Windows 7: Do you think GTA IV will run smoothly on my laptop?

paulpp · 17 Jan 2010

Hi I was wondering whether or not i should get GTA IV for my laptop and whether it would run smoothly

My system requirements are:

AMD athlon x2 dual core 2.1ghz
3GB RAM
windows 7 ultimate
ATI Radeon graphics

Any help is appricated,

Regards Paul

Coolness · 17 Jan 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by paulpp

Hi I was wondering whether or not i should get GTA IV for my laptop and whether it would run smoothly

My system requirements are:

AMD athlon x2 dual core 2.1ghz
3GB RAM
windows 7 ultimate
ATI Radeon graphics

Any help is appricated,

Regards Paul

You need to be more specific with the Graphics card, since that's usually the part that matters most. you can also try this: Can You Run It

paulpp · 17 Jan 2010

I dont know much about my graphics card

I ran the system requirements test,

The results:

on minimum it says pass for my cpu pass but when i click recommended it says upgrade suggested,

Everything else on minimum passes except for my operating system but i was wondering i might be able to run the game in capability mode or something along them lines.

This is the recommended tab:

Video Card
Recommended: 512MB NVIDIA 8600+ / 512MB ATI 3870+
You Have: ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics (0x9612)
Upgrade Suggested: Unfortunately, your Video Card does not meet this requirement. Click here to see some recommendations.
Features: Recommended attributes of your Video Card
Required You Have
Video RAM 512 MB 1.4 GB
3D Yes Yes
Hardware T&L Yes Yes
Pixel Shader version 3.0 4.0
Vertex Shader version 3.0 4.0

stormy13 · 17 Jan 2010

Will it run, yes. Will it run well, probably not and need to be run at low settings. Game isn't listed here,

Notebookcheck: ATI Radeon HD 3200

but there are a few shown so you should be able to get an idea.

Coolness · 17 Jan 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by paulpp

I dont know much about my graphics card

I ran the system requirements test,

The results:

on minimum it says pass for my cpu pass but when i click recommended it says upgrade suggested,

Everything else on minimum passes except for my operating system but i was wondering i might be able to run the game in capability mode or something along them lines.

This is the recommended tab:

Video Card
Recommended: 512MB NVIDIA 8600+ / 512MB ATI 3870+
You Have: ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics (0x9612)
Upgrade Suggested: Unfortunately, your Video Card does not meet this requirement. Click here to see some recommendations.
Features: Recommended attributes of your Video Card
Required You Have
Video RAM 512 MB 1.4 GB
3D Yes Yes
Hardware T&L Yes Yes
Pixel Shader version 3.0 4.0
Vertex Shader version 3.0 4.0

With minimum graphics settings, maby. Defenately not a high-end gaming card.

eggyuk · 17 Jan 2010

I would say that if it does run it will at settings that make it painful to play. It doesn't exactly fly on my system!

swntoo · 17 Jan 2010

I feel when playing Gta IV On highest setting that the graphics are a bit rough tbh.

valtonray · 17 Jan 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by paulpp

Hi I was wondering whether or not i should get GTA IV for my laptop and whether it would run smoothly

My system requirements are:

AMD athlon x2 dual core 2.1ghz
3GB RAM
windows 7 ultimate
ATI Radeon graphics

Any help is appricated,

Regards Paul

based on the processor and ram i'd say you have a budget model laptop. i doubt your going to get GTA 4 or for that matter most games made within at least the last 2 years to run smoothly. with your full system specs i could give you a more definitive answer and probably even suggest some great games you could play.

valtonray · 17 Jan 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by Coolness

Quote: Originally Posted by paulpp

I dont know much about my graphics card

I ran the system requirements test,

The results:

on minimum it says pass for my cpu pass but when i click recommended it says upgrade suggested,

Everything else on minimum passes except for my operating system but i was wondering i might be able to run the game in capability mode or something along them lines.

This is the recommended tab:

Video Card
Recommended: 512MB NVIDIA 8600+ / 512MB ATI 3870+
You Have: ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics (0x9612)
Upgrade Suggested: Unfortunately, your Video Card does not meet this requirement. Click here to see some recommendations.
Features: Recommended attributes of your Video Card
Required You Have
Video RAM 512 MB 1.4 GB
3D Yes Yes
Hardware T&L Yes Yes
Pixel Shader version 3.0 4.0
Vertex Shader version 3.0 4.0

With minimum graphics settings, maby. Defenately not a high-end gaming card.

canirunit.com will often say you can't play a game that may still be possible if you don't mind using low settings and are willing to do some tweaking. this isn't always the case, but sometimes there is hope, you will have to check out the mod communities for games and search around, they can usually help you get it running if it's going to be possible.

Coolness · 18 Jan 2010

Yeah, but i didnt say that because of the can you run it, but cause of the specs.

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