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    any chance of my computer running GTA4?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by person135, Dec 13, 2008.

  1. person135

    person135 Notebook Evangelist

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    Intel C2D P8400 (2.26GHZ)
    4GB 800Mhz RAM
    9600MGT Nvidia Geforce

    I dont really care about the resolution as long as the game looks pretty. That means 640x480 if I have to lol.

    So if I set the settings to medium, what FPS do you think I'll get.
     
    person135, Dec 13, 2008
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    youll run it, people have confirmed it running decently with that card.

    Decent being 20~fps
     
    miscolobo, Dec 13, 2008
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    No game looks pretty at 640x480.
     
    Hep!, Dec 13, 2008
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    lol he can run at a res much higher than that
     
    miscolobo, Dec 13, 2008
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    MrDJ, Dec 13, 2008
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    This site is really inaccurate and outdated, and won't tell you anything about how well you can run it. The best way would be to ask on a forum, or even better - try it out.
     
    Hep!, Dec 13, 2008
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    just on a side note...
    with the game FEAR, if you do that res, with the lowest possible settings, it looks worse than any n64 shooter :).. infact worse than doom
     
    aan310, Dec 13, 2008
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    not at a decent setting... dont think most laptops can run this game... you need at least an ati 4850 to run at mid setting
     
    anthonylei, Dec 13, 2008
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    rofl really? :O
     
    miscolobo, Dec 13, 2008
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    From the recommended specs, the game would run better with a better processor than a better video card.
     
    Harper2.0, Dec 13, 2008
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    Are you on Windows XP or Vista? GTA IV will definitely work on that configuration, just gotta tweak some of the in-game graphic options though.
     
    Shaythong, Dec 13, 2008
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    The game is very CPU intensive, moreso than most games due to the heavy use of physics and such. I play it with a T7300 2GhZ at 30 frames though, just gotta tweak the hell out of it!

    And it still looks good!
     
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    I think you can do low and native res decently
     
    660hpv12, Dec 14, 2008
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    The game seems to have major issues; poorly optimized, driver problems, lazy programming/coversion, take your pick. Steam were giving refunds on account of how much problems people were having.

    I wouldn't bother with it, its just going to you off trying to get good performance.
     
    v_c, Dec 14, 2008
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    really? how did you tweak it?

    btw I have vista x64.

    Should I just wait until patches that fix everything comes out?

    and whats the acceptable fps for this game? (for crysis it was like 25 unlike other fps's)
     
    person135, Dec 14, 2008
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    Similar situation than you:

    Intel C2D 2.4GHz
    9600M GT 512MB
    4Gb RAM
    Vista 32

    I'll buy it tomorrow and see what happens. I'd happy If I managed to get ~25fps with not so bad res/graphics.

    If you enable FPS Limiter, the program cuts at 25fps, at least in GTA San Andreas was like this (totally playable by the way).
     
    LLS, Dec 14, 2008
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    More or less as expected:

    Settings:

    Res: 1280x800 (60 Hz)

    Texture Quality: Medium
    Render Quality: Hight

    Draw Distance: 20
    Draw Detail: 30
    Vehicle Density: 30
    Shadows Density: 2

    Stays almost constant with little variations at 20-25fps. Good enough. By the way, I'm running 180.70 drivers, tomorrow I'll check if 180.84 take some benefits.
     
    LLS, Dec 15, 2008
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    Charles P. Jefferies, Dec 15, 2008
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