Grand Theft Auto IV

[Soviet]

It came out for PC today. Has anybody played it for console or gotten it for PC yet. If so, reviews?

[Nightmare]

It did? I'll have to get it sometime, I heard Saint Rows 2 is better though, not sure.

[JDogg]

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    Minimum System Requirements

        * OS: Windows Vista - Service Pack 1 / XP - Service Pack 3
        * Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz, AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4Ghz
        * Memory: 1.5GB, 16GB Free Hard Drive Space
        * Video Card: 256MB NVIDIA 7900 / 256MB ATI X1900 

Does that mean it wont run on a Pentium 4?

[The President]

It requires vista?

[JDogg]

It requires vista?

Mmmm, fuck it, I'm gonna buy GTA:San Andreas.

[JDogg]

Lol it does to. Does anyone know if it will run on my P4 3.0?

[helium]

JDog try http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest and see

Btw use internet explorer for this website. Firefox doesn't work properly for some users for some reason.

I passed on Recommended requirements, yay!

[[SoE]_Zaitsev]

Something to consider.

[Drofder2004]

I shall be obtaining this. Maybe.

[helium]

I have a pent 4 3.0ghz with HT and I fail on this one, pass on everything else however. Luckily I will be getting a new CPU when I find one I like at a good price (within a few weeks most likely). I did purchase 2 but for various reasons now don't have any.

I suggest you go with the Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz

[JDogg]

Tyvm for that Helium, I pass everything except CPU .

[helium]

Good choice

Apparently, this game does not let you max settings if you have a PC from "December 2008". You must have a future PC to play it on maxed settings, BS. Let me play with whatever settings I want tbh :S

Anyway I'm playing on the highest settings that's possible for me, and I get a good 30-60 FPS. With everything on low I get around 100.

[helium]

FINALLY! I WAS ABOUT TO GO NUTS! BUT I MADE IT!!!
IT WORKS IT WORKS 100 f*ckING PERCENT!!! 100% WORKING AND STABLE!

GUYS all your worries have an end. Well at least for all guys with NVIDIA cards since I wasnt able to test this approach on ATI or something. Just when i was about to throw that damn ugly looking default-set-motherf*cking-ressource-hungry-piece-of-sh*t-game of GTA4 away... I FOUND THE SOLUTION!!! BASICALLY BY TOTAL ACCIDENT! BUT IT WORKS!!!

PROBLEMS SOLVED/FEATURES:

- SHOWING ALL TEXTURES!!!
- STARTS UP PERFECTLY! NO CRASHES!
- NO GLITCHES!
- SHADOWS LOOK O.K. NOW (STILL NOT NICE BUT O.K.)
- RESOURCE-HUNGER STILLED!!!! EVERYBODY CAN RUN IT!!
- FULL DETAILS! FULL VIEWING DISTANCE!
- HIGH QUALITY RENDERING & TEXTURES!!
- ANY RESOLUTION YOU WANNA HAVE!

ADVANTAGES:

- YOU DONT NEED NO NEW DRIVERS! NO BETA DRIVERS NOTHING!
- YOU DONT NEED .NET FRAMEWORK 3.5!
- RUNS ON "LOW" - PCs PERFECTLY AND TOTALLY SMOOTHLY +35 FP/S

HOW? You ask how? I'll tell you right now!!

THE ULTIMATE GET-YOUR-FKN-GTA4-RUNNING-GUIDE!

1. INSTALL: Install the game fully & sign up for all the sh*t they want you to sign up for. (You NEED the Rockstargames SocialClub Account!!!)
2. SHORTCUT: Do as described in many of the posts around here... CREATE A SHORTCUT OF YOUR LaunchGTAIV.exe and put it nicely on your desktop.
3. OPENING: Rightclick that motherf*cker and go to properties!
4. CODING: ENTER THE FOLLOWING PART OF THE CODE AFTER THE PATH: -windowed <---------- THIS IS CRUCIAL!!!
5. RESOLUTION: Behind that enter YOUR CHOSEN RESOLUTION like this: -width=1680 -height=1050 (You can chose ANY resolution you want as long as your VGA and Monitor support it.)
6. DETAILS: Behind that CHOSE YOUR DETAILS with the following piece of code: -texturequality=2 -renderquality=4 -detailquality=99 -viewdistance=99
7. SAVE THAT: In the end your commandline should look something like this (with your proper specifications ofc):
"D:\Games\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV\LaunchGTAIV.exe" -windowed -texturequality=2 -renderquality=4 -detailquality=99 -viewdistance=99 -width=1680 -height=1050
8. CONNECT: Startup this stupid Rockstargames Social Club and LOG ON! IT's CRUCIAL THAT YOU HAVE AN ACCOUNT AND ARE LOGGED ON!
9. DON'T: Do not start the game through the provided button in the up-popping menu of Rockstargames Social Club. Just minimize it to the tray.
10. PLAY: Start the game through your shortcut of LaunchGTAIV.exe and ENJOY THAT MOTHERf*ckER!!!!

NOTICE: You can put in ANY resolution you want, chose ANY detail-level your machine can handle, put in ANY viewdistance you like and the game will run it properly and FAST!

RESULT: I really dont have something you would call a High-End-Top-Notch-PC! Just an average AMD 64x2 4000+ with an average if not old NVIDIA Geforce 8800 GT (256MB) and 2 GB of DDR-RAM BUT the game runs PERFECTLY and ABSOLUTELY SMOOTHELY on my machine.
SO THE BEST OF IT: EVERYBODY CAN USE THAT APPROACH AND DOESNT NEED TO BELIEVE THE CRAP ROCKSTAR ' S BEEN TRYIN TO SELL YOU. Game from the future designed for future PC's with uptodate hardware MY ASS! THEY JUST DIDNT PUT IN ANY EFFORT TO CODE THAT GAME PROPERLY!!!!

Found it on some GTA IV forum. I'll give it a try!

PS: Sorry for double post :S

[JDogg]

I'm guessing that still wont run on my pc .

[JDogg]

I'm guessing that still wont run on my pc .

buy a new CPU like me. Only problem with a quad is that there are currently nearly no games that support it, so in some games it will just run as a 2.4ghz single core (unless i clock it to 3.0ghz or something). Supposedly the q6600 will clock comfortably to about 3.6-3.7ghz with decent air cooling.

Yeah, it's time I upgraded.