gta4 killer!!!

jej_knowles · 18 Mar 2009 at 19:54

What is the best graphics card for playing gta4 at max settings and at 1920x1200 resolution?

Greebo · 18 Mar 2009 at 19:57

GTX 295

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Speedy Pete · 18 Mar 2009 at 20:03

two of them...

jej_knowles · 18 Mar 2009 at 20:07

really? ive actually played gta4 on my mates pc which has 295gtx and dual core processor at 4.2ghz and wasnt that impressed!
is the game maximised to use dual gpu?

Speedy Pete · 18 Mar 2009 at 20:10

yes really...

psychas · 18 Mar 2009 at 20:12

u dont need 295gtx but u need quad core 3.6 ~ 4 ghz + and 1 gig card 4870 should do fine or 280~285 gtx

inflynx · 18 Mar 2009 at 23:04

GTA4 is very CPU dependant, so as psychas said you need as powerful CPU as you can get + 1 gig graphics card (if you have less than 1 gig the game would not let you max settings).

BigBruiserAl · 18 Mar 2009 at 23:09

4Ghz i7 should do the job with 280 GTX

mame · 18 Mar 2009 at 23:13

I don't mind saying that my mates PC which is the same as mine (cpu, OC, RAM, resolution etc) is quite a bit faster with an 8800gtx than my 4850. Maybe the extra vram I don't know. My benchmark is 39/40 his is 48/49

Lightnix · 18 Mar 2009 at 23:13

inflynx said:
GTA4 is very CPU dependant, so as psychas said you need as powerful CPU as you can get + 1 gig graphics card (if you have less than 1 gig the game would not let you max settings).

Surely that means you can't with the GTX295, what with it only having 896MB of memory available?

mame · 19 Mar 2009 at 00:59

mame said:
I don't mind saying that my mates PC which is the same as mine (cpu, OC, RAM, resolution etc) is quite a bit faster with an 8800gtx than my 4850. Maybe the extra vram I don't know. My benchmark is 39/40 his is 48/49

quoting myself!! ignore that. the 9.3s just increased it to 48.52fps!! Can't believe it.

Ninja Please! · 19 Mar 2009 at 01:18

I thought the 295 had 17** mb memory?

psychas · 19 Mar 2009 at 09:33

Ninja Please! said:
I thought the 295 had 17** mb memory?

295gtx has 896 mb per card. as 295gtx is two cards glued together.

Happy · 19 Mar 2009 at 09:37

But SLI doesn't combine the card's memory to provide a large total, there is still only 896MB of Vram, however there are two instances of it.

layte · 19 Mar 2009 at 10:10

Greebo said:
GTX 295

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896MB per core, hmm...

bobert50 · 19 Mar 2009 at 10:35

I can't believe nobody else has said that the problem with gta4 is that its a bad port ?

reflux · 19 Mar 2009 at 10:47

It's a bad port and it needs a CPU with about 7.5l of horsepower.

Dutch Guy · 19 Mar 2009 at 13:19

bobert50 said:
I can't believe nobody else has said that the problem with gta4 is that its a bad port ?

Why, it runs at ~30fps at 720p (640p) with low details/draw distance on the consoles so 48fps at 1920*1200 is actually quite good.

exhumedye · 19 Mar 2009 at 13:40

GTA4 is a horribly coded game, I get a max of like 31fps with my set up. Yet Crysis runs at 40fps. I think once I get my Phenom II my FPS will increase a fair amount =]

Cogwork · 19 Mar 2009 at 14:10

I'm running with Q6600 and a GTX280 and framerate is good with most settings on highest.
I had consistant rec10 crashes and lower fps until until I went into nvidia control panel and:
1) disable physx
2) set pre-rendered frames to 0
3) set for single-monitor performance mode

No more out of memory errors, and it runs much much smoother. I;ve been able to push draw distance way up and still OK (and some stunning landscapes).

I'd recommend turning down water, reflection and shadows to medium at most. There is no noticable difference during play and it helps quite a lot.