Grand Theft Auto 4

Craig R · 4 Dec 2008 at 10:56

paradigm said:
2GB of ram will be a killer. I'd say that no, it won't be playable on anything other than minimum.

I can run on medium with spec in sig, but I have to run at 1680x1050 rather than my native 1920x1200 (which it just plain refuses to run).

Cheers. Looks like I'm as well waiting till I upgrade my computer before installing this then.

SkeeterUK · 4 Dec 2008 at 11:05

My copy has arrived.

Cant wait to try it and if performance aint the best then tweak the files that it installed to get it performing good lol.

Mikey · 4 Dec 2008 at 11:20

paradigm said:
Did you even READ what I put?

I basically said that it was an outrage and that it shouldn't have even happened. Not that I'm prepared to wait!

Chill...

I agree with you that it shouldn't have even been released and it's as though we are the testing team...

dirtydog · 4 Dec 2008 at 11:21

paradigm said:
2GB of ram will be a killer. I'd say that no, it won't be playable on anything other than minimum.

I can run on medium with spec in sig, but I have to run at 1680x1050 rather than my native 1920x1200 (which it just plain refuses to run).

2 gigs of RAM is plenty on my XP machine, but I expect his processor will hold back performance a lot.

TheStig · 4 Dec 2008 at 11:28

dirtydog said:
Is there any way of increasing mouse sensitivity for the menus? I have to pick the mouse up several times just to move from one side of the screen to the other. Adjusting mouse sensitivity only affects the gameplay. Not a major issue but still annoying.

Yeah that's really annoying. Sort of had the same problem in Far Cry 2 as well.

Happy · 4 Dec 2008 at 11:30

Am I missing the point, but the game's recommended spec says a quadcore. All the people who have posted up with quadcores are getting "fine" FPS those without quadcores are not. So why all the complaining that you can't play the game, if you are running a spec that is below recommended :confused:

Also comparing it to a console is wrong, as people are trying to play at resolutions that are over double the amount of pixels that a console had to render.

dirtydog · 4 Dec 2008 at 11:35

Regardless of performance, the game seems crap anyway, nothing like the previous GTAs. I know it wasn't realistic in previous GTAs that you could punch anyone a few times and they'd end up dead, but it was more fun than the tedious fighting system GTA IV has.

FerociouS · 4 Dec 2008 at 11:37

Thise Screenshots dont look to bad considering its low setting.

Happy · 4 Dec 2008 at 11:39

FerociouS said:
Thise Screenshots dont look to bad considering its low setting.

I agree, although a little bit of AA would help.

willhub · 4 Dec 2008 at 11:40

Has anyone tried it in Windows Vista and XP to see if their is a difference?

TheStig · 4 Dec 2008 at 11:54

Happy said:
I agree, although a little bit of AA would help.

I'd rather it look sharper rather than the look it had on console too, ie "the looking through vaseline" look.

willhub · 4 Dec 2008 at 11:56

It does look sharper than the console version :confused:

mrk · 4 Dec 2008 at 11:56

Just been speaking with a colleague and it turns out STEAM are refunding people who are having problems, if an error code can be given then you're given a refund. Lols.

SkeeterUK · 4 Dec 2008 at 12:00

Hmm during the intro when hes on the boat i get a bsod and this file seems to be the cause. ati3duag.dll

Not sure what to do about it.

LoadsaMoney · 4 Dec 2008 at 12:07

Street said:
That is really poor in my oppinion. There is no reason why you should be forced to sign up for two different things online to play the game in single player.

Taken from the manual :-

During the Grand Theft Auto IV install, you will also be prompted to register with Games for Windows - LIVE and Rockstar Games Social Club. Please note the registraion into either is not mandotary to play the single player campaign.

Only thing you have to do (as far as i can see), is make an offline LIVE profile to be able to save the single player, which is what ill do when i get me 360 pad as ive forgot me LIVE account now (made one when i had a 360 donks ago, but sold it donks ago as well, so never needed the account after that

), as i can play the single player fine without both of those, i just can't save it.

knowledge123 · 4 Dec 2008 at 12:08

SkeeterPSA said:
Hmm during the intro when hes on the boat i get a bsod and this file seems to be the cause. ati3duag.dll

Not sure what to do about it.

If you have the latest ATI drivers, then I don't think that there isn't much you can do. If you do then it's probably worth shooting R* an email describing the issue.

This sounds like a really well tested game

SkeeterUK · 4 Dec 2008 at 12:10

Using latest omega drivers, so i guess i could try the 8.11s but ill wait till i really have to cos i dont want crap fps like with official ati drivers.

dirtydog · 4 Dec 2008 at 12:10

LoadsaMoney said:
Taken from the manual :-

Only thing you have to do (as far as i can see), is make an offline LIVE profile to be able to save the game, which is what ill have to do, as im playing single player fine without both of those, just can't save it.

Hmm, when you play the game it tells you that you can't save unless you sign in!

SkeeterUK · 4 Dec 2008 at 12:24

Meh got a RECS20 or somit error which i think is out of video memory error but according to gta 4 gfx screen it was 340meg out of 488meg. :confused:

TheStig · 4 Dec 2008 at 12:26

willhub said:
It does look sharper than the console version

That's exactly what I said....

(to rephrase, I'd rather a bit of aliasing which we can get on PC, than the smudged blurry look the game had on console)