Is GTA4 on the PC the most broken game ever?

[crusoe74]

Well, most of the games forums have pages and pages of bile filled ranting about Rockstar's latest game but Tom's doesn't so I'm starting one!

Truly this game has FAIL written all over it; If you are one of the small minority that can get this game to run on your system with reasonable frame rates then good luck to you.

However if you are one of the large amount of people who either can't install it (like me), and get one of over 100 error messages, yes that's right - a hundred; or texture errors; or constant BSOD; or a slideshow at tiny resolutions with your Radeon 4870X2 or anything else then here's the place!

Hey, it won't resolve much but we might get a sense of shared catharsis, or at least a good laugh from the wittier remarks

Go on! You know you want to - it's all good!

 

[crusoe74]

Oh, and one other thing.

Don't expect a patch this side of christmas, it aint happening , otherwise it would have been put in the retail version.

And even if a patch is released, how are the people who can't even install it meant to apply it?

 

[purplerat]

Learn how to post a readable thread before you go on a rant about something else.

 

[crusoe74]

Learn how to post a readable thread before you go on a rant about something else.

I did thanks, it just appeared like that.

Interestingly the starter of the last thread had their message appear in the same format.

 

[SpinachEater]

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[M3d]

Since the game came out I've been all over the place reading forums and the trouble people are having. I think I consider myself one of the lucky ones. No weird things or missing textures, just low fps. I installed the ATI Catalyst 8.12 beta (8.561 RC3) drivers and I can tell they have made a difference in both IQ and higher fps. Maybe I hyped the game too much in my head but personally the graphics look horrible on my 512MB card. Since there is nothing I can do about the IQ I recently ordered an extra 4850 to up the fps.

 

[purplerat]

There is an edit feature.

 

[crusoe74]

There is an edit feature.

It wouldn't let me edit my post.

 

[MrSiko]

I am running an E8400 @ 3.6, 4 GB 800, 4870 512 on Vista Ultimate 64.

I have had no issues whatsoever, have 44 in the benchmark @ 1440 with High textures and Highest Render setting (use command line options to defeat the video and memory restrictions).

It plays beautifully, and looks gorgeous.

Felt I had to post as all the negative posters shout louder...

 

[purplerat]

It's not much of a shock that people who can't figure out a BBS can't get a game to run correctly.

 

[darthvaderkenneth]

I'm going to put off buying this game until they release a patch or something. I don't understand how Stalker Clear Sky got bad reviews because of glitches and game crashes while the ones with gta 4 were ignored.

 

[werxen]

I am running an E8400 @ 3.6, 4 GB 800, 4870 512 on Vista Ultimate 64.

I have had no issues whatsoever, have 44 in the benchmark @ 1440 with High textures and Highest Render setting (use command line options to defeat the video and memory restrictions).

It plays beautifully, and looks gorgeous.

Felt I had to post as all the negative posters shout louder...

good for you but you seem to be the 1/10 people that it works for and the 1/100 people that it works beautifully for.

 

[rennervision]

I'm really surprised by the broken ports Rockstar has released lately for the PC. Bully is also being heavily criticized for similar reasons. Where's the care and attention we saw with ports of GTAIII and Vice City? How do these broken games even pass testing?

As if PC gamers boycotting certain games due to DRM wasn't enough, these crappy ports sure aren't helping. This has really hurt Rockstar's reputation with its PC base.

 

[keither5150]

I have a E8400 @3.6 4870x2 and 4 gigs of ddr3 10666ram.
It installed, ran until I turned up the settings and then crashed, never to start up again. Until..... I read online that Net framework 3.5 fixes a few of the issues with GTA4. I did a clean install of the game after upgrading my NF. I currently run on High and High @1680x1050 on a 25.5 inch monitor. I hit 40 fps with their in game benchmark tool.

Using Fraps I average about 38 with a high of 55 and a low of 28FPS.

This game seems to be as hard on hardware as Crysis..... time to upgrade folks.

If you saw how good it looks on High, High, you will upgrade your hardware and overclock your CPU.

Google the errors you are getting and try some of the fixes.

Good luck.... I have to go and carjack a SUV.

 

[djcoolmasterx]

Try the 180.84 beta drivers

No, not 180.48 with the numbers the wrong way round.

 

[djcoolmasterx]

http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_gtaiv_downloads.html

Sorry for double post, can't edit my first one.

 

[darthvaderkenneth]

how come it does not look as good as crysis but twice as demanding? And if the requirements are so high y was it mentioned b4 release that u could play gta 4 at 2560x1600

 

[yetyhunter]

I am running an E8400 @ 3.6, 4 GB 800, 4870 512 on Vista Ultimate 64.

I have had no issues whatsoever, have 44 in the benchmark @ 1440 with High textures and Highest Render setting (use command line options to defeat the video and memory restrictions).

It plays beautifully, and looks gorgeous.

Felt I had to post as all the negative posters shout louder...

I have the same config as you execept for the video card. I have 2 8800 GTS 512 in SLI OC'ed .How do you think I will run it at 1280x1024?

 

[MrSiko]

I have the same config as you execept for the video card. I have 2 8800 GTS 512 in SLI OC'ed .How do you think I will run it at 1280x1024?

Well, SLI is broken at the moment, as far as I have heard, although the drivers above may well help.

Other than that, you will be fine. Even with only one card enabled, so long as you don't go crazy with the sliders you will have a great experience.

Plus, you GOTTA play this game. Lovin it

 

[ovaltineplease]

I've heard that it runs best with quad cores, but a very high clocked dual core (ie, the e8400 at 3.6ghz) should be able to handle it.

most things i've seen point that the cpu utilization is enormous compared to most games including Crysis.

 

[Faustinono]

I don't know about GTA4, but it would be hard to beat the amount of problems people have had with Fallout 3 - check Bethesda's F3 PC Issues forum.

Faustino

 

[psymanproductions]

seems to me like the game needs a fast cpu, i get an almost constant 22 fps at 1440x900 and the same at 800x600. looks like my athlon x2 is becoming outdated.

also looking at this graph says alot about how cpu bound the game is

 

[KingLoftusXII]

This has really hurt Rockstar's reputation with its PC base.

They waited roughly a half a year to release it for the PC after the consoles. Clearly PC users are quickly, and sadly, becoming an afterthought.

 

[yetyhunter]

Well, SLI is broken at the moment, as far as I have heard, although the drivers above may well help.

Other than that, you will be fine. Even with only one card enabled, so long as you don't go crazy with the sliders you will have a great experience.

Plus, you GOTTA play this game. Lovin it

I was looking around some forums and I found that I can force SLI in the control pannel by using AFR2.I don't know if it's true.It's worth a trie.

 

[bobwya]

It's not much of a shock that people who can't figure out a BBS can't get a game to run correctly.

THG's UK website is totally broken for your information. Not can does the full edit feature remain broken but the quick edit is broken as well now!! Also all the link inserting buttons are broken.

Please check you facts before you make an arse of yourself (as usual).

Bob