gta iv pc poor sales

[hetment]

CC... I wish the Pc no gta games you said will never come true!! PC GTA's Should never end!

 

GTa series on pc rock.. First of all i am not saying anything about that i love high graphics.. Yeah its cool of graphics and i play on low but still i love pc one because it has got it all

 

I wish thoe assshole, bith ass, idiots, damn heads who in ther bedroom f*ck gta 4 and make it into a pirate which they hold on net and make people get some damn free things which make rockstar head little swallon.. But we shouldnt even argue on rockstar because they are getting a loss because people are not even buying it and just pirating bith ou of game!!!!!!!

 

I will certainly upgrade my pc for gta 4 but i will never let my ps2 exchange for a or buy a damn ps3 or xbox.. I not saying consoles suck but still i dont have enough money for a console and i saving my money just for upgrading my pc if next gta requirements are more high

 

But if it dont releases in pc .. The next gta if it doesnt release in pc then my gta gaming will be not be abkle to play gta latest version whikch i will be eagerly to play and then my all money will get alot on wrong track and my fanness which i meant to say my fannying and love of rockstar games awesome products can be less! so i wish rockstar makes all gta games for pc also.. And those assholes should stop pirating this game

[Extortionate]

I'm amazed by your language CharmingCharlie, it wasn't a attack at all but you treated it as one. Stop being so defensive and have a proper conversation for once.

 

As for joypads, yes my wife uses it to drive vehicles, yet my joypad isn't supported(I have to use a x360 emulation hack).

 

Just because you live in your own world and don't use those features, doesn't mean everyone else doesn't. You imply that PC gamers don't use Joypads for some parts of games as though we're to good for them.

 

Loads of PC games support SLI and graphics card manufacturers promote it rather hard. I was thinking of a SLI setup yes because another 9600GT for nearly double the performance in some games is worth it (I have a SLI mobo). Again, try to get out of your sandbox and think of other people, I'd like the choice thanks and need the performance with this game.

 

On Anti-Aliasing, again your blab the same crap. They shouldn't have added SLI or AA for Crysis should they, going by what you're saying. I want to enjoy games down the line with new hardware and AA on, not have bulsh*t comments like this, "Oh please shut up about AA I am a PC gamer and I couldn't give a stuff about AA to me it is a resource hog that does pretty much f*ck all to make the game look better"

 

On Piracy. You think GTA IV has been hit by piracy more than other games and that's why it's dropped out of the top 10? If so I think you're living in a dream world, your own it seems. It's amazing what you will say to put GTA IV is such near perfect light and brushing of valid points because 'you' don't give a f*ck about it.

 

Just to add, word gets around quicky that GTA IV has some serious problems and puts people off, hardcore gaming site nvnews. http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=124023

 

Hardly full of praise and perfection is it? Lost sales right in that thread and these sites are PC bread and butter for Rockstar.

Edited August 18, 2009 by Extortionate

[jojimbo]

Justice hasn't been done. imo (obviously) GTA4pc got way too much negative press from people with pc's that couldn't handle it and people with pirated copy.

I spoke to people who came out with crap like "oh yeh i heard gta4pc is bug ridden and almost unplayable" "don't buy it lmao" etcetc and they said that without even playing it Pathetic.

 

Worked perfect for me straight out of the box and the following patches lost me about 15 fps so I did a reinstall with no patches nothing...just gta4 straight out of the box like r* intended...

 

perfect

 

edit - yeh possibly it could've been tweaked a bit more or whatever but on my last pc gta3 ran like a dog with missing textures everywhere if you drove too fast yet san andreas played perfectly on it...f*ck knows...

same here,gotta agree with this guy,gta4 ran off the bat no problemo on my rig,

apart from the impossible helicopter end mission it was great fun.

hopefully pc users and gta fans will get some extra goodies.

 

[(LIVING WITH MY PARENTS)]

Justice hasn't been done. imo (obviously) GTA4pc got way too much negative press from people with pc's that couldn't handle it and people with pirated copy.

