GTAKhaoZ Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 I don't really have a dumbass question to ask about minimum system specs since I've already posted mine a few times and I know that my PC is lacking in a few areas... buy I do have a question: New PC: Buy or Build? I'm on the verge of getting a new PC since I'll be getting a full-time job after graduation and making good money. I'm not going to bother buying SA for my current old PC because it doesn't have a DVD-ROM. I've been to Dell.com NewEgg.com IBuyPower.com and even Alienware.com (fat chance of that happening ). Any other sites you guys recommend checking out if you suggest purchase over build? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excalibur69 Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 I don't really have a dumbass question to ask about minimum system specs since I've already posted mine a few times and I know that my PC is lacking in a few areas... buy I do have a question: New PC: Buy or Build? I'm on the verge of getting a new PC since I'll be getting a full-time job after graduation and making good money. I'm not going to bother buying SA for my current old PC because it doesn't have a DVD-ROM. I've been to Dell.com NewEgg.com IBuyPower.com and even Alienware.com (fat chance of that happening ). Any other sites you guys recommend checking out if you suggest purchase over build? tbh with you, it depends. if you are very 'computer savvy' than i would suggest building it yourself. if you have never done it before, i would be very weary of doing it yourself, even if you are following instructions off the net. however, at the same time, i would not buy a prebuild piece of crap from Dell or whatever, cause they overcharge you, and dont give you the components you should have for a gaming PC (ie good video card). i also would be weary of buying online, because if a part is defective, it can be a bitch to get it replaced. i had my PC custom built for me last year. i went to a local (not a chain store) in Toronto, bought the parts there i wanted, and they put it together for me (i didnt want to risk doing it myself, even though i could have) free of charge. youll find these places have great prices and service, and you usually get what your after. thats what i would do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTAKhaoZ Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Ok, thanks man, I'll definitely take that into consideration. I have a friend who built his own PC a couple years ago (pretty decent, but also a bit dated now) and he said that one of the biggest advantages to building a PC yourself is price... much cheaper. I'm not totally savvy when it comes to PC components compatibility so I may just go to a store and buy one and add what I need (gfx card, more RAM). I just really want to stay away from the Celeron processor, I think it's crap imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikopaha Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 Well i think im gonna get Sapphire Radeon X850XL 256MB GDDR3 TVO/VIVO/DVI (or Connect3D Radeon X800 XL 256MB DDR+DVI-I+VIVO) Do you think those well run game well at highest settings (res. 1280x1024)? Or does highest work only on best nvidias card (or X850XT (PE)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky_Junk Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 Well i think im gonna get Sapphire Radeon X850XL 256MB GDDR3 TVO/VIVO/DVI (or Connect3D Radeon X800 XL 256MB DDR+DVI-I+VIVO) Do you think those well run game well at highest settings (res. 1280x1024)? Or does highest work only on best nvidias card (or X850XT (PE)) Dont worry, you can probably run it on high settings settings with an old 9800 Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtasanandreasmaster Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 i know ur gona flame my ass to japan but but will sa run without freezing etc with these specs tiny computers intel® Celeron® CPU 2.40GHz 2.41 GHz 512 MB of RAM other specs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 oh and if u can help off topic how do change the settings of the game like the size of the screen it takes up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky_Junk Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 I was wondering if I will be able to play with the settings maxed out at 1200x700 resolution with this comp: AMD Athlon XP 2400+ 9800 XT 512MB RAM 120GB HD Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murph_fan51 Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 Have you got Vice City or GTAIII?? What resolution do you have in that? It should be the same for San Andreas, if not slightly lower. And just wait 20 days to find out!