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

[UltimateGTR]

I've just bought a new PC for the upcoming release games (around 7 include GTA IV PC)!

 

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66Ghz

Mainboard: Asus P5NS2F Striker II Formula 780i

Graphic Card: Inno3D GeForce GTX280 PCI-E 1GB DDR3

Misc: Cooler Master Aquagate Max Liquid Cooler

Power Supply Unit: Coller Master RS1250 Real Power Pro

Radom Access Memory: OCZ 2GB DDR2-1066 Kit SLI-Ready X2

Optional Drive: LG GH22 DVD-ROM

Case: Cooler Master RC-1100-KKN1-GP COSMOS Alu.

Hard Disk Drive: Seagate 650G SATA HDD(ST3640323AS-501)

Speaker: Creative Inspire T6100 5.1 Speaker

Monitor: Dell 2707WFP

OS: Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 x64

[free_to_view]

I've just bought a new PC for the upcoming release games (around 7 include GTA IV PC)!

 

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66Ghz

Mainboard: Asus P5NS2F Striker II Formula 780i

Graphic Card: Inno3D GeForce GTX280 PCI-E 1GB DDR3

Misc: Cooler Master Aquagate Max Liquid Cooler

Power Supply Unit: Coller Master RS1250 Real Power Pro

Radom Access Memory: OCZ 2GB DDR2-1066 Kit SLI-Ready X2

Optional Drive: LG GH22 DVD-ROM

Case: Cooler Master RC-1100-KKN1-GP COSMOS Alu.

Hard Disk Drive: Seagate 650G SATA HDD(ST3640323AS-501)

Speaker: Creative Inspire T6100 5.1 Speaker

Monitor: Dell 2707WFP

OS: Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 x64

Thats a nice beast of a machine

[polosistealth]

my PC:

 

Core2duo E4500 @ 3Ghz

2GB DDR2 A-data Vitesta Extreme

ABIT AW9D

Gigabyte 9600GT 512mb 720/2000mhz

Western Digital 250GB + Western Digital 640GB

Creative Audigy SE

Sirtec 430W

LCD Acer 19" wide

 

 

my next upgrade will be an 9800GTX+

[Mo4pheus]

Wow - you guys make me feel like a baby in here with all these beasts! lol

 

Mine prolly won't run IV - but here are it's stats:

 

MB - Dont know - came with Compaq (ugh)

Celeron D 2.67 Gig Proc

512 Mgs of RAM (Can put 2 gigs in it - broke atm )

GeForce 3D Fuzion (5500) - 256 Mg DDR - Core is about 270 Mhrtz - OC'd to about 350

80 gig HD (200 gig died on me)

old sony trinitron flat screen - 17"

sony keyboard

Mi (?) optical mouse

[hellfire500]

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+ (2.81GHz)

2,00 GB of RAM (1x 800)

Radeon HD 2900 XT 512MB (Running on Omega drivers 'cause Catalyst sucks)

500Gb HDD

Windows XP SP3

 

gets the job done

[2pacproducer2]

I dont have a very very powerfull one, but:

 

CPU:Intel Core 2 duo 3.66 (1.88x2) ghz

GPU:Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 512mb DDR3 // I will have this baby soon

HDD:200 gb // I have not much of the games so I dont need big space HDD

RAM:2GB RAM DDR2

OS:XP SP2

MONITOR: LG LX40 17' Premium Artistic Series

 

What you think guys ? In what specs could I run GTA IV ?

[mrdonkey]

 

I dont have a very very powerfull one, but:

 

CPU:Intel Core 2 duo 3.66 (1.88x2) ghz

GPU:Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 512mb DDR3  // I will have this baby soon

HDD:200 gb // I have not much of the games so  I dont need big space HDD

RAM:2GB RAM DDR2

OS:XP SP2

MONITOR: LG LX40 17' Premium Artistic Series

 

What you think guys ? In what specs could I run GTA IV ?

probably high/highest settings depends on how much they improved graphics from consoles... if its the same as consoles it will run at highest with a good resolution no poblem

 

my "rig":

 

cpu: q6600 @ 3ghz

psu: corsair hx 620w

gpu: geforce 8800 gts g92

ram: 2gb drr2

os: vista 64 sp1

monitor: samsung bw226

[pinky]

CPU: Intel QX9650.

Mobo: ASUS Striker NSE, NVidia 790i chipset.

Storage: 2 300gig 10K rpm Raptors.

Memory: 8gig DDR3 Corsair RAM.

GFX: 2 NVidia 8800 ULtra in SLi

Cooling: Thermaltake Bigwater 745i cooling Mobo, CPU and GPUs.

All tucked up inside a Coolermaster Cosmos S case.

 

Just waiting on the Bigwater arriving next week so I can finaly get the rig fired up, it is just sat gathering dust for now.

