@@EmuTest-2024 I had a laptop that could start GTA IV, but because of the lack of vram only Niko and the pedestrian were visible. The entire world couldn't load haha 😅🥴
SO TRUE Commercial PCs weren't made for gaming in mind back at the time, understandably so... So if you had a computer that could run *hefty* games, everyone would idolize you, cuz the best they could run was Tetris or Retro Ping pong games or so... There wasn't even that many heavy games...
Some companies still sell physical videogames, problem is that sometimes is just the box and inside a piece of paper with the download code, or in the case of Bethesda is a cardboard disc with the download code
Most games these days require Steam or some other online service (like Social Club in the case of GTAV) to install updates and play the game, even if you get an actual DVD and not just a serial key in the DVD case. Like I have an original copy of GTA San Andreas on DVD and can easily play without any online bullshit. I just prefer to apply a no-dvd crack so I don't have to have the disc making noise as it's spinning while playing.
Problem with physical copies of games today is that our attention span has been reduced, therefore the efforts of swapping games in/out of a console....efforts of neatly storing our physical copies...and efforts of not losing our physical copies would all be above the ability to most of society today.
@@xpforevergaming8609 thoughts on gta 4 running decent for me : cpu Intel Core i5-13400F, Gpu NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060? Not really a pc gamer so not sure what graphics setting I should use for it run smooth & look decent at the same time. Please answer
I've completed GTA IV on XP. Had to do one tweak in regedit to change system thinking from Service Pack 2 to Service Pack 3 and that was all. This was beautiful to see.
@@iamboredascrap123I was getting around 20-25fps on Intel Dual Core (can't remember which one) 2.4GHz, 4GB DDR2, HDD and nVidia GeForce 9600GT 512mb 256bit back in 2009.
@@RaihanSarker82 I don't remember exactly if it was 64 bit. I was 13 at the time. But I believe it was 64 bit because back then there was a word of a difference between 32 and 64 bit systems and that some games needs 64 bit to run how they should.
The game's system requirements were lower but it still performed poor on most of the pcs because rockstar knew it was not optimized but still they releassd it. The simple solution is to create a commandline.txt according to your need and paste in the game folder And change some windows settings
i remember when i would beat this game few times playing on a laptop, lowest settings possible, 800x600, 15 fps (25 fps when i looked down to the ground) nowadays people cry when they have 110 fps instead of 120 at 4k
@@ghxztpxppglv33 man my pc runs valorant on 100 fps and rocket league and runs gta 5 vc san . It runs need for speed payback on 1080 p which has 10x better graphics on 60 fps gta is shit laggs too much on windows 10
у меня лицензионные 2 диска оригинальной игры без дополнений, купленные еще в далеком 2009 году. спустя 11-12 лет я зарегистрировал свою копию на сайте rockstar и через программу rockstar launcher мне подарили два дополнения. это так мило со стороны компании) спасибо Rockstar!
Та же история. У меня DVD лицухи GTA4 (американский релиз) и Episodes From Liberty City (русский от 1С). В Rockstar Game Launcher активировал cd-ключ от Эпизодов 1С - в библиотеке появилась GTA 4 Complete Edition. Вот только досада - из-за истекшего срока лицензии на треки, в 2018-м из игр были удалены хренова куча треков. Так что все равно играю с диска с полным саундтреком) И даже сервера Games for Windwos Live с достижениями все еще работают.
I didn't know GTA IV was thing until i found it in Google and TH-cam In my country only gta game we grew up playing early 2000s were Vice City and San Andreas and only few OGs like me played gta3 Most of our PC back then weren't able to handle this game at launch and it didn't gained much popularity until years later
The horrible optimisation on PC didn't help either. I remember building a midrange gaming PC back in 2014. GTA IV was one of the first games I installed and even though the hardware was much better than anything you could get in 2008 (when GTA IV was released on PC), the fps still dropped to 20 randomly.
just recently played thru GTA4 on my modern spec PC and i not only had to get patches to have the game run better but i also had to underclock my CPU because it was running too hot on all high settings lmao what a game
On the other side of the box it actually says designed for Windows Vista, the 2009 release + episodes from liberty city have designed for windows 7 logo + no windows games live logo.
