Grand Theft Auto IV News

For:PC  Also On: Xbox 360, PS3 Release Date: 21 November 2008

GTA 4 PC patch detailed

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Includes graphical improvements and memory saving.

Grand Theft Auto IV screenshot

Rockstar has announced that it's working on a patch for the PC version of Grand Theft Auto 4 which it hopes to release very soon.

"We are working on making a patch available in the next few days. Since Grand Theft Auto IV is a Games For Windows - Live game the patch must be certified by Microsoft before release. The patch is already at Microsoft and we expect a speedy approval," explained a Rockstar forum poster a few days ago.

You'll find a full list of the fixes included in the game's first patch over on GTA Forums.

In related news a new graphics driver from Nvidia is available now and ATI gamers can expect Catalyst 8.12 on December 10, which promises significant GTA 4 performance improvements.

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fiffin

what aload of junk,ripped off.
Posted 09:53 on 09 January 2009
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Ady

I waited 6 months for this to come out on the PC and was so mad when it wouldn't work that I immediately bought an Xbox 360 + GTA4 and sold the PC version on eBay.

I have no regrets about that decision.
Posted 14:44 on 21 December 2008
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Henk

And why is GTA IV not supporting SLI dual video, why release the PC version when it is full of bugs.
After the update i got sound problems as a bonus too!
So now online play is also not possible without the update nice!

Please Rockstar fix the game soon!
Posted 20:21 on 14 December 2008
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thefongz

Glad to hear that you finally got it working Garcia... Except now that the patch is actually out it will all go haywire again. Screwed-up camera, Niko running around in circles, no voices... And it seems that you can't run the game without installing the patch neither. I certainly haven't figured out how to UNinstall it.

What an absolute travesty of a PC launch. The year's best game has been royally reamed by this port.
Posted 06:14 on 14 December 2008
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smito

gta4 problem
Posted 17:35 on 13 December 2008
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Garcia

actualy i bought the dam game its not a pirate version, and anyway after i downloaded the new nvidia driver 180... my game is running great, 56 fps at a high qualaty settings...im realy happy...no more bug and glitchs...

heres my benchmark of GTA IV

Statistics
Average FPS: 57.96
Duration: 37.25 sec
CPU Usage: 74%
System memory usage: 69%
Video memory usage: 97%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1680 x 1050 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: Medium
Render Quality: High
View Distance: 25
Detail Distance: 37

Hardware
Microsoft® Windows Vista" Home Premium
Service Pack 1
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2
Video Driver version: 180.84
Audio Adapter: Altifalantes (High Definition Audio Device)
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9450 @ 2.66GHz
4g of DDR II
Posted 16:26 on 13 December 2008
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a-k-t-w

I've got the games and had no problems whatsoever. Just have to keep the settings on low. The only probplem that is ticking me off is sometimes the game wont start and I have to restart my computer untill it decides to work. Still worth my $100! (Australian currency)
Posted 14:07 on 13 December 2008
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Ridickulous

They'd better fix this (#$(#$(&*#$
Posted 14:40 on 11 December 2008
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Huffles

Hey purple monkey, got the receipt right here, and the game runs like sh*t even when u drop the 50$ bucks on it.
Posted 07:57 on 11 December 2008
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purple_monkey

LoL @Garcia you have a pirated copy hopfully you didnt know about that if you google about these problems you will see it only happens to people that pirate anyways i bought the game and am quite happy with it i have it on near max settings and am getting about 21fps which is actually quite playable
Posted 06:00 on 10 December 2008
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Garcia

well im getting a frame rate of 46, on my p, the **** part his the freeking bugs like my screen goes bezerk and starts to swing like ur inside a ship in high sea its crazy it makes feel sike..lol, and when that happens if i enter a car the car starts to accelerate by himself...sereusly its insane....i hope this new patch will fix that dam bug
Posted 23:51 on 09 December 2008
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Gez

The game dosn't run as bad as people say it runs, i have had it for a week now and love it. I am sitting around 30fps and sometimes dip into 20's which is easily playable.

I have it running @ 1680x1050 medium texture and rendering on high.

my system is:
e7300 @3.5GHz
Powercolor 4850 Play @700/1000
4Gb Kingston HyperX twin @933MHz
Posted 22:28 on 09 December 2008
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mook

You are going to be disappointed to say the least man, sorry. Most people with state of the art rigs can't even get descent, stable performance.
Posted 22:17 on 09 December 2008
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Cookies

My copy of the game's arriving this week. Hopefully, The patch'll be out before then. I spent the entirety of yesterday preparing my computer for it, defragmenting, updating my drivers, scanning for registry errors... This better be worth it :P
Posted 13:04 on 09 December 2008
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x500

I hope... it's everything be allright
Posted 12:00 on 09 December 2008