Your GTA IV Setup, Show Off-a-thon!

[okei]

I'm not 100% sure about the GPU, though. Might get a different one.

lol why

[P-Thunder.]

Okay doke felloreenoies time to show you the ultimate in PC based couch playing gaming . Now this is going to leave me open to declarations that I am a "console kiddie, lazy bone idle scrounging git that hasn't seen his willy in years", but I don't care.

 

I present to you the oddest PC gaming setup in human history :-

 

 

Here is the view I see every waking moment

 

 

Now that is couch gaming at it's finest The specs for the machine well :-

 

Intel Quad Q6600 @ 2.4ghz

3gbs of DDR2 800mhz RAM

GA-P35C-S3 (rev. 2.0) motherboard

1 x 500gb Seagate Barracuda Drive

1 x 250gb Seagate Barracuda Drive

8800gts, 320mb overclocked to 620mhz

22" Belinea Monitor @ 1680 x 1050

 

That is my main gaming setup and how I will be playing GTA 4 most of the time. I have a second gaming setup upstairs it's more erm "formal" if I get round to it I will post pics and specs then.

Do you live alone by any chance?

 

I mean, no wife/girl friend would allow that! hahaha

[Toxicity²]

I'm not 100% sure about the GPU, though. Might get a different one.

lol why

I saw some benchmarks and it might not be worth $450.

[disposeablehero]

Core 2 Duo 8500 @ 3.16

4 GB Mushkin Ram

AMD 4870 512 Video Card

Xi-Fi Extreme Gamer

5.1 surround Sound Logitech Speakers

Corsair 620 Watt PSU.

250 GB WD Sata HD

80 GB Hiatachi HD

 

Can't wait to max out GTA IV along with Stalker: Clear Sky.

[Smiler-Online]

I cant wait too see the decent support for a gaming controller (the 360 controller/Xinput to be more precise)

 

I have to admit, I love the KB and Mouse for FPS's but for driving games I'd always opt for the Xinput controller!!

[BlOoDStReAm101]

 

I now have a pyramid made out of cans right now, almost fell over yesterday. I also have a 5 large stacks of CD's now, mostly just music.

Holy crap! You have the same PC as I do! Is it a Compaq Persario S5100NX?

[Ronnyboy]

 

I now have a pyramid made out of cans right now, almost fell over yesterday. I also have a 5 large stacks of CD's now, mostly just music.

Holy crap! You have the same PC as I do! Is it a Compaq Persario S5100NX?

Sorry, S6300NX, but they do look the same.

[Drunk Russian 9]

Just got a Zotac 8800GT 512mb Amp! Edition . . . friggin rocks.

 

And to make best of that card I have a Dell 20 Inch Monitor.

 

What a combo.

[Smiler-Online]

Just got a Zotac 8800GT 512mb Amp! Edition . . . friggin rocks.

 

And to make best of that card I have a Dell 20 Inch Monitor.

 

What a combo.

... Have I been sent back in time??

[TruXter]

7600 gt

2g ram

3.4g processor

160gb hitatchi internal

My Benchmark Scores

 

 

Bigger pics

[flyer2359]

I'm not 100% sure about the GPU, though. Might get a different one.

lol why

I saw some benchmarks and it might not be worth $450.

If I were you I would get the ATIHD4870 it cost a lot less too and PCGAMER rated it a 94/100. I looked at some of the benchmarks aswell and it's not a whole lot slower than the GTX 280 it is a bit but for the slight performence drop and for the price it doesn't seem too bad. The GTX280 is the fastest card out there right now but the price is very high.

[shirish_x]

Here's Ma Beasty..

 

Processor: Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0Ghz

RAM: 4 GB 800 Mhz Corsair DDR2

Graphics Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512 MB

Hard Drives: 250 GB Hitachi Desktar SATA, 250 GB Seagate Barracuda

etc etc...

 

Whaddya Say Folks??

 

 

[MrKlorox]

 

Fairly lame specs for now... Gonna wait for specs of this fall's PC games to build a modern gaming rig. (EDIT: Note my state-of-the-art cooling system)

 

Athlon XP 2000+

7600 GS-OC AGP

SB X-Fi Fatal1ty Platinum

2GB Corsair Xtreme

24-inch 1920x1200 BenQ LCD

15-inch MAG CRT

 

G15 gaming keyboard

Mx518 gaming mouse

Wired 360 controller

 

Sennheiser HD-595 headphones

Buttkicker Gamer (soon to be x2)

Quadraphonic + powered sub + Hi-Fi = whitetrash 5.1

 

Xbox360

Wii (unpictured)

Edited August 14, 2008 by MrKlorox

[mkey82]

 

Where is your footstol?

In his shed.

Yep where it belongs

Give us the pic of your next gen shed

 

And you really are a lazy bastard if I ever saw one

[divinee]

should i get a g5 or deathadder??? im stuck on those 2

 

and what headset should i get? is there any difference between the $30 steelseries 4h vs a 5.1 $80 dollar headset?

 

what the difference between USB and 3.5mm headsets other then different plugs?

[smokeythedemon]

should i get a g5 or deathadder??? im stuck on those 2

 

I have a deathadder and i wouldnt want any other mouse. i would recommend the deathadder if you have grip your mouse with the tips of your fingers, but if you grip your mouse with your whole palm.. i would say get the G5.

[DonOfGTA]

MB: Gigabyte Technology

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+

RAM: 2GB

VC: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 512MB

HDD: Samsung 500GB

OS: Windows XP Professional 32bit/SP2

Monitor: 17" LCD wide screen Benq

 

I will upgrade my video card.

Edited August 14, 2008 by DonOfGTA

[Abel.]

so is the 8600GT is the good card support dx10,hope i good to play GTA 4 med?

