to play it with an integrated graphics chip.

As I said in my next post, this was about January/February on this year when I played this and this stuff happened. I don't know about the latest patches and stuff, if it fixed it or not. All my other games run fine on my PC.

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