GTA4 PC Vs PS3
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Says it all. The PC version may 'look' better (hell who saw that coming) but it chugs along at a snails pace even on a good rig. The results aren't consistent when spread across similar hardware - that is just sad.
I've seen the PC version at a mates house on an E6600 like mine (not oc'd at 3.7ghz though) and it ran poorly against my 360 version. It was sluggish and at a glance looked like it had a colossal memory leak. For simplicity's sake stick to the console version. Having said that I heard the PS3 GTA wasn't as sharp as the 360.
At the end of the day gameplay rules. Do you want a sluggish game or one that can hold it's frame rates?
The actual gameplay is a step back from GTA: San Andreas and Vice City. It is most similar to the original GTA3 in terms of content. Beyond the storyline missions, there are only a few basic side missions and the developers have padded out the game with the annoying friend dates that pop up every 5 minutes. Later on in the game, the villains that you work for are all pretty similar, and there isn't much variety to the missions.
Lots of reviewers gave it perfect scores on the consoles, but its no better than an 8/10 in my book. I had it in on the Xbox 360 and got 80% through the game. It was never enjoyable enough to make me want to finish it.
I dont know where all this garbage about the PS3 being the worst version comes from, one website put it behind the Xbox360 in terms of performance, and it all of a sudden becomes fact.
I had to get both the 360 and the PS3 versions for the two boys so they could play it at the same time and the PS3 version runs far smoother and doesnt look like the screen is covered in vaseline.
I had to get both the 360 and the PS3 versions for the two boys so they could play it at the same time and the PS3 version runs far smoother and doesnt look like the screen is covered in vaseline.
360 version runs smoother, a website went in-depth on this and the 360 maintained a higher average and minimum framerate.
Sorry to be fenickety, but i read that analysis and thought it to be total garbage. The moment i decided they were talking out of their bottoms was when they said something along the lines of 'the 360 has around 10% higher average framerate than the PS3, the PS3 seems to be running vsync and the 360 doesn't but we don't think that has any impact so we won't take it into account'.
Vsync not affecting framerates eh? Nice one Eurogamer!
Also iirc they only recorded the average FPS, not the max and min and even stated the 360 has 'choppier moments' but decided that didn't matter either. I also remember their judgment of the 360 res being higher being something along the lines of 'it's a higher res, i can tell because of some of the pixels and having seen many higher res' in my time'
I do agree the 360 version does look higher res, however, their 'professional' method of determining it was utter testicles.
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Yes Eurogamer, and it was the only website to rate the 360 version higher, but as already said their reasons for doing so was ******** so can be discounted out of hand.
I've got all 3 versions. The PS3 version has a slightly lower framerate of that of the 360. It's not noticable at all until 10 cars explode at once and then the PS3, being picky, has slighty worse slow-down (both are still quite bad tbh). The 360 version also looks a little bit sharper due to res, with cars, buildings and roads looking like they have a tiny bit more AA, again its nothing major at all. The PS3 version I found to have slightly better colours/contrast of that of the 360. The 360 version looked a bit more bland/brown, but low and behold nothing major at all! The two console versions are so close its a bit pathetic arguing about them tbh. Another thing I noticed was that you can't watch the TV in fullscreen on the 360. 
The PC version, if the performance issues were sorted then this would be my choice, as it does look better than both. But its so hard to get a decent framerate even on a fairly high spec rig. Slow-down is appalling. If youve got a quad, 4870X2 or 280GTX then youll probably able to get it to run ok. But to get a decent framerate on an average computer youll need to drop everything and it ends up looking not much better than the console version. If you dont have a high spec computer, prefer playing with a PS3 pad, and dont care about the video editor then just get the PS3 version, or the 360 version if you have that console as Id say that was better if I was nit picking.
The PC version, if the performance issues were sorted then this would be my choice, as it does look better than both. But its so hard to get a decent framerate even on a fairly high spec rig. Slow-down is appalling. If youve got a quad, 4870X2 or 280GTX then youll probably able to get it to run ok. But to get a decent framerate on an average computer youll need to drop everything and it ends up looking not much better than the console version. If you dont have a high spec computer, prefer playing with a PS3 pad, and dont care about the video editor then just get the PS3 version, or the 360 version if you have that console as Id say that was better if I was nit picking.
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So in truth is it worth getting this on the consoles or do we all hold faith that in the very near future (Id say by end of Jan) that the PC version will run a lot better?
