AussieDave27 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Video Memory is just something used to sell video cards. You can get a NVidia 9650 GT with 1 gig of V ram yet it would be murdered by my 4870 or a 9800 GTX, both with 512mb. I've also had 2 cases where it's like the gfx card overheats and you get all the funny colours etc and the whole computer freezes. Those who overclock their graphics card should know what I'm talking about. The thing is though...I DON'T OVERCLOCK MY GRAPHICS CARD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishman82 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I wouldn't be suprised if only 1%of people here that can run it on high. The game is designed to look good on low and can be moved onto max in a few years time when better stuff is out. dont just assume that cos you have 'x' gfx card you'll be able to run it on max. You don't know what you are talking about so STFU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DexX Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Not to start a vendor-war, but Ati isn't exactly known for the best up-to-date drivers. And as it was said in one of those previews, R* didn't have full ati support before (actually they said it crashed on ati cards at one point). I wouldn't decline to purchase it just yet, as we all know Ati will continue to update their drivers, and R* will put out at least one patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieDave27 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Very mature response bishman with the "STFU" and all. The game actually looks horrible on low. It looks horrible on medium too actually. Even on high, judging by screenshots, it's trailing many other new games. I'm expecting an ATI fix shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaoBoy Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Yeesh, I hope you get this resolved because I have almost the same specs as you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishman82 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Video Memory is just something used to sell video cards. You can get a NVidia 9650 GT with 1 gig of V ram yet it would be murdered by my 4870 or a 9800 GTX, both with 512mb. I've also had 2 cases where it's like the gfx card overheats and you get all the funny colours etc and the whole computer freezes. Those who overclock their graphics card should know what I'm talking about. The thing is though...I DON'T OVERCLOCK MY GRAPHICS CARD! vram is very important, just because some gfx cards with lots of ram are crap does not mean vram = BS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rcguy150 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Well, GTA wasn't ever known for having the best graphics... heh. I hope it is just an ATI problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commanderz Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 yup i think mabye is ATI drive problem....lucky i`m using my 8800 GTX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noid449 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 i wonder if ill be ok ... hurry up 3rd ffs dj;fbwr;tbwn'trb nrt !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaping_Ant Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 It would be interesting to see if someone with a 1024 MB 4870 can turn up the settings. Because something like this was mentioned in the GameStar review, they said that detail levels depended more on video memory than on the video card itself (i.e. a 9500GT with 1024 MB would have higher auto-detect settings than a GTX260 with 896 MB). Of course that's stupid to some degree, because the GTX260 wipes the floor with a 9500GT. But maybe GTA 4 is such a video memory hog that it actually needs 1024 MB for highest settings or resolutions. On a card as powerful as the 4870, 1 gig of video memory actually makes sense in some cases. In that case, however, a 512 MB nVidia card wouldn't do any better. Is there someone around with an nVidia card who can report on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rcguy150 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I read in another topic that someone was playing it with no issues on an nivida card (8800GT i think), so it sounds like it is just an ATI issue. Hoping that is really the circumstance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostaa Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I'm running a 4870 with a 1gb of Vram and i cant max out the view distance. Limits me to 65. Runs really really bad. Not happy at all. [email protected] Vista 64 4gb OCZ 1066 ram GigabyteEP-45 Ds4p 4870 with 1gb Vram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extender Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I'm running a 4870 with a 1gb of Vram and i cant max out the view distance. Limits me to 65. Runs really really bad. Not happy at all. [email protected] Vista 64 4gb OCZ 1066 ram GigabyteEP-45 Ds4p 4870 with 1gb Vram that is so weird. I'm not a fanboy at all but one guy with 8800GT 512MB told that he is running this game fine. No problems at all. It really looks like ATI drivers problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieDave27 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 EXACT SAME WITH ME!!!! 65! And I only have the 512mb version. Can you max everything else but only have textures on medium? If I lower textures to low then I can get view distance up into the 90s but yeah not happy. Oh and it runs badly for me too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkey82 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 But maybe GTA 4 is such a video memory hog that it actually needs 1024 MB for highest settings or resolutions. OP already stated he tried to lower the resolution and nothing changed. Shall we start spamming ATI about this issue? Has anyone mailed them yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warrior7 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 The F*king problem is this. NVIDIA THE WAY IS MEANT TO BE PLAYED..... Last games with this sh*t need hotfix from ATI.... sounds like Nvidia is making dirty fight to ATI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaoBoy Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Should be a workaround once it's released all over. Sorry for your troubles though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkey82 