ZohanJohan
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After someone mentioned Crysis being a high requirement game I downloaded the demo and I haven't played with the settings much but on all low at 800x600 it runs flawlessly. I will see how high I can go with the settings, but right now I am a little happy.
Athlon XP 3000+
1024MB PC2700 RAM
MSI 6600GT AGP
I have a single core like yours but it's much better
Athlon 64 3500
2 GB dual PC3200 DDR ram
9600 GT KO
I have the free demo to try out myself later at my favorite 19 inch viewable resolution 1152x864. It'll fly on the lowest settings and I think it can take medium settings
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well than that settles it, you are just an ATI fan because thats what you use and praise. u never should have stated for that guy not to buy an NVIDIA card becuase they are junk. now he will think "oh, well this guy says they're junk so i'll buy an ATI." he will likely not buy an NVIDIA card just becuase of that, so he may not know what he is or isnt missing. that was a biased opinion. but anyway, i dont have the time nor will to argue about this, and im sure you dont either. i dont want to make bad with you, so lets just forget about this and get back to the topic.
so... seeing as GTA IV will actually be coded to utilize multiple cores, multiple cores will obviously have better performance at higher settings. but with the newer cards that have a CPU built on the card, it will help take a small load of the processor if it is a single core or low-end dual core (Pentium D, Celeron DC). i am going to agree with chris on this one, i believe that both will play an important role seeing how this game will have so much to process at a time. also i feel the game will be very RAM dependant, for the same reason.
What does higher settings mean though. my resolution is conservative compared to the average gamer but can i max the settings out? An 11x8 resolutio that will prob. turn 12x9 if i get a non widescreen 21 inch lcd. At the least i made a hell of a choice changing from 7950 GT to 9600 GT KO. TF2 and HL 2 kicked relative ass at max settings for a single core CPU
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What i want to know is if this game will be heavier on the GPU or the CPU. I only have a single core paired with a 9600 GT. For those that wonder i'm only at 1152x864 resolution so the playing at 25x or 19x resolution is a nonissue
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ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe BIOS 1010 mobo
Athlon 64 3500 2.38 GHz Performance Rated at 3.50 GHz
Vista
2 GB DDR dual channel ram
6800 GT PCI-EX 256 DDR3
DX10
2 120 GB hard drives
DVD+RW drive
That is my specs right now and it passes Crysis minimum requirements (PC requirements benchmark) so it should pass minimum for GTA4
There will be no changes to CPU, HD and memory, only get a DVD DL drive
As for the video card Right now i have a 7950 GT 512 DDR3 won at EBay for 55 dollars waiting for me so that'll be an upgrade. I wonder if it'll be enough, if not i don't know if i can get a 9600 due to being a 3.5 year old mobo and 3 year old BIOS
My GTA 4 upgrades all arrived today and this is what i'll go to war with in addition to the above
a new 450 watt PSU,
a DVD writer that can read dual layer
EVGA 9600 GT KO
I will play the game at 1152x864 resolution. I just played Team Fortress 2 now with everything maxed and it's terrific and GTA 4 ready.
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Not very smart to get a card before you know it'll fit your motherboard.
The card itself i know my mobo will take. The PSU should be enough but incase it's not, it's only 20 dollars
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Update
I ordered a DVD burner that can read DL discs which is what GTA 4 is
Along with that i ordered a 450W RAIDMAX power supply which has 21 on the 12v
I won an auction for a EVGA 9600 GT KO so i hope it works on my mobo and the power supply can take it. Its minimum is 400W on a 26 on the 12 volt line
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as long as the board is PCI-e x16 than the 9600GT should work for you. i too have an older ASUS board with a nearly 3 year old BIOS, the P4V800D-X to be exact. seems ASUS stops updating BIOSs for boards once they are a year or more old.
but i would say u can play the game on low to medium, may be jerky with that 7950 (not dissing it, it just prolly wont perform the best with IV). consider the BFG 9600GT, very good card. i have to say that any computer that can run Crysis on low at 15-30fps should pull of GTA IV on low. keep in mind Crysis was very poorly coded, and R* usually codes their PC games very well. for example, San Andreas ran fine for me on a Geforce2 GTS 64mb (1024x768, medium settings).
im sure it will be a big surprise to everyone when that game (IV) will run on systems with lower specs..
and where the hell are they with the Minimum reqs?! shouldnt be too much longer, my guess is sometime after the 1st.
I plan to run it on 11x8 because while my monitors native is 12x10, i was used to how 10x7 looked on my old monitor that when i changed it, i kept the orientation.
18 inch flat viewable 10x7
19 inch lcd 11x8
Like i said I passed the Crysis minimum requirements and the max ones for GTA 4 are less than Crysis
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ASUS A8N SLI Deluxe BIOS 1010 mobo
Athlon 64 3500 2.38 GHz Performance Rated at 3.50 GHz
Vista
2 GB DDR dual channel ram
6800 GT PCI-EX 256 DDR3
DX10
2 120 GB hard drives
DVD+RW drive
That is my specs right now and it passes Crysis minimum requirements (PC requirements benchmark) so it should pass minimum for GTA4
There will be no changes to CPU, HD and memory, only get a DVD DL drive
As for the video card Right now i have a 7950 GT 512 DDR3 won at EBay for 55 dollars waiting for me so that'll be an upgrade. I wonder if it'll be enough, if not i don't know if i can get a 9600 due to being a 3.5 year old mobo and 3 year old BIOS
Can my PC run GTA IV?
in GTA IV Discussion + Help
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Here's advice to Rogue on your Crysis testing. It's best you keep graphics settings low
I just went through a 45 minute Crysis demo run on my computer and the max graphics i got on 1152x864 is all Medium and no AA.
According to Fraps, the lowest FPS was 23 on my setup and the highest was 43. If you use the exact same settings i did on your computer, you'll struggle to break the 20's. 1152x864 on my setup on medium and no AA is the highest quality playable frame rate i got on Crysis.