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  1. 12-08-2008, 01:00 AM #16
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    Re: GTA: IV for PC

    Quote Originally Posted by Acreo Aeneas View Post
    For the sake of arugment, I'll consider Sandbox mode as valid label for GTA IV.

    It's just I don't consider Wikipedia as a very valid source of information (even though I blatantly use it as a launching off point).
    Does GameSpot qualify as a valid source?

    http://www.gamespot.com/pages/tags/i...s=sandbox+game

    I think it's common to label a game as sandbox if objectives are not necessarily the primary focus of the game. I've spent hours playing GTA1 just running people over and evading cops. In fact, I've never finished much of GTA1's story.
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    Re: GTA: IV for PC

    hhhmmm, first 2 hrs has been frustrating on this game
    I had to update everything
    I took all the advice in this thread and now get 25 FPS
    my xbox ran the game smoother and my PC graphics card cost more on its own than my xbox
    this game need a patch sooonnn !!!!
    game does play now though and i am reminded what an awesome game it truely is, when you get it running !!

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    been playing a bit more and 20-25 fps is just not an acceptable experience
    I have read around various forums and lots of users are having trouble with FPS
    apparently there is a patch due soon
    I suggest to buyers to wait till that patch comes out and we find out if it works and makes gaming acceptable
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  3. 12-09-2008, 03:38 PM #18
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    Re: GTA: IV for PC

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    Does GameSpot qualify as a valid source?

    http://www.gamespot.com/pages/tags/i...s=sandbox+game

    I think it's common to label a game as sandbox if objectives are not necessarily the primary focus of the game. I've spent hours playing GTA1 just running people over and evading cops. In fact, I've never finished much of GTA1's story.
    Yeah I guess. It's just that sometimes they're very incomplete in their information and sometimes don't list sources where they get their info from (so it's very hard to confirm).

    And I can understand the sandbox type play. I've done it a few times in GTA IV if I get particularly stumped by a hard storyline mission.


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    * Resolution: 1280 x 1024 (75 hz) (or whatever resolution you normally play at)
    * Game Detail: Medium
    * Texture Detail: Medium
    * Draw Distance: 10
    * Detail Draw Distance: 10
    * Vehicle Density: 12
    * Shadow Depth: 0

    Those are the ones I use on my 8800GT to get the smoothest gaming experience even during 6-star chase and raining scenes.
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    Re: GTA: IV for PC

    Statistics
    Average FPS: 40.40
    Duration: 37.18 sec
    CPU Usage: 85%
    System memory usage: 44%
    Video memory usage: 95%

    Graphics Settings
    Video Mode: 1600 x 1200 (75 Hz)
    Texture Quality: Medium
    Render Quality: High
    View Distance: 25
    Detail Distance: 37

    Hardware
    Microsoft Windows XP Professional
    Service Pack 3
    Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
    Video Driver version: 180.84
    Audio Adapter: Realtek HD Audio output
    Intel Pentium III Xeon processor

    File ID: benchmark.cli

    That's strange Acreo. This is my benchmark. Make sure you get the latest NVidia driver for GTA IV, it added 7 - 10 fps for me.
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    Re: GTA: IV for PC

    Quote Originally Posted by Obi View Post
    Statistics
    Average FPS: 40.40
    Duration: 37.18 sec
    CPU Usage: 85%
    System memory usage: 44%
    Video memory usage: 95%

    Graphics Settings
    Video Mode: 1600 x 1200 (75 Hz)
    Texture Quality: Medium
    Render Quality: High
    View Distance: 25
    Detail Distance: 37

    Hardware
    Microsoft Windows XP Professional
    Service Pack 3
    Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
    Video Driver version: 180.84
    Audio Adapter: Realtek HD Audio output
    Intel Pentium III Xeon processor

    File ID: benchmark.cli

    That's strange Acreo. This is my benchmark. Make sure you get the latest NVidia driver for GTA IV, it added 7 - 10 fps for me.
    I'm leery of updating to a newer nV driver. It took me a while to find the current 175.12 Beta driver that allows me to restart without a BSOD. So far, this specific version has been the most stable driver I've used.
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    Re: GTA: IV for PC

    Quote Originally Posted by Exploding_Silver View Post
    hhhmmm, first 2 hrs has been frustrating on this game
    I had to update everything
    I took all the advice in this thread and now get 25 FPS
    my xbox ran the game smoother and my PC graphics card cost more on its own than my xbox
    this game need a patch sooonnn !!!!
    game does play now though and i am reminded what an awesome game it truely is, when you get it running !!

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    been playing a bit more and 20-25 fps is just not an acceptable experience
    I have read around various forums and lots of users are having trouble with FPS
    apparently there is a patch due soon
    I suggest to buyers to wait till that patch comes out and we find out if it works and makes gaming acceptable
    Yeah i've been reading the steam forums and there are many people with problems and low fps there. I've been building a new rig to accomodate GTA IV better because i really want to play this, but that looks too weak now. It has E8400, 4GB ram, Vista 64bit, a 4870 OC'ed and a 620watt PSU. No way i'm getting a quad or going 4870x2 only for this game. So i'm gonna wait for the patch before doing any buying.



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    Re: GTA: IV for PC

    A known fact guys that vista runs this game like crap. XP is much running 100% better atm. Yes they need to patch this. According to Rockstar they have a patch waiting to be approved at microsoft now. All GFWL games and patches must be approved at MS before released.

    I have a dual boot xp and vista system and xp is way better. It really does not matter what you do on vista, i've tried it all and it will not run well for me.


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    Re: GTA: IV for PC

    - i have a proplem... very low FPS
    Statistics
    Average FPS: 19.92
    Duration: 37.24 sec
    CPU Usage: 83%
    System memory usage: 80%
    Video memory usage: 98%

    Graphics Settings
    Video Mode: 1280 x 1024 (60 Hz)
    Texture Quality: Medium
    Render Quality: High
    View Distance: 25
    Detail Distance: 37

    - i tried to lower the graphics but it doesn't help...
    Statistics
    Average FPS: 26.02
    Duration: 37.04 sec
    CPU Usage: 83%
    System memory usage: 85%
    Video memory usage: 94%

    Graphics Settings
    Video Mode: 1280 x 720 (60 Hz)
    Texture Quality: Low
    Render Quality: Low
    View Distance: 1
    Detail Distance: 1

    the Hardware:
    Microsoft Windows XP Professional
    Service Pack 3
    Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
    Video Driver version: 180.84
    Audio Adapter: HD Audio rear output
    Intel Pentium III Xeon processor


    what's the problem???
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    Re: GTA: IV for PC

    Pentium 3 Xeon? That CPU was first introduced in 1999... what clock speed is it on? I guess thats your bottleneck here (even if the benchmark shows "only" 85% CPU usage). Also how much RAM do you have? I've seen this game eat up ALL of my 2GB RAM on Windows XP.
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  10. 12-31-2008, 06:24 AM #25
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    Re: GTA: IV for PC

    hm, not easy to tell where the problem could be. If you own the DVD version (not Steam or digital download): did you apply the first patch? http://www.gamershell.com/download_37156.shtml

    Make sure that your directx and your sound drivers are up-to-date, also your .NET framework (windows update should take care of this).
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