I spoke to people who came out with crap like "oh yeh i heard gta4pc is bug ridden and almost unplayable" "don't buy it lmao" etcetc and they said that without even playing it    Pathetic.

 

Worked perfect for me straight out of the box and the following patches lost me about 15 fps so I did a reinstall with no patches nothing...just gta4 straight out of the box like r* intended... 

 

perfect 

 

edit - yeh possibly it could've been tweaked a bit more or whatever but on my last pc gta3 ran like a dog with missing textures everywhere if you drove too fast yet san andreas played perfectly on it...f*ck knows...

same here,gotta agree with this guy,gta4 ran off the bat no problemo on my rig,

apart from the impossible helicopter end mission it was great fun.

hopefully pc users and gta fans will get some extra goodies.

Cheers!

I've still to reach the last mission so don't know if there's a bug there.

Is it really so surprising that the game worked perfectly though?

 

I seem to remember the RockstarToronto account making a post in a forum here saying "look do you really think we didn't test this on multiple rigs and before we shipped it?" As if to say - yeah we're not f*cking idiots thx.

 

 

Also, does anyone know what the pc and console sales were for previous GTAs'?

Half a million does seem quite low but I guess most people bought it for the console when it came out.

 

 

 

[Extortionate]

Indeed people did buy the console version rather than wait for the PC version. PC users had to wait 6-7 months for the release, so why wait for it if you have a console? I know I wouldn't of if I had a console and my mate brought the PS3 version.

 

If this game were release on all three platforms at the same time, you can pretty much guarantee PC sales would have been higher. It makes perfect sense that PC sales are not good when you release the console versions first, since people have both now days more than ever.

[Nemon]

Well it's been ages since my last post but it seems CharmingCharlie has lost his optimism for the PC as a gaming device??

[mkey82]

Well, certainly some harsh words were exchanged. But alas, nothing is black or white.

[tacopowered]

GTAiv has poor sales because it's now in a vicious cycle.

 

"**** game developers I'm gonna pirate stuff"

"**** you PC gamers I'm not gonna try hard to make a decent game if you don't pay me enough"

"**** you Rockstar for releasing a half finished game and making me pay for it, I'm telling everyone not to buy it"

"**** you PC gamers you're too picky, I'm going to hold out on DLC and milk the console gamers for it."

"**** you Rockstar you don't respect us so I'm not buying/will pirate GTA 4"

 

Repeat to infinity.

[CharmingCharlie]

 

Well it's been ages since my last post but it seems CharmingCharlie has lost his optimism for the PC as a gaming device??

Right now I don't see much to be optimistic about on the PC, that may change with Dx11 and the new DX11 cards but I doubt it. The problem isn't hardware the problem is developers not pulling their weight I can't see that changing any time soon.

 

 

Well, certainly some harsh words were exchanged. But alas, nothing is black or white.

I know nothing is black and white, I think developers should shoulder a fair amount of the blame along with MS and PC gamers. No one is innocent here the PC platform has been abused to f*ck by every one. The developers use it as a way to make a quick buck for sod all work, MS milks the PC to prop up the xbox 360 and PC gamers think "woohoo the PC rocks cos I can nick everything".

 

 

GTAiv has poor sales because it's now in a vicious cycle.

 

"**** game developers I'm gonna pirate stuff"

"**** you PC gamers I'm not gonna try hard to make a decent game if you don't pay me enough"

"**** you Rockstar for releasing a half finished game and making me pay for it, I'm telling everyone not to buy it"

"**** you PC gamers you're too picky, I'm going to hold out on DLC and milk the console gamers for it."

"**** you Rockstar you don't respect us so I'm not buying/will pirate GTA 4"

 

Repeat to infinity.

 

Almost agree with you tacopowered there it just one thing wrong, the "infinity" bi,t sooner or later the developers and publishers are going to think "f*ck it". That day is coming probably sooner than we think. I have no doubt on that day it still won't be the fault of those that stole the games. Oh no it will be everyone's fault but them going by the way they think now.

