Grand Theft Auto: IV

[Flisker]

Hey!

Who's bought it on steam? I am downloading it on steam at the moment its 15 GB! I was like WOAH! lol :P

Anyway post here with your views etc :)

[Technologic]

I might steam or buy the disc... i need to install my new gfx card first

Going through the oc forums and most people are having MAJOR issues with the game....

[Recursion]

I heard its got no antialiasing and has major texture loading problems?

[--ss--]

I'm still downloading it, i've left my computer on while afk but it's still done barely any :'(

Also apparently not many computers can actually handle it and has graphic issues :o

[Technologic]

Basically it's a crappy port form the console versions and the controls are poorly mapped.

[Flisker]

Well I'll soon see if there is a major problem with it :P

41% downloaded

[--ss--]

Well I'll soon see if there is a major problem with it :P

41% downloaded

What speed are you getting? I'm only getting 180kbs >.<

[Flisker]

from 200 - 900 kbs :)

[--ss--]

from 200 - 900 kbs :)
Would be getting 0 if it wasn't for me xox

[Flisker]

I did "re-pay" you back!

[Recursion]

Flisker would be getting over 1k kbps if you weren't downloading LOL

[Stephen!]

The game itself is great. But the lack of AA and performance really lets it down.

[efq]

Reformatting and starting fresh with GTA IV gets no lag.

[Decode]

I am going to buy it on the pirate bay soon.

[Robbie]

I am going to buy it on the pirate bay soon.

Hehe, :eusa_whis.

I might give it a go but I doubt this laptop would run it :(

[Technologic]

LOL, have you seen the readme file?

http://www.gtalegende.com/imgdivers/1227990201ReadMe.txt

Namely


6) KNOWN ISSUES
_______________________

NVIDIA:
General:
Occasionally the tree leaves will appear as square boxes.

6000/7000 series cards:
Cars do not show damage.
Changing the resolution or minimizing the game can sometimes result in visual
corruption. You can restart the game to resolve this issue.

ATI:
General:
A slightly visible diagonal line appears across the screen.

1900 or less series cards:
Cars do not show damage.

3600 series cards:
Can show very noticeable banding.

3870 X2:
Rain drops show up as bright white / red dots on screen

Crossfire game side bugs:
Interior and Night time shadows blink until approached.
When transitioning from interior to exterior the screen will pulse with different
intensities of light for a few seconds.
On occasion the water will jitter rapidly.

[Stephen!]

Check out the video I made

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tXRMD4vJB64

[--ss--]

63% done so far lol >.<

Anyway, will my crap Nvida GeForce 7050 be ok and able to handle the graphics?

[Stephen!]

I don't think it will even run.. Did you buy the game?

[--ss--]

I don't think it will even run.. Did you buy the game?
Yep, i've had it on pre order, here's my comp specs:
http://uploadpicz.com/images/BGIIIIU.png

[Stephen!]

Mininum for graphics is a 7900

[--ss--]

Skem :'(

Was planning on upgrading it anyway so probs will soon

[Flisker]

Check out the video I made

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tXRMD4vJB64

omg how did you get the game to run so smooth.... What settings you got it all on ?

http://www.tehupload.com/uploads/app-48528655980962211.png

and my specs:

CPU: Pentium Dual Core 2.00GHz (getting Core 2 Quad Q6600 for xmas)
RAM: 2GB (getting 4 GB soon)
GFX: Palit Nvidia GeForce 8500GT Super+1GB

so why am I laggy and you're not :(

[Javascrypt]

Wow, 15gb i heard you can make private servers for this.

[Stephen!]

For the game to run smooth, you need a Quad core and 4GB RAM

And I have a GTX260 GPU.

But don't feel bad.. it's a real crappy port. Great game though.

[Flisker]

yea from what I can play (low settings and res at 1024 x 768 (norm res should be 1440 x 900)). Can't wait for my Quad core and 4 GB ram cos atm the game is maxing out my pc.

[Stephen!]

Those two upgrades will help ALOT. This is the first game that actually uses 4 Cores of a CPU and more than 3.5GB of RAM. Maybe because of all the stuff it needs to calculate, but I think it's just poor optimization

[Flisker]

Yea, I saw it max and lag my system out so much I was like WOAH cos no game has ever done that before it maxed every resource I had in my pc.

[Stephen!]

