mikeway2000

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Hi! I'm a relatively inexperienced gamer, and I would like some input on my system specs.

Currently I have
2.6 Ghz Dual core AMD Athlon
Radeon 3850
3Gb RAM

This has trouble running GTA IV. What would you consider to be the bottleneck in my system? I'm debating between upgrading to a Radeon 4870/4850 or a 3.1 Ghz Dual core CPU (as I'm told that quad core shouldn't significantly improve game performance).

Thank you in advance!
 

customisbetter

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GTA 4 is a HUGE letdown. The game will not run well on many machines for no reason. My rig below is quite capable and demolishes the system requirements, but i only get 25-35 FPS with all of the settings at their lowest. Wait until they come out with a patch for the game to make it playable.

Your rig is perfect i think. All of your parts are equal to each other.
 

kjohnson1

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Test it on some other games and see how it runs before you upgrade. But I will tell you that I have a Sapphire 4870 and an Athalon 64x2 3.0ghz and it runs anything I can throw at it.