Got my cooling system on Friday, been busy this weekend.

Been busy and finally got the whole system working properly today.

 

 

 

 

 

[Drunk Russian 9]

CPU: Intel QX9650.

Mobo: ASUS Striker NSE, NVidia 790i chipset.

Storage: 2 300gig 10K rpm Raptors.

Memory: 8gig DDR3 Corsair RAM.

GFX: 2 NVidia 8800 ULtra in SLi

Cooling: Thermaltake Bigwater 745i cooling Mobo, CPU and GPUs.

All tucked up inside a Coolermaster Cosmos S case.

 

Just waiting on the Bigwater arriving next week so I can finaly get the rig fired up, it is just sat gathering dust for now.

Got my cooling system on Friday, been busy this weekend.

Been busy and finally got the whole system working properly today.

 

Sick system

 

Did you install the water-cooling or did you have professionals do it?

 

If you did, sas it difficult?

[pinky]

 

CPU: Intel QX9650.

Mobo: ASUS Striker NSE, NVidia 790i chipset.

Storage: 2 300gig 10K rpm Raptors.

Memory: 8gig DDR3 Corsair RAM.

GFX: 2 NVidia 8800 ULtra in SLi

Cooling: Thermaltake Bigwater 745i cooling Mobo, CPU and GPUs.

All tucked up inside a Coolermaster Cosmos S case.

 

Just waiting on the Bigwater arriving next week so I can finaly get the rig fired up, it is just sat gathering dust for now.

Got my cooling system on Friday, been busy this weekend.

Been busy and finally got the whole system working properly today.

 

Sick system

 

Did you install the water-cooling or did you have professionals do it?

 

If you did, sas it difficult?

Thanks, I built it all myself.

 

Some Vantage scores for the rig.

Standard: http://service.futuremark.com/resultAnalyz...8&resultType=19

Ultras overclocked: http://service.futuremark.com/resultAnalyz...3&resultType=19

 

Just got to get to grips with overclocking the CPU now.

 

EDIT: The worse part was sh*tting it in case i had a leak as the motherboard neede powered up to run the pump and fans for testing. I was bricking it and it did have a small leak too, luckily I spotted it and fixed it.

The size of the Coolermaster case made it easy too as it swallowed up the twin and single rads no problem.

Edited August 18, 2008 by pinky

[madd500]

my systerm is

 

intel penitum D 3.0 GHZ

 

with 2 gb of ram(ddr2 533mhz 240pin

 

with a sata2 hard drive 250

 

with a 512md sapphire ATI radeon HD 3450 PCI Express 2.0 graphics card

Edited August 18, 2008 by madd500

[YoungGun]

My PC Specs:

 

CPU Q6600 @ 3.0Ghz

RAM OCZ Dual Channel Reaper 2048MB PC6400

EVGA nforce 780i SLI Motherboard

Ultra X2 750-Watt Power Supply

XFX GeForce 8600 GT XXX Video Card (looking to upgrade)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB Hard Drive

DVD-RW Drive

XP Pro

COOLER MASTER RC-690 CASE

CPU cooler ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro

 

I am looking for a new GPU. Someone wants to sell me a EVGA 8800GTX for $250. Does any one else think thats a good deal? I also been looking at some others like GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB for also $250 or the EVGA GeForce GTX260 896MB which is $30 more.

Not sure what to go with yet..

 

I also want to get ready for Far Cry 2.

 

Any suggestions?

[nikothegrate]

I am upgrading my pc for GTA IV I know a bit about computers but what are your suggestions for a gaming rig.

 

CPU

-Intel Core™2 Duo Processor E8500 3.16GHz w/ 6MB Cache?

-Intel Core™2 Quad Processor Q9550 2.83GHz w/ 12MB Cache?

 

Graphics Card

-BFG GeForce 9800 GTX OCX 512MB PCI-E w/ Dual DVI, HDTV-Out, HDMI?

-BFG GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB PCI-E w/ Dual DVI, HDMI?

( I dont have SLI)

Monitor

will Gta 4 look good on a 24" 1920 x 1200 16:10 screen( conversion/stretch?)?

[GTA3Freak-2001]

I dont have a very very powerfull one, but:

 

CPU:Intel Core 2 duo 3.66 (1.88x2) ghz

GPU:Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 512mb DDR3 // I will have this baby soon

HDD:200 gb // I have not much of the games so I dont need big space HDD

RAM:2GB RAM DDR2

OS:XP SP2

MONITOR: LG LX40 17' Premium Artistic Series

 

What you think guys ? In what specs could I run GTA IV ?

If you weren't aware with Core 2 Duo's or any dual core you don't add the processor speeds together to get your speed, sure those online system requirements tools add them together but its not how dual core processors work. Really megahertz mean nothing these days its the processor that matters most.