At that time 20 fps was like heaven. A long ago I played GTA IV with 15-25 fps and I was the happiest person in the world, just about that fact that my PC can run a game with such good graphics
I actually remember when my dad and uncle changes our pc from a gaming one to an office one. I installed GTA vice City and it didn't run. I somehow got instantly raged and broke the cpu by rageous kicks . From that onwards whenever I see these underperforming pcs all want to do is 'kick it '.
If you think about it, windows xp is only like 23 years old, but most average computers with it are only like 19 years old, assuming your grandma is about 75 years old, this pc is only about 25% as old as your grandma, not even half as old, so you are completely wrong, while i do know this is a joke, it is very unfunny and thats why i made this comment just to make you read all this trol
I remember the first time I got it back in the day, it took a whole friggin day to install this on my ultra slow PC, and the loading screen was taking 5 minutes just to play the game with 15 fps.
definitely make sure to have a BUNCH of tweaks to make it runs smooth but idk if win XP ever had the option to enforce High priority and all cores allowed like in Win 10/11 (idk if Windows 8 has it in task manager)
don't listen to user whatever, Windows 7 doesn't have much bloat to begin with, thing is the OS (windows) you use doesn't really matter on performance, it is the specs that matter like the cpu gpu and ram, thinking fps depends on os's is like saying black isn't the opposite of white, yes ofc fps does matter on os's but it's just a little bit, not really a big difference to call it a difference especially between something like xp and 7
@@archux_ I was just saying that bloatware and malware might form up if the OS isn't maintained for a while, while their isn't much difference in performance on operating systems like xp and 7. Their still might be some hardware compatibility issue on modern OS on extremely vintage systems which are still used to the date by minority of users.
I wonder how it will run on my fully maxed out 2009 desktop replacement (Overclocked 3.1ghz 1st gen i5, 16gb ram, 500gb ssd, dual-booted windows 7/10, and a 800x600 monitor for maximum performance) If my 2009 monster can run CSS at 200 fps, it could probably do 20 on GTA 4
when I got this game i used to run it in a pc that was so bad not only did i have to do a bunch of tweaks but i also had to run the game at like 200p so i used to play with the magnifying glass on
I had that exact same physical copy until I realized the computer I had at the time couldn't run the game even a little bit and then I gave up and lost it at some point.
Lol I remember playing it in an internet cafe or computer shop renting a computer for a certain fee an hour… everytime after few minutes there is this weird drunk camera shake and found out it was pirated 😂😂😂😂 I always dream to play it due to more advanced graphics and physics.. an upgrade from GTA SA where I was first introduced from GTA or Rockstar back in 2012. 😊 the memories 😊
And an Xbox 360 would run this with 512MB of Ram with an unlocked frame rate that goes just above 30FPS. Note that the 512MB of Ram is shared between the CPU and GPU
turn off the shadows and low all settings except resolution and textutre....u will get solid 40+ fps and if u change ur resolution to 720p or 768p then u will even get more fps
installing shit back then was a dopamine shot
facts
I still have that type of computer😅
CD drivers are just ⭐
True 😭
vista/7 was time of gta iv
20 fps at that time was smooth AF
No it wasn't ps3 was running at 60 da
@@Itzwyattnewman it was 30
@@mrjoblox on some games
Look it up
@@Itzwyattnewman Eh, still smooth considering that its on pc
"Please insert disc 2" ah, the good old days.
