Yea I agree THEfog. But yea the OP was pretty much answered, GTA 4 probably won't play tooo well on a single core CPU, unless its like 3.0Ghz and backed by a strong GFX card.
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 5:04 PM, THEfog . <[email protected]> wrote: > Ummm dude, we aren't trying to condone that all high end pc owners are rich > folk that do nothing but brag, I have a high end gaming rig which I > researched and built to my exact wants but I don't brag about it around > here, now you may or may not have meant it but that post about how 60FPS is > the only way to play did sound demeaning and imposing over people here who > may be either less fortunate financially or simply do not have the time to > aquire these high powered PC's. Now 9xxssf is open to everyone and we > welcome every new member like a brother but when people come into the group > and more or less just put it out there how good their systems are and how > much everyone else's system pales in comparison then even you can see how > this could piss people o...@everyone Now let's just put this behind us and > move on, the last thing we need is a flame war in this community. > > THEfog > > On 20/07/2010 6:50 AM, "Cef" <[email protected]> wrote: > > @tribaljet > > Sure I come here to brag only, I've been bragging and ranting in this > community for about 2 years, I bragged like hell about how my 915g > onboard graphics could run F.E.A.R. in mid settings. Heck, I even made > a bragging compatibility list of the games my 915g could run back in > the day. > > Come on, seriously, 30 FPS solid, no variation in a buggy game, using > the minimum recommended specs in old drivers and no updates? If the > maximum FPS you get is 30 you'd most likely fall into 15 FPS whenever > more than two cars are being rendered, then it's not choppy it's slide > show. Also you don't need a monster screen to see the difference > between crappy PS3 blurry textures, which is what GTA IV looks in mid- > low, and decent looking PC graphics, just check some screenshots and > compare. > > Let's skip the phallic talk, I don't say size matters in all games, > but GTA IV sucks VRAM like a damn leech, so the less VRAM you have the > less performance range you have to prevent FPS loss and the narrower > your margin is to rise the settings beyond low. > > Speaking of forums you'd probably like to google GTA IV low FPS, and > see hundreds of posts on how the game is slow and choppy on mid-high > end machines, so all of those folks, like me, like to brag recklessly > about their machines or are just proof that this particular game needs > more hardware to run properly than the so-called megapixel 2010 games > you say low end rigs are supposed to play spectacularly nice? What > about youtube also? Rigs like the one you mention or even better > barely reach 25 fps on GTA IV, there's this video: > http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=c2_1uFIHk6A&feature=related Now that's > smooth and good looking! > > Shadows won't kill games, F.E.A.R. 2 takes advantage of shadowing and > even Ambient Occlusion with no loss of performance whatsoever. And > yeah it's awful to see how three year old laptop owners actually brag > about improbable stuff and their incredible PC tuning skills, mocking > an honest opinion, and claiming that "rich folks" don't know how to > keep a PC running, that really makes me boo hoo. > > In the end we'll keep on arguing about mine's best and yours suck, so > let's get things straight, old PCs have potential, I know it because I > have a couple of them and I've seen how a Pentium D @2.8, 2GB DDR RAM > and a 8400 GS can lift DMC IV to 30 fps on mid-settings, but saying > that they can run new games better than newer and more powerful PCs > it's ridiculous. If you can juice your PC and get the most of > performance then it's great, that's what this group is about, but just > don't exaggerate and use your "experience" to try to mock and demean > others. > > .C. > > -- > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > > -- > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > -- Acer TravelMate 2480 GFX: GMA950 CPU: Intel Celeron M 420 @ 1.6Ghz RAM: 2GB DDR2 333Mhz HDD: Samsung 120GB 5400RPM SATA -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