 

[supermortalhuman]

Problem isn't even really the developers, it's the console makers. They MAKE you use the xbox controller and ONLY the xbox controller for a reason (so you like it and are more likely to buy an xbox) there is A LOT going on to bring so-called "casual gamers" (idiots who can't coordinate a controller and have excuses "i dont like games!" need motion controls) into consoles and flood the gaming scene. Games are about to be totally different.

 

It's not a case of not supporting the PC, it's a case of killing it, as I wrote here on my blog, the bits that matter quoted here:

 

 

A: FORCING you to play with only the xbox controller until you like it

 

B: Opening it up to so-called “casual gamers” by giving dumb games and watering down YOUR gamer voice with idiots

 

C: Using that as a springboard and Opening up web 2.0 services like Facebook and selling the xbox at a loss. I am willing to bet 90 percent of the people you know would never use or spend money on a PC again if they find out how easy it is for them to become retarded on facebook and remain scared of google on a cheap console for the TV, their favorite place to judge people. The PC User is alone in a household of idiots who are invading his gaming world, and drowning him. Fact.

 

D: Bonus: “Bing isn’t a search engine! It’s the next gen of Search”. First of all, in my opinion, bing is f*cking daft. Secondly, what, does that claim make it “web 2.0″? Oh, so that’s your excuse for not putting a real browser on the console and giving social platforms like twitter, but not a web browser?

 

E: Being sold at a loss, and very inexpensively, offering all of the things our stupid family members can’t figure out without us, then get addicted to, I mean, come on, there are A LOT of people out their who would not have a PC if their family wasn’t addicted to myspace or facebook or twitter or a combination of these and things like ohMgee Netflix. CLOUDFlix is more like it and it’s f*cking evil, I WANT my movies motherbutthumpers >_<

 

F: They ALLOW piracy so they can say “THE PEOPLE CAN’T BE TRUSTED” and FORCE you onto the TV and OFF of the PC.

 

So as you can see, poor PC sales "are the plan" (even though ONLY the Wii has beaten PC Gaming in YEARS, eat that SCE and Live Team!)

 

I don't mind if you don't see it, but I'm not here to discuss this point, I just want to share it so perhaps people will protect their PC's from "set top boxes". We all thought it was "Direct XBox", when it's really "X out the desktop boxes". Don't let them, yall. Forthright Emcee says get down with the old school :x

 

Before anyone gets mad at Rockstar, imagine the position they were in at the time before GTA IV was coming out, and imagine having 50 Million in your face to play along - you gotta do what you gotta do.

[mkey82]

Even if the "developers" say "f*ck the PC platform, it's not worth it!", it doesn't matter, becasue these so called "developers" develop nothing. They

 

* rehash one hundred million times used ideas

* rehash and abuse already known and seen a million times game mechanics

* invest 90% of their time into the graphical part of the game - even when their platform of choice can't handle it

* put down PC gaming with every opportunity they get while glorifying their little golden-egg-hatching little chicken

* they only care about money, they do not care about entertainment, they do not care about the users, they do not care about pushing the frontier, they do not care about getting something new done, they absolutely do not want to take any risks, they do not want to develop outside the set parameters

* they do care about how much titles they can sell, they do care about making fast and cheap games, they do care about making rehashed sequels that will give them even better return/investment ratio

 

These so called developers develop nothing, they don't care about gaming nor do they care about any specific platform. They will turn as the wind blows and will easily switch platforms and make even more watered games if the opportunity to make even more money arises. These people are not those keeping the PC platform afloat, they are bringing it down, with each falfassed console port we get, with every game that has something like 2 graphics settings and one and only one (unbroken) input method the PC as a gaming platform is belittled and has it's value reduced.

 

And why the hell do we still see games form developers who develop proper PC titles with content and charm? How come they see their angle in all of this? How come they can make money? how come there are hundreds of smaller developers working on games that don't have the "luster" of on so called A title, but have ten times more appeal and gameplay value?

