Grand Theft Auto 4

MooMoo444 · 2 Dec 2008 at 14:40

Theres a few cards that can run this well, ones white with a circular led display on it, and the others black. Both are '3' series cards.

alex24 · 2 Dec 2008 at 14:40

take it to the console forum! ;-)

Nymins · 2 Dec 2008 at 14:42

Good lord. The 360 version looks miles better than that. What happened Rockstar?! They usually do fairly decent PC ports.

willhub · 2 Dec 2008 at 14:44

I'm hoping it is a problem with his computer, probably ain't tho

This does in no way remind me of Crysis actually... Try EQ2!! I guess GTA IV uses a similar engine :\

I'm determined to get this working perfectly on my PC tomorrow, going to strip Vista down for this and I've got Windows 7 on the ready too.

Things change I've changed · 2 Dec 2008 at 14:45

I really feel sorry for the people that have brought this game and have bog standard pre-fabricated machines that they've brought on the high street.

willhub · 2 Dec 2008 at 14:46

lowrider007 said:
I really feel sorry for the people that have brought this game and have bog standard pre-fabricated machines that they've brought on the high street.

They wont know what's hit em

, It would not surprised me if their machines just implode and disappear into a black hole

smit101 · 2 Dec 2008 at 14:51

Nymins said:
Good lord. The 360 version looks miles better than that. What happened Rockstar?! They usually do fairly decent PC ports.

Erm,no it doesn't. It looks exactly the same tbh,maybe less of the blurriness that blighted the console versions though,difficult to say without seeing it running,but it's definitely no worse looking.

bledd · 2 Dec 2008 at 14:52

lowrider007 said:
I really feel sorry for the people that have brought this game and have bog standard pre-fabricated machines that they've brought on the high street.

i was thinking that earlier when reading this thread tbh

at least we know it's mental, and we still buy it

Nymins · 2 Dec 2008 at 14:53

smit101 said:
Erm,no it doesn't. It looks exactly the same tbh,maybe less of the blurriness that blighted the console versions though,difficult to say without seeing it running,but it's definitely no worse looking.

No worse? Those shots look awful in comparison to what im playing on the 360 as I type. They have more jaggies than the 360 version and it has quite a few itself.

iamTakeo · 2 Dec 2008 at 14:55

is everyone forgetting that GTAIV ran at below HD res on the consoles??

alex24 · 2 Dec 2008 at 14:55

Is there anyone else out there with the game and a different spec who can verify/show us more screenies?

I'd like to know if this is a really widespread issue.

Nymins · 2 Dec 2008 at 14:55

iamTakeo said:
is everyone forgetting that GTAIV ran at below HD res on the consoles??

Only on the PS3.

Craig R · 2 Dec 2008 at 14:56

Wish I hadn't placed that pre-order now. Think I'll be leaving it sealed and sending it straight back on the basis of these reports. Only have a dual-core and 8800GT so doesn't sound promising at all.

dirtydog · 2 Dec 2008 at 14:57

iamTakeo said:
is everyone forgetting that GTAIV ran at below HD res on the consoles??

So?

mrk · 2 Dec 2008 at 14:58

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=690176&st=240&p=590213528&#entry590213528

frankmcg · 2 Dec 2008 at 14:59

My copy of this is sitting at home waiting for me. Can I play it (legitimately) today or is it locked until tomorrow?

NVIDIA_x64 · 2 Dec 2008 at 15:00

consoles are cheap old toys (made in 2005) get this consoles talk out of here

PC POWER

Stevev · 2 Dec 2008 at 15:00

alexhull24 said:
Is there anyone else out there with the game and a different spec who can verify/show us more screenies?

I'd like to know if this is a really widespread issue.

I'm just about to install mine, spec below. If it installs properly I'll post back with some screens.

Pixel · 2 Dec 2008 at 15:01

Hoping my machine can run it.

AMD Athlon X2 6400+ (3.2GHz)
8GB PC6400 DDR2
GeForce 8800GTS 512

I'm also hoping that the people having performance issues are having problems because they're using less than 4GB RAM. A long shot but one can dream.

smit101 · 2 Dec 2008 at 15:01

Nymins said:
No worse? Those shots look awful in comparison to what im playing on the 360 as I type. They have more jaggies than the 360 version and it has quite a few itself.

Looks the same to me,but without the blur all over the screen that the console version had,the jaggies are possibly more prominent on the pc version but then forcing AA through the drivers should sort that.

To people having performance problems,is there a frame limiter setting in the display/options menu,all the other PC versions of GTA had it and if enabled,was an absolute performance killer.