[UltimateGTR]

I am upgrading my pc for GTA IV I know a bit about computers but what are your suggestions for a gaming rig.

 

CPU

-Intel Core™2 Duo Processor E8500 3.16GHz w/ 6MB Cache?

-Intel Core™2 Quad Processor Q9550 2.83GHz w/ 12MB Cache?

 

Graphics Card

-BFG GeForce 9800 GTX OCX 512MB PCI-E w/ Dual DVI, HDTV-Out, HDMI?

-BFG GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB PCI-E w/ Dual DVI, HDMI?

( I dont have SLI)

Monitor

will Gta 4 look good on a 24" 1920 x 1200 16:10 screen( conversion/stretch?)?

Although the clock rate of E8500 is higher than Q9550, but I suggest you to have Q9550 because there'll lots of apps and games can manage multi-core to take the advantage of that, and the cache is twice as E8500 too!

 

I think GTX 280 is better but if you must have 9 series I would suggest 9800GX2 because the RAM of the card (GDDR) is twice than 9800 GTX, the games now are very consume memory, not only the system RAM, but the RAM in the graphic card too....

 

GTA IV will support widescreen res., don't need to worry about it!

[Cursed]

My advice: buy a CRT

 

CRT owns LCD in image quality, reaction time and health

 

LCD's are over-marketed pieces of steaming crap and should die out at once.

 

My ol' Samsung with a DynaFlat screen owns most modern mid-class LCD's even though the screen ain't REALLY flat (overmolded or something)

And i bought it for 10$ a while ago

 

Musn't i say to adjust the refresh rate (that's why CRT get bad notes cause of flicker, but high refresh rate can do wonders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh, i guess i OT. Whatever

Well, I bought that Compaq CRT a few weeks back for £5, specifically because of that computer I built out of spare parts. I did hook it up to my PC, and played SA:MP with ENB Series, and it looked very good. I just don't have the desk space for a CRT monitor, especially not a 19" one. What I have found is that glossy LCDs are much better, with deep blacks.

[IJM]

I was forced to build a new rig earlier this year when my seven year old box died. So now I've got this:

 

CPU: Intel Core2 Quad Q9450 2.66Ghz

MBO: Asus Striker II Extreme 790i Ultra

RAM: 4Gb Corsair DDR3 PC1333

GPU: 2 x BFG 9800GTX 512Mb

HSF: Thermalright Ultra120 eXtreme and Noctua NF-P12 120mm Fan

HDD: 2 x 150Gb WD Raptors in Striped RAID and 1 x 1TB Hitachi Ultrastar

DVD: Pioneer DVR215BK Dual Layer DVD writer

AUD: Auzentech X-FI Prelude 7.1

SPK: Logitech Z5500 5.1 Speakers

VDU: Samsung 245B 24inch Widescreen Monitor

MSE: G7 Laser Cordless Mouse

KBD: Ideazon Merc Stealth Gamer Keyboard

 

All these are wrapped up in a Chenbro SR107 Server Case with 2 Hotswap HDD Cages with SATA2 backplanes (four drives per cage) and cooled by three Noctua NF-S12 120mm Fans.

 

Right now, I've only allocated half the available space on my stripe RAIDed Raptors. In that 150Gb partition I'm running Windows XP Pro SP2. Later this year, before GTA IV comes out, I'll partition the other 150Gb and install Vista 64bit in a Dual boot configuration.

 

Even then the box is not complete. I got those drive cages for a reason. I intend to buy a dedicated PCI-E RAID card and run two arrays of three drives in RAID5 using 1TB Hitachi Ultrastar drives. When I'm not playing GTA, I do a lot of mucking about with digital video which takes a lot of disk space.

Edited August 21, 2008 by IJM

[Piny12]

Well, this is my system:

 

http://www.sysprofile.de/id63518

[flyer2359]

I've just bought a new PC for the upcoming release games (around 7 include GTA IV PC)!

 

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66Ghz

Mainboard: Asus P5NS2F Striker II Formula 780i

Graphic Card: Inno3D GeForce GTX280 PCI-E 1GB DDR3

Misc: Cooler Master Aquagate Max Liquid Cooler

Power Supply Unit: Coller Master RS1250 Real Power Pro

Radom Access Memory: OCZ 2GB DDR2-1066 Kit SLI-Ready X2

Optional Drive: LG GH22 DVD-ROM

Case: Cooler Master RC-1100-KKN1-GP COSMOS Alu.