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky_Junk Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 It just that thats the highest resolution my monitor supports, whichever one is below 1600x1200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scabo19 Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 Hey u can all brag about ur suped up graphics card.I aint angry cuz i wud too if i had one but unfortunately im stuck with a geforce4 mmx(yea pretty ancient).Now my question for yall is:Am i gonna see better graphics than the xbox version? I know this is a stupid question and the answer is probably no but i wanna know.It wud be great to brag on xbox gamers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davew2040 Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 Hey u can all brag about ur suped up graphics card.I aint angry cuz i wud too if i had one but unfortunately im stuck with a geforce4 mmx(yea pretty ancient).Now my question for yall is:Am i gonna see better graphics than the xbox version? I know this is a stupid question and the answer is probably no but i wanna know.It wud be great to brag on xbox gamers Almost certainly. Basically, since San Andreas won't really have any complex effects that really stress the video card (like halo, for example, which uses a lot of bump mapping and such), all your video card really has to do is run at 640x480 to match the Xbox graphics. Virtually all recent video cards should be able to do that. It might slow down a little when the screen is doing that high-speed shimmering effect, but otherwise it should be okay. I mean, you probably want to run higher than 640x480 and maybe enable some antialiasing, but you'll just have to play around with it. The point is that it'll probably look at least as good as on the Xbox, assuming your CPU and the rest of the system is fast enough to keep up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scabo19 Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 Hey u can all brag about ur suped up graphics card.I aint angry cuz i wud too if i had one but unfortunately im stuck with a geforce4 mmx(yea pretty ancient).Now my question for yall is:Am i gonna see better graphics than the xbox version? I know this is a stupid question and the answer is probably no but i wanna know.It wud be great to brag on xbox gamers Almost certainly. Basically, since San Andreas won't really have any complex effects that really stress the video card (like halo, for example, which uses a lot of bump mapping and such), all your video card really has to do is run at 640x480 to match the Xbox graphics. Virtually all recent video cards should be able to do that. It might slow down a little when the screen is doing that high-speed shimmering effect, but otherwise it should be okay. I mean, you probably want to run higher than 640x480 and maybe enable some antialiasing, but you'll just have to play around with it. The point is that it'll probably look at least as good as on the Xbox, assuming your CPU and the rest of the system is fast enough to keep up. Wow thats great news.Now i can say i didnt havent to spend 200 dollars just to play san an(xbox 150 plus sa 50) and still get at least the same perfomance.My system seems pretty ok:512mb ram,40 gig hard drive,2.4 ghz p4,dvd-rw 16x,win xp home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy1stgamer2nd Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 woot. new compage amd 2600+ 1GB corsair (ddr400) 9600xt w/256mb 160gb Western Digital harddrive im all set eh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggro Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 lucky one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cran. Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 lucky one He's lucky?? Eh. Anyway, I doubt a GeForce 4 could run San An with any AA. I have a friend with a fx5200, and that runs like crap with 2xaa on vice city Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod42 Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 I will be using an xbox controller to play it with wonder if there will be support for the two triggers and the 2 joystcks. It says a twin axis controller in the spec, hope it has support for third axis! GTA:VC only had support for the left joystick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salibaba Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 In the past I never ever used to see the point in AA but now I have it (and can make use of it) I find its ok but I would have to look to really notice it was not there. also AA is not pretty on either the gf4 or the fx5200 I had them both and if you even attemt to turn it on you frame rate gets a serious hit and that is even with the frame limiter on(its not trying to do dozens all that the one time). Id say it goes down to around 15 - 20 fps with AA on , I just left it off because I didnt want it to be that bad and it wasnt neccessary to have it on, its nice eye candy thats all. Think of it this way, you have a sports car, it looks great but you wanna give it that extra shine to it with polish just like the gfx cards it still works but the AA gives it a shine (ive never seen the performance of a sports car go down because its not been polished tho lmao) oh and Zaphod42 I couldnt be arsed using a quote , VC did support 2 sticks I have a logitech usb controller and it has 2 sticks never gave me any problems, d pad for movement, left stick for the same movement but with precision, and the right stick for the camera. It may be because you are using an xbox controller ive never seen one of the ps2/xbox controller hook ups in action so I cant comment on if it would be any problems with that. I know plenty of ppl in the forums use this type of setup, any1 feel like speculating?