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Core 2 vs Pentium 4


Gryet
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Hi all.

 

I'm one of those poor bastards that cannot run the game. I am about to buy a 8800GT card as I can see that will most likely solve my problems.

 

However I can see that most of those running 8800GT also have Dual Core machines. I only have a Pentium 4. Has ANYONE gotten the game to run on something like that?

 

Current PC:

 

Intel Pentium 4 @ 3.0

2 GB Ram

7600GL with 256 Ram

 

I will replace the card with a 8800GT with 512 Ram.

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The game does not support Pentium 4. Pentium 4 is a really old processor and I can't imagine it playing this game.

 

Sorry, but you'll have to get a dual core, except if you wanna play with 10FPS on the lowest settings.

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Another PC of mine is an old Pentium 4 3.4GHz. I would be very surprised if it couldn't run the game (at all). Pentium 4 Prescott CPUs were very powerful (in every sense of the word) for their time. My C2D E6420 is probably only 20-30% faster than it (on average as a CPU itself)...however increases in the front side bus and memory speed work along side to make for a much more powerful run-time environment.

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The C2D is faster clock for clock than the Pentium D's. Usually by a significant amount.

 

To answer your question this game is VERY CPU intensive thus far, I'm playing on an E8500, I wouldn't want to play with anything less than a 3Ghz duo or 2.4Ghz quad imo.

 

Not what you wanted to hear I know sad.gif

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Not what you wanted to hear I know sad.gif

Not exactly - theres hope and theres facing the facts I guess.

 

By now I am almost convinced that I will need to buy a new PC, even though I have never had any problems with any other game, including Crysis, Driver PL and Test Drive Unlimited.

 

GD, this game will end up being a little more expensive than I thought.

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Hi all.

 

I'm one of those poor bastards that cannot run the game. I am about to buy a 8800GT card as I can see that will most likely solve my problems.

 

However I can see that most of those running 8800GT also have Dual Core machines. I only have a Pentium 4. Has ANYONE gotten the game to run on something like that?

 

Current PC:

 

Intel Pentium 4 @ 3.0

2 GB Ram

7600GL with 256 Ram

 

I will replace the card with a 8800GT with 512 Ram.

I have those same specs except i have a 9800gt which is about equal to a 8800gt.

 

I am looking into getting a new cpu because i would like the game to run smoother than what I am getting. Although i am playing on a pent 4 3.0 and 9800gt resolution 1680x1050 the game runs ok on medium to low settings, it could be better but I am not complaining.

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A Pentium 4 is below the minimum requirements. It is as simple as that. Meaning if you got problems, Rockstar would tell you "you are on your own buddy".

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It works.

 

I've played it on a P4 3.4Ghz, Radeon 3850 512mb, 2 gig ram.

 

Low settings, quite playable now.

 

At first it wasn't playable, but I raised my resolution to it's native 1650x1050 instead of crap 1024x728, now it's quite smooth, and with better graphics.

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At first it wasn't playable, but I raised my resolution to it's native ...

Strange.

 

It almost seems like even with a minimum of a minimum PC you should be albe to play if you INCREASE the resulotion instead of lowering it. I've read several threads where people gets better framerate by doing this.

 

Anyway, I think I'll have to buy a new computer instead.

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