 

I told it a hundred times, I'll say it again - PC gaming is going nowhere. Those money hungry developer may have ruined the gaming scene, but they can't ruin the PC platform. There will always be enthusiasts who will emerge and create games as little pieces of art instead of recompiling already existing ideas and assets. Maybe we'll see less top quality titles in the folowing years, but how does that make the difference in comparison with what we have today?

[maz89]

I'm amazed by your language CharmingCharlie, it wasn't a attack at all but you treated it as one. Stop being so defensive and have a proper conversation for once.

 

As for joypads, yes my wife uses it to drive vehicles, yet my joypad isn't supported(I have to use a x360 emulation hack).

 

Just because you live in your own world and don't use those features, doesn't mean everyone else doesn't. You imply that PC gamers don't use Joypads for some parts of games as though we're to good for them.

 

Loads of PC games support SLI and graphics card manufacturers promote it rather hard. I was thinking of a SLI setup yes because another 9600GT for nearly double the performance in some games is worth it (I have a SLI mobo). Again, try to get out of your sandbox and think of other people, I'd like the choice thanks and need the performance with this game.

 

On Anti-Aliasing, again your blab the same crap. They shouldn't have added SLI or AA for Crysis should they, going by what you're saying. I want to enjoy games down the line with new hardware and AA on, not have bulsh*t comments like this, "Oh please shut up about AA I am a PC gamer and I couldn't give a stuff about AA to me it is a resource hog that does pretty much f*ck all to make the game look better"

 

On Piracy. You think GTA IV has been hit by piracy more than other games and that's why it's dropped out of the top 10? If so I think you're living in a dream world, your own it seems. It's amazing what you will say to put GTA IV is such near perfect light and brushing of valid points because 'you' don't give a f*ck about it.

 

Just to add, word gets around quicky that GTA IV has some serious problems and puts people off, hardcore gaming site nvnews. http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=124023

 

Hardly full of praise and perfection is it? Lost sales right in that thread and these sites are PC bread and butter for Rockstar.

Extortionate, forget about it. Charming Chelie is obviously very biased when it comes to GTA IV, conveniently blaming the low PC sales on the piracy (which BTW does not affect games like the Sims 3, but I'm sure you'll come up with a rather eloquent speech about that) rather than.... well we all know what.

 

I can't say I'm surprised, a mod on a GTA forum is likely to be blindly in love with Rockstar

 

 

[Nemon]

Extortionate, forget about it. Charming Chelie is obviously very biased when it comes to GTA IV, conveniently blaming the low PC sales on the piracy (which BTW does not affect games like the Sims 3, but I'm sure you'll come up with a rather eloquent speech about that) rather than.... well we all know what.

Is it so surprising that a game that market itself towards the casual gamer, children and young teens sell more than a game whos mere existence is shunned by most (uninformed) media? Mom and dad can pick up Sims3 for their kids while shopping for groceries at Wal-Mart, and I probably don't have to explain that your average mom and dad don't have the same knowledge of piracy than the potential customers of GTAIV...

 

And another thing coming up, GTA for the iphone... although an ok phone, as a gaming device it has nothing to offer but portability when measured with its console counterparts as well as the pc. Casual gaming is the next big thing I guess...

[OutOfTimer]

It is my personal opinion that the ones primarily at fault are the XBox kiddies that allow themselves to be milked by corporations. Our society is already filled with morons and getting even dumber every minute. You see it everywhere - morons who don't know how to change a graphics card in their comp so they buy Apple's overpriced crap. Morons who buy 5-year-old hardware to play games in HD resolution. For me 1920x1200 is the least acceptable thing but the kiddies know nothing about technology and will happily buy a 120 GB harddrive for $300 from Micro$oft. I can't even watch television anymore because I'm spammed with Hannah Montana. That's the world we live in - full of 13-year-olds playing My Horse. Corporations try to make money and always will. It's the problem of customers accepting sh*t that really scares me.

