Grand Theft Auto 4

Yeah, don't hold your breath for a patch. GTA SA was a struggle run at its launch but the mainsteam flagship systems could run it fine.

R* have dropped the ball with this. It's not like there's any major new GFX cards round the corner and core i7 has only just become available but it seems that's obsolete for their needs according to that document. To release a game only a hand full of overclocking nutters can run at a decent balance of fps and detail is a joke. I feel sorry for anyone with an expensive flagship off-the-shelf PC who expected this to run this well.

Could we go as far to say the system specs on the box are being contradicted by this online document? I'm glad I didn't buy it. My system is still a S939 opteron with an 8800 GTS 640, I have no hope in hell running it at 1680x1050 even though I can run everything but Crysis on max.
 
Dup said:
Could we go as far to say the system specs on the box are being contradicted by this online document?
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Definitely. Recommended specs are actually "future generations of PCs with higher specifications than are currently widely available."

Muppets.
 
I'm i the only one that thinks people maybe be expecting a bit too much from this game? Just because its a console game people assume there pc should be able to run it at max settings highest res.

The game engine seems to have a lot of work to do, in the read me they have explained it all and said high settings higher res is for future hardware. Its not like crysis where they claimed it would run on current pc hardware. They could have properly said something from the outset and save people pre ordering it and been dissapointed. But from what i can tell the the reccomended specs should run the game at medium settings which should look better then the console juding by the read me ?

They could properly spend time and get it optimized for todays hardware its true, but how long would that take. They have had years to work with console hardware and they get to work with the tech before it even comes out and even then it had frame rate issues on the consoles. But pc hardware is constantly changing and its very hard to keep up with.

Think of the game as a investmeant it will get better with time, as your pc gets better the game will get better.

I wont be getting it till the sli support as been added however :) but i'm really tempted to get it now just to see how it runs :eek:
 
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I dont see the problem with having high system specs, at medium detail it apparently runs fine, and will give a similar performance to consoles, the fps on these was only 30 with a bit of slowdown.
 
loks like a e-retailer balls'd my order up, the wifes on the phone now raising hell with them !
looks like a trip into the walled city of chester for me.

some of the clips on the utube look ok, i think its just not going to play maxxed out thats all
 
Haven't the previous GTA games proven that they are incapable of making an optimised and otherwise polished engine? why would you expect anything different from this? christ, it looked like crap and gave bad framerates on the static console hardware - they had no chance when releasing it to general population.

A genius reply from them though: "wait a couple of years until PCs are so amazing they horsepower their way past this shoddy engine" -
 
Spektor said:
Haven't the previous GTA games proven that they are incapable of making an optimised and otherwise polished engine?
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Yep.


Tbh, many people who got this on consoles, myself included, were let down by this game. There was more wrong with it than the shoddy frame rates and blurry graphics, the missions are repetitive, the character development is contradictory and the storyline is lackluster. Don't get too upset if your system can't run it, you aren't missing out on the 'best game ever' as so many reviewers put it.

It's still worth a play, but if your system can't handle it don't jump out and buy a top of the range graphics card for this game alone. It isn't worth it.
 
Although I agree it's a lazy port, they could've at least enabled AA on the bloody game.
Now console users will laugh at me for having lots and lots of jaggies.
 
Still working fine. Rescaled from 1920x1200.


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Q6600 OC to 3.2GHz
1GB 9800 GX2
8GB DDR2 1066
RAID 0
Vista Ultimate x64

Probably $500 in components there - not that the RAM makes much of a difference.
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Looks good there, and works well aparently. There is hope yet.
 
MoNkEyMiKeY said:
I'm hopeful. Not found a game yet that completely cripples a 8800gtx [email protected] and 4gb ram! If it doesn't run well it will be down to poor programming. If a lowly 360 can run it then this thing should easily.
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Thats the thing, 360s can't run it, it lags it balls off everytime they turn a corner or move forward a bit fast all whilst looking like a blurry mess ... they can get away with it on consoles because of the jibbering halfwits who play them actually get used to that.
 
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Thats the thing, 360s can't run it, it lags it balls off everytime they turn a corner or move forward a bit fast all whilst looking like a blurry mess ... they can get away with it on consoles because of the jibbering halfwits who play them actually get used to that.
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:D Well said.

Damn I hope the bloody posty will hurry up I've been checking my door every 10 mins :eek:.
 
Why do you guys keep going on about how much a pc will cost to run this?! I take it you are console fanbois, if you were a proper pc gamer you would already know its an expensive hobby. Always has been and always will be. Are you just jealous that the pc comunity now gets to play your illustrious gta4? If you are then back down as this was the birth place for gta and its only right that its finally coming home. I'm guessing you're annoyed as we will have better features. I don't care how well it runs at max detail, since when did a gta game actually have ground breaking graphics. Its always been about the gameplay and the brilliant stories.

Once I get it dl'ed later I'll finally be able to play a game I've waited along time for and then I will pass judgement.
 
MoNkEyMiKeY said:
Why do you guys keep going on about how much a pc will cost to run this?! I take it you are console fanbois, if you were a proper pc gamer you would already know its an expensive hobby. Always has been and always will be. Are you just jealous that the pc comunity now gets to play your illustrious gta4? If you are then back down as this was the birth place for gta and its only right that its finally coming home. I'm guessing you're annoyed as we will have better features. I don't care how well it runs at max detail, since when did a gta game actually have ground breaking graphics. Its always been about the gameplay and the brilliant stories.

Once I get it dl'ed later I'll finally be able to play a game I've waited along time for and then I will pass judgement.
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I couldn't care less whether you get to play GTA IV now, but when people in this thread call all console gamers jibbery halfwits all these other insults around am i not allowed to stand up for myself as a console gamer.

Cost of a PC to run it doesn't bother me either, if i want to upgrade my pc to play it i could, but i wont as i see no point, bad console ports like this are going to get more and more common as developers move there primary coding platform to consoles.
 
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