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myLot reputation of 80/100. dani0157 (423) 2 years ago

Hello everyone,

I guess the Subject tells you what i am going to ask. Do you play GTA4 on the Computer or do you play GTA4 on the PlayStation3 or any other Video Game Console ?
If you play it on the computer does it run smooth ? Cause i cant get it to run smooth on my computer. Any Suggestions ?

 

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1. myLot reputation of 98/100. SomeCowgirl (14313)   2 years ago

We play it on the 360! Try running spyware detectors to get rid of spyware, clean your computer thoroughly and try again. It may also be that it needs too much resources, or a bigger graphics card if the graphics are bad.

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2. myLot reputation of 92/100. tonyllenium (4705)   2 years ago

i always played games not on a game console but on a pc so i found it not really far froma game console as well!!so even this famou title can be good if you play on pc as well!!In some cases it depends from your pc configuration as regards if game play should result good or not but normally if you have a ood graphic card and ram always come good..or maximum you can download latest direct x such as 10 and you should have not many problems!


myLot reputation of 80/100. dani0157 (423)  2 years ago

Hi,
I bought the original GTAIV and i am way above the recommended settings, but still it dont run smooth. I went googling for a solution, but i found out that many people have the same problem. They say that it is because of bad programming. So after that i bought the game for PS3, but since i was used to playing games only on my PC i found it uncomfortable to play GTA4 with a PS3 Controller so for a long time i didnt touch the game. ( You might ask why do you have a PS3 when you play your games on the computer ) My answer is - it was a presont.


myLot reputation of 92/100. tonyllenium (4705)  2 years ago

Ok understood!!so it is strange because i played this title on my pc and i had no problem in reality..i think probably it depends from you pc as well!!Anyway thanks for the best response here!!thumbup


yasmeen16 (56)  2 years ago

Its probably your VGA card no because of "bad programming"
The minimum graphic card required for it to run smoothly is a nvidia 9800Gt

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3. jormaXD (2)   2 years ago

I found it a bit better for PS3, but I think that I am going to get it for PC (yes I know I don't have it yet). I am still thinking about both possibilities...

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4. myLot reputation of 80/100. kooltiger (563)   2 years ago

buddy i like to play this game and downloading is in progress but i know i wont run that good because it needs a graphic card of at least 256mb dedicated video memory.. here is a site that tells u about the game's performance or compatibility of ur hardware with the game... this is really a nice website... www.yougamers.com
as far as ur question is concerned i like to play it pc because of mouse control..


myLot reputation of 80/100. dani0157 (423)  2 years ago

Yes i also like to play it on the PC, becasue of the mouse control. But currently i am playing it on the PS3.

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5. myLot reputation of 97/100. EnslinPorter (1318)   ranked 160 out of 174 in grand theft auto   2 years ago

I play GTA 4 on the computer because I don't have a PS3 (hopefully, soon lol). It runs all right on the computer. Since our computer is somehow above average midrange (if that makes any sens :P), we keep the display settings between low to medium so it could run smoothly. I like playing it on the computer because I can aim easily. However, I would love to try playing it on PS3 because I can't use our non-XBOX USB gaming controller. It sucks driving such cool cars with the directional keys doh

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6. myLot reputation of 84/100. frontvisions101 (9932)   2 years ago

I suggest you play it on ps3. You'll have more problems when you force it to run on a pc. Ps3's are more capable of running such games than a pc and i'm sure it'll run smoothly.

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