GTA IV Thread

TRWTF is you need a quad to even run GTA4 well, how bad is the optimisation on this code to make it run badly on a highly clocked dual core!? Coupled with all the other issues this has put me off Rockstar. It's sad really.

I'll stick with the Duo's for a while longer until the i7's are more common and cheaper...

I have no idea what WRWTF means...

Well, I wouldn't say it was so much the optimisation but this simple face;

4 > 2

*warms the mass spam in preparation*

You know it!
 
just got mine today. got a question. are all the cars in GTA4 that slow? i just tried the game. did the first mission where i must help roman escape the loan sharks. other than the slow movement, i think the game is great. the driving, though a bit harder, is more realistic than previous games, with drifting and all. graphic, well, great improvement (notice how people now actually have fingers instead of just a cupped hand like in previous games :P)
 
I have no idea what WRWTF means...

Well, I wouldn't say it was so much the optimisation but this simple face;

4 > 2

You know it!

I'm still sticking with a dual, GTA4 shouldn't have to have a quad to make it run "well" (yes I have a bug bear about laggy games).

TRWTF means: The Real WTF
 
just got mine today. got a question. are all the cars in GTA4 that slow? i just tried the game. did the first mission where i must help roman escape the loan sharks. other than the slow movement, i think the game is great. the driving, though a bit harder, is more realistic than previous games, with drifting and all. graphic, well, great improvement (notice how people now actually have fingers instead of just a cupped hand like in previous games :P)

yeah i agree,the cars are damn slow....but the police are easier to get away from in this GTA than any other previous version i think.

i like how people in the city are actualy doing stuff like roadworks,sweeping the streets,cleaning windows and stuff like that.

i cant understand why they put petrol stations/gas stations in the game again but not able to fill your car up.

like in game the cars coudl run out of fuel......that would be cool.
 
for those of you with the game, how does it run if you turn the resolution and graphics down? does the game still look decent with them turned down?
 
for those of you with the game, how does it run if you turn the resolution and graphics down? does the game still look decent with them turned down?

if your talking about running it on your Desktop rig in your siggy i think you will run into lag problems,especialy with a 7600 and settings turned right down to lowest.

it wont look very good :(
 
Lol, at a LAN I was at, we were taking turns playing, and someone ran into a hot dog stand, and it blew up, and we were all like wtf.


And I'm not sure, I'll look into it.

hehe i like how he eats the hotdog when you buy one its like,um yum yum and he slaps his lips lol

and thanks,ive looked around and cant seem to find out how the hell people have uploaded to youtube.

ive looked in game and apparently you can upload it to the social club but when i click upload theres none of my vide to choose,but if i look in my gallery its there? :D
 
ok i got a question about gta iv

ok heres my question can you play your mp3s in the car instead of listening to the cars radio stations? kinda like how in vice city back in the ps2 days you could listen to your own mp3's on the mp3 station if you put your music in the mp3 folder. im talking about pc version tho not ps2 version of vice city cuz that didnt support that feature but i was wondering if gta iv had that same feature and then some

cuz i have gta iv for ps3 but i was wondering if pc version you could play ingame music through the mp3 radio station if its still supported
 
ok heres my question can you play your mp3s in the car instead of listening to the cars radio stations? kinda like how in vice city back in the ps2 days you could listen to your own mp3's on the mp3 station if you put your music in the mp3 folder. im talking about pc version tho not ps2 version of vice city cuz that didnt support that feature but i was wondering if gta iv had that same feature and then some

cuz i have gta iv for ps3 but i was wondering if pc version you could play ingame music through the mp3 radio station if its still supported

You can, while in the car, just tune to Independent FM, I think that's the name, and it will tell you what folder to put the music in.
 
while playing, i notice some occasional lag. my graphic card is asus 9600gt. that's better than the recommended card right? but i only have 2gb of RAM. i check the performance during game play and found that im using 1.8gb of it. so would i see improvement if i upgrade RAM?
 
while playing, i notice some occasional lag. my graphic card is asus 9600gt. that's better than the recommended card right? but i only have 2gb of RAM. i check the performance during game play and found that im using 1.8gb of it. so would i see improvement if i upgrade RAM?

Almost certainly! I'd get 4GB minimum for today's games.
 
Almost certainly! I'd get 4GB minimum for today's games.

I am a rebel...I tango with 3.25gb...why? Because I'm dangerous.


TBH though when I am not toying with my 32bit XP storage drive and using my x64 Vista installed I never seem to pass 2GB with any game and since I disabled all the super-fetch and caching features which had no performance gains I never pass 2.50gb or so gaming with Vista. In fact before all my programs I only use 430mb with vista ^-^
 
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so this means that 1.8gb is not the maximum amount of RAM my computer will use while playin GTA 4? i mean if i get, say, another 1gb, the RAM usage would be more than 2gb?
 
so this means that 1.8gb is not the maximum amount of RAM my computer will use while playin GTA 4? i mean if i get, say, another 1gb, the RAM usage would be more than 2gb?

id say 3GB will help you out here...mainly because game needs 2GB leaves your system with 1GB.

Personally id get the 2x2gb G-skill deal...40 bucks for 4GBs of ram is a steal and if you have 4 slots you can put your 2x1 sticks in the other dual channel slots and have 6GB...Vista will thank you.

Also you can add the nomemrestrict to your GTA shortcut so it can suck all the ram it can from your system.
 
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hey so would you guys recomend getting this game?

like i know gta games last a long time and im on winter break now so im looking for something to fill my free time and im just wondering it this game is worth it?
 
hey so would you guys recomend getting this game?

No I canceled my pre-order and every complaint I read about makes me ever so happy I did. People with better specs then you can't even play atm.

Its a poorly coded Dual Core game....Quad-core users seem to get decent FPS. Also nomemrestrict with 4gb+ ram will increase performance too.
 
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