GTA IV on Pentium IV 2.8GHz + GeForce 210 (Part 1/2)
Grand Theft Auto IV game play on P-IV 2.8GHz and GF 210 (Part 1/2) ===================================================== System Specifications '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Intel Pentium IV HT ~ 2.8GHz (1MB L2/ 800 FSB/ LGA 775) ASUS P5SD2-VM motherboard Kingston 2GB (800MHz) DDR2 RAM EVGA nVIDIA GeForce 210 (512MB + 64bits) 320GB Seagate SATA Hard disk 420 Watts Thermal Master PSU (Certified from Cooler Master) ASUS 20x DVD-RW optical drive Graphic Settings '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Resolution: 1024 x 768 (60Hz) Aspect Ratio: Auto Texture Quality: Medium Reflection Resolution: Medium Water Quality: Medium Shadow Quality: Off Texture Filter Quality: High View Distance: 39 Detail Distance: 30 Vehicle Density: 31 Shadow Density: 0 Definition: on Vertical Synchronization: On FPS without FRAPS '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Min: 3 Max: 25 Avg: 15-20 ******GTA IV Patch 1.0.3.0 applied***** Verdict '''''''''''''''''' Playing GTA IV on any Pentium IV is not a good idea, you must have a multicore processor like Dual Core E5000 series or Core 2 Duo series to play it at good frame rates. GeForce 210 is a good graphics card but not optimized for gaming. But you can still play these games with good FPS. I benchmarked GeForce 210 on Core 2 Duo E7600, 4GB of DDR3 RAM and Windows XP SP3 and get the following results; Crysis = Medium 1024x768 (18fps) GTA IV = Medium 1024 x 768 (20fps) Call of Duty MW2 = Extra 1024 x 768 (22fps) Call of Duty Black Ops = Extra 1024 x 768 (20fps) Batman: Arkham Asylum = High 1024 x 768 (22fps) Need for Speed Shift = High 1024 x 768 (20fps) Mass Effect 2 = High 1024 x 768 (23fps) Assassin's Creed II = High 1024 x 768 (17fps) Fallout 3 = maximum 1024 x 768 (15fps) Split Second = very high 1024 x 768 (12fps)
Grand Theft Auto IV game play on P-IV 2.8GHz and GF 210 (Part 1/2) ===================================================== System Specifications '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Intel Pentium IV HT ~ 2.8GHz (1MB L2/ 800 FSB/ LGA 775) ASUS P5SD2-VM motherboard Kingston 2GB (800MHz) DDR2 RAM EVGA nVIDIA GeForce 210 (512MB + 64bits) 320GB Seagate SATA Hard disk 420 Watts Thermal Master PSU (Certified from Cooler Master) ASUS 20x DVD-RW optical drive Graphic Settings '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Resolution: 1024 x 768 (60Hz) Aspect Ratio: Auto Texture Quality: Medium Reflection Resolution: Medium Water Quality: Medium Shadow Quality: Off Texture Filter Quality: High View Distance: 39 Detail Distance: 30 Vehicle Density: 31 Shadow Density: 0 Definition: on Vertical Synchronization: On FPS without FRAPS '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Min: 3 Max: 25 Avg: 15-20 ******GTA IV Patch 1.0.3.0 applied***** Verdict '''''''''''''''''' Playing GTA IV on any Pentium IV is not a good idea, you must have a multicore processor like Dual Core E5000 series or Core 2 Duo series to play it at good frame rates. GeForce 210 is a good graphics card but not optimized for gaming. But you can still play these games with good FPS. I benchmarked GeForce 210 on Core 2 Duo E7600, 4GB of DDR3 RAM and Windows XP SP3 and get the following results; Crysis = Medium 1024x768 (18fps) GTA IV = Medium 1024 x 768 (20fps) Call of Duty MW2 = Extra 1024 x 768 (22fps) Call of Duty Black Ops = Extra 1024 x 768 (20fps) Batman: Arkham Asylum = High 1024 x 768 (22fps) Need for Speed Shift = High 1024 x 768 (20fps) Mass Effect 2 = High 1024 x 768 (23fps) Assassin's Creed II = High 1024 x 768 (17fps) Fallout 3 = maximum 1024 x 768 (15fps) Split Second = very high 1024 x 768 (12fps)