Grand Theft Auto IV PC - On a Pentium 4 3.0 HT

[roberto_minosa]

I've been playing GTAIV for almost a week on my PC with an old processor and a couple of new stuff. Here's my setup:

Processor: Pentium 4 3GHz HT, 1MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB
Motherboard: Asus P5GC-MX/1333
RAM: 3GB DDR2-667
Graphics Card: Inno3D GeForce 8500GT 512MB DDR2 RAM
HDD: Maxtor 250GB SATA3

A pretty cheap setup. The benchmark reported around 15FPS with minimum settings, which is ok for a Pentium 4 with an 8500GT. I don't care much about resolution and details, I just wanna play! Maybe a processor upgrade will boost performance.

In this setup, I just upgraded my motherboard from my Inno3D SLN73VM that got its BIOS corrupted. I couldn't flash it. No performance increase on jumping to the Asus with pretty much the same specs! But I did upgrade my graphics from the old 6600LE 128MB. GTAIV also ran on my old setup, but it looked more like a slideshow than a game.

[aga_cruz]

di kaya ng pc ko yan kaya bumili ako ng ps3 para dun laruin

[rion]

your procie is still good. I have a pentium IV 3.2ghz ht 800fsb that could still compete with my 2.5ghz dual core.

it's you video card that needs an upgrade. go for 9600gt and you will be almost 3 times better than a 9500gt.

[roberto_minosa]

Haha, I'm still not eyeing a new VC yet...mine's under a week old. I'm ok with the laggy performance of the 8500GT. Maybe I'll get a 9600GSO when I hit the bigtime.

[rion]

don't get, the GSO. at kung puwede, get the 9800GT.

It's around 4,800 brand new.

[roberto_minosa]

Killer stats!!! Thanks man.