Hard Disk Drive: Seagate 650G SATA HDD(ST3640323AS-501)

Speaker: Creative Inspire T6100 5.1 Speaker

Monitor: Dell 2707WFP

OS: Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 x64

you will only be able too play it on minimal graphics lol Jk

Nice machine

[007 RoadRunner]

This is the computer 'll be running IV with:

 

Windows Vista

Intel Core2Duo CPU E6750 @2.66Ghz

2 GB Ram

Nvidia GeForce 8600GS

1.3 TB HDD

19" Widescreen monitor with 2ms refreshing time.

 

I know it's capable of running IV, I'm just wondering at what settings I can play it with either a resolution of 1440 x 900 or 1280 x 768 without lagging.

[Stalkertr]

 

This is the computer 'll be running IV with:

 

Windows Vista

Intel Core2Duo CPU E6750 @2.66Ghz

2 GB Ram

Nvidia GeForce 8600GS

1.3 TB HDD

19" Widescreen monitor with 2ms refreshing time.

 

I know it's capable of running IV, I'm just wondering at what settings I can play it with either a resolution of 1440 x 900 or 1280 x 768 without lagging.

 

High settings , 4 x AA or very high settings no AA (can be 2x AA but it can lag a bit)

[free_to_view]

 

This is the computer 'll be running IV with:

 

Windows Vista

Intel Core2Duo CPU E6750 @2.66Ghz

2 GB Ram

Nvidia GeForce 8600GS

1.3 TB HDD

19" Widescreen monitor with 2ms refreshing time.

 

I know it's capable of running IV, I'm just wondering at what settings I can play it with either a resolution of 1440 x 900 or 1280 x 768 without lagging.

 

High settings , 4 x AA or very high settings no AA (can be 2x AA but it can lag a bit)

Normally the graphics with auto ajust, it did for me. I have 8600GT and I can run SA on 1680x1050x32. It starts to get laggy if you put it on AA 2 OR AA 3. AA1 run smoothly. Everything set to high. I had a 6800GS before and then I got myself an 8600GT because my power supply for this computer couldn't handle 8800. Can't wait until this game comes out. I've loved GTA since the game came out in 3D which was GTAIII

Edited August 21, 2008 by free_to_view

[007 RoadRunner]

 

This is the computer 'll be running IV with:

 

Windows Vista

Intel Core2Duo CPU E6750 @2.66Ghz

2 GB Ram

Nvidia GeForce 8600GS

1.3 TB HDD

19" Widescreen monitor with 2ms refreshing time.

 

I know it's capable of running IV, I'm just wondering at what settings I can play it with either a resolution of 1440 x 900 or 1280 x 768 without lagging.

 

High settings , 4 x AA or very high settings no AA (can be 2x AA but it can lag a bit)

Thanks, Those settings are better than I thought. I don't care to much for graphics as long as I can play it smooth.

[matthew1g]

 

 

that baby should be up and running in my PC soon

[die Catalina die]

 

 

that baby should be up and running in my PC soon

lol that's a beast, the best thing out right now I've heard. Thinking about getting that one as well but waiting for the price to drop a bit.

[chadders42]

MB: Asus M3A

CPU: Athlon x2 6400+ 3.2ghz

RAM: 4gb corsair xms2 800mhz

GFX card: 1gb 8600t (no idea of the brand) soon to be upgrade to some sort of 8800gt

HDD: 320gb seagate something

OS: Vista home premium

 

1x 22" widescreen LG flatron w2242s + 1 x 19" samsung syncmaster 940N

 

[MrKlorox]

The fan on that card looks like half a swastika.

[fastdriver]

Windows XP Media Center (Vista sux lul)

AMD 64x2 3800+ OC'ed to 2.2GHz from 2.0GHz

1GB RAM

6150LE onboard (128mb) graphics slightly OC'ed (thinking of getting an 8600GT)

200GB HD

16" emachines CRT

 

Looking to play on low to med settings.

And 8600GT is a decent gfx card for under $100?

Edited August 23, 2008 by fastdriver

[Partyboy]

CPU:Intel Pentium Dual Core 2.66 Ghz

MB:Asus P5LD2

RAM:4x1gb Kingston 667 mhz,bought it yesterday,too bad i have Windows XP,so only 3gb are in use

HDD:Seagate 250 gb

GFX Card:Asus Geforce 7600gs 512 mb,will get 9800gtx+ 512 mb next week

PSU:Codegen ATX 350w,will get a new one ,don't know which one though,i ordered it along with video card and just asked for some good PSU that will be able to power my pc

CASE:Codegen Briza ATX-6097

Sound:Logitech X-210/2.1

Monitor:Samsung SM 720N

Mouse:Logitech S96

Keyboard:Logitech Value

OS:Windows XP SP2 32 bit

I doubt there will be any problems running GTA 4 with full AA,all settings on very high and high resolution.

Edited August 23, 2008 by Partyboy

[poopskin]

i seriously hope 512 megs of RAM is enough