Author Topic: GTA3 on PC woes... (Read 467 times)

texace · « **on:** May 22, 2002, 09:06:38 PM »

Well...went out and bought this game today, hoping I'd finally get a chance to play my favorite game of all time, get home and install it, fire it up, and...

IT CHUGS TO ALL HELL!!!

My machine is an AMD Athlon 1GHz, with 256 RAM and an nVidia TNT2 32MB video card, and the game still chugs. I reinstalled Dx8.1 twice...ran defrag, reinstalled the game twice, and still no improvement, even with minimal draw distance and 640 mode...

Is there anything I can do?

Russian · « **Reply #1 on:** May 22, 2002, 09:22:19 PM »

I was about to buy it, tell me more ...review, anything

texace · « **Reply #2 on:** May 22, 2002, 10:12:45 PM »

Well...it's a great game, but I need a fix to fix this damn stuttering...it's like the damn thing's running on a 450MHz...

Staga · « **Reply #3 on:** May 22, 2002, 10:24:20 PM »

TNT 2 is quite old vid-card.

SKurj · « **Reply #4 on:** May 22, 2002, 10:35:35 PM »

tnt2 was good on a 450mhz... you are 3 generations behind with that card...

SKurj

-aper- · « **Reply #5 on:** May 22, 2002, 10:36:25 PM »

Texace

You'd better try to remove all Microsoft Office programms from Startup group (like findfast etc) and try to hide internet connection monitor from task tray. Disable anti-virus monitors as well as other programms in memory that could slow down your computer.
Sometime it helps.

Russian · « **Reply #6 on:** May 22, 2002, 10:46:23 PM »

So how would you think this system will ran

WinXp
256Ram Pc2700
Xp2000+
Gf4 4400
SBLive 5.1

(Showing off my system)

texace · « **Reply #7 on:** May 22, 2002, 10:48:21 PM »

Just fine, Russian...better than mine.

I was hoping that I'd get out without buying a new card...guess not...DAMN!

Animal · « **Reply #8 on:** May 23, 2002, 02:41:24 AM »

well guessing its playstation port (wich means it was made for the ps2 and the pc version is emulated), and the ps2 has a better video card than a tnt2... you are lucky it runs at all

Maniac · « **Reply #9 on:** May 23, 2002, 02:44:11 AM »

I got an 1.7 Mhz comp with an TNT2 in it... i Will try the game when i get home and let u know how it runs...

Regards.

MrRiplEy[H] · « **Reply #10 on:** May 23, 2002, 04:07:26 AM »

No computer as of this date that has over 800Mhz of cpu power should have a TNT2 display card if it's used for gaming.

It's exactly like putting a yugo carburetor to a 1500 horsepower chevy big block and then wondering why you can't do that 1/4 mile as fast as the others.

texace · « **Reply #11 on:** May 23, 2002, 01:54:26 PM »

Look, I know that...I was going off what the box recommended.

I know the TNT2 is out of date...but I can't afford to buy a new one...unless some of you have a spare GeForce 2 lying aorund I could buy...I'm SOL...

Chaos68 · « **Reply #12 on:** May 23, 2002, 04:03:08 PM »

call me dumb but is GTA3 out for the PC now?

ive lived in a cave for the past month..

Chaos68 · « **Reply #13 on:** May 23, 2002, 04:11:15 PM »

i went to IGN.com and found this..

"..But alas, as good as the game is, it's not without its flaws; however, these blemishes are few and far between. About the only drawbacks to the game are the lack of any multiplayer modes and some performance issues. While the minimum specs for the game are a 450MHz machine with a 16MB video card and the recommended specs are a 700MHz processor with a 32MB card, I would suggest running on at least a 800MHz machine with aforementioned 32MB card. Even though the game is scalable, you will most likely run into some stuttering and choppiness, which is most apparent when you hi-jack a car and the radio station music has to load up. I played on systems ranging from an 800MHz to 1.6GHz, and even on the 1.6GHz I experienced some choppiness at resolutions higher than 1024x768. I also ran into a problem running the game on Windows XP with a GeForce3, but a fix is outlined in the readme file.
......"

i will be buying this game when i get the money!

the best part is when you need health and you have to have sex with a hooker, then beat her up and get your money back! ROFL!

that is frickin funny!

"fack those ho's!"

AKSWulfe · « **Reply #14 on:** May 24, 2002, 10:15:46 AM »

I dunno Tex.. it might just be your system...

I got GTA3 to work at my work... on an ATI Rage 128 Ultra 32mb video card.

Is the TNT2 really that much worse?

It shouldn't be.. it ran real nice here on a Dell Optilplex GX240...

So I dunno.
-SW