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"gta3 hardware probs"

I just got a Radeon 8500LE for £60 and have been having problems running GTA3

the framerate is fine but textures don't load (roads, buildings etc) and some objects are invisible (signs and steps, things like that)

I cant find any fixes on the internet, has anyone else had this problem


its a Hercules 3D Prophet 8500LE

I'm not even so sure about pulling it off on a GF3/4. The PS2 can do things that PCs just can't, that's why all the emulators suck so much.

Turbonutter wrote:
> GT3 would be more than a little difficult to pull off on a GeForce...

True, but that would have spoilt my rant!

GTA3 is a direct x 8 game and only runs in direct x

my framerate is smooth but only at 30fps
considering i can run Tony Hawks 3 at 70fps (a game i consider to be much more graphically advancd than GTA3) it is just not good enough

GT3 would be more than a little difficult to pull off on a GeForce...

Fog wrote:
> Can't be that good hardware if it doesn't run the way it should.

A geforce, ANY geforce, should be able to eat PS2 conversions for breakfast. It was badly optimised and, a year after the PS2 version, it still looked rushed. You couldn't even read the text on XP without a patch - how hard is THAT to get right?

So I stand by my comment: Rockstar deserve a horse whipping :)

And everybody else deserves a free copy of Vice City.

Can't be that good hardware if it doesn't run the way it should.
Also the best thng he ever did was to not buy it on a PS2 as they suck more than crummy games! :p

Your main problem, of course, is not running the game on a PS2 :)

But seriously GTA3 is pretty buggy on PC. I remember reading a troubleshooting type guide in PC Gamer; not sure what issue, but probably the one with Unreal Tournament on the cover because that's the only I've bought recently. Maybe there's something on their website or forums.

I played a mates copy on PC and, jeez, Rockstar should be whooped upside the head (or similar) for releasing it in that state. Terrible, terrible framerate on great, great hardware.

Hm. Are you running in DirectX or OpenGL? Try running in the other mode.

I just got a Radeon 8500LE for £60 and have been having problems running GTA3

the framerate is fine but textures don't load (roads, buildings etc) and some objects are invisible (signs and steps, things like that)

I cant find any fixes on the internet, has anyone else had this problem


its a Hercules 3D Prophet 8500LE