Royal_Bleephead Posted July 25, 2002 Share Posted July 25, 2002 CPU: AMD Athlon T-Bird 1.33 Ghz Mobo: Asus A7m266 RAM: 512 PC2100 Graphics: GetForce2 MX 32MB Monitor: AOC 19" Sound: SBLive! Value Despite having a relatively crummy graphics card, GTA3 runs pretty good on my system. The only time there's any discernable slow-down or lag is when it rains, and even then, it's not so bad as to detract from the fun of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_j_moore Posted July 26, 2002 Share Posted July 26, 2002 I just got a new Dell 4500 Dimension three weeks ago. It has: Pentium 4 @ 2.26GHz (2260Mhz) 256 of DDRRAM 40GB Hard Drive Nvidia 64MB (DDRRAM) GeForce 2 MX/MX 440 w/TV Out 40x DVD-ROM 24x10x40 CD-RW Burner Creative: SoundBlaster Live! Harmon/Kardon Speakers (w/o Sub) Windows XP: Home Edition My Monitor also refreshes at 85HRz, the highest it wiil go! With all of this power under the hood, it LAGS!!! If anybody could tell me how to opyimize the game for my system, contact me at: [email protected] It would help tremendusly <-(spelling). I'm running, also brand new XP Detonators for my VGA card, and the 1.1 patch in the game. I would not mind links to help, or just tips and tricks from you. I run the game w/ the draw distance max, resolutions lowest, trails off, frame limiter on, frame sync off, and I usually listen to the MP# radio--pluss Ibeat the whole game--I can FREE ROAM!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muggert Posted July 27, 2002 Share Posted July 27, 2002 Windows XP Pro plus + admin athlon 1200 fsb 266 384 mb ddr VIA KT266a maxtor 20gb 7200rpm ata100 on promise ide seagate 40gb 7200rpm ata100 on promies ide Creative geforce 3 ti200 freecom 40r32w16rw LG 32x Creative SB audigy player 5.1 creative 5.1 inspire w/sub 5300 never lags even with anti-aliasing 4x run at 1024x768x32 @100hz fps 55. runs slower in 1600x1200x32 @ 85hz fps 40 but slows in rain.1024 is good enough neways I never get slow down even in rain and fog and coppers around. u need to install your mother board drivers to stop bottle necking of AGP port and PCI bus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
placebo139 Posted July 28, 2002 Share Posted July 28, 2002 CPU: AMD Athlon XP 1800+ Mobo: MSI KT3 Ultra RAM: 512 PC2700 Graphics: Radeon 8500LE HDD: IBM 120GXP 80 gig Monitor: Samsung 19" Sound: SB Audigy Gamer Game fluctuates anywhere from lower 30's to lower 70's. Pretty wide range, but it runs pretty smoothly most of the time. This is at 1024 x 768 x 32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomzhang1 Posted July 28, 2002 Share Posted July 28, 2002 what CPU should I get? Under $200 that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shady69 Posted July 28, 2002 Share Posted July 28, 2002 P4 1.6 GHz 1600 MHz 512 Ram TnT2 Model 64 Win Xp Im playin gta3 on 640x480x16 with all the lowest settins and it lags so bad that it makes it almost impossible to play i dun know wats wrong. could someone plz help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmac Posted July 28, 2002 Share Posted July 28, 2002 TnT2 Model 64 Your video card is the problem. A GeForce2 MX is three times faster than it. A GeForce4 MX440 is six times faster than it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolo603 Posted July 28, 2002 Share Posted July 28, 2002 System Spec: AMD Athlon 1.03 GHz 256 Mb DDR RAM IBM 60 Gb HDD 7200 rpm ATA 100 ATI RADEON 8500 (128 Mb DDR RAM version) Creative SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 Pioneer 16X DVD ROM (slot) OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Others: NTFS file system DirectX patched to v5.01.2600.0029 GTA3 patched to v1.1 + accessing audio files in hdd running GTA3 in 1280x1024x32 resolution Max Drawing Distance Frame Limiter off Widescreen off Comments: i find the game running better when i copied all *.wave files into the hdd since sometimes the game stutter when the DVD ROM starts to read sthg... however i did this w/ my other comp which has a 5400 rpm hdd w/ SD RAM, the gameplay turn out to be awful having a fast CPU, more