GTA IV PC System Specs

[werxen]

well im not sure. right now im very skeptical but the trend usually is this:
better graphics card > faster processor when it comes to games. could this be one of the few exceptions (supreme commander style) only time will tell.

 

[Spitfire7]

Ok, I need your help. I got my CPU now clocked to 4Ghz. Still I dont notice any difference. Maybe 2 frames at most, but this just cant be. Its gotta be my GPU is at its max bottle necking my CPU. Right? A GTX 280 would let my CPU at 4Ghz fly like an eagle right? So now I know I can OC my CPU to 4ghz stable for the most part. It gets up to 60 degrees C under max load in Crysis. Not the best, but decent. I also have the case open and a fan blowing cold air from outside right on it.

Guys I am creating a new thread needing some help on overclocking for this exact issue, but am going to move it over to the OC forum. Please join me.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/249866-29-q9550-4ghz-780i-evga-board-help

 

[idisarmu]

I have a feeling that this game will run better on ati than nvidia....

after all- This game was designed for the 360's xenos- and ati shares that architecture doesn't it?

However- the 2000s and 3000s by ATI will probably die again as usually under AA.

 

[cappster]

I average about 30fps @ 1680x1050. It is a bit laggy at times and I have it on medium settings (one is medium and the other is high but I cannot remember the names. I have yet to have any loading times unlike GTA games of the past. Of course this is the first PC version I have owned so I don't know if that makes a difference.

I have a radeon 3870 oc'ed to 850/1241 and an e6400 @ 2.9

 

[Spitfire7]

Hey how are peoples frames with a E8500 or 8600?

The game says it recommends a Quad, but are you Quad ownser really seeing a big difference?

 

[falsterbo]

Should just say it that everything is about the graphicmemory in GTA:IV sofar. If you have 256Mb you might get at a maximum 1280x1024, but then lacking in texture quality...
I myself have a 8800GTS 320Mb, at that cant go higher than 1440x900. I am used too play Farcry2, Crysis and other games att 1680x1050, but GTA won´t let me go higher than 1440x900.

So to sum up people who have for instance a 8600GT 1Gb, will be able to choice higher resolutions than 8800GTS320Mb, 8800GTS640MB, 8800GTX768MB.

 

[Spitfire7]

Yeah I just got a XFX GTX 260 core 216 OCed to 700core/1215mem with a Q9550 at 3.83Ghz and I have to play on medium settings for 30fps. There better be a patch soon.

 

[jimmysmitty]

WOW wtf those are some ridiculously high recommended requirements

of course, i never understood the meaning of recomended... is that where gameplay hits a constant of 30fps or something?

We all know minimum is to just get the game to run with uber low and crap details (Crysis aside they broke the 5th wall on that one).

Recommended I would think is for decent settings at 30FPS.

If you have above the Recommended that usually means you can play at better settings.

Problem is that I blow all of the recommended settings out of the water and the game still runs slow for me. But thats with everything at max settings. I plan to lower them a bit and try again.

Funny thing is ppl keep getting a error for low VRAM. I got it too even with a 1GB GPU.

Strange really. Hope they release a patch or tow for it soon.

 

[Heyyou27]

Recommended settings have typically been the true minimum you'd ever want to try to play a game on, and minimum would give you a near unplayable experience, while still technically running the game.

 

[keither5150]

I have a E8400 currently clocked @ 3.6 with Hd 4870 X2 and 4 gigs of DDR3 ram.

I hit 40 FPS on High High with a 25.5 inch LCD. It looks great! Not sure if you need a quad processor.

You do need lots of video memory. This game is a hog.

 

[WetJustice]

I have a Pentium 4 3.4 3gigs of Ram and an Nvidia 8800gtx and the game is a slideshow. My CPU is completely overloaded. I thought it might run even though minimum requirements say you need a least a duel core. It looks like I will have to wait for a new PC.

 

[Spitfire7]

I have a E8400 currently clocked @ 3.6 with Hd 4870 X2 and 4 gigs of DDR3 ram.

I hit 40 FPS on High High with a 25.5 inch LCD. It looks great! Not sure if you need a quad processor.

You do need lots of video memory. This game is a hog.

So it looks like GTA4 is liking the ATI cards over the Nvidia. In many cases my GTX 260 Black Edition outperformas the 4870X2 by a great margin. Apparently not in this game. I do only have XP, so I am getting about 2.5GB system ram. Thats a factory too.

Keirther, what OS do you have?

 

[JohnnyKlebitz]

Could i play this?

AMD Athlon II X2 running at 2.8Ghz
4gb of RAM
500gb HDD
NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE with 256mb

 

[Mousemonkey]

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