Gta4 PC

OtopC · Sep 23, 2008

Kevin Unangst, senior global director of Windows gaming at Microsoft, said the following: “Great Windows-based games like ‘Grand Theft Auto IV,’ ‘Fallout 3’ and ‘Dawn of War II’ are proof that Microsoft is delivering on its promise to provide the best possible PC gaming experience on Windows”. Whould the “best posible experience” for the PC gamer not be to have had this game same day as the consoles?

http://kotaku.com/5053398/gta-iv-pc-is-coming-to-games-for-windows-live

Deleted member 3 · Sep 23, 2008

No, gaming experience is mostly unrelated to release date. Why would you enjoy the game less when you play it a few months later?

Steevo · Sep 23, 2008

Some peeps move to the darkside and buy a console to get their jollies sooner.

I for one am sad to see shitty ports moved over to the PC after the consoles have had their turn. We used to have Valve/Steam to keep us going, but all that is changed.

xu^ · Sep 23, 2008

Games for Window Live is such a great idea ,i cant even find out where u actually get this program... MS website is a mess and its not clear at all what you need to do to get a Live account,in the end i thought sod it and didn't bother.

OtopC · Sep 25, 2008

DanTheBanjoman said:
No, gaming experience is mostly unrelated to release date. Why would you enjoy the game less when you play it a few months later?

Not enjoy less a few months later, but enjoy more if it came out sooner. Besides, MS secured this title for its Xbox360 why not Windows? I paid big bucks for my Vista just to have Direct X10 for my games.

JC316 · Sep 25, 2008

I would rather see a quality game come out later than a buggy POS to come out the same day as the consoles. I am all about the quality, so long as they deliver on it, then I am happy.

lemonadesoda · Sep 25, 2008

Why do we have to suffer "console ports".

I'd rather consoles got "PC ports".

TrainingDummy · Sep 25, 2008

xubidoo said:
Games for Window Live is such a great idea ,i cant even find out where u actually get this program... MS website is a mess and its not clear at all what you need to do to get a Live account,in the end i thought sod it and didn't bother.

Windows LIVE is part of the game, it's not a separate program

TrainingDummy · Sep 25, 2008

list of Windows LIVE games

Gears of War

Halo 2

Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights

Kane & Lynch: Dead Men

Shadowrun

Universe at War: Earth Assault

Viva Piñata

FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition

The Club

[Upcoming Games]

Battlestations: Pacific

Call of Duty: World at War

Fallout 3

Fuel

Grand Theft Auto IV

Heroes over Europe

Quantum of Solace: The Video Game

Red Faction: Guerrilla

twicksisted · Sep 25, 2008

TrainingDummy said:
list of Windows LIVE games

Gears of War

Halo 2

Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights

Kane & Lynch: Dead Men

Shadowrun

Universe at War: Earth Assault

Viva Piñata

FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition

The Club

[Upcoming Games]

Battlestations: Pacific

Call of Duty: World at War

Fallout 3

Fuel

Grand Theft Auto IV

Heroes over Europe

Quantum of Solace: The Video Game

Red Faction: Guerrilla

Its funny but for some odd reason, none of the games I have that has "Made For Windows" written on them actually will play on my 64bit Vista... I have a sneaking suspicion that it has to do with my Asus board and the onboard Realtek drivers lurking in my registry though.

Good thing i have a dual boot with XP on another partition

TrainingDummy · Sep 25, 2008

twicksisted said:
Its funny but for some odd reason, none of the games I have that has "Made For Windows" written on them actually will play on my 64bit Vista... I have a sneaking suspicion that it has to do with my Asus board and the onboard Realtek drivers lurking in my registry though.

Good thing i have a dual boot with XP on another partition

Weird, good thing you still have an XP partition

what are the games that don't work?

OtopC · Sep 25, 2008

lemonadesoda said:
Why do we have to suffer "console ports".

I'd rather consoles got "PC ports".

exactly. The PC is the superior platform and should be treated like that.

twicksisted · Sep 25, 2008

TrainingDummy said:
Weird, good thing you still have an XP partition

what are the games that don't work?

Gears Of War
Unreal Tournament
Kane & Lynch
Flatout Ultimate Carnage
Grid

when you try and load up the game, you'll get the splash screen... CPU useage will go to 50% on all 4 cores and sit there and the game will not respond and just stick on the splash screen untill you end the process.

Strange this is they work fine in XP... and on my other second gaming rig which also has Vista 64bit Ultimate edition.

TrainingDummy · Sep 25, 2008

twicksisted said:
Gears Of War
Unreal Tournament
Kane & Lynch
Flatout Ultimate Carnage
Grid

when you try and load up the game, you'll get the splash screen... CPU useage will go to 50% on all 4 cores and sit there and the game will not respond and just stick on the splash screen untill you end the process.

