running san andreas at full settings

[bogal]

has anyone on here run san andreas at full settings (on everything) on their pc?

if so whats the required spec to do so?

[Kippers]

You should probably ask this in the X-Box/PC section of the forum

[bogal]

fair point!

[Raindancer]

 

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[simps]

Maybe try here: Final PC System Requirements

[teh roxxors]

You probably need God's own computer to play this thing maxed out.

 

I can't go over 1024x768, and don't use anti-aliasing:

 

• Intel P4 3.06GHz 533MHz FSB @ 3.4GHz

• ASUS P4PE (using onboard sound)

• 1Gb DDR333 PC2700 RAM @ 370MHz

• ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128Mb (364/341)

• Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2

• DirectX 9.0c

• Catalyst 5.6

 

Now, I'm picky about frame rates. Sure, I could play at 1600x1200, but some areas cause slide-show frame rates I can't handle.

[bogal]

yeah i got a similar system but think my graphics card (GeForce MX 440 128mb) is letting it down... can't get above 800x600x16 without the game becoming jerky and slower - anyone running this with a 256mb/512mb card that can say how much difference it makes?

[GTA3Freak-2001]

In a perfect game I could probably tell you what would run the game perfectly at max settings, as shown people who have PC's that you'd expect to be able to max everything out and play well at the same time simply don't. Some get good results while others don't, it seems to be the game coupled with certain hardware.

[Rogue]

I run it at all max settings except for the res is 1280*1024 because that is the max for my monitor.

 

Ps: How did you get that MPH readout into SA?

Edited August 4, 2005 by Rogue

[Vercetti04/05]

I run at max on 1280xwateva

 

specs are as follows:

 

Abit max3 mobo

1GB Corsair 3200LL

120 WD hard drive

Powercolor X800Pro

2.8 P4 with ht

 

all anistropic and AA settings set to max in control panel and in game

 

runs smooth as, although it does get choppy on 1600x1200

[doogle]

I've got everything maxed at 1600*1200 and it runs smooth as silk on my PC, except when I went into the burning building to rescure Denise, then it chugged a little due to all the particle effects.

 

My spec:

 

AMD 64 3200+

1GB Ram

Geforce 6800 Ultra 256Mb

SB Audigy 2

Win XP Pro SP2

 

[Sir Random]

I've got everything maxed at 1600*1200 and it runs smooth as silk on my PC, except when I went into the burning building to rescure Denise, then it chugged a little due to all the particle effects.

 

My spec:

 

AMD 64 3200+

1GB Ram

Geforce 6800 Ultra 256Mb

SB Audigy 2

Win XP Pro SP2

 

I have almost the same setup (except for a P4 3.4).

I play at 1600x1200 and I have the game settings at 'Very High'

My gfx card settings are: 4xAA, 16xAF, High Quality, and I average 50-80fps.

(At 8xAA, my framerate is 30~40 average, but can drop to 10~15 with explosions etc, so I leave it at 4xAA)

 

To play at max settings, I'd say you'll need a 3Ghz+ cpu, 1Gb ram, 6800/X800, and an Audigy 2 (or equivalent).

[Natedogg.]

 

I have almost the same setup (except for a P4 3.4).

I play at 1600x1200 and I have the game settings at 'Very High'

My gfx card settings are: 4xAA, 16xAF, High Quality, and I average 50-80fps.

(At 8xAA, my framerate is 30~40 average, but can drop to 10~15 with explosions etc, so I leave it at 4xAA)

 

To play at max settings, I'd say you'll need a 3Ghz+ cpu, 1Gb ram, 6800/X800, and an Audigy 2 (or equivalent).

Are you using the latest Catalyst Control Center to run those specs? I am currently using an X800 XL 256MB PCI-E and 1 Gig of Kingston RAM, and my aliasing settings will not go above "3x" in-game. I am guessing that you are, because that is the only way to turn on "AF" for San Andreas.

[Sir Random]

I have almost the same setup (except for a P4 3.4).

I play at 1600x1200 and I have the game settings at 'Very High'

My gfx card settings are: 4xAA, 16xAF, High Quality, and I average 50-80fps.