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 The F*king problem is this. NVIDIA THE WAY IS MEANT TO BE PLAYED..... Last games with this sh*t need hotfix from ATI.... sounds like Nvidia is making dirty fight to ATI Let's be honest, Nvidia is not the one to be blamed for ATI's incompetence. Whee I got the 4870 I knew sooner or later this would happen. But why this had to happen with IV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warrior7 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 The F*king problem is this. NVIDIA THE WAY IS MEANT TO BE PLAYED..... Last games with this sh*t need hotfix from ATI.... sounds like Nvidia is making dirty fight to ATI Let's be honest, Nvidia is not the one to be blamed for ATI's incompetence. Whee I got the 4870 I knew sooner or later this would happen. But why this had to happen with IV? It's not about honesty but if you watch last games with Meant to be played (I mean the last month, 2 months) You'll see that Ati need a FIX. I think if ATI worked when they could... fixes wont be needed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pylb_etajv Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 So far the only people I've seen this happening to have 4870s. Are there any ATI users with other cards (4850s, 3870s..) that have the same problems ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warrior7 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I expect the same bullsh*t for all ATI as they couldnt work with the Game till... now? I hope news from ATI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkey82 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 It's not about honesty but if you watch last games with Meant to be played (I mean the last month, 2 months) You'll see that Ati need a FIX. I think if ATI worked when they could... fixes wont be needed Nvidia spend money on those "Best with Nvidia" logos, right? This is good business, both for Nvidia and the developers. Maybe developers do make the games a bit more optimized for Nvidia cards, but ATI drops the ball with their drivers and has to run along with the fixes. Developers are not stupid, cutting of ATI users would be insane, they would loose a big part of their market. It's all about ATI IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technomm Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 The F*king problem is this. NVIDIA THE WAY IS MEANT TO BE PLAYED..... Last games with this sh*t need hotfix from ATI.... sounds like Nvidia is making dirty fight to ATI Let's be honest, Nvidia is not the one to be blamed for ATI's incompetence. Whee I got the 4870 I knew sooner or later this would happen. But why this had to happen with IV? It's not about honesty but if you watch last games with Meant to be played (I mean the last month, 2 months) You'll see that Ati need a FIX. I think if ATI worked when they could... fixes wont be needed Me, I don't have the game. But isn't it R* being tied up with Nvidia for better support and all the business deal bullsh*t they make? I wouldn't blame ATI really. It's all about R* IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
extender Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 (edited) What I see is that 100x ATI users are whining and crying in here that the game looks like a crap and they are disappointed but I don't see ANY Nvidia guy saying that "It looks like crap. I can't even max it out with 1280x800 with my GTX 260 and Quad Core CPU." So it has to mean that the problem is about ATI. Also there is a review of GTA IV on PC in PC gamer Magazine and they said that the game presents itself perfectly on a dual-core processor (6000+) and GeForce 8800GT GPU. So far all those people who are saying that "it sucks. It lags horrible. I cant max it out with my HD 4870 etc" are been people who have ATI GPU's. One people who had 8800GT told that he was was playing it with no issues with 8800GT. Edited December 2, 2008 by extender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chevyboy Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 So far the only people I've seen this happening to have 4870s. Are there any ATI users with other cards (4850s, 3870s..) that have the same problems ? Talked with a friend running a 4850, seems all 48** series cards are having this issue. Definitely a driver issue. With any luck it will be added to the "fixed" list for the 8.12 driver release on December 10th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Kipper Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 So far the only people I've seen this happening to have 4870s. Are there any ATI users with other cards (4850s, 3870s..) that have the same problems ? Talked with a friend running a 4850, seems all 48** series cards are having this issue. Definitely a driver issue. With any luck it will be added to the "fixed" list for the 8.12 driver release on December 10th. December 10th? Ouch. That isnt going to go down easily without a fuss from the fans. I'm running an Nvidia 400M GS Geforce card but im no fanboy lol I dont even know much about hardware myself I just want to see everyone online and happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warrior7 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 What im trying to say it's that in the last NVMTBP Ati is having STRANGE problems to be up to date with drivers..... What I mean it's that Nvidia it's making Ati life impossible with this sponsored games... Money it's Money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkey82 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 What I mean it's that Nvidia it's making Ati life impossible with this sponsored games... ATI could do the same. And they could do a better job with the drivers. I'm more or less an ATI person. This time around I wanted to go with Nvidia, but 4870 was just too goddamn tempting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malik Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 why am I not seeing your posted images????? plz past the link not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malik Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 who cares about graphics just be glad your able to play the GAME!!! Obviously you havent spent the amount of money some of us here spent in order to play this game in its full capacity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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