 

As for the piracy problem, I'm shocked that so many people feel it's perfectly alright to steal stuff. I hear loads of stupid arguments like it's not stealing but copying and such. And now the surprise comes... corporations reassessed their business model and now sell crap to kiddies. What did you expect? You don't pay, you won't get the product. Wait a few years and there'll be nothing to download off your torrents.

Edited September 1, 2009 by OutOfTimer

[ImoonPeople]

I've been playing this game since December 2 of 2008 with pretty much no issues. I knew this was going to be a cpu intensive game and had a quad core already in my system. The only thing I didn't like was the graphics options menu, but that was fixed. That being said, I really hate the title of this thread with "justice has been done" added to it. Its just more negativity toward the PC, and thats the last thing we need. If you at least run the recommended hardware you'll have a great experience. After all, thats why they put "recommended Specs".

[maz89]

Extortionate, forget about it. Charming Chelie is obviously very biased when it comes to GTA IV, conveniently blaming the low PC sales on the piracy (which BTW does not affect games like the Sims 3, but I'm sure you'll come up with a rather eloquent speech about that) rather than.... well we all know what.

Is it so surprising that a game that market itself towards the casual gamer, children and young teens sell more than a game whos mere existence is shunned by most (uninformed) media? Mom and dad can pick up Sims3 for their kids while shopping for groceries at Wal-Mart, and I probably don't have to explain that your average mom and dad don't have the same knowledge of piracy than the potential customers of GTAIV...

 

Sims 3 was just an example off the top of my head; and yes, not a very good one.

 

[Nemon]

Sims 3 was just an example off the top of my head; and yes, not a very good one.

No worries . The Sims franchise seem to be capable of selling whatever they like and call it an "expansion".

[Drunk Russian 9]

I've been playing this game since December 2 of 2008 with pretty much no issues. I knew this was going to be a cpu intensive game and had a quad core already in my system. The only thing I didn't like was the graphics options menu, but that was fixed. That being said, I really hate the title of this thread with "justice has been done" added to it. Its just more negativity toward the PC, and thats the last thing we need. If you at least run the recommended hardware you'll have a great experience. After all, thats why they put "recommended Specs".

Are you implying that you have recommended specs? Because I'm pretty darn sure that you surpass them by a great deal. The average gamer does not have your PC.

 

Here are the recommended specs:

 

Processor: Dual core processor (Intel Pentium D or better)

RAM: 2GB

Video Card: 512MB Direct3D 10 compatible video card or Direct3D 9 card compatible with Shader

 

I doubt that anyone with these specs will see more than 25FPS in the game.

 

See, the whole reason I'm saying this is that this port could have been a lot better. I love GTA IV, the mods, the community and all; but I've spent so much time and money making my computer be able to run the game without stuttering. It's sad because with a little more work R* Toronto could have made this game something everyone can enjoy, rather than just those who have money and an obsession.

 

When I play multiplayer, and the topic comes up of what graphics card we're using, a 9800GT is the most common answer. They should have put that in the recommended specs.

[supermortalhuman]

I have over 30 fps at all times with 2gb ram, 512mb video card, and 1.86ghz dual core. I play on mostly max settings 1680x1050. I play medium textures and 100 traffic. Middle to high draw distances.

 

I never go as low as 25fps anymore.

[CharmingCharlie]

 

Here are the recommended specs:

 

Processor: Dual core processor (Intel Pentium D or better)

RAM: 2GB

Video Card: 512MB Direct3D 10 compatible video card or Direct3D 9 card compatible with Shader

 

I doubt that anyone with these specs will see more than 25FPS in the game.