(At 8xAA, my framerate is 30~40 average, but can drop to 10~15 with explosions etc, so I leave it at 4xAA)

 

To play at max settings, I'd say you'll need a 3Ghz+ cpu, 1Gb ram, 6800/X800, and an Audigy 2 (or equivalent).

Are you using the latest Catalyst Control Center to run those specs? I am currently using an X800 XL 256MB PCI-E and 1 Gig of Kingston RAM, and my aliasing settings will not go above "3x" in-game. I am guessing that you are, because that is the only way to turn on "AF" for San Andreas.

I have a GeForce 6800 Ultra, so I'm not using cats.

 

For NV users, I'm running Running Forceware 71.24s

No problems.

[cronusthetitan]

The game runs on mine okay, but the video card I have (ati raedon 8200 128 mb) doesn't like to handle the frames.

 

My specs:

 

AMD athlon 2800 @ 2.4 Ghz MMX 3D Now

 

768 Mhz ram

 

XP Pro SP2

 

DX 9.0 C

 

[LAPD 85]

You probably need God's own computer to play this thing maxed out.

 

I can't go over 1024x768, and don't use anti-aliasing:

 

• Intel P4 3.06GHz 533MHz FSB @ 3.4GHz

• ASUS P4PE (using onboard sound)

• 1Gb DDR333 PC2700 RAM @ 370MHz

• ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128Mb (364/341)

• Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2

• DirectX 9.0c

• Catalyst 5.6

 

Now, I'm picky about frame rates. Sure, I could play at 1600x1200, but some areas cause slide-show frame rates I can't handle.

First off your FSB is crap as well as your processor. get a better graphic card like a 7800 GTX.

[matthew1g]

 

yeah i got a similar system but think my graphics card (GeForce MX 440 128mb)

 

hey bogal how can your gforce4 mx 440 is 128mb? is it overclocked? my geforce 4 mx 420 is only 64 mb

 

 

& whats d difference between a 420 & a 440 (geforce 4 mx that is)

 

anyhows my game was giving me a hard time in the beginning. i was getting a bsod. now i run it perfectly i only have some slow downs in parts of san fierro and lv. i 'l post my display ops later i forget them lol

 

my specs are:

 

intel p4 1.7 ghz

geforce 4 mx 420 64 mb

win xp with service pack 2

512 mb of ram

albatron px848 like series motherboard

realtek ac'97 sound device

 

[EmSixTeen]

Nice to see I should be able to play this maxed out smoothly

 

6800GT PCI-E graphics card.

NForce4 Ultra motherboard.

Athlon 64 3500+ processor.

1GB Corsair RAM.

WD 200GB hard drive.

[GTA3Freak-2001]

yeah i got a similar system but think my graphics card (GeForce MX 440 128mb)

 

hey bogal how can your gforce4 mx 440 is 128mb? is it overclocked? my geforce 4 mx 420 is only 64 mb

 

 

& whats d difference between a 420 & a 440 (geforce 4 mx that is)

 

anyhows my game was giving me a hard time in the beginning. i was getting a bsod. now i run it perfectly i only have some slow downs in parts of san fierro and lv. i 'l post my display ops later i forget them lol

 

my specs are:

 

intel p4 1.7 ghz

geforce 4 mx 420 64 mb

win xp with service pack 2

512 mb of ram

albatron px848 like series motherboard

realtek ac'97 sound device

I don't think there is a difference, my 440 was 64MB so maybe it means the amount of RAM it has. Honestly its still just as crap as any GeForce 4 MX.

[matthew1g]

my display options: the ones i said earlier

 

draw distance full ( with the extra draw distance mod)

frame limiter on

widescreen off

fx very high

anti aliasing 3

res 1600x1200x32

[theantidote]

I'm running pretty well at 1280x1024:

P4 3.4 ghz

1gb ram

Radeon X800XL

Sound Blaster Live! 5.1

Omega Drivers 2.6.53

 

It drops to about 20 at the lowest here or there, hopefully I'll remedy that when I overclock it but right now it's too hot in DC to overclock my card safely.