The good old days when you still can actually own your games on pc
@@james-chi pirate every game
@@MatiX415u gay
The good old days where you needed at least 5 discs to fully install the game. No DLC nonsense
My old rig had a disc drive I bought physical copy of gta 5 try installing 8 discs 😂
I remember people saying back in the day, that GTA IV needed 12GB of RAM to run perfectly, which is insane for 2008😅
Actually, rockstar even gave the needed specs to run the game and they are 4gb ram and some old cpu, its even playable on 2gb ram
@@EmuTest-2024 I know and back then I had a system with 8GB of RAM and let's just say the game still stuttered at certain areas on the map😅
I understand, my old devices also suttered a lot when i was seeing fire, water, ect.
@@EmuTest-2024 I had a laptop that could start GTA IV, but because of the lack of vram only Niko and the pedestrian were visible. The entire world couldn't load haha 😅🥴
@Icecube095 good times man fr now I can run everything and the fun is gone
back then if u could run the game u own a powerfull pc
Memories😍😀😀
SO TRUE
Commercial PCs weren't made for gaming in mind back at the time, understandably so...
So if you had a computer that could run *hefty* games, everyone would idolize you, cuz the best they could run was Tetris or Retro Ping pong games or so...
There wasn't even that many heavy games...
I still have a powerful pc from 2012 with integrated graphics.
It's the legend i3 2100 with Intel hd 2000!
Runs smooth 27fps medium settings 600p
My 8600GT was a beast in 2007
Still kinda true today lol
Pc: 20 dollars
Equipments:200 dollars 😂
I miss that era when you actually owned your games. I wish they still sell physical copies for PC with the maps,artworks etc for PC
Some companies still sell physical videogames, problem is that sometimes is just the box and inside a piece of paper with the download code, or in the case of Bethesda is a cardboard disc with the download code
That's a waste of packaging lol @@NewBorn129
Most games these days require Steam or some other online service (like Social Club in the case of GTAV) to install updates and play the game, even if you get an actual DVD and not just a serial key in the DVD case. Like I have an original copy of GTA San Andreas on DVD and can easily play without any online bullshit. I just prefer to apply a no-dvd crack so I don't have to have the disc making noise as it's spinning while playing.
Problem with physical copies of games today is that our attention span has been reduced, therefore the efforts of swapping games in/out of a console....efforts of neatly storing our physical copies...and efforts of not losing our physical copies would all be above the ability to most of society today.
@@xpforevergaming8609 thoughts on gta 4 running decent for me : cpu Intel Core i5-13400F,
Gpu NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060? Not really a pc gamer so not sure what graphics setting I should use for it run smooth & look decent at the same time. Please answer
Bro almost getting heart attack when installing it☠
thats still better than my windows 10 laptop lmao
Edit: I have an actual computer now, I can run games well
fr
Same I'm from a 3rd world country and computer devices cost A LOT.
@@sadiayasir4278Where?
@@John-pz4zjwakanda
Pakistan?@@sadiayasir4278
I've completed GTA IV on XP. Had to do one tweak in regedit to change system thinking from Service Pack 2 to Service Pack 3 and that was all. This was beautiful to see.
what was the fps?
@@iamboredascrap123I was getting around 20-25fps on Intel Dual Core (can't remember which one) 2.4GHz, 4GB DDR2, HDD and nVidia GeForce 9600GT 512mb 256bit back in 2009.
@@sstephiL oh cool
So you played it on XP 64bit? (Since sp2 is 64bit afaik)
@@RaihanSarker82 I don't remember exactly if it was 64 bit. I was 13 at the time. But I believe it was 64 bit because back then there was a word of a difference between 32 and 64 bit systems and that some games needs 64 bit to run how they should.
The nostalgia is fucking insane
Am reporting you
Bruuuh I'm telling you 😢😭😭
Gta 4 best game in Grand Theft Auto series❤❤❤
The game's system requirements were lower but it still performed poor on most of the pcs because rockstar knew it was not optimized but still they releassd it.
