scratch42069 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 The retail version on Vista saves to username/AppData/Local/Rockstar Games. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/30/#findComment-590332606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted December 29, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 29, 2008 Yeah, It's yet another strange decision on Rockstar's behalf, store some files in the user's documents folders, store some other files in another folder. Users will want to get at their saved games more than benchmark logs. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/30/#findComment-590332636 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mieky242 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Yeah, It's yet another strange decision on Rockstar's behalf, store some files in the user's documents folders, store some other files in another folder.Users will want to get at their saved games more than benchmark logs. As I myself have done it successfully it is possible to transfer saved games. You need to make sure that once you have reinstalled the game you start a new game and save it once, then just replace that save game (doesnt work otherwise as it creates a folder with a seemingly random name made of numbers and letters to store your saved gam). Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/30/#findComment-590333050 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Well, got everything working okay and the performance figures are okay. Had some problems with the 4870X2 drivers but got them sorted. Bumped up the resolution to 1920x1200, changing Texture Resolution from Medium to High, ( Takes almost 400mb of video memory in that jump :| ) View Distance and all those sliders got a bump of 10 each and now have an average FPS of 37 ... which is the same as before. Actually, first Benchmark gave me 30 FPS, next was 35 and last was 37 so it must be doing something between the benchmarks? So a decent ( forced ) upgrade from an 8800 Ultra and from XP to Vista, though I really think Vista holds me from hitting the magic 40. CPU is definitely also bottlenecking me. Just gotta mess around with it some more! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/30/#findComment-590337324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealMySoda Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Doesnt the Steam version use Steam Cloud (or whatever its called) which saves your settings as well as the save games? Doubt it. The only game I've actually seen using that is Left4Dead. Gets me all excited when I see the 'update' icon in my tray at the bottom. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/30/#findComment-590338342 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowless911 Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 How can I change the settings of Graphics in this game ? It tells me that I have exceeded or near the suggested resource limits but when I searched on other forums I found people with the same and even lower systems than can change the settings like car density, shadow density and even the render quality. My system is in my sig. thanks :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/30/#findComment-590356908 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted January 4, 2009 Veteran Share Posted January 4, 2009 Go into the options menu, one of them's for graphics. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/30/#findComment-590359740 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperAFK Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I think you can copy and paste saves. I haven't tried it myself but from the little I read on it, it's possible. You can copy game saved as long as you use the same windows live account. You can't copy someone elses save, but if you copy your save and use the same live account when you play, from my understanding it should work. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/30/#findComment-590359748 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted January 4, 2009 Veteran Share Posted January 4, 2009 The protection Rockstar is using to stop people sharing saves (why rockstar?) has been broken, so you can move saves around, download new ones, etc.) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/30/#findComment-590359756 Share on other sites More sharing options...
s1k3sT Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 can anyone with an 8800gt/9800gt 512mb tell me what kinda fps your getting? i'm thinking of getting one cause my 8800gts w/ 320mb can't run the game at an acceptable framerate even at the LOWEST settings and resolution. the reason i mentioned the 9800gt is it would be a "free" upgrade. i know it would be about the same as my old card, just with more video ram. i think it's the video ram holding me back, but i want to be sure before i spend the money. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/30/#findComment-590362880 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowless911 Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 can anyone with an 8800gt/9800gt 512mb tell me what kinda fps your getting? i'm thinking of getting one cause my 8800gts w/ 320mb can't run the game at an acceptable framerate even at the LOWEST settings and resolution. the reason i mentioned the 9800gt is it would be a "free" upgrade. i know it would be about the same as my old card, just with more video ram. i think it's the video ram holding me back, but i want to be sure before i spend the money. How's that ? I have a 8600 GT and I'm running it at 1024 x 786, Medium Textures and High Render Quality and it runs just fine, I don't know the exact frame rate though. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/30/#findComment-590362946 Share on other sites More sharing options...
s1k3sT Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 How's that ?I have a 8600 GT and I'm running it at 1024 x 786, Medium Textures and High Render Quality and it runs just fine, I don't know the exact frame rate though. i cant get a constant 30fps. inside i'd get like 40-50, but outside i get 20-30 sometimes even dropping below 20 fps. and that's with ALL settings at minimum! what i'm asking is: it possible to get 30+fps with a 9800gt (using lower setting of course)? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/30/#findComment-590363110 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerino Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 boy am I glad I torrented this (not condoning piracy) before I wasted $50 on this for PC, it ran better than I thought it would, but with everything on low, it kinda took the luster out of it, and it was still barely playable. uninstalled, and 3 days wasted downloading 13.gb Ill stick to the console version thanks...... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/30/#findComment-590364164 Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealMySoda Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 i cant get a constant 30fps. inside i'd get like 40-50, but outside i get 20-30 sometimes even dropping below 20 fps. and that's with ALL settings at minimum!what i'm asking is: it possible to get 30+fps with a 9800gt (using lower setting of course)? Whats your CPU like? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/30/#findComment-590364500 Share on other sites More sharing options...
s1k3sT Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Whats your CPU like? e6300 1.87ghz core 2 duo Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/30/#findComment-590364650 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 e6300 1.87ghz core 2 duo Yeh, that's quite a low end processor these days. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/30/#findComment-590364700 Share on other sites More sharing options...
s1k3sT Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Yeh, that's quite a low end processor these days. so its causing my low fps? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/30/#findComment-590364738 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 so its causing my low fps? The game runs well on mid to high-end quad-core processors. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/30/#findComment-590364744 Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnsflipper Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 yeah, Im running it with an 8800 GT 512 on medium textures high quality render at a more than acceptable Fps, but then again I have an Intel Quad Core Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/30/#findComment-590364754 Share on other sites More sharing options...
danisflying527 Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 How would this game work on an intel core 2 quad Q9400 @ 3Ghz????? I also have ATI radeon 4870, I'm looking to pick this up but I don't know If I could play it on highest settings. Anybody have nearly same specs and can play it on high? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/30/#findComment-590364758 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot B. Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 How would this game work on an intel core 2 quad Q9400 @ 3Ghz?????I also have ATI radeon 4870, I'm looking to pick this up but I don't know If I could play it on highest settings. Anybody have nearly same specs and can play it on high? That system would be excellent. If the game runs slow, it certainly wouldn't be those specifications causing it... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/30/#findComment-590364764 Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealMySoda Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 so its causing my low fps? Most probably. The game is very CPU intensive. I think you'd be better off updating your CPU rather than the GPU. But whether it's worth it for just this game is up to you. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/30/#findComment-590364770 Share on other sites More sharing options...
s1k3sT Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 The game runs well on mid to high-end quad-core processors. i've been considering an upgrade to a q6600, but it will still cost me well over $100 even if i sell my e6300 guess i got no choice now, if i want to play gta iv that is... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/30/#findComment-590364774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
danisflying527 Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Q6600 isn't really that much anymore is it? But its so overclockable, People clock it to over 4GHz =) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/30/#findComment-590364780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samn9 Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I wouldn't upgrade just for this game, as there's no guarantee it'll work. It's just a bad port. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/30/#findComment-590364784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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