It'll play 4, don't worry.

[richh999]

CPU: Intel Q6600 G0 @ 3.2ghz

MotherBoard: Asus Striker Extreme (ordered EVGA 780i FTW)

Graphics 1: 2X Nvidia 9800GTX 512mb SLI Overclocked, 740mhz overclocked

Graphics 2: Nvidia 8800GT

RAM: 4GB Geil PC2-6400 800mhz

HD: 2X 500GB WD SATA

HD: 400GB Segate SATA

HD: 300GB WD Velociraptor

DVD: Dual Sony DVD-RW

Monitor 1: Viewsonic 22" Widescreen DVI

Monitor 2: Acer 19" Widescreen DVI

Monitor 3: Viewsonic 15" DVI

Speakers: Optical to Apple Ipod Hifi

 

Striker extreme is in fact broken so I'm currently using an evga 680i. Last time I'm going to buy asus.

Selling the velociraptor for a samsung spinpoint 1TB as they are just as quick but are bigger.

I have the 8800GT to run the 2 other screen as you cannot use them on SLI'ed cards. It was my old card and the other screens are useful, I don't know how you survive with just one.

 

I just now need to buy a new sound card, I was thinking either X-FI prelude or X-FI titanium, any suggestions???

 

Can't wait for GTAIVfor PC..

Oh I was just given a Wii... GTAIV for Wii...

[matthew1g]

Asus P5KC

Q6600 @ 3GHZ

4GB OCZ 1000Mhz ram

820GB hard disk (320 maxtor, 500 seagate)

650W coolermaster PSU

8800GT 512mb, replacing this with 4870x2

 

both setups will single handedly beat the console version of the game

 

I haven't actually read any hype about the game, since I did that with SA, and was a bit disappointed at first. I'm trying the other way round now, hope this works.

Edited August 14, 2008 by matthew1g

[Gangsta-NL]

Dell Vostro 410

Intel Quadcore 2,40 GHz (4x 2,40)

4096 MB RAM

500 GB Harddrive disk

nVidia Geforce 8800 GT 512 MB

22''inch monitor

16x DVD drive speed

 

I'm just worried about the temperature.. But I think that my room is cold enough to keep my PC cooled (with fans ofcourse).

[Knife]

8800 GTX 768mb Graphics

2.4ghz Core 2 Duo

2gb Ram

 

Custom built.

 

Looking forward to switching the water painting effect off.

[ireland24]

AMD Sempron 3400 @ 2.2ghz

2gb pc3200 RAM 400mhz

XFX Geforce 6600gt 256mb PCI-E

 

Not much hope is there?

 

Good thing i got it on 360 i guess

[flyer2359]

1.83ghz Core2Duo Centrino Processor

8600M GS 256MB(Hope it allows me too play on Medium Graphics or Higher)

4GB DDR2 667MHZ

HD DVD Rom Drive

15.4 inch 1280x800 Widescreen 8MS response

 

 

[BlOoDStReAm101]

 

I now have a pyramid made out of cans right now, almost fell over yesterday. I also have a 5 large stacks of CD's now, mostly just music.

Holy crap! You have the same PC as I do! Is it a Compaq Persario S5100NX?

Sorry, S6300NX, but they do look the same.

Damn. Thought we had something in common.

[Ronnyboy]

 

I now have a pyramid made out of cans right now, almost fell over yesterday. I also have a 5 large stacks of CD's now, mostly just music.

Holy crap! You have the same PC as I do! Is it a Compaq Persario S5100NX?

Sorry, S6300NX, but they do look the same.

Damn. Thought we had something in common.

Same case, same company, same sh*tty computer. I think that is something we have in common.

[Dementos]

 

I now have a pyramid made out of cans right now, almost fell over yesterday. I also have a 5 large stacks of CD's now, mostly just music.

Holy crap! You have the same PC as I do! Is it a Compaq Persario S5100NX?

Sorry, S6300NX, but they do look the same.

Damn. Thought we had something in common.

Same case, same company, same sh*tty computer. I think that is something we have in common.

You must have one of the better set-ups I've seen. I bet GTA4 will scream on that thing.

[GTA_Don]

Graphics Card: SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4850 512MB

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Windsor 3GHz

RAM: Corsair 4GB (2x2GB)

OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit

DVD Drive: Samsung 22x DVD-R 16X DVD-ROM

 

Coming soon, hopefully BEFORE GTA IV comes out.

Edited August 14, 2008 by GTA_Don

[McDodge34]

My sig gives you every details, the only thing I can't upgrade is the CPU, I got one of the first generation of the ASUS P5LD2 with no support for Core2Duo even if clearly stated on the box that it was supported, I did the most bios updates I could, every CPU I try now show only 1 core and I can't afford both a CPU and a new motherboard that would be better than my P5LD2.

 

But at most when I run the website called "Can you run it" my Prescott 3.2GHZ HT is detected and rated like a 4,82GHZ processor, so should be ok for GTA4. I'll post pictures on sunday probably.

[Ronnyboy]

 

I now have a pyramid made out of cans right now, almost fell over yesterday. I also have a 5 large stacks of CD's now, mostly just music.

Holy crap! You have the same PC as I do! Is it a Compaq Persario S5100NX?

Sorry, S6300NX, but they do look the same.

Damn. Thought we had something in common.

Same case, same company, same sh*tty computer. I think that is something we have in common.

You must have one of the better set-ups I've seen. I bet GTA4 will scream on that thing.

Well, I just got a new sound system if thats what you mean. Two 1000 Watt bass speakers, and 5 speakers around my new LCD screen. I never get to use the sound system much because my Mom hates the sound. That's why I got a sweet headset.