ZeroBomb Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 (i pinned this so we can all get an idea of what's good, and what's not. - illspirit)  Please list your computer specs, then say how it works with GTA3 PC.  Me ---   733mhz PIII 526 Ram 20 GB HD Nvidia Geforce 256 Sony Trinitron Monitor Cable Broadband Modem Dell Dimension XPS T750r   It works okay with my GTA3, just a bit laggy sometimes, like in Staunton Island the most....   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTAGamer Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 P III 996 Mhz 20GB harddisk Maxtor TNT2 video 32mb LG Flatron 776FM monitor 128 RAM Windows XP Pro 56.6 ESS dial-up modem ------------------------- I Rarley get smooth graphics on gta 3 insome places it's unplayable like Chinatown, the hideout in the last island, the tunnel, the bridge...IN EVERY FUQIN LOCATION except when i look down  anyways that was before i tried CPUKiller, now i get a smoother gamplay, but its still slow but not unplayable. everything is off in the option menu except subtitels, DRAW DISTENCE Is MAX because its doesnt apear to affect gameplay! its for setting how much should the game remember where u placed your car!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooFer Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 P 4 2.0 ghz 40 gb 7200 rpm hd 512 DDR ram geforce 2 mx/mx 400 64mb (yes i know bottleneck) Windows 98  (running very bad, time to format and install XP) 21" monitor  and beleve it or not, GTA 3 runs ok... in second island its very chopy, but the rest of the islands are ok. somtimes it will my fps will drop from 30 to 20 but nothing to major all the time.  gta 3 is running on 640-480 32 res   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doogle Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 Here's my sys spec: Â PIII 800mhz 512MB RAM 1: 15GB HDD 2: 17GB HDD Win ME Asus Geforce 2 GTS Soundblaster 128 PCI Â Plays GTA3 perfectly all the time apart from every now and then the text turns into rectangular blocks and causes the framerate to drop to about 0.2fps This mostly happens if I have the res over 640*480, not happened yet at the low resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
you cant stop ole wize cock Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 celeron 900 mhz win xp 128 mb ram 20 gb hd intel integrated 4 mb trash can  i get bout 15-35 fps usually but i need to switch my card to the agp slot which i have no idea what my vid card looks like and where it is so could someone plz tell me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doogle Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 You video card is the one with your monitor plugged into it, if it's not already in the AGP port, the shorter brown slot closest to the processor on most mobos I've seen, then it's probably a PCI card and you wont be able to simply pull it out and plug it into the AGP. Â Heh, just reread your post, I take it you've got an onboard graphics card in use? If you also have an AGP card installed, plug the monitor cable into that and turn on your PC if it's not already on. if you get no picture, plug the monitor back where it was before, boot up the PC, press DEL or F1 or whatever button it says to press to get into setup/cmos/bios screen, (careful what you do in there cos you can do damage) then look for something along the lines of 'onboard video' or something and set it to disable. that should force the system board to use the addon graphics card, ie your AGP card. Save the change you made, but only if you didn't accidentally change anything else, then reboot the PC. Plug your monitor cable into the AGP video card n it should work ) Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjfduke Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 Pentium 4 1.6ghz 20GB 7200rpm Maxtor HDD also have a 40gb WD 7200rpm HDD 384MB DDR PC2100 RAM ATI Radeon 7000 32mb Windows XP Home   Works GTA3 at 25-40fps for the first 15 minutes but then it slows down to maybe 13-25 when i look up and walk.  some places in staunton and portland lag a little bit more then others.  i use the no-cd patch (I BOUGHT IT!! and the 3danalyze force SW TnL thing too.  as you can see im well above recommended settings and i still get moderate results.  i want a patch!   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immortal LuD Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 MSI 845 Ultra AR Mainboard Pentium 4 1.6GHz Northwood @ 2.2GHz 1GB of Corsair PC2100 DDRSDRAM ATi Radeon 8500 WindowsXP Directx 9.0 Â I have no complains here... At higher resolutions, (with all possible settings maxed, with 32-bit color ), I only get a slow down when facing all of the TALL buildings in Staunton Island... And I know it's my video card, so I'm not complaining. Â Only problem: headlight glare. Â Seems that it's the only thing bothering me too. GTA3 WAS a purty game! Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMD_cErTiFiEd Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 Athlon 'C' 1200 640mb PC2100 CL2.0 Bank-Intereave 4 30gig 7200rpm Maxtor Aureal Vortex 2 superquad MSI Geforce 4 TI4200 128mb MSI K7T266 pro Win XP Pro  After 1 little trick I am now at 1280x1024x32 all on except widescreen at a steady 30 never lower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvblows Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 P4 1.5ghz 384mb ram 60gb 5400rpm HD cdroms.. yadayada geforce4 ti4600 Â runs perfect, even in the highest resolutions... aside from the texture bugs, but that's the games doing. Â Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Guy Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 AMD Athlon 1.2 ghz 256 MB Ram 80 GB HD ATI Radeon VE 64 mb Win XP Pro  Using 3d analyzer I get 30-40 fps on 640x480 32 bit and on 600x800 32 bit I get 15-30 and lower.  My framerate drops in the multi story builiding in staunton.  In there I get about 9 fps on 600x800.  The game is unplayable with 1024x768 res.  I get about 10 fps and lower.  I still think this game is optimized for the PS2.  Rockstar didn't change much seeing as the all the PS2 info is still in the files.  Even the directories are the same.  This is off topic, but on the mission where you have to wipe out kenji, you just need to run him over.  Its really strange for me though, I run him over and he just gets back up.  Its like he can't be killed without blowing off an arm or leg.  I even drove up to him and put 5 uzi clips in him before the yakuza blew up my cartel cruiser.  I don't know if I can kill him.  It may be cause I edited the pedstats file, but there are no stats for kenji in there.  I guess I'll have to go and change it back to see if thats the problem.  Anyone else run into this?   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elephant Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 Amd t-bird 950 Geforce2 Ti 194mb ram (sdram) 40 gig western digital 7200 Im getting a sound blaster xgamer soon I run a constant 30 fps. Every now and then like when im doing about 120 in a cadilac or something itll jerk then go smooth again. It must be the replay function recording and rerecording. Â Btw www.madonion.com 3d mark 2001 i bench marked 3500 or so. I belive any score below 800 wont run the game. I scored 500 with a tnt2 m64 Â and it ran the game pretty bad so im sure a few extra points up like the geforce 256 will be the bare amount needed. i need more ram . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VOOK Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 My Specs  P4 1.7ghz 256DDR RAM 48x CD 64mb Geeforce3 and Windows 2000  and the game works fine always full speed mind you i do have the resolution down to about 720 or what ever it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvblows Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 happened to me a few times, just aim the cruiser towards the far left side and when you get close, make a sharp right turn towards kenji then head for the jump in the far right corner of the parking lot.. never let your foot off the gas while you do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medion Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 AMD K7 Athlon 7200rpm 17.2gig Seagate HD 64meg GForce 2 MX400 Windows Me 196meg SD Ram  In 1024x768 it is basically ok, if slightly choppy when first getting into Staunton Island.  I play it in 800x600 and have no complaints.  My brother is trying to play it on his AMD K6-2 500Mhz and it sucks big time. Looks like it would on a 486, amazing slo-mo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroBomb Posted June 25, 2002 Author Share Posted June 25, 2002   man, i feel jealous since you all have such good computers... lol  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedemon_raceace Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 AMD Athlon 1800+ XP  [best chip money can buy] ~Anodised Blue Heatsink and gamers oversized FAN~ 512Mb RAM 40GB Maxtor HDD GeForce 2 MX 400 ~ 64Mb w/ Detonator 22.11 For best perf. Win98 - uses less resources than WinXP so better gameplay!! Designer Chrome Finished Case w/ Allen Key chrome grub screws 15" Belinea Digital Monitor Genius 2bbtn + wheel net mouse pro Saitek P120 game pad Quickshot 2bbtn J/Stick 16x DVD + CDRW (LG & Samsung) 30 bttn Keyboard aiwa 60watt sub woofer unit w/ dts+dolby surround sound with bbe and super t-bass running aux line-out from the sound card, making sure im in da game hehe   GTA3 runs gr8 except when first started for about 3 mins. cos norton av is scanning the main file for viruses and does my head in!! which makes it choppy. Other than that it runs sweet! Though when changing islands during play it gets choppy for about a min but then is fine again.  Res. @ 640x480 for best performance... can be put up to 800 and hardly any difference in frame rate..all thanks to the amazing performance of my geforce 400 64mb and my athlon xp 1800+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheelman Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 Me:  PIII 500MHz Chaintech mobo with Intel 440BX chipset 256MB PC100 SDRAM GeForce 2 Ti 64MB Sound Blaster Live! Platinum 5.1 20gig 5400rpm Maxtor HD  GTA3 runs fairly smoothly at 800×600×16. Only Staunton is ever so slightly noticeably slower, but it's nothing that ever cuases a problem. The only real FPS slowdowns I get are either when it's raining (cue slideshow...), or when you shoot a few too many cars in the street and the wrecks start piling up.   