What's your display setting for GTA3??

[Hans]

I got hooked with GTA3 these days. However, I find it to be extermely graphics intensive.

The game is fine with 1024*768*32 or 1280*1024*32. However, it started to skip once 2X or 4X FSAA comes in to play. I can use 2X under 1024*768*32 in the first island. The game would skip way too often in the second island, under the same setting.

Just wondering what sort of resolution are u guys using??

System:

XP-1600 @ 1750 MHz.
512MB Ram @ 175 MHz, 2-2-2
Leadtek GF4 Ti-4200 310C/630M
WinXP

[asanthadenz]

800X600X32bit 2X FSAA

kinda lags on 1024X768X32bit

[SilverPriest]

800/600 16 bit max view distance.
All the fancy details turned off tho like trails (which slaughters the framerate)
All on a voodoo5 5500 :cool:
And using fraps im getting about 20fps.
Which is better than me M64 :confused:

[SecretSquirrel]

1024 X 768 X 32 - drawing distance at halfway

2 X AA, and running the silly little utility to force software TnL to stop the skipping. 4 X AA is crazy talk :)

My main problem is I am without a CDROM, so I had to make images out of the discs so I can bloody play it, and my hard drive is currently sh!t, so it has little lags all the time...but with the little util, all that is g-oooone :)

Cheers

[SerN]

1024 x 768 x 16bit

trails on because if you turn it off you loose the nice lighting effects.

view distance on default.

runs quite smooth, FSAA is too much of a performance hit for me so I leave that off.

on T/Bird 1400, 384mb, GF4 MX440 300/480

[dairyboy]

haha, you guys make me laugh....

i play at 720x520 @32bit ......its a resolution i invented (using powerstrip) just for this game.

AA?..lmao...no way its too slow, but i found turning Anisotrophy on (level 2 is all my GTS can do) makes textures much nicer.

I used to play at 800x600 @32, but with Aniso i had to bump down the res a little to keep it speedy. (this is with teh software TnL trick)

[Iblis]

Originally posted by SecretSquirrel
2 X AA, and running the silly little utility to force software TnL to stop the skipping.
What's the silly little utility?

[Sydog]

1152x864x32
draw distance full
frame limiter on (skips all the time if off)
frame sync off
trails off yuk

i havent tweaked FSAA at all so it is default.

Sern: how can you possible like the trails, they make the game look less like pc and more like PS2, its to make lower framerates look good.

SP: turn the draw distance down, that will give you a 10fps increase probs

[SilverPriest]

It's a voodoo5 dude.
Tried with both far and near draw and it doesnt matter one bit.
Even 640/480 doesnt change jack squat.
However, this isn't troubleshooting ;)
I'm happy with the performance considering my card has zero official support ;)

[asanthadenz]

Originally posted by Iblis

What's the silly little utility?

He means by this Utility

Download (http://www.xs4all.nl/~mwbafo50/GTA3pc_smoothness_fix.rar)

[.weasel.]

i run it at 1024x768x32 - runs nice and smooth.
ive had it at 1200x1600.32 but it lagged slightly.

im running on a athalon xp 1800+ cpu, 512 ddr333 ram, and a leadtek winfast gf4mx440 64mb 3d card.

[Wibber]

at 800x600 it skips frequently, @ 640x480 it still skips frequently.... using 2000 adv server @ the mo so that can't help much.... my lil duron 600 is begging to be upgraded :( so much waiting :mad:

[TheChosen_1]

im running 800*600 32bit, with frame sync off, trails off (makes game look sh*t with trails on) runs a little jerky in stauton island when killing lots of peeps:D

system: 750@904 Duron, 384 SDRAM, ge force 2 gts.

[whetu]

gf2 pro 64meg

800x600x16bit colour, standard draw distance, frame limiter off, trails off

1024x768x16 was getting a little juddery at times

[asanthadenz]

has anyone noticed tht the graphics dont look tht great with FSAA off, thts why i set mine at 2X

[Sydog]

1152x864x32
trails off (these make it look like PS2=ghey)
frame limiter on(jerks if off)
frame sync off
full draw distance.

Runs sweet as on my GF4-ti4200 and my xp1700 @1614mhz

[whetu]

holy crap asan... i just biffed on that smoothness patch and played 4 and a half hours straight.. sooo smoooooth.. such an awesome game :D

[SecretSquirrel]

Jesus Whetu - that took you 2 weeks to figure out??

Also, TooMuchCoffeeMan posted that YEARS AGO people...mind you, all the best topics are repeated over and over until everyone has participated...;)

[jeef]

playing gta3 i got kind of a ghosting effect happenin, that normal/part of the game? didnt happin all the time, just sometimes...

ghosting effect as in say a car drove passed me i could see a faint image of the car following it... like wen u r really drunk, ya'know :D

[asanthadenz]

Originally posted by whetu
holy crap asan... i just biffed on that smoothness patch and played 4 and a half hours straight.. sooo smoooooth.. such an awesome game :D

:D

Originally posted by SecretSquirrelAlso, TooMuchCoffeeMan posted that YEARS AGO people...mind you, all the best topics are repeated over and over until everyone has participated[/b]

yah, but i was the one tht published a link to that file :p

[whetu]

Originally posted by SecretSquirrel
Jesus Whetu - that took you 2 weeks to figure out??

Also, TooMuchCoffeeMan posted that YEARS AGO people...mind you, all the best topics are repeated over and over until everyone has participated...;)

hehe i only bothered to fix dx8.1b last week... I prefer openGL so most of my normal gaming is under GL... finally with DX fixed I can play the two games i was unable to play.. max payne (pffft like i play it anymore... clocked it and disregarded it) and GTAIII :D