The simple solution is to create a commandline.txt according to your need and paste in the game folder
And change some windows settings
i remember when i would beat this game few times playing on a laptop, lowest settings possible, 800x600, 15 fps (25 fps when i looked down to the ground)
nowadays people cry when they have 110 fps instead of 120 at 4k
110 fps is a dream for me if I get a pc
god damn i would cry for a little bit of 75 fps, microstutter almost ruined my experience playing gta 5
15 fps actually feels very playable especially on goldeneye n64
it hurts me to not be near touching 60fps but If i am enjoying it enough I could then care less about FPS
damn that windows xp still run gta iv better than my windows 10
THAT BC YOU NOT HAVE supported windows
@@Mark_editz_officalgta 4 supports windows xp sp3 or Windows vista sp1
@@Mark_editz_officalthe steam versions should be able to run on windows 10
Dude the game is so old you dont even need a half decent cpu gpu ram or anything to play it
@@ghxztpxppglv33 man my pc runs valorant on 100 fps and rocket league and runs gta 5 vc san . It runs need for speed payback on 1080 p which has 10x better graphics on 60 fps gta is shit laggs too much on windows 10
у меня лицензионные 2 диска оригинальной игры без дополнений, купленные еще в далеком 2009 году. спустя 11-12 лет я зарегистрировал свою копию на сайте rockstar и через программу rockstar launcher мне подарили два дополнения. это так мило со стороны компании)
спасибо Rockstar!
Заебись вода
@@W333dm4n не захлебнись)
Та же история. У меня DVD лицухи GTA4 (американский релиз) и Episodes From Liberty City (русский от 1С). В Rockstar Game Launcher активировал cd-ключ от Эпизодов 1С - в библиотеке появилась GTA 4 Complete Edition. Вот только досада - из-за истекшего срока лицензии на треки, в 2018-м из игр были удалены хренова куча треков. Так что все равно играю с диска с полным саундтреком) И даже сервера Games for Windwos Live с достижениями все еще работают.
"3 hours later" is so relatable
its basically average but still this was released in 2007 so basically it would run on a windows xp , but suprised it runs on 20 fps
2008
Trailer was 2007
Release was 2008
GTA 4 wasn’t on windows at first it was an only console game until rockstar decided to port it to pc so of course it runs good when it’s like 20 fps
Those physics..❤
True 2008-2009 experience.
Nah if it was the true true 2008 experience you wouldn't have that keyboard and monitor and you also would have way less fps
Game will be playable if yall guys install mod called DXVK* its a game changer that rockstar missed to add for optimisation
I didn't know GTA IV was thing until i found it in Google and TH-cam
In my country only gta game we grew up playing early 2000s were Vice City and San Andreas and only few OGs like me played gta3
Most of our PC back then weren't able to handle this game at launch and it didn't gained much popularity until years later
Yep absolutely same here even I explored it later on
The horrible optimisation on PC didn't help either. I remember building a midrange gaming PC back in 2014. GTA IV was one of the first games I installed and even though the hardware was much better than anything you could get in 2008 (when GTA IV was released on PC), the fps still dropped to 20 randomly.
Lower the texture for smoothness in the game 😊
Dam man its really nostalgic window XP is a real legend
GTA IV on PC is infamous for being one of if not the worst PC ports ever
Yes performance wise and bugs along with other problems as well
Still have it on dvd. I buyd it on Mediamarkt where it came out the game. was rly nice on win xp and ps3
Pictures of lady Gaga computer program with computer classes GTA IV
If you bought if from a confirmed tested company, then its no problem
That's the OG way of installing and downloading computer games
Bro with GT 610 and 2gb of ram you have 20fps that was smooth
Your gta 4 is running better than my pc traying to run firefox... LMAO
4 had the best loading music. I didnot even know this was for pc.
just recently played thru GTA4 on my modern spec PC and i not only had to get patches to have the game run better but i also had to underclock my CPU because it was running too hot on all high settings lmao what a game
I bet a lot of people played gta 4 on XP back in the day if your one of them shout out to you,you’re a real one man.
