ZohanJohan Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 () PASS No, you'll need to upgrade that. Get the card i have right now and GTA 4 will run well for you UG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterGarbage Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 link to it plx? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZohanJohan Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 link to it plx? I'll do 1 better, a review of it. When they compared it to the 7900, i was convinced it was the right card to swap my old 6800 GT with http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/EVGA/GeForce_9600_GT_SSC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterGarbage Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 hmmm 180. i could get a betterone for 100 and run it on high... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZohanJohan Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 hmmm 180. i could get a betterone for 100 and run it on high... That price was 9 months ago. I bought my card for $82 3 weeks ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZohanJohan Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 hmmm 180. i could get a betterone for 100 and run it on high... That price was 9 months ago. I bought my card for $82 3 weeks ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterGarbage Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 il lcheck it out nexxt time i head to china town. price are always cheap on tech there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosbuster Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Silly question incoming : It says you need windows xp service pack 3. Does that mean that it doesn't work on sp2 or just that it isn't tested on it? Personaly I am not aware of any major differences between sp2 and sp3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris82 Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Yes a fair bit of code is changed in SP3 and SP3 is generally a lot better than SP2, so if you don't have it but still want to use XP, you should get it. I'd imagine that it means it's required but just like single-core processors, I can't guarantee it won't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZohanJohan Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 Developments involving my brothers means i will get a barebone next month. The only thing now is if it'll be on the 4th-5th or the 11th-12th. Either way this means the 9600 GT i currently have now will be paired properly with a dual core CPU for this game as my mobo for the proposed barebone can't go tri or quad core. And since AMD home computers is all i've known, i'm going X2 baby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
master928 Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 (edited) www.canyourunit.com go there and select GTA IV Edited November 8, 2008 by master928 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wezqu Posted November 8, 2008 Share Posted November 8, 2008 Heh they are really nice to say that my CPU speed doesn't meet the recomended when I have the recomended "CPU AMD Phenom X3 2.1GHz". They have put the quad core prosessors speed as the recomended shouldn't it be the triple cores speed as its the lower than the quad core and both are recomended CPU's. What idiots and its not a suprise that my graphic card is not up with the recomended but still wins the minimum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM™ Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Well, quad core and tri-cores are similar, only by a bit. But I have no experience on Tri-Core processors, only single core and quad core processors. Plus, Quad Core processors could possibly make a huge difference when it comes to actually playing the game on recommended. This game has also got a Dynamic Motion Synthesis program as well. I guess the AI is smart, so you'll definitely need a good processor in order to experience a better AI and from what I heard, the graphics are much better on the PC version, so I guess you'll need a good graphics card either way if you also want to experience the visuals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wezqu Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Well, quad core and tri-cores are similar, only by a bit. But I have no experience on Tri-Core processors, only single core and quad core processors. Plus, Quad Core processors could possibly make a huge difference when it comes to actually playing the game on recommended. This game has also got a Dynamic Motion Synthesis program as well. I guess the AI is smart, so you'll definitely need a good processor in order to experience a better AI and from what I heard, the graphics are much better on the PC version, so I guess you'll need a good graphics card either way if you also want to experience the visuals. You miss the point the site is about testing your system if its good to run a game. If the game has two different CPU's as recomended of course the CPU that has the slowest speed should be the recomended speed for the CPU not the higher one when them both are recomended CPU's. So in reality my CPU is recomended but that site says that it has not the speed even when the speed is from the recomended CPU but not the higher one. Recomended doesn't mean the highest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON 3993 Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I just want to ask that both NVIDIA 8600 and ATI 3870 are recomended or just one of them can do the work. urgent reply please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRX22B1998 Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 if you are in the market for a new video card, a 9600GT is a good budget sorta card (i think its like $120AU here, dunno bout wherever you are). radeon 4850 is about $220 here, that's prob the best value at the moment...i wouldnt go any lower than a 9600, cos you would probably have trouble with it (prob have to run in lowest quality etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortbus Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 (edited) I just want to ask that both NVIDIA 8600 and ATI 3870 are recomended or just one of them can do the work. urgent reply please. That means those cards, and anything above those cards, will work fine. Is it worth it springing the extra 30 dollars for an extra 512 MB? I would think it is. 512: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814125238 1GB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814125236 Edited November 15, 2008 by Shortbus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZohanJohan Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 My proposed barebone update. As you already know i will move these components to a new barebone so i can run GTA 4 as best as i can without a quad core RAIDMAX RX-450K 450W ATX12V Power Supply LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black IDE GH22LP20 eVGA GeForce 9600GT KO 512MB PCI Express 2.0 x16 Maxtor IDE 6Y120PO master hard drive Maxtor IDE 4R120LO slave hard drive I will add those to this barebone # DYNAPOWER TITAN-C2914 case # ASUS M2N-SLI mobo (with 2 IDE ports) # ATHLON X2 5400 2.8G - BRISBANE (65W) # CRUCIAL 2GB DDR2 800 ram (1 stick) I already spent 135+ dollars on the new psu, new card and the dvd-dl in October. Once i add the barebone next month, the computer GTA4tification will cost me roughly 400 bucks in 2 months. (roughly 450 when i buy the game). In the end it won't be a quad core, but for that amount GTA 4 will run fine on it and my current PC game Warhead will be great on a mainstream-gamer mix as opposed to minimum-mainstream mix on my current setup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortbus Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 Quadcore not required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
master928 Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 And i think...Or quad is special for Euphoria engine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xoonky Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 My Ram and Processor are great, but im having doubts over my graphics card on my laptop... Here is the GC info: Card name: Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family Manufacturer: Intel Corporation Chip type: Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family DAC type: Internal Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A02&SUBSYS_01F91028&REV_0C Display Memory: 384.0 MB Current Mode: 1280 x 800 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200 Driver Name: igxprd32.dll Driver Version: 6.14.0010.4831 (English) DDI Version: 9 (or higher) Driver Attributes: Final Retail Driver Date/Size: 5/16/2007 18:14:40, 57344 bytes WHQL Logo'd: Yes WHQL Date Stamp: n/a VDD: n/a Mini VDD: igxpmp32.sys Mini VDD Date: 5/16/2007 18:14:58, 5707744 bytes Device Identifier: {D7B78E66-6942-11CF-4761-F321ADC2CB35} Vendor ID: 0x8086 Device ID: 0x2A02 SubSys ID: 0x01F91028 Revision ID: 0x000C Revision ID: 0x000C Video Accel: Deinterlace Caps: n/a Registry: OK DDraw Status: Enabled D3D Status: Enabled AGP Status: Not Available DDraw Test Result: Not run D3D7 Test Result: Not run D3D8 Test Result: Not run D3D9 Test Result: Not run Will it have any chance of working? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustADummy Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 And i think...Or quad is special for Euphoria engine? I think I've heard that GTA IV PC is not Euphoria... Umm.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
master928 Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 On PC be Euphoria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris82 Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 My Ram and Processor are great, but im having doubts over my graphics card on my laptop...Here is the GC info: Card name: Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family Will it have any chance of working? Thanks Sorry no. Also GTA IV's engine is RAGE but the physics and animations are done by Euphoria, and this is true on all three versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davesta Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 (edited) Hi, these are my system specs: AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor 3800+ 2GHz NVIDIA GeForce 7900GT 2GB RAM Windows Vista 32 SP1 Currently I am able to play most games on high settings, but seeing as my system barely meets the minimum requirements I was wondering how I could make the biggest difference to my PC for the lowest price. I'm looking to spend no more than around £50-£60 (about $100 - $120 I think?) as money is a little tight for us at the moment. I'm already planning on buying another GB of RAM. My monitor's native resolution is 1600x1200 and I would like to play at this resolution if possible, even on low settings, but if necessary I wouldn't mind playing at 1280x1024. Any help would be appreciated as I know you guys probably know way more about gaming hardware than myself. Edited November 17, 2008 by Davesta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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