Leonardo Jr Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Allright, if you don't know yet, take 2 games published the GTA Vice City PC system requirements. Here they are: http://leojrgames.8m.com/ or: Minimum Hardware 800 MHz Intel Pentium III or 800 MHz AMD Athlon or 1.2GHz Intel Celeron or 1.2 GHz AMD Duron processor 128 MB of RAM 8 speed CD / DVD drive 915 MB of free hard disk space (+ 635 MB if video card does NOT support DirectX Texture Compression) 32 MB video card with DirectX 9.0 compatible drivers ("GeForce" or better) Sound Card with DirectX 9.0 compatible drivers Keyboard & Mouse Recommended Hardware: Intel Pentium IV or AMD Athlon XP processor 256(+) MB of RAM 16 speed CD / DVD drive 1.55 GB of free hard disk space (+ 635 MB if video card does NOT support DirectX Texture Compression) 64(+) MB video card with DirectX 9.0 compatible drivers ("GeForce 3" / "Radeon 8500" or better with DirectX Texture Compression support) DirectX 9.0 compatible sound card with surround sound Gamepad (USB or Joystick Port) Keyboard & Mouse Grand Theft Auto: Vice City uses Microsoft DirectX 9.0. Supported Operating Systems: Windows 98 Windows 98 Second Edition Windows Millennium Windows 2000 Professional (Workstation) plus Service Pack 3 Windows XP (Home and Professional) plus Service Pack 1 The following operating systems are NOT supported: Windows 95 (any version) Windows NT (any version) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50-50 Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 where did you get this infos from? PC Gamer May Issue? 50-50 *happytoownaradeon9500pro* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liamk15 Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 does any one know if the game is more computer friendly,, so we don't have the problem of downloading loads of other crap just so we can get the game to work.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sensory Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 oOoOoOo.. ouch for some pc users. i can't help being smug now that i'm a bit sick of vice city, and have moved on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTAGuy Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Ooohhhhhhhh.......VC uses DX9!?! Im not bragging or anything, but it's obvious that my Radeon 9700 Pro (which we all know is a true Dx 9 card) is gonna LOVE owning that game. Could this possibly mean that VC can and might utilize some of the special features of Dx9 to enhance special effects and such??? If so...SWEET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAN_F83 Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Phew - I make the recommended specs. 64mb video card is a bloody lot though - the game better look Amazing. Sensory - pity -cause the pc version will have so much more -edoitors, all the mods + new cars etc!!! Maybe multiplayer too - even if R* don't add it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sensory Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Phew - I make the recommended specs. 64mb video card is a bloody lot though - the game better look Amazing.Sensory - pity -cause the pc version will have so much more -edoitors, all the mods + new cars etc!!! Maybe multiplayer too - even if R* don't add it. *shrug* i don't care about the modding, because most of the mods that were brought out were never up to r* standards anyway, no matter how hard they tried. it was nice to mess about with txd's etc. just to get a car into the game, then find out it's not as good as the original. and it was also wonderful when i was clogging up my system with backup's of the original files, just in case someone decided to be funny and corrupt a certain file with their new mod. and.. i wouldn't hold my breath for multiplayer. i tried playing a multiplayer game of gta2 once, and it was so unbelievably slow. they'd have to take their multiplayer engine into the workshop before attempting that. i may buy the pc version though.. that is if i can tear myself away from splinter cell and def jam vendetta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTNemo Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 on the supported OS list, you didnt say if Linux was supported. is it? This weekend i'm going to install Mandrake 9.1 and im sure as hell would like to play vice city on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhinopotomas Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Yeah, I'd better go get that GeForce 4. Thanks for the info. I still can't wait!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZAZEL Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Damn! I'm so f*cked. I guess I'll have to upgrade my system... hmm, so be it. My current system doesn't even make the minimum specs Well, I'll upgrade to a AMD Thoroughbred XP 1800+, with 256 MB DDR (PC2700) RAM, GeForce4 MX400, and what else i get to think off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTAGuy Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 I just hope VC doesn't have compatibility problems with Win XP, like the textures missing when frame limiter is off and stuff like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 where did you get this infos from? PC Gamer May Issue? 