than enough RAM, and a decent video card is the key point of running GTA3 in good graphics... coz there is really no point playing the game in 640x480x16 since all the graphics feature will be awful... the different of running the game in high/low resolution is the drawing distance... when i set it to 1280x1024x32, the games generally run a bit slower, and the drawing distance reduced (even when i set it to max)... when i set it to 640x480x32, the game is so smooth however graphics is a bit screwed up by removing the Frame Limiter, the game runs better, but drawing distance reduced (i dunno y but it happened), rains and fog slows down the game, too much explosion/too much action (too many cops surrounding u) slows down the game as well... the game generally runs fine in 1280x1024x32 w/ my system... i guess the most heavy part of GTA3 is Staunton Island... especially when i had turn on the PC for too long that both the CPU and video card gets overheated... so for ppl who has problem running the game, try lower the resolution when u gets to Staunton Island, try to avoid doing massive action in rainy/foggy weather, reboot/cool down ur system often, and the game should runs better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shady69 Posted July 29, 2002 Share Posted July 29, 2002 How much does a gforce4 cost? or would it be better to buy a gforce2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevesim Posted July 29, 2002 Share Posted July 29, 2002 Well im getting soon, ( I live in NZ! ) a; AMD Athalon XP 2100+ 1024 DDR266 Ram 60 GB Radeon 8500 PRO 64 DDR or a Gforce4 420 (What is better?) Extra cooling fan (Help keep it goin fast) Soundblaster Live 5.1 Channel sound card with some midi land speakers (They are ok) and a ps2 like controller for the PC Im getting it from the pc company, Damn good for NZ While i am waiting for GTA3 im gonna be playing it on the ps2, i may be waiting for a long time... Does GTA3 for PC able to use analog controllers like the ps2? E.g, like making it so he walks by pushing the analog a little bit then to run full throttle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastmandan Posted July 29, 2002 Share Posted July 29, 2002 Here are my specs: AMD Athlon XP 1800+ Geforce 4 MX420 64mb 512mb DDR ram 30gb WD Hard drive Windows ME C-Media Audio Galaxy I can run the game at 1280x1024x32 with full draw distance, trails on with Quincunx Anti Aliasing on, and the game never drops below 25fps, and that is looking up at all the building on staunton island, everywhere else i get around 30-60 fps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroBomb Posted July 30, 2002 Author Share Posted July 30, 2002 I just got a notebook: 1 GHZ PIII 226 MB RAM 15GB Intel Think pad. I dunno if I should run GTA3 on it, I don't know if it would Fair too well on it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebower Posted July 30, 2002 Share Posted July 30, 2002 Windows XP Pentium 4 1.7 gig 512 DDR RAM 40 x Cdrom GeForce 3 ti200 running on 1024 32 bit w/ framelimiter on and draw distance all of the way down....ANY OPTION HIGHER THAN THIS MAKE GTA3 LAGGY AS HELL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Work Posted July 30, 2002 Share Posted July 30, 2002 P3 1GHz 256mb pc133 RAM 32mb GeForce 2 MX 400 40gb HD 19" screen (monitor is 21" or something) GTA3 v1.1 (sound on HD) Res: 800x600x16 Draw: 5~6 Frame Limiter: OFF Widescreen: OFF Trails: OFF I have no idea as to my FPS but it runs very smooth in Portland and SSV with the Draw at max. I have it at 5~6 so that all of Staunton is very smooth. I'll be getting a GeForce 3 in a little while so that should speed things up a bit. I'd leave Trails off when I get the GF3 anyway...it's kind of distracting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djtrax Posted July 30, 2002 Share Posted July 30, 2002 AMD Athlon 1.33Gh 384MB SDR Ram 40 GB Hard Drive GeForce4 4200ti 64MB DDR Ram 17" Monitor Windows XP Game runs fine now have put GeForce card in, (After Voodoo5500 was replaced this gave 10 - 25 Fps) Now runs at 30+ fps with 1024 x ? resolution