Lowest graphics settings u'd call "playable"?

[topeira]

if u wont be able to max GTA IV, what will be the graphical settings u'd be satisfied with without complaining the game looks bad?

 

Please relate to resolution, AA and AF, traffic amout, graphical settings and FPS. also state your rig if not on sig.

 

personally, i think that if i can run the game on 1440X900, no AA and biliniar AF, traffic on 60 or 70 and graphical settings on highest with 25 FPS i will be very very happy.

 

i would be happier if i could turn AF to something better and push traffic to max but no AA and no AF with a res of 1440X900 will keep me very happy as i call 25 FPS smooth enough.

more traffic is important to me as from what i've seen from IV there are not enough cars on the streets as they look a lil too empty and dead. especially in places like stars junction(times square).

 

if i will be forced to set things lower than the above i will probably lower shadows and lightings to medium and if it wont be enough than draw distance a bit.

 

anything less than that will really disappoint me as i think my rig should handle it.

 

rig:

x1900xtx 512mb, 2gb ram, Q6600, windows XP.

 

 

 

[GTA_XP]

My settings will be:

 

Traffic density: 0

Shadow: Extreme low

Textures: Extreme low

Shaders: Off

Visual FX Quality: Extreme low

Resolution: 320x240

CPU heat: 99.9 Degrees

 

[JustCoke]

I think you should rename the post:

"Highest graphics u'd call playable" or "Lowest graphics u'd call good enough for you to play", because always the lowest graphix is the most playable.

 

Anyway, i will be very happy if i will be able to play it just on low, as i have an sh*ttty CPU, but when I'll upgrade the CPU ill want to play it on high.Is obvious that if you have good hardware you expect to play the game with the maximum graphix settings, but for the ones who have weak hardware, they just want to run the game at a minimum of ... let's say 30 fps, cause this is the fps who can be named playable.

[CharmingCharlie]

I will be expecting at least max settings running at 1440 x 900 at a constant 30fps. If GTA 4 doesn't do that on my quad with 8800gts then in my books Rockstar will have failed.

[Wonderbro]

What do you think...can I run GTA IV on my PC?

Cpu: AMD Athlon 64 3500+

Ram: 1gb

Video card: Ati Radeon X550 256mb

[JustCoke]

No way you're gonna run it!You need to upgrade everything, except the ram.

You should buy an Dual Core CPU 2.4 GHz and an Nvidia GeForce 7900 or Ati X1900 to play it on minimum.

 

Edit:Do you think that an Amd Athlon X2 6000+ 3 GHz will run the game on high(not max, high) and medium traffic density(check out the rest of my system on my sig)

Edited November 25, 2008 by JustCoke

[spudz47]

If the lowest that my notebook can run is 640x480, I will play that

Also, I think atsike7 will get lucky if R* decides to give the minimum resolution a lower value...

[Wonderbro]

If the lowest that my notebook can run is 640x480, I will play that

Also, I think atsike7 will get lucky if R* decides to give the minimum resolution a lower value...

I hope so!

[spudz47]

If the lowest that my notebook can run is 640x480, I will play that

Also, I think atsike7 will get lucky if R* decides to give the minimum resolution a lower value...

I hope so!

I know it's very nerve racking to know the game might not work on your PC, mine too

Let's just hope it runs on both our computers

[R.F.]

I`l say something like 1024x768 low texture, medium car density, shader model 2.0 if possible. And you could run the game with this settings with any 7300gt,1gbRam,amd3400 kinda PC.

[JustCoke]

R.F glumesti?

The AMD you was talking about isn't dual core, and the 7300 gt is below minimum, and you're talking about medium car density!

[GTA_XP]

Resolutions doenst matter to me.

If its 1024x768 on my C2DP8400 Im happy.

On medium settings.

Its like orgasm xD lol

[longboardskier]

I'm hoping to run it at 1680 x 1050 with medium - high settings. Traffic may have to be turned down a bit, hoping maybe around 50-60%. I'd like to get 30-40 fps. I'm a sucker for visuals though

 

My rig:

 

Intel E6600 @ 2.4GHz

2 Gigs Corsair DDR2-800 Ram

nVidia 8800 GTS 640

Asus P5N-E MB

[texan1985]

i'm hoping for max settings at a resolution of 800x600. Not because i must, but because i prefer larger objects. I just dont see the need to have a 25**xblah blah resolution if its going to drop in frames. if it looks too bad ill put it at 1024x768, but thats if its really pexelated.

[OysterBarron]

didnt i read somewhere that a reviewer compared GTAIV to a ps2 game running it on the lowest specs possible.

 

all this talk of cpu's and graphics cards makes me want to make a new rig last one i made was when i was 13, 10 years ago.

[Wonderbro]

i'm hoping for max settings at a resolution of 800x600. Not because i must, but because i prefer larger objects. I just dont see the need to have a 25**xblah blah resolution if its going to drop in frames. if it looks too bad ill put it at 1024x768, but thats if its really pexelated.

Oh well......I'm HoPiNg to get this game working on my PC! lol

[topeira]

I think you should rename the post:

"Highest graphics u'd call playable" or "Lowest graphics u'd call good enough for you to play", because always the lowest graphix is the most playable.

 

 

yup!

"Lowest graphics u'd call good enough for you to play" is what i meant.

 

some ppl misunderstood me, as expected.

 

texan1985, u wannna play it on 800X600? really?! thats really low.

is this how u usually play your games? what rig u got?