50-50 *happytoownaradeon9500pro* nope they are on www.take2games.com support section and on my site http://gtavc.gamehorizons.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All_Vice_City Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Woo Hoo My computer will be able to handle it with ease. And good info. Ive been wanteing to know this information for a few weeks. Good find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonardo Jr Posted April 4, 2003 Author Share Posted April 4, 2003 where did you get this infos from? PC Gamer May Issue? 50-50 *happytoownaradeon9500pro* No I got this info from the take 2 games web site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DexX Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Phew - I make the recommended specs. 64mb video card is a bloody lot though - the game better look Amazing.Sensory - pity -cause the pc version will have so much more -edoitors, all the mods + new cars etc!!! Maybe multiplayer too - even if R* don't add it. *shrug* i don't care about the modding, because most of the mods that were brought out were never up to r* standards anyway, no matter how hard they tried. it was nice to mess about with txd's etc. just to get a car into the game, then find out it's not as good as the original. and it was also wonderful when i was clogging up my system with backup's of the original files, just in case someone decided to be funny and corrupt a certain file with their new mod. and.. i wouldn't hold my breath for multiplayer. i tried playing a multiplayer game of gta2 once, and it was so unbelievably slow. they'd have to take their multiplayer engine into the workshop before attempting that. i may buy the pc version though.. that is if i can tear myself away from splinter cell and def jam vendetta. most of the mods arent up to R* standards.. Ok, the artists at R* are professional 3d artists, they get paid to sit in the office and make models all day long for gta. Secondly, we do it in our free time, for no pay. And i would say many of the mods here surpass R*'s in quality. We dont have any guidlines to follow when making our mods, like keeping the texure size, or number of poly's under a certain amount (well, maybe about 15k, but its better than R*'s 3000k poly limit) staying on-topic, yay, my pc SHOULD run it! *slaps video card* f*cking geforce 4 mx420, you best work for it. luckily im already running DX9... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sensory Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 most of the mods arent up to R* standards..Ok, the artists at R* are professional 3d artists, they get paid to sit in the office and make models all day long for gta. Secondly, we do it in our free time, for no pay. And i would say many of the mods here surpass R*'s in quality. We dont have any guidlines to follow when making our mods, like keeping the texure size, or number of poly's under a certain amount (well, maybe about 15k, but its better than R*'s 3000k poly limit) i really couldn't care less if they got paid or not. what i'm saying is that 95% of the mods aren't up to r*'s standards, and that bugs me, because modding for me would be pointless, so i may as well stick with my ps2 version, and not bother buying the pc version. and just so it's clear for the weak-at-mind here, that's my own, personal opinion. i'm positive there are people out there that think differently, and that's just fine by me. read my post before you try and make some sort of a point, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini-Gun Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 My PC would explode if I tried to run that game. Killing me and everyone within a 3 mile radius (my computer is not electric , it runs on nuclear fission). I have 450MhZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTAGuy Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 @ Mini-gun: Well if your comp is Nuclear Fission then i guess it wouldn't hurt to have one of those Nuclear Reactor coolers on it and maybe a touch of Liquid Nitrogen and get the cpu temp down to -500 degrees Celsius and then overclock it to 20ghz.....Hmmm that sounds like a good idea eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 It surely will be sweet for a card like radeon 9700. Maybe I should get one to replace the gf3. They will probably go cheaper when the 9800 comes out hopefully. The gf3 still runs gta3 pretty nicely . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTAGuy Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 Isn't the 9800 Pro out already? Of course, with the R400 due later this year, why would anybody get a 9800 Pro? Sure its a good card, but I wouldn't get much performance increase from it. So I'm waiting until the R400 comes out to get it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustyman Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 i have a geforce 2 64mb mx400, will it still run with direct x 9. plzzzzz tell me, i really need to know????????? p.s. will i have to update my driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTNemo Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 thats what i got too. a lil o/c'd it will run, but get DX9 from microsoft.com/directx, and i recommend you update your drivers. only thing is, we will not get those eye candy DX9 extras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustyman Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 thx for the advice m8, ill upd8 my drivers and direct x 9 shud cum with the game right? p.s. do u think i shud get a 128mb geforce 4 mx440, its only £40. its all i can afford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonardo Jr Posted April 6, 2003 Author Share Posted April 6, 2003 I'm waiting until the R400 comes out to get it I'm waiting for the GeForce FX to come out. and out of the subject I just made a GTA Vice City PC e-card, I made it in 15 min, so it's not that cool. You can get it here: http://leojrgames.8m.com/ or in my media section: Leonardo Jr's Media Section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 So I'm waiting until the R400 comes out to get it When you are about to buy the next card they will probably announce a new better card that they will start making. It's an endless circle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exkabewbikadid Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 Isn't the 9800 Pro out already? Of course, with the R400 due later this year, why would anybody get a 9800 Pro? Sure its a good card, but I wouldn't get much performance increase from it. So I'm waiting until the R400 comes out to get it About ATi's R400, I read rumors recently that say ATi won't be releaing the "original" R400 this year. What I mean is, ATi might release a chip called R400 this year, but supposedly, it won't be anything too impressive i.e. as in double the performance of R300 as expected. Here's an article for more info about this: http://www.beyond3d.com/#news4986 As for Nvidia, their NV35 is expected to be announced in May. The NV35 is expected to be faster than the 9800 Pro and 1.5 times faster than the Geforce FX 5800 Ultra (NV30)/ More info here. I've also heard that ATi will release a 9900 Pro to keep up with the NV35. p.s. do u think i shud get a 128mb geforce 4 mx440, its only £40. its all i can afford My advice is that you steer clear of the Geforce MX series altogether. If you want a good low-end card, I reccomend a Radeon 9000 Pro 128 MB, which is about the same cost of an MX. A step up from that, I reccomend a Geforce4 Ti 4200 128 MB, which you can find for not much more than the Radeon 9000 Pro is some places. Oh yeah, VC will require DX 9, but I'm 99.9% sure it won't be taking any advantage of the DX 9 features such as pixel shader 2.0, floating point data formats, etc. afterall, VC's engine is just an enhanced version of GTA 3's renderware engine. I think most games being released now require DX 9 to run but it's gonna be at least another 6 months before developers start using the new features, but when they do...*drools* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustyman Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 Thanks for the advice Xcommunicated, i have looked for the cards that you have recommended. My only problem is that my motherboard only supports graphics cards with SDRam, and i cant find any of the cards you mentioned that support SDRam. So my only choices are to stick with my 64mb Geforce2 mx400, upgrade to the 128mb SDRam geforce4 mx440, or get a new motherboard (which i dont want to do) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bond996 Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 I dont believe the mx440 is 128mb. I Think you have to upgrade to the Ti4200. My PC should run it 2 ghz P4 512 DDR SDRAM 64 mb GeForce mx420 I cant begin to guess what kind of mobo i have. Question: I have an old 500 mhz celeron, 192 DIMM Ram, 16 mb Rage Card, 15gb hard drive, 4x/4x/24x CD-RW and 4x DVD What should I upgrade? I may get a 64mb geforce mx400 for $30. Any help is appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTAGuy Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 GAH these people (Ati andf Nvidia) need to slow down making video cards!!! I've only had my 9700 Pro for a few months and I feel as though it is already becoming outdated!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 GAH these people (Ati andf Nvidia) need to slow down making video cards!!! I've only had my 9700 Pro for a few months and I feel as though it is already becoming outdated!! I doubt you should rush to get a new one until it's atleast two generations old. I have gf3 now and I thought about updating now that the nvidia FX comes out. It has alway been hard to have the newest hardware under ur hood . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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