and 32bit (carnt remember exact frame size) all options at no, and full view distance. Only occasional stops for a fraction of a second (didn't do this with voodoo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navarone Posted July 31, 2002 Share Posted July 31, 2002 Geee? After reading everyone's system specs. I don't know how GTA3 will work my comp? I haven't purchased GTA3, but after reading about the games performance I am having second thoughts. Anyway if someone can tell how the game will run on my computer that would be great! Specs: Emachine 533i Tower Pentium Celeron 533mhz 44x Cd-rom Drive 160mb RAM Crystal Sound Card PS4324 Radeon 7000 (32mb) I know my comp meets system requirements but I don't know how the game will run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmac Posted July 31, 2002 Share Posted July 31, 2002 Geee? After reading everyone's system specs. I don't know how GTA3 will work my comp? I haven't purchased GTA3, but after reading about the games performance I am having second thoughts. Anyway if someone can tell how the game will run on my computer that would be great! Specs: Emachine 533i Tower Pentium Celeron 533mhz 44x Cd-rom Drive 160mb RAM Crystal Sound Card PS4324 Radeon 7000 (32mb) I know my comp meets system requirements but I don't know how the game will run. I am going to quote Nas as a reply to this question. "It's like an AIDS test, what's the results ? Not positive ..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EGH Posted August 1, 2002 Share Posted August 1, 2002 games runs like melting butter 40 fps lowest 70 highest 140 topdown 600 in menu :-p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*RosOne* Posted August 2, 2002 Share Posted August 2, 2002 Hi there, Pentium 4 2.0GHz @ 2667MHz ASUS P4S533 256MB DDR RAM (333MHz) Maxtor DiamondMaxPlus D740X 40GB ATA133 (7200) MSI GeForce 4 Ti 4600 Sound Blaster Live 5.1 LG Flatron 795FT+ 17" (max. [email protected]) GTA works good, i really thought that it'd run better... 1. If i don't use the frame limiter GTA3 is everything else but smooth. I checked the framerate and in every resolution it was ok, but still i worked pretty bad 2. If i turn on trails in 1600x1200, there is a hugh bug at the bottom of the screen. Looks like transparent animated textures. I tried different drivers, but they didn't fix that bug 3. In 1600x1200 6xAA highest quality i get only ~15fps , beside that the game works great cya around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gta3maniak Posted August 2, 2002 Share Posted August 2, 2002 My Computer Specs: GE FORCE 2 MX 60 GB HARD DRIVE INTEL PENTIUM 4 - 1.4 GHZ WINDOWS ME DVD ROM DRIVE - 20 X CD-RW ROM DRIVE 15 X ****************** THAT'S MY COMPUTER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gta3maniak Posted August 2, 2002 Share Posted August 2, 2002 MORE SPECS: FORGOT ABOUT RAM 128 SDRAM AND................... GTA3 RUNS AT ITS WORST ON MY COMPUTER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolu007 Posted August 3, 2002 Share Posted August 3, 2002 Processor: Pentium 4 1.6 ghz OS: Windows XP Professional v5.1 build 2600 RAM: DIMM 256mb 133mhz Motherboard: Intel D845WN (Ethernet & Sound on board) Graphics: Nvidia GeFOrce 2 MX 400 TV/OUT 64mb HD: 40 gb 7200 rpm I have installed the latest drivers for the video card but i still have the same problem, GTA 3 can´t even mantain 20 FPS at 800*600*16bit (i tried unmarking option at the video menu but there are no changes) , i don´t know what to do. Something similar happens to every direct 3d based game I play. For example, if I play Counter Strike choosing direct 3d at 1024*768*32bit it works but sometimes gets sluggish. If I play it with opengl at 1024*768*32, i get constant 50 fps or more. Please, somebody help, tell me what can i try. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRD Patrick Posted August 4, 2002 Share Posted August 4, 2002 My system specs are in my sig... Desktop system runs super sweet with everything on except widescreen and frame limiter, draw distance max, [email protected] + AA 2x. The laptop however, runs at [email protected], draw distance half-way, everything on except trails, widescreen, and frame limiter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted August 6, 2002 Share Posted August 6, 2002 Pentium 1.4 GHZ processor 128 mb of RAM (forgot what kind) GeForce2 MX 32MB 40 gig HD Windows ME CD-RW drive 4x4x8 DVD ROM drive I don't know the frame rate (could someone tell me what program to use to find out?),i left the resolution to default which is 970x720x16 (i think). I've tried running it at 600x480x16 but damn the graphics sucked. At 970x720x16 it lags but it isn't to the point here it's unplayable. Sometimes though, it will freeze for 5 to 10 seconds for no reason at all but then continue on normally. I can't wait to get my new computer around Christmas which GTA 3 will kick ass on: Pentium 3.0 GHZ ( I heard that it might be out by then) 2 gigs of RAM Windows XP Pro GeForce4 Ti 4600 120 gig HD @7200 rpm DVD-RW/CD-RW drive DVD ROM drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boge Posted August 6, 2002 Share Posted August 6, 2002 P4 1.7 Ghz 512mb RAM Geforce2 Mx200 64MB 60Gb Segate Windows 2000 professional Gta3 runs perfect except for a little problem when you put the camera to close for example when yuo are running with the camera just behind you it starts leaving like a shadow behind but works perfect,I wanna ask you guys a question, How do you capture screenshots, and how do you put the game in any resolution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MathijZ Posted August 6, 2002 Share Posted August 6, 2002 This is madness!! With these high-end computers we should be able to play GTA3 without lags with the highest settings and resolution! I play all the newest games (for example; spiderman the movie) on 1024x768 and never even had a lag!! I think it's just a bug in the game and I hope somebody will fix it VERY SOON. The first three hours I played GTA3 lag free at 1024x768. Later on I had to lower it to 800x600 to keep things optimal. But when I got to Staunton Island even 800x600 got slow. My system: AMD Athlon XP 1800+ (1,53 Ghz) MSI KT3 Ultra mainboard. (onboard 6ch sound) 256 MB DDR333 40GB Maxtor 7200rpm at ATA133 CLUB3D ATI RADEON 7500 (64MB) Windows XP PRO build 2600 Cable modem. Greetz, MathijZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MathijZ Posted August 6, 2002 Share Posted August 6, 2002 One more question: I do not know how to show the ingame FPS (frames per second). Any hints? Thanks alot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thed00m Posted August 6, 2002 Share Posted August 6, 2002 MSI 745-Ultra AMD Athlon XP 1600 @ 1.4 Ghz 256 Mb DDR PC2700 MSI GeForce 4 Ti4200 128 Mb Runs great in 1024x768 32-bit with everything maxed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kEEv3r Posted August 7, 2002 Share Posted August 7, 2002 Win XP P4 1.5Ghz 1024mb RAM 40GB Hard Drive Geforce 2 MX 200 64mb Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 I run it at 800*600*16 with trails off and it runs alright, laggy on staunton a bit. Any advice on how it could work better would be welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Greg Posted August 7, 2002 Share Posted August 7, 2002 My Specs! P4 2.4Ghz 512 md ddr-ram Ati Radeon 8500 128mb Creative Sound Blaster Live Platinum 5.1 eax3 5.1 surround sound (45w rms sub) (12w rms 5 single speakers) 80 gig harddrive Windows XP home 58x max LG cd-r 24x10x40 cd-rw LG (6000k's/s) 21" ViewSonic Graphic Series GS815 (1920x1440) have it at (1600x1200) 2.4Ghz Wireless Network Gta 3 runs smooth!! dont have to change any settings in the game I have it set at all maximum, no lagg, just a little problem with my graphics card which was fixed, I was also curious does gta 3 support 5.1?!?! or does anyone know a game that does? cuz I wanna see how good 5.1 is I dont have a dvd rom yet I bought it but it has not come in yet > or I would try it on a movie but I wanna know if gta 3 supports it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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