I just finished playing myself. On my CPU/RAM sidebar gadget the RAM part was 98% full.

Insane

[Flisker]

They so should concider a patch to fix this...

[Stephen!]

http://www.tehupload.com/uploads/1120be504744a21GTA4_%5B800x600%5D.png

Crusin' Downtown

[--ss--]

What graqhics card would you guys reccomend upgrading to so I can get a decent performance? Want it cheap as possible :( (Paid £650 for this comp so I would of thought it would have been able to last a few good years before needing upgrading >.<)

[Stephen!]

You would need to upgrade to at least an 8800GT, Q6600 and 4GB of RAM for this game to run "ok". It really is a system killer. Like, twice as much as crysis was. If you want my opinion, it's not worth upgrading for just this game.

[--ss--]

You would need to upgrade to at least an 8800GT, Q6600 and 4GB of RAM for this game to run "ok". It really is a system killer. Like, twice as much as crysis was. If you want my opinion, it's not worth upgrading for just this game.
I have a Q6600 @ 2.4ghz and 3GB RAM, my Graphics Card was always crap to begin with but I didn't think it would be that far behind and rubbish >.<

[Stephen!]

Hmm in that case then 8800GT would be a decent upgrade. You should be able to play on medium (which still looks great)

[Technologic]

it'd be cheaper to buy a 360 + the game than upgrade your pc to a sufficient level

[Art]

Grand Theft Auto 4
Publisher: Rockstar
Developer: Rockstar
Minimum System Requirements
OS: Windows XP/Vista
Processor: Intel Core 2 DUO @ 1.8 GHz/AMD Athlon 64 X2 @ 2.4 GHz
Memory: 1.5 GB
Hard Drive: 16 GB Free
Video Memory: 256 MB (nVidia GeForce 7900/ATI Radeon X1900)
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 9.0c
Keyboard & Mouse
DVD Rom Drive

Recommended System Requirements
OS: Windows XP/Vista
Processor: Intel Core 2 QUAD @ 2.4 GHz/AMD Phenom X3 @ 2.1 GHz
Memory: 2 GB (2.5 GB for Vista)
Hard Drive: 18 GB Free
Video Memory: 512 MB (nVidia GeForce 8600/ATI 3870)
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 9.0c or 10
Keyboard & Mouse
DVD Rom Drive


Theyre not THAT bad....

[Stephen!]

http://www.tehupload.com/uploads/14148551203af49Untitled_%5B1024x768%5D.png

[Recursion]

Grand Theft Auto 4
Publisher: Rockstar
Developer: Rockstar
Minimum System Requirements
OS: Windows XP/Vista
Processor: Intel Core 2 DUO @ 1.8 GHz/AMD Athlon 64 X2 @ 2.4 GHz
Memory: 1.5 GB
Hard Drive: 16 GB Free
Video Memory: 256 MB (nVidia GeForce 7900/ATI Radeon X1900)
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 9.0c
Keyboard & Mouse
DVD Rom Drive

Recommended System Requirements
OS: Windows XP/Vista
Processor: Intel Core 2 QUAD @ 2.4 GHz/AMD Phenom X3 @ 2.1 GHz
Memory: 2 GB (2.5 GB for Vista)
Hard Drive: 18 GB Free
Video Memory: 512 MB (nVidia GeForce 8600/ATI 3870)
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 9.0c or 10
Keyboard & Mouse
DVD Rom Drive


Theyre not THAT bad....

They always put them too low

[Funya Chin]

I'm downloading now and it probably won't work, heh.

[Recursion]

How much is it off STEAM with VAT et all

[Stephen!]

like £35

[Flisker]

Well I'm getting extra 2GB RAM this week and a core 2 quad in 2-3 weeks. ATM my gfx card is NVIDIA GeForce 8500GT Super+1GB so it should work fine on the game once ive added all the other bits

[Recursion]

like £35

Its £25 from GAME! :(

[Casio]

I just bought the disk thats much easier :P

[efq]

If your looking to upgrade, nows the time.
Xmas means aload of places cut prices (Well in the UK it is atm) and in the UK with the new VAT prices might be best to buy from the UK :D

[Stephen!]

Prices are still high. A 2.5% drop in VAT is not alot.

[Flisker]

v.true. My C2Q has been dispatched and will be with me in a few days woop woop !