I am sorry could you please tell me where you pulled those recommended specs from, because they are nothing like the specs for GTA 4. Rockstar has NEVER said GTA 4 will work on a Pentium D processor :-

 

 

Minimum PC specs
OS	Windows Vista - Service Pack 1 / XP - Service Pack 3
Processor	1.8GHz Intel Core2Duo or 2.4GHz AMD Athlon X2 64
Graphics Card	256MB NVIDIA 7900 / 256MB ATI X1900
Memory	1 GB of RAM (Windows XP) or 1.5 GB of RAM (Windows Vista)
Hard Disc space	16 GB free hard drive space

 

 

Recommended PC specs
OS	Windows Vista - Service Pack 1 / XP - Service Pack 3
Processor	2.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Quad or 2.1GHz AMD Phenom X3
Graphics Card	512MB NVIDIA 8600 / 512MB ATI 3870
Memory	2.5 GB of RAM (Windows XP) or 2.5 GB of RAM (Windows Vista)
Hard Disc space	18 GB Free Hard Drive Space

[Sunrise Driver]

Charlie change HD space to 15 GB (clean GTA IV without mods, saved videos etc.).

[CharmingCharlie]

Street Mix those specs I posted are the official ones posted by Rockstar not an estimation by me. They are on the GTA 4 website here :-

 

http://www.rockstargames.com/IV/#?page=pc

 

I only posted them in here because I am keen to know where Drunk Russian 9 got his system specs from.

[flameweilder]

I have over 30 fps at all times with 2gb ram, 512mb video card, and 1.86ghz dual core. I play on mostly max settings 1680x1050. I play medium textures and 100 traffic. Middle to high draw distances.

 

I never go as low as 25fps anymore.

HOW? I have a 2.31 GHz dual core, 2 gb RAM, and a 512 MB graphics card. Why do I run it at 20-25 FPS on average? Which patch are you running on?

[mkey82]

I have over 30 fps at all times with 2gb ram, 512mb video card, and 1.86ghz dual core. I play on mostly max settings 1680x1050. I play medium textures and 100 traffic. Middle to high draw distances.

 

I never go as low as 25fps anymore.

You have actually measured this FPS (with FRAPs, for instance) or what?

[Drunk Russian 9]

 

Street Mix those specs I posted are the official ones posted by Rockstar not an estimation by me.  They are on the GTA 4 website here :-

 

http://www.rockstargames.com/IV/#?page=pc

 

I only posted them in here because I am keen to know where Drunk Russian 9 got his system specs from.

Early statement by R*, before the delay and all the let down.

 

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/54727 (happy?)

 

Anyway. On my PC, the game would not take my CPU stock; I was getting 20-30FPS. I had to overclock it to 3.9GHz(!) just to get it running the right way. High textures gave me a major stutter every couple of seconds on a 280GTX.

 

That's why I'm surprised at anyone running the game normally at those specs. See, even the member above me is surprised.

Edited September 2, 2009 by Drunk Russian 9

[Girish]

Early statement by R*, before the delay and all the let down.

 

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/54727 (happy?)

I'm pretty sure those specs were never confirmed by Rockstar. Also, notice the vagueness of those specifications.

 

# Processor: Dual core processor (Intel Pentium D or better)

# Video Card: 512MB Direct3D 10 compatible video card or Direct3D 9 card compatible with Shader

A dual core processor with no clock rate specified and a 512 MB graphic card with no make or model specified. As you can see from the official requirements, R* would never be that vague.

[mkey82]

See, even the member above me is surprised.

I can only hope you don0t resent me for our little skirmish from a while back.

 

Anyway, I was wondering because people usually have no idea how 25 or 30 FPS is supposed to look like. And also, because on the practically same settings like him I can pull a steady 38 FPS average and my CPU is pretty much maxed out on three cores.

[CharmingCharlie]

 

Early statement by R*, before the delay and all the let down.

 

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/54727 (happy?)

 

Anyway. On my PC, the game would not take my CPU stock; I was getting 20-30FPS. I had to overclock it to 3.9GHz(!) just to get it running the right way. High textures gave me a major stutter every couple of seconds on a 280GTX.

 

That's why I'm surprised at anyone running the game normally at those specs. See, even the member above me is surprised.