Apart from that, GTA3 runs much better than I expected on my crappy machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimuni Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 Me:  Athlon Thunderbird 900Mhz Asus A7 Motherboard (Everything running off RAID) 256Mb Sdram Geforce 2 32Mb MX Dual Monitor 19 Inch Belina monitor Creative Soundblaster Live 5.1 Direct X 8.1 Lastest Nvida Drivers Windows ME Playing at 800x640 at 16 bit. Draw distance makes all of 4 fps difference so i dont care.  I get a steady 44 fps during the game, once i have run around the place, i can get 50 fps.  When first loading (aka the 1st minute into the game) it goes to 20 fps and jumpy, but since i have to run to get a car (i got 3 stuck in the garage and i can't get them out) it does not worry. Also i bomb around the city first so it loads it all up and to get my mind in gear  Lags only when the computer trys to connect to the internet to update itself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byteme Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 Dell Dimension 4400 P4 2.0Ghz 1Gb DDR Ram 80Gb Hard Disk DVD/CDRW Combo 64Mb Nvidia GeForce3 Ti200 Dell 1702FP Flat Panel Monitor Creative SB Live! Value Sound Card  I'm running GTA3 in 1024*768 32bit colour mode, and have absolutely no problems.  I don't generally have trouble in 1280*1024 either (the highest available to me), but things get a bit 'sticky' on Staunton Island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballsweat Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 I used the CPUKill idea from Moe, GTAGamer, and I used the Sheepyuk patch, and combined, they made the game playable enough now, on the highest resolution. Â I still go on 800x600 though, since it's much smoother. Â I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO THOUGH!!! Â CHECK OUT MY SPECS!!! WHY WHY WHY?!?!?!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil One Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 P4 2.2 Ghz 512 Mb DDR RAM 80 Gb Hard Disk 16x DVD 24x 10x 40x CD-RW GeForce 4 ti Windows XP BroadBand Internet 19in Monitor  Currently playing GTA 3 at 1024x768 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gangsta^Jay Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 AMD ATHLON 1800XP+ (Alpha heatsink, 120mm YS-Tech CPU Fan) AOpen GEFORCE3 Ti200 128MB Graphics Card Crucial 256MB DDR-RAM Seagate Barracuda IV 40Gb HDD 19" CRT Sony monitor Asus 16x DVD Drive E616 Logitech Mouseman Optical Wheel mouse MS Sidewinder gamepad Pro Win 98 CoolerCase Tornado with 6 80mm YS-Tech fans  Runs like a charm at 1024x768 32 bit colour, only gets a bit choppy if it starts to piss it down but apart from that no probs to report  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociopath Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 AMD Athlon 936Mhz 380Mb PC133 Ram Geforce3 Ti200 (overclocked to the speed of a Ti500) 64Mb 20GB Maxtor 7200rpm 8GB Seagate Onboard Sound 17" Monitor 6x DVD Samsung ; 40/12/40A Plextor MS Wireless Optical Mouse Win Xp  (outside air cooling)  1024*768*32 ; trails on, no slowness apart from when it's bucketing down and then it's not all that noticeable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta1984 Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 2ghz intel p4 512 sdram geforce3 ti200 64m soundblaster live 5.1 win xp hp 19"  runs smooth at 30 fps (framelimiter on) all the time. 1280x1024x32. draw distance at max  /hobbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WebMaster_Inferno Posted June 25, 2002 Share Posted June 25, 2002 AMD XP 2100+ 512MB DDR MajrBranded 82.2GB 7200RPM ASUS A7V 333 VIA KT333 cipset Windows XP GeForce 2 MX Â And virtually UN-PLAYABLE... Â I have got a Wireless Intelmouse Explorer so i might try swaping it briefly.. cuz it is said to cause slowdowns... Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroBomb Posted June 25, 2002 Author Share Posted June 25, 2002 I really think i should get a new computer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_WhoRide Posted June 26, 2002 Share Posted June 26, 2002 AMD Thunder Bird 1.2ghz 1: 30 gb IBM 7200 rpm hd 2: 46 gb Maxtor 7200 rpm hd 512 DDR ram geforce 3 TI200 Windows 2000 pro 21" monitor Runs great at 1280x1024x32. Â I was getting a little lag until I put a 50x CD-ROM in my case (I was using a DVD CD-ROM). Now it runs awesome. Keep sending more cops!!!!! Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inboundole Posted June 26, 2002 Share Posted June 26, 2002 Try using Myths no-cd crack from Gamecopyworld and you'll get faster gameplay all around. Â By the way, does anyone know who Myth is? Â I've seen his name on a few no-cd cracks in other games. Â Or is it a company or something? Â Its always on the system information program that seems to come with these cracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_c Posted June 26, 2002 Share Posted June 26, 2002 P4 1.8G 384M PC800 RDram GF4 Ti 4400 SB Live! Value  game plays well at 1024*768*32 all details maxed. only problem: rain=lower fps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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