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phant0mhax0r Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 2.66ghz pentium 4 768mb ram 128mb ati radeon 9700 120gb hd and a ps2 controller games like HL2, Doom 3 and CS:S all run like a treat with the high settings. Im really excited. The only problem i had on VC was with my PS2 control for the pc, the analog sticks controlled tommy in a differnt way. For example instead of like on the ps2 you can use the left analoge stick to move a turn tommy, on the pc you have to hold both analogue sticks at the same time which is very arkward. Also slightly off-topic but did anyone turn off the frame limiter on VC to see the most smoth grand theft auto experience but a rubbish draw distance, still 30 fps is fine for me (but at 100fps its very impressive and worth a look). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline_man Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 lucky one He's lucky?? Eh. Anyway, I doubt a GeForce 4 could run San An with any AA. I have a friend with a fx5200, and that runs like crap with 2xaa on vice city How can i find those anti aliasing in VC, ive never noticed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fica10 Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 AMD 2200 + 40gb hard GeForce FX5200 768ram Motherboard ASUS A7V8X-MX Half-Life 2 high Dom 3 High But San Andreas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imheretostay Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 Do you guys think i could run SA on lowest with this one? AMD 2000+ 256 mb ram Geforce 2 mx400 64 megs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cran. Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 lucky one He's lucky?? Eh. Anyway, I doubt a GeForce 4 could run San An with any AA. I have a friend with a fx5200, and that runs like crap with 2xaa on vice city How can i find those anti aliasing in VC, ive ne ver noticed it Umm..? What the hell are you on about? Make some sence boy. @IHTS I'd say you probably couldn't, but Vice City has worked on PC's below the minimum specs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA3Freak-2001 Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 lucky one He's lucky?? Eh. Anyway, I doubt a GeForce 4 could run San An with any AA. I have a friend with a fx5200, and that runs like crap with 2xaa on vice city How can i find those anti aliasing in VC, ive never noticed it Its not part of Vice City, its a setting on your gfx card accesable from your display options. It smooths the edges for 3d elements in the game but this comes at a performance hit for low end gfx cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlockhart89 Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 hey guys do u think ill be able to run SA with either: 1. AMD Athlon XP 1600+ 1.40 GHz 512 Mb RAM Dirext X 9 Nvidia GeForce 2 64 Mb or 2. (laptop) Pentium 4 2.52 GHz 480 Mb RAM Direct X 9 Nvidia GeFore 6800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIP YEK NOD Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 the laptop will do it, the desktop might struggle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlockhart89 Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 thanks, ive been worried about how it will run since ive pre ordered the game. is there anywhere i can get a better Nvidia GeForce? and if it's on www.nvidia.com what do i download? thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mase2k Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 hey guys do u think ill be able to run SA with either: 1. AMD Athlon XP 1600+ 1.40 GHz 512 Mb RAM Dirext X 9 Nvidia GeForce 2 64 Mb or 2. (laptop) Pentium 4 2.52 GHz 480 Mb RAM Direct X 9 Nvidia GeFore 6800 my PC: athlon xp 1700 gf2 ultra 64mb 256mb ram plays VC, GTA3 and even Empire Earth 2 with no problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline_man Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 lucky one He's lucky?? Eh. Anyway, I doubt a GeForce 4 could run San An with any AA. I have a friend with a fx5200, and that runs like crap with 2xaa on vice city How can i find those anti aliasing in VC, ive never noticed it Its not part of Vice City, its a setting on your gfx card accesable from your display options. It smooths the edges for 3d elements in the game but this comes at a performance hit for low end gfx cards. Thanks, I noticed that yesterday when i was checking my graphic card options, thanks for the help anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainingAcid Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon XP processor AMD Athlon-64 3000+ 384(+) MB of RAM 512MB RAM 16x DVD-ROM drive 16x DVD-ROM 4.7 GB of free Hard Disk space for a full install 160GB 7200 rpm Hard Drive 128(+) MB Video Card with DirectX 9 compatible drivers 256MB ATI Radeon 9600-PRO 8X AGP Video DirectX 9 compatible Surround Sound Card Game pad with twin axis analog controls (USB or Joystick Port) Keyboard & Mouse Matched most specs.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA3Freak-2001 Posted May 18, 2005 Share Posted May 18, 2005 thanks, ive been worried about how it will run since ive pre ordered the game. is there anywhere i can get a better Nvidia GeForce? and if it's on www.nvidia.com what do i download? thanks in advance Nah mate your GFX card is hardware in your computer it can't be downloaded or anything like that, you would need to buy a new GFX card and install it into your PC. I'd personnlly stick with that Laptop rather then trying to get that desktop PC running it I am afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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