Still runs better than my Xbox 360
Where yo get the game pls
I remember it running smoother on my friend's 360 than it did on my pc at the time: Core 2 E6320, 2GB DDR2, 8600GT 256MB GDDR3
Hell nah bro, 360 and one actually runs very well at 35-40 fps
@@dvd9831no? A lot of old consoles are capped to 30 afaik
The GTA box has a Windows Vista logo on top 😭
That's the actual Games for Windows Live logo too
On the other side of the box it actually says designed for Windows Vista, the 2009 release + episodes from liberty city have designed for windows 7 logo + no windows games live logo.
Windows Vista with SP2 is actually good. It's just that everybody moved on to Windows 7 by the time Vista became usable.
it was last updated 2014 💀 @@creproductions102
@@mctogo001idk if actually someone still uses windows live games in 2024 💀
I don’t know how people used to buy games without seeing any benchmarks and just rely on luck that the game will run fine or i’m screwed
At that time 20 fps was like heaven. A long ago I played GTA IV with 15-25 fps and I was the happiest person in the world, just about that fact that my PC can run a game with such good graphics
Good old days when PC games had two or more discs to install it... I don't know if I recall well but the OG Far Cry had like 5 install discs.
I remember running Gta IV on AMD Athlon dual core and windows XP. It was running very smoothly.
I actually remember when my dad and uncle changes our pc from a gaming one to an office one. I installed GTA vice City and it didn't run. I somehow got instantly raged and broke the cpu by rageous kicks . From that onwards whenever I see these underperforming pcs all want to do is 'kick it '.
Thats not really something to be proud of, sounds like spoiled brat behavior.
Bro u need to take some anger issue lessons 😅
that feeling when you are awfully spoiled and you don't know it
aint no way jitz installed GTA 4 on an ancient relic older than my granny💀
Well you definitely earned the title of Junior
And it still works better than shit rig we got in this day and age 💀
@@alansmods1775 💀💀
If you think about it, windows xp is only like 23 years old, but most average computers with it are only like 19 years old, assuming your grandma is about 75 years old, this pc is only about 25% as old as your grandma, not even half as old, so you are completely wrong, while i do know this is a joke, it is very unfunny and thats why i made this comment just to make you read all this trol
@@archux_ bro didnt get the joke 💀
Those multi disk installation were hard AF but still fun and nostalgic🥹
This game has one of the best loading screen musics!!🔥
Just seeing the windows XP logo is enough to bring me all kinds of nostalgia
I remember the first time I got it back in the day, it took a whole friggin day to install this on my ultra slow PC, and the loading screen was taking 5 minutes just to play the game with 15 fps.
If comment reaches 100 likes i will put a movie disc in my HP pavilion dv6000 😈😈😈😈
definitely make sure to have a BUNCH of tweaks to make it runs smooth but idk if win XP ever had the option to enforce High priority and all cores allowed like in Win 10/11 (idk if Windows 8 has it in task manager)
better than my pc 😂
I remember install of nfs MW taking at least half an hour, now with ssd it took 20 seconds
Even my 50k gaming pc also gives 30(unstable) fps 😢😅
I wish my FPS was like that, my 2022 MacBook gets a stable 10 fps and sometimes 8
If the game wasn’t installed or run on that it would a biggest fear😅.
Runs better than my win7💀
Debloat it or re-install the windows
don't listen to user whatever, Windows 7 doesn't have much bloat to begin with, thing is the OS (windows) you use doesn't really matter on performance, it is the specs that matter like the cpu gpu and ram, thinking fps depends on os's is like saying black isn't the opposite of white, yes ofc fps does matter on os's but it's just a little bit, not really a big difference to call it a difference especially between something like xp and 7
@@archux_ I was just saying that bloatware and malware might form up if the OS isn't maintained for a while, while their isn't much difference in performance on operating systems like xp and 7. Their still might be some hardware compatibility issue on modern OS on extremely vintage systems which are still used to the date by minority of users.
