GTAIII - Windows XP

[sammy5gs]

Hey Guys...

I am running an AMD Duron 750Mhz, with 512MB PC133 RAM, WinXP Home Edition, and a 64MB ATI Radeon 7200 video card.

Now, when I start the game, all is fine. It is when I am in the middle of a mission, or racing through the streets of Liberty the computer slows to a screeching halt and goes frame-by-frame, literally.

What do you think the problem is? My processor? Video Card? I have the most updated drivers, and even though it isn't by much, I met the minimum requirements for the game. Any advice, thoughts would greatly be appreciated. Thanks!

Sam

 

[jimi_81]

Hey there, have you downloaded the winxp patch?

 

[sammy5gs]

Yep. I ran the executable (Eng) and still same deal.

 

[Shawn319]

Try turning down the Draw Distance (aka clipping plane). other than that, it may be your 3D card drivers.

 

[OTE]

The reason for this si cause there is a memory leak where the memory isnt being cleared fast enough and it runs out eventually and the game slows down.

I can play GTA3 for about 30/45 mins and then it slow right down and ive got a 1.4 athlon, radeon 8500, 256Mb DDR. This is a good game but its full of bugs

 

[koko]

my guess.

your video card.

ati craps out on a lot of games. do a google search for ati patch for gta3.

 

[*OveRcLocker*]

Heh, weird thing, because i have only Geforce 1 DDR and not too much problems with graphic, but textures some way goes weird.

It's it only Ati's problem? I guess so...

 

[Cyber_Trooper]

Try turning off any unnecessary apps like realplayer, icq, media sharing apps. I do this and it usually helps a bit, but yeah I think theres something like a memory leak because on my rig it runs ok for about 20-30 min and then stutters badly.