I think Rockstar really dropped the ball as far as minimum requirements go. This game is such a beast on CPU's. This game needs a lot of CPU power and an old Intel Pentium D or AMD X2 is not good enough to get a decent experience in GTA IV. I have an [email protected], 4GB RAM and an 8800GTX and I'm playing this game at 1600x1200 with high textures\rendering, Draw distance at 20 and everything else at half. The CPU usage is almost always at 90%+ usage.
Although I love GTA IV PC, it was released way before it was ready and doesn't respect the PC at all. In fact you could say it's downright disrespectful to the PC. I think people have a right to be upset but at a certain point all you can do is try to find solutions to your problems instead of whining on and on.
To me the bottom line is GTA IV was rushed to stores in time for Christmas , tied to InSecuROM, RGSC and GFWL. It's not a great port and the interface is very dumbed down. Limiting video settings is pretty stupid and forcing players to use command lines to get around them is ill advised. Maybe it was poorly optimized for the PC, I don't know I'm not a programmer but I can tell you this. No other PC game has ever had so many AI paths, sounds, textures and geometry to render all at once. To top it all off, to be able to roam around the entire outdoors part of the city without a single loading screen is undeniably amazing.
Love it or hate it.
Although I love GTA IV PC, it was released way before it was ready and doesn't respect the PC at all. In fact you could say it's downright disrespectful to the PC. I think people have a right to be upset but at a certain point all you can do is try to find solutions to your problems instead of whining on and on.
To me the bottom line is GTA IV was rushed to stores in time for Christmas , tied to InSecuROM, RGSC and GFWL. It's not a great port and the interface is very dumbed down. Limiting video settings is pretty stupid and forcing players to use command lines to get around them is ill advised. Maybe it was poorly optimized for the PC, I don't know I'm not a programmer but I can tell you this. No other PC game has ever had so many AI paths, sounds, textures and geometry to render all at once. To top it all off, to be able to roam around the entire outdoors part of the city without a single loading screen is undeniably amazing.
Love it or hate it.