I really want a smooth, non-jaggy affair (30fps is fine if its maintained with good gfx) and want to muck around with the video editor...
ps3ud0
I really want a smooth, non-jaggy affair (30fps is fine if its maintained with good gfx) and want to muck around with the video editor...
ps3ud0
So in truth is it worth getting this on the consoles or do we all hold faith that in the very near future (Id say by end of Jan) that the PC version will run a lot better?
I really want a smooth, non-jaggy affair (30fps is fine if its maintained with good gfx) and want to muck around with the video editor...
ps3ud0
Its definitely worth getting on the console just cause its a great game anyway. PC version will probably get fixed sometime, but it just looks like a Quad Core cpu is really needed to maintain a good frame rate.
GTA originally came from the PC with - GTA1+2, then it went to the consoles, it's most playable driving with a joypad for me anyway, I have the PC version and have completed the PS3 version ..
Q6660 @ 3.24Ghz
ATI HD4870x2
6GB Crucial Ram @ 900Mhz
It runs and plays 3 times better than the ps3 version and you get your own music and the mods will eventually come out in the future.
I can't use my control pad to drive because of this new patch stopped the mini-hack working that fixed the original no direct input controller (Unless its a MS 360 pad lol)
I haven't played in a few days because of this issue, but that aside the PC version is still supreme, graphics and options are much better, just Rockstar Toronto are crap compared to Rockstart North and should not of been trusted with it's release.
Q6660 @ 3.24Ghz
ATI HD4870x2
6GB Crucial Ram @ 900Mhz
It runs and plays 3 times better than the ps3 version and you get your own music and the mods will eventually come out in the future.
I can't use my control pad to drive because of this new patch stopped the mini-hack working that fixed the original no direct input controller (Unless its a MS 360 pad lol)
I haven't played in a few days because of this issue, but that aside the PC version is still supreme, graphics and options are much better, just Rockstar Toronto are crap compared to Rockstart North and should not of been trusted with it's release.
i just had quick gander with the pc version ( i have the ps3 version too) - runs surprisngly well despite all the criticism beforehand. decent framerate (although i dont know exaclty what it is - its better than the ps3 anyway), looks better than the ps3 version too. Very playable and will mean i sell on my ps3 version.
This is with a q6600 at 3.2Ghz. 8GB RAM, 8800GTX, Vista 64.
This is with a q6600 at 3.2Ghz. 8GB RAM, 8800GTX, Vista 64.
Some of the missions for side characters, such as Jacob or Dwayne, can yield in game benefits but do I really want to hang around with Brucie just to get the odd helicopter ride? And I really have no interest in killing 270 pigeons. At least the collectibles in SA - tags, horseshoes, photos and oysters were manageable and realised tangible benefits. The gang tags in particular gave access to weaponry much earlier in the game than generally available.
Rather a lack of imagination by the developers for this one.
I've never been a 100% completion fan of GTA anyway, most likely I will play through the main campaign, get a few of the side bits in, then go back to building my galactic empire in Terran Conflict.
Got a quad ( so you) : pc.
Got a worse than quad: console.
Not true, I've got a dual core and think the PC version is vastly superior than on the PS3. For one the PC version doesn't look as if I've got cataracts + mouse & keyboard ***!
My house mate has PS3 version. I can tell you after playing PC GTA on 1920*1200 medium texture, max render, max shadows....it was a free source of amusement seeing the PS3 version. It was REALLY blurry, super low res, low texture & this sudden drop in FPS turning corners with a lot happening.
Its looks MILES better than the console version BUT you need a quad & 512VRAM to 'play as intended'. A guy a work tried it with 256VRAM and ran like a dog, he upgraded and instant fix.
I showed house mate Crysis and realised how far behind consoles are in graphics & overall immersion level. Far better looking. You MUST use the incar view at all times....looks even better.
Yes it needs AA but then so did the PS3 version.
Its looks MILES better than the console version BUT you need a quad & 512VRAM to 'play as intended'. A guy a work tried it with 256VRAM and ran like a dog, he upgraded and instant fix.
I showed house mate Crysis and realised how far behind consoles are in graphics & overall immersion level. Far better looking. You MUST use the incar view at all times....looks even better.
Yes it needs AA but then so did the PS3 version.
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the ps3 version is blurry, yes. turn up the sharpness on your tv......then it isnt.