Erm no I am not happy because you are going around spreading bull, you give me a link to shacknews and say that is official I give you a link to the OFFICIAL GTA4 website and now how about this link :-

 

http://support.rockstargames.com/help/rock...star_games/q686

 

That page was done after GTA 4 was launched and guess what the recommended specs are .... oh look they are the exact ones I put up because they are the OFFICIAL requirements. Now please show me where does it say anywhere on that page "Pentium D". It doesn't because Rockstar have never officially said you could run the game on a Pentium D. The benchmarks you quoted were some sh*t that appearred on the Games For Windows site and quickly taken down I believe.

 

I have played GTA 4 on near minium specs (2.4ghz Core2Duop and 8600gt) and had it running very nicely at low - med settings and got 30+ fps with the odd drop to 20's now and again. The game was perfectly playable. But then looking at your posting history all you do is troll on this forum and spread bullsh*t, I doubt you will accept anything anyone else says about GTA 4. I don't even know why you are still posting in here posting blatant lies.

[ImoonPeople]

 

Are you implying that you have recommended specs? Because I'm pretty darn sure that you surpass them by a great deal. The average gamer does not have your PC.

 

Here are the recommended specs:

 

Processor: Dual core processor (Intel Pentium D or better)

RAM: 2GB

Video Card: 512MB Direct3D 10 compatible video card or Direct3D 9 card compatible with Shader

 

I doubt that anyone with these specs will see more than 25FPS in the game.

 

See, the whole reason I'm saying this is that this port could have been a lot better. I love GTA IV, the mods, the community and all; but I've spent so much time and money making my computer be able to run the game without stuttering. It's sad because with a little more work R* Toronto could have made this game something everyone can enjoy, rather than just those who have money and an obsession.

 

When I play multiplayer, and the topic comes up of what graphics card we're using, a 9800GT is the most common answer. They should have put that in the recommended specs.

 

 

I understand that I may have a more powerful system then most now, but on Dec 2 I had: Q6600, 8800 GTX, 4 gig ram, and Vista. A resonable setup givin that the 8800 GTX is a couple years old, and the q6600 has been around for a while. Both resonably priced at the time. This played GTA pretty damn good, the only thing I had issues with was the high textures because of the Vram limit. Once droped to medium though it ran min 25fps-40. The key really is the quad core. All of us PC gamers should know by now, if you want to play the game smoothly you aim for the "recommended" hardware. If you just want to play the game, and don't mind lowering graphics, you may be able to get by with the "minimum".

[Drunk Russian 9]

 

Erm no I am not happy because you are going around spreading bull, you give me a link to shacknews and say that is official  I give you a link to the OFFICIAL GTA4 website and now how about this link :-

 

http://support.rockstargames.com/help/rock...star_games/q686

 

That page was done after GTA 4 was launched and guess what the recommended specs are .... oh look they are the exact ones I put up because they are the OFFICIAL requirements.  Now please show me where does it say anywhere on that page "Pentium D".  It doesn't because Rockstar have never officially said you could run the game on a Pentium D.  The benchmarks you quoted were some sh*t that appearred on the Games For Windows site and quickly taken down I believe.

 

I have played GTA 4 on near minium specs (2.4ghz Core2Duop and 8600gt) and had it running very nicely at low - med settings and got 30+ fps with the odd drop to 20's now and again.  The game was perfectly playable.   But then looking at your posting history all you do is troll on this forum and spread bullsh*t, I doubt you will accept anything anyone else says about GTA 4.  I don't even know why you are still posting in here posting blatant lies.

Way to elaborate your fury on a simple mistake, CC. Then again, what do you care Oh and thanks for the personal insult, I'm sure that me posting of my personal experiences with this game totally deserved that.

 

Oh wait, why am I trolling again? f*ck, I need to stop posting lies.

 

OnTopic. As said before the low sales are a dangerous gamble for us, since it go either way . . . R* completely dumping IV for PC, or actually putting effort into the next game. Although I completely doubt it will be the latter.

 

@mkey82: Don't worry bout it. People have bad days. I understood.

Edited September 3, 2009 by Drunk Russian 9