 

it was indeedd a shock to see how high the required system is according to R* but im crossing my fingers really hard that these are the requirements u need in order to run it on 2600X1600 (or whatever) with AAX8 and AFX16. cuz if this is the case than running it on 1440X900 without AF or AA should be possible on the minimum requirements of 7900 or 1900 with 256MB, dont u think?

 

that was a moment of wishful thinking...

 

can anyone tell me for certainty what is the difference between the GPU's memory (the 512mb required or the 256MB minimum) and the RAM?

i know RAM is for textures, mostly. the game loads them to memory so it can pull them out quickly when u encounter them in game. but what is the memory in the GPU good for in games?

 

anyone?

[JustCoke]

RAM isn't really for textures.

The RAM acts like this:The more action is onscreen, you need more RAM to keep that action going on an playable fps.(Sorry for my english).So if there are blowing 2 cars at the same time, or only one car, if you have 1 GB of RAM you will get about let's say 15 fps when there are 2 cars blowing at the same time, but if there is only one car blowing you will get 30 fps...understood?

 

The GPU does the graphic job, together with the CPU:Those 2 components can't live one without the other.They do the graphic job, also the movement(physics) of the objects.The more advanced the movements and the graphics, the more powerfull GPU and CPU you will need.

 

Guess I've explained good for the others to understand, please some1 correct me if i am wrong.

[RedEnd]

id call it a console..

minimum grahics would be as same as the consoles

[OysterBarron]

RAM isn't really for textures.

The RAM acts like this:The more action is onscreen, you need more RAM to keep that action going on an playable fps.(Sorry for my english).So if there are blowing 2 cars at the same time, or only one car, if you have 1 GB of RAM you will get about let's say 15 fps when there are 2 cars blowing at the same time, but if there is only one car blowing you will get 30 fps...understood?

 

The GPU does the graphic job, together with the CPU:Those 2 components can't live one without the other.They do the graphic job, also the movement(physics) of the objects.The more advanced the movements and the graphics, the more powerfull GPU and CPU you will need.

 

Guess I've explained good for the others to understand, please some1 correct me if i am wrong.

it depends how the game is coded, som games all the physics are done on a multicore CPU Alan wake for example

[gta-evo4]

It better plays at my monitors native resolution [email protected] ( which is already low) or I aint gonna be happy.

I expect to play with medium to high with 2aa.

My rig: [email protected], 4gb ram, 8800gt 512mb sc.

What you think, anyone?

[texan1985]

It better plays at my monitors native resolution [email protected] ( which is already low) or I aint gonna be happy.

I expect to play with medium to high with 2aa.

My rig: [email protected], 4gb ram, 8800gt 512mb sc.

What you think, anyone?

When you turn your computer on, does it return the favor?

[Illousion]

Graphics wise I'll be playing on max. But about the physics i don't know.

[aidan87]

I hope I could play this game on medium.

[DeeperRed]

There was a post earlier about how RAM works, erm you were wrong lol

 

RAM - When you start the game it will load a specfic amount of the "Level" onto it, the more RAM the more "level" can be loaded on. It will also load cars, object, people etc. In a nutshell

RAM is for holding immediate data that would take too long to load of a standered Harddrive. nothing to do with physics or graphics at all

 

Processor - This does all the logic and physical processing of the game such as AI, Euphoria etc So when a car crashes the cpu will produce the calculations for the effects and produce the phyics

Processor is basically the brains of the system

 

GPU- This is obvious

Hopes this clears some things up.

 

Aidan, you'll max that sh*t out and you know it

[flyer2359]

I am okay with playing at 800x600 but not lower and no lower than most options on medium with some at low

[lscratcher]

I'm a total freak at playing games either on everything high or everything low i dont respect medium. So if i play with everything on high i can just lower the resolution say like 1280x720 and turn of the aa but anything else maxxxxxx... if i cant run like this than everything is lowwwwwwww and the resolution set to 640x480... thats how i'am. sometimes i hate myself

[SyphonPayne]

It better plays at my monitors native resolution [email protected] ( which is already low) or I aint gonna be happy.

I expect to play with medium to high with 2aa.

My rig: [email protected], 4gb ram, 8800gt 512mb sc.

What you think, anyone?

When you turn your computer on, does it return the favor?

lol Cadillac commercial

[SLAYERMAGGOT]

 

I'm a total freak at playing games either on everything high or everything low i dont respect medium. So if i play with everything on high i can just lower the resolution say like 1280x720 and turn of the aa but anything else maxxxxxx... if i cant run like this than everything is lowwwwwwww and the resolution set to 640x480... thats how i'am. sometimes i hate myself

The you have f*cking lags when you turn anything high, when your system even isn't opimized for it

[topeira]

There was a post earlier about how RAM works, erm you were wrong lol

 

RAM - When you start the game it will load a specfic amount of the "Level" onto it, the more RAM the more "level" can be loaded on. It will also load cars, object, people etc. In a nutshell

RAM is for holding immediate data that would take too long to load of a standered Harddrive. nothing to do with physics or graphics at all

 

Processor - This does all the logic and physical processing of the game such as AI, Euphoria etc So when a car crashes the cpu will produce the calculations for the effects and produce the phyics

Processor is basically the brains of the system

 

GPU- This is obvious

Hopes this clears some things up.

 

Aidan, you'll max that sh*t out and you know it

that's exactly how i understand it.

 

RAM is for textures and static meshes.

also the same object 20 times is requires a lot less memory than 10 object each one time.

maybe that's why when u steal a car u tend to see that car more times on the streets (a bug that has been fixed in IV PC).

 

but what is the GPU's memory for than?!