[paul gilbert]

I'm running pretty well at 1280x1024:

P4 3.4 ghz

1gb ram

Radeon X800XL

Sound Blaster Live! 5.1

Omega Drivers 2.6.53

 

It drops to about 20 at the lowest here or there, hopefully I'll remedy that when I overclock it but right now it's too hot in DC to overclock my card safely.

so this like high end machine!!,and u reach 20fps!!!OMG

man if i were u i would have killed my self...after killing the people who ported the game to the pc

[Trueno_Drifter86]

 

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[theantidote]

I'm running pretty well at 1280x1024:

P4 3.4 ghz

1gb ram

Radeon X800XL

Sound Blaster Live! 5.1

Omega Drivers 2.6.53

 

It drops to about 20 at the lowest here or there, hopefully I'll remedy that when I overclock it but right now it's too hot in DC to overclock my card safely.

so this like high end machine!!,and u reach 20fps!!!OMG

man if i were u i would have killed my self...after killing the people who ported the game to the pc

It's average is 60 but during explosions it's 20. So I deal.

[maelstrom]

I ran fraps with all options max, 1152x864 (monitor limited) & frame limiter on - was a solid 25 fps with explosions and all. sounds low but it is very smooth gameplay.

 

specs are 3400 / 1gb / BFG6800GT

[Mike0]

I'm running pretty well at 1280x1024:

P4 3.4 ghz

1gb ram

Radeon X800XL

Sound Blaster Live! 5.1

Omega Drivers 2.6.53

 

It drops to about 20 at the lowest here or there, hopefully I'll remedy that when I overclock it but right now it's too hot in DC to overclock my card safely.

so this like high end machine!!,and u reach 20fps!!!OMG

man if i were u i would have killed my self...after killing the people who ported the game to the pc

To the man who was laughing at 20 FPS. You just don't get it.

 

The game is meant to be played at 25 FPS with the frame limiter on. It ewen says in the readme that you should put the frame limiter on. If you turn it of, you get higher than 25 FPS, but it slows down when exploding stuff and so on. So it is adwised that you put the frame limiter ON. This game is not made to play at high frame rates, but at 25. So deal with it. Some people just don't get it.

 

So, ultimately: I think even if you had the strongest PC in the world, with dual 7800 GTX, if you turned the frame limiter on, it would be as high as 25, and would even drop to 20 from time to time. And if you turned it OFF, it would sometimes drop to wery low. That's the way this game is made.

 

And what's teh fuss with the framerates. 20 is fine with me. If 25 FPS is fine with Rockstar Games, it can't be wrong. So if you want "high framerates", turn the FPS limiter OFF, but don't cry when it drops below 25. If someone doesnt like the FPS sistem, then go play something else.

[Lagoon Bug]

To me avoiding slow-down and lag is more important than a high frame rate.

 

I'll type my computer specs and you can tell me what you think since I'm still new to this. I have GTA: SA for the PC.

 

Dell, Dimension 4700 series, P4 Processor 520 w/ HT Technology

(2.8 GHz), 16V3871

 

512 MB DDR2 SDRAM at 400 MHz

 

128MB PCI Express x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon X300 SE

 

80GB Serial ATA Hard Drive

 

Windows XP Home, Service Pack 2

 

Intel Pro 100M Integrated PCI NIC Card(not sure what this is)

 

16X DVD ROM and 48X CDRW

 

For me GTA SA does have some slow down but I've managed to avoid some. I started out with the advanced display settings maxed on the resolution. Didn't work out well. I'm not sure what it's on now, but I'm adjusting it now and then. I guess it looks alright, but the frame rate gets choppy. Some slowdown and delay, as when a sound effect happens right before the action.(I hear CJ's punch to the driver before seeing it when carjacking)

 

I may upgrade the RAM if it will make the game work better. Should that do it? Is there anything else I should upgrade? I'm looking for affordability but I'm not broke. If this computer has anything that "sucks" I don't mind anyone saying so.

[GTA3Freak-2001]

Its not that bad, sure doubling that RAM would be good for gaming in general although for me SA still runs pretty odinary even when I doubled my ram 512 to 1024 still made my other games run better.

[Smellton]

Ok, n00b question here but what does anti-alising actually do? Does it improve graphics? I thought it helped smooth transitions of textures, but I'm not sure.

[GTA3Freak-2001]

Ok, n00b question here but what does anti-alising actually do? Does it improve graphics? I thought it helped smooth transitions of textures, but I'm not sure.

It removes jaggies on all 3D surfaces giving the game a smooother look, only problem is it cuts your performance down quite a bit depending on your specs.