afusion Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 That's amazing. I'm putting the 4870X2 on my list of parts as well as a 1.5TB HDD. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/14/#findComment-590216816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+longgonebn Subscriber² Posted December 3, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted December 3, 2008 I will be buying it soon from Steam, did not know it was 14GB, holy crap. At 1MB/sec its going to be awhile. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/14/#findComment-590216900 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouldy Punk Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I will be buying it soon from Steam, did not know it was 14GB, holy crap. At 1MB/sec its going to be awhile. You'll be getting it quicker than I am at just 235kb/s :( Gonna take 18.5 hours apparently Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/14/#findComment-590216926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperAFK Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 WTF I started downloading and then left expecting it to be done when I got home, I came back and it said "download starting" and its only at 33% now.. damnit I was really hoping to play tonight. I am only getting 600 kbps too and I can usually pull 1 mbs off of steam. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/14/#findComment-590216958 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dysphoria Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 WTF I started downloading and then left expecting it to be done when I got home, I came back and it said "download starting" and its only at 33% now.. damnit I was really hoping to play tonight. I am only getting 600 kbps too and I can usually pull 1 mbs off of steam. I did the same and it happened to me too. I think it stops downloading when the screen goes off. Because it was downloading for 5 hours and it got to 45% and now when I got home I restarted steam and it continued downloading but now in one hour it got from 45% to 77%. Hopefully I'll try it out tonight. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/14/#findComment-590217002 Share on other sites More sharing options...
leph555 Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 OMG WTF why is this happening to me !!! :( Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/14/#findComment-590217218 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperAFK Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 LMAO ^ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/14/#findComment-590217258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
songy Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 But I think GTA IV is much better on Xbox 360 than PC Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/14/#findComment-590217284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Keep getting a FATAL ERROR!!!! :o MMA10 :/ Apparently not the only one; http://forums.gamesforwindows.com/t/538.aspx Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/14/#findComment-590217568 Share on other sites More sharing options...
afusion Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I guess this is what's holding the PC gaming market back. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/14/#findComment-590217576 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I guess this is what's holding the PC gaming market back. i gave up on PC gaming mostly because I was sick of games requiring higher and higher requirements and being utter crap on something that was older than 6months Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/14/#findComment-590217586 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartan Erik Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I read that GTA4 has SecuROM.. does the Steam release for GTA4 use SecuROM as well? I know FC2 had "third party DRM" listed on the Steam website, but there's nothing there for GTA4 SecuROM is just hurting legit users like me. Because of it I don't have any plans on buying Crysis Warhead, FC2, Bioshock (just to name a few) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/14/#findComment-590217588 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dysphoria Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Just finished downloading and I am about to start the game. Wish me luck.... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/14/#findComment-590217622 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Yes, steam version has SecuROM too. I found a way around my problem, just had to disconnect the Internet while playing, which also means no saving :rolleyes: Oh well, got to try the game and so far so good. Here's my benchmark stats; It just won't change Texture Quality for me, it's stuck at Medium :blink: Though the difference between the higher levels of Render Quality are negligible. "High" looks exactly the same as "Highest", so no point in suffering the FPS hit. Moving around the other sliders like Shadow, view distance etc. the changes aren't that big actually - A few extra pixels here and there but the game was pretty much made to look the same on most rigs with just a few bits and bobs removed on the lower settings. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/14/#findComment-590217652 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dysphoria Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 No I really hate R*....... GTA IV FATAL ERROR: MMA10 I found on google that the only way to play it is to logout our of Social Club, but then I can not save..... Aparently R* is having an issue with their online server... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/14/#findComment-590217692 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperAFK Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 you have to online to save? what the hell? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/14/#findComment-590217696 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 (edited) Yeah, does seem a bit weird. Oh another weird thing? Why would lowering the resolution cut make the game run slower?! See above results and compare 'em to these; That's a first for me :rofl: EDIT: Required a restart to get back on track, now I'm getting 40 FPS with the above settings - My sweet spot! Edited December 3, 2008 by Sethos Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/14/#findComment-590217744 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yusuf M. Veteran Posted December 3, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 3, 2008 Yikes, I hope I don't run into any issues. I'm already worried that my rig might not handle GTA IV at high settings. For what it's worth, here's what I have: Intel Core2Duo E6750 ASUS P5K 4GB DDR2-800 RAM ATI Radeon HD 4870 Acer 22" WS LCD monitor (1680x1050 native) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/14/#findComment-590217782 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Uh just noticed something neat which I believe wasn't in the console version: Dynamic shadows! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/14/#findComment-590217786 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 OMG WTF why is this happening to me !!! :( It's like in the movie Hollow Man..... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/14/#findComment-590217796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yusuf M. Veteran Posted December 3, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 3, 2008 Uh just noticed something neat which I believe wasn't in the console version: Dynamic shadows! Hot damn! That looks amazing. I can't wait to play online. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/14/#findComment-590217798 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeblogg Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Hot damn! That looks amazing. I can't wait to play online. yeah the graphics look pretty cool. i want to get that game. i have san an though which is really cool. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/14/#findComment-590217884 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dysphoria Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Yeah so Logged out of Social Club and I was able to play the game. I have to cut it short cause I have to go to work tomorrow morning, but so far it looks like a pretty nice game. Couple of notes, their Serbian is bad, and I cant understand why is his brother Roman listening to Russian songs in the car where they are both Serbian. Oh well I guess I am really nitpicking. I guess I'll need an SLI setup to play the game at 1080p but so far it runs at playable Frame rate so I wont complain. VRAM usage is at 427. I'll play some more tomorrow. Cheers yeah the graphics look pretty cool. i want to get that game. i have san an though which is really cool. Yeah Graphics look cool. With HDR and reflective surface enabled it's really nice. Hopefully they'll be able to smooth out some of the bugs with couple of patches. you have to online to save? what the hell? No you dont need online connection to save. Someone posted that on some of the forums I visited to resolve the bug, but they were not right. You need Social Club Login only to play online and I think to save videos..... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/14/#findComment-590217912 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yusuf M. Veteran Posted December 3, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 3, 2008 yeah the graphics look pretty cool. i want to get that game. i have san an though which is really cool. Indeed. GTA: San Andreas was fun on the PS2 and even more fun on the PC. I literally spent hours and hours playing that game. I just never got bored of it. Heck, I'd play it right now if I still had it. Hopefully, I'll soon say the same about GTA IV. Yeah so Logged out of Social Club and I was able to play the game. I have to cut it short cause I have to go to work tomorrow morning, but so far it looks like a pretty nice game. Couple of notes, their Serbian is bad, and I cant understand why is his brother Roman listening to Russian songs in the car where they are both Serbian. Oh well I guess I am really nitpicking. I guess I'll need an SLI setup to play the game at 1080p but so far it runs at playable Frame rate so I wont complain. VRAM usage is at 427. I'll play some more tomorrow. Cheers What a coincidence. GTA IV runs on Natural Motion's Euphoria animation engine. Hence your alias, hahaha. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/14/#findComment-590217924 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 No you dont need online connection to save. Someone posted that on some of the forums I visited to resolve the bug, but they were not right. You need Social Club Login only to play online and I think to save videos..... Not in the Steam version apparently, you need to be online there to save. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/690176-gta-iv-for-pc-official/page/14/#findComment-590217928 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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