Gta iv question

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pster - Jan 6, 2009 at 12:31 PM
xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 - Jan 6, 2009 at 04:09 PM
Hello,

i'm not well up on the latest systems, my pc is a few years old, can anybody please tell me if gta iv will work on my system. i got the game for christmas and so far its failing to run because (i assume) of my graphics card not being good enough. but before i buy a new card, i wanna see if the rest of my system ok!!??

i have:
windows xp service pack 3
intel(r) Pentium(r) 4 cpu 3.40 GHz
2 GB RAM
250 GB HD

my graphics card is only a nvidia geforce 6800,
any suggestions on an upgrade would be welcomed!!

thanks in advance for the help!!!!

pster
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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,824
Jan 6, 2009 at 01:15 PM
GTA 4 if VERY cpu bound. It needs a Core 2 Quad to run well but will on a faster Core 2 Duo

The PC version of GTA 4 has CPU power for breakfast - independent on clock speed, L2 cache or number of cores. The latter ones are very important, because without quad-core power GTA 4 is noticeably less enjoyable. For example: A Q6600 is about 52 percent faster than the dual-core E6600 when both CPUs are running at 2.4 GHz. If the clock speed is increased, the difference gets smaller, but is still huge and a QX6850 is 47 percent faster than an E6850. Dual-core processors have a serious disadvantage and only with 3.6 GHz an E8500 is able to beat the Q6600, but GTA 4 nevertheless suffers from frequent lags on dual-core systems - no matter if an AMD or Intel CPU is used. The Phenom X4 9950 easily passes the Q6600 and theoretically is on the same level as the Q6700 .
so does that mean, as well as a new graphics card i need a new processor too!?!?! i'm not well up on my processors at all
xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,824
Jan 6, 2009 at 04:09 PM
New CPU and a new motherboard and new memory.

download the Demo and test it one your computer

https://download.cnet.com/Grand-Theft-Auto-3Dfx-demo/3000-2099_4-10017646.html