A fair review of the game with solution for those who have performance issues.

User Rating: 9 | Grand Theft Auto IV PC
By brain20035 | Review Date:
I was really worried about the post I read in various forums about this game. Today, I finally got the game. After a hard time installing and waiting for my Windows LIVE system to update (33MB), I finally got to play the game. At first I was really puzzled. I have respectable rig. Geforce 8800GTX OC, Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 OC and 3 GB RAM. I'm using nVIDIA 180.84 beta drivers.(download from nZone)
After a lot of tinkering with the graphics setting I finally managed to get an average 30 fps and now I can even play the game with 40 fps average. what I did was simple. i put textures on high and the rendering to very high. shadow and vehicle density are full. draw distance, I put it to 22. the only change I noticed in visuals was really the higher performance! I mean it doesn't matter if you have a 50 draw distance or 22, the game still looks great.finally I put the distance detail on 45. I'm totally honest about what I'm saying and I got results. I still have problem with the quirky shadows but that's something that is supposed to be fixed with a patch.
Now about the game, IT...IS...AWESOME! It is just what I have been waiting for. It is SO real! the animations, dialogs, the way the cars drive, THE CITY, etc.
Don't hesitate to buy this game if you haven't played it yet. You won't regret it.

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