Strange this is they work fine in XP... and on my other second gaming rig which also has Vista 64bit Ultimate edition.

ok, for GoW I've heard of Power DVD keeping it from working, so if you have Power DVD or something like it try disabling it and see if that helps

also, for GoW and Kane & Lynch. make sure LIVE is up to date, it probably won't keep it from running, but it's still a good idea nonetheless <link>

as for the other games, I don't know what to say :/

twicksisted · Sep 25, 2008

TrainingDummy said:
ok, for GoW I've heard of Power DVD keeping it from working, so if you have Power DVD or something like it try disabling it and see if that helps

also, for GoW and Kane & Lynch. make sure LIVE is up to date, it probably won't keep it from running, but it's still a good idea nonetheless <link>

as for the other games, I don't know what to say :/

thanks bro... but i dont run power DVD on any of my rigs....
After a bit of googling and trying to figure out the issue on Unreal 3, it seemed that all the people with the same issue had Asus motherboards (realtek on board sound)... I have it disabled now but i think that its still lurking in my registry nonetheless which ios carrying over the issue.

System Name	PC
Processor	E8400
Motherboard	Intel dp35dp
Cooling	Gigabyte Galaxy
Memory	4GB DDR2 800mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus 4870 512
Storage	2 x 150gb Western Digital Raptor
Display(s)	Samsung 2232GW
Case	Flea market - Alienware rip off
Audio Device(s)	audigy 2 zs
Power Supply	550 Watt
Software	Vista Ultimate SP1

System Name	Compy 386
Processor	7800X3D
Motherboard	Asus
Cooling	Air for now.....
Memory	64 GB DDR5 6400Mhz
Video Card(s)	7900XTX 310 Merc
Storage	Samsung 990 2TB, 2 SP 2TB SSDs and over 10TB spinning
Display(s)	56" Samsung 4K HDR
Audio Device(s)	ATI HDMI
Mouse	Logitech MX518
Keyboard	Razer
Software	A lot.
Benchmark Scores	Its fast. Enough.

System Name	Mr_average ( hoping 1 day to upgrade to Mr_above_average )
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700x @3.4ghz/4.6ghz
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk Max
Cooling	Deepcool AS-500 Plus - White \| 6 Lian Li ST120mm case fans - White
Memory	32gb Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO SL 4x 8GB 3600MHz DDR4 - White
Video Card(s)	Asus Dual GeForce RTX 4070 12GB OC
Storage	512gb Sabrent Nvme \| 4tb Samsung SSD \| 2tb WD Blue SSD\| 1tb Crucial P3 Nvme\| 1tb WD Blue HDD = 8.5tb
Display(s)	D1: LG Ultragear GL850-B 27" 1440p 144hz \| D2: Asus Tuf - VG249 24" 1080p 144hz
Case	Lian Li Lancool 2 Mesh RGB - White
Audio Device(s)	Creative Gigaworks T20 Series II \| Steelseries Arctis 3 Headset - White
Power Supply	Corsair TX650M Semi Modular 80+ Gold
Mouse	Red Dragon M991 - White
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman V2
Software	Windows 11 Pro

System Name	PC
Processor	E8400
Motherboard	Intel dp35dp
Cooling	Gigabyte Galaxy
Memory	4GB DDR2 800mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus 4870 512
Storage	2 x 150gb Western Digital Raptor
Display(s)	Samsung 2232GW
Case	Flea market - Alienware rip off
Audio Device(s)	audigy 2 zs
Power Supply	550 Watt
Software	Vista Ultimate SP1

System Name	Budget Gaming
Processor	AMD FX6300
Motherboard	Gigabyte 880GMA-USB3
Cooling	Coolermaster Hyper 212+
Memory	8GB Ripjaws DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	HD7850 1GB
Storage	1TB Sata2
Display(s)	Acer 24" LED
Case	Generic black
Audio Device(s)	Stock onboard
Power Supply	FSP Aurum Gold 650W
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit

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System Name	ICE-QUAD // ICE-CRUNCH
Processor	Q6600 // 2x Xeon 5472
Memory	2GB DDR // 8GB FB-DIMM
Video Card(s)	HD3850-AGP // FireGL 3400
Display(s)	2 x Samsung 204Ts = 3200x1200
Audio Device(s)	Audigy 2
Software	Windows Server 2003 R2 as a Workstation now migrated to W10 with regrets.

Processor	Intel Xeon E3 1230 v2 @ 3.7Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte B75M-D3H
Cooling	Zalman CNPS 5X, Enermax 120mm intake & 92mm exhaust
Memory	GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2x 4GB) DDR3-1600
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX970 ACX 2.0
Storage	1TB Seagate Hybrid HDD
Display(s)	27" Dell UltraSharp U2713H
Case	Rosewill FBM-02
Audio Device(s)	Shiit Modi DAC for audio, Asus Zonar DG for mic
Power Supply	XION AXP-700K14XE 700W, 80+ Bronze
Software	Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry Pro

System Name	PC
Processor	i7 9700KF
Motherboard	MSI Z390 A PRO
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S
Memory	32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3000mhz
Video Card(s)	PALIT RTX 4070 Dual 12Gb
Storage	2X Crucial MX500 2TB SSD, Samsung 850 pro 512gb SSD
Display(s)	DELL C34H89x 34" Ultrawide
Case	Corsair Obsidian 550D
Audio Device(s)	Audioengine A5+ Speakers
Power Supply	Corsair RM750
Mouse	Logitech G403
Keyboard	Corsair Vengeance K70
Software	Windows 10 64bit