That’s how I played it back in the day.
It’s because that high resolution monitor you have plugged into hard ware from 15+ years ago maybe get like a dell monitor or a non hd monitor
gt 610 ah the glory old gt days i owned gt 710 and gt 1030 which would run all settings maxed out so nostalgic and GeForce gt
Dude got to see all the loading screen art on that computer
now try running it in windows 98
do you really think it will run on 98? GTA 4 was literally made to work for xp officially
We should accept 25 fps as the new standard. Gta online would go to like 15 when you went to the Eclipse appartments on PS3
Damn bro good job I tried once with a copy I found for a few bucks and I never was even able to install it so this awesome
I wonder how it will run on my fully maxed out 2009 desktop replacement (Overclocked 3.1ghz 1st gen i5, 16gb ram, 500gb ssd, dual-booted windows 7/10, and a 800x600 monitor for maximum performance)
If my 2009 monster can run CSS at 200 fps, it could probably do 20 on GTA 4
I miss those "games for Windows" covers on game boxes
Since gta 4 pc port is very unoptimised and unstable gta 5 will work better on this pc.
Maybe it's just because I have a crappy laptop and I'm used to it, but 20fps looks totally playable to me.
Still runs better than my 8GB Windows 10 pro LAPTOP
Commandline + performance fix this game can achieve more boost i believe.
the times when playing perfect on pc was a dream
I remeber my pc couldn't really handle game and I had floating vehicles everywhere.
Bro even with the downgrader the game doesnt fucking work 😭😭
Yup i can confirm,can't even play online anymore
when I got this game i used to run it in a pc that was so bad not only did i have to do a bunch of tweaks but i also had to run the game at like 200p so i used to play with the magnifying glass on
I had that exact same physical copy until I realized the computer I had at the time couldn't run the game even a little bit and then I gave up and lost it at some point.
Windows xp was still a thing back in 2008. So this should be possible.
Lol I remember playing it in an internet cafe or computer shop renting a computer for a certain fee an hour… everytime after few minutes there is this weird drunk camera shake and found out it was pirated 😂😂😂😂 I always dream to play it due to more advanced graphics and physics.. an upgrade from GTA SA where I was first introduced from GTA or Rockstar back in 2012. 😊 the memories 😊
the weight of the game is so heavy for Windows XP that it need to disc for installation
Can't even get it to run now a days without needing a million things
It's playable, if you turn down the graphics in-game
Perhaps this is the best game for Windows XP
it actually runs unlike the steam version
And an Xbox 360 would run this with 512MB of Ram with an unlocked frame rate that goes just above 30FPS. Note that the 512MB of Ram is shared between the CPU and GPU
2025: GTA6 on Windows XP
This is equivalent to 90 fps back in the day for me
That's what I call good quality back in my day👵
It runs fine on xp as long as you have decent hardware
Imagine playing beamng drive 0.32 in this pc 💀
The best pc with Windows xp working so good i ever seen
At least the game is running 🗿
What did you expect with 2 GB RAM
turn off the shadows and low all settings except resolution and textutre....u will get solid 40+ fps and if u change ur resolution to 720p or 768p then u will even get more fps
GTA 4 version of rage is actually made for xp, vista (not 7 because windows 7 is 2009)
Low the graphics down from 1080p to 720p
Same with graphics customised them
Now it doesn’t even take 3 hours to download right from the internet. How far the tech has come in a decade.
Try After Purchase of Graphics Card like Nvidia GeForce Series or AMD Radeon HD Series❤️🚀✨
Man, my Windows 7 netbook is so awful that I doubt it would run GTA 1 lol
Would have played the shit out of this version if it weren't for the 360, I miss when I didnt care about framerates or pixelation lol
Bro got windows xp on gaming monitor💀
That Gt 610 needs live support
I used to play all day after school
imacs make great retro computers
Just Upgrade this CPU to Core i7 1st Gen and the game will be smooth