Hi, I just want to double check that my system spec is more than sufficient for the upcoming GTA4 on the PC. been waiting for this game to come on the PC for a while and i plan to run at max settings. Have taken a look at the system specs but wanted to make triple sure. have windows xp sp3, 4 gb ram, quad core q6600 @ 2.4ghz, nvidia 8800GTX graphics card thanks

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle... http://kotaku.com/5071543/gta-iv-pc... "If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions" - Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) in Pulp Fiction

This guy says that, even with many of the game settings lowered, he experienced several "nasty drops" on a system with a "dual-core 2.4GHz, 2GB RAM, [and] 640MB GeForce 8800". But, he doesn't mention which dual core he has, and I'm guessing that his paltry 2GB of RAM is to blame for at least a few of the "nasty drops" in performance. Sounds like another lousy port. Homebuilt 1080p Projector: 1080p Samsung LCD PixelWorks HDMI board Lumenlab 120v Pro Mega-Kit Homebuilt enclosure 120" 16:9 screen Blu-Ray equipped HTPC Recently viewed: Wall-E

I was a beta tester for the game...its specs listed are minimum, you want a bi higher. It will run smoother on xp sp2 (instead of sp3). Also the game runs best on 32 bit os not 64. Even though the 64 will emulate it runs much better in the 32 bit environment. Intel DP35DPM Socket 775 Motherboard Intel Quad Core Kentsfield 2.4Ghz Q6600 CPU Ultra 4096MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz Dual Channel 2X1024

I should receive my copy later on today, im hoping my specs are sufice to play it as Crysis seems to perform well on my machine, so im hoping gta 4 will do (fingers crossed) looks lk awesome game, long overdue

"It will run smoother on xp sp2 (instead of sp3)." I highly doubt that. Edit: Looks like SP3 is required to run the game. "Even though the 64 will emulate it runs much better in the 32 bit environment." Windows x64 does not run 32-bit apps under emulation. If it did, games like GTA IV would be completely unplayable--maybe a frame per second. The CPU simply switches into 32-bit mode to run the game, so there's no performance hit. That's the beauty of x86-64. Homebuilt 1080p Projector: 1080p Samsung LCD PixelWorks HDMI board Lumenlab 120v Pro Mega-Kit Homebuilt enclosure 120" 16:9 screen Blu-Ray equipped HTPC Recently viewed: Wall-E