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GTA IV Overloading Console's Cache - Causing Freezes

XBF Writes: "...GTA IV now overloads the cache and causes a lock-up (freeze). So now, instead of saving load times and providing a seamless experience, Rockstar has forced some machines to crash while attempting to load from the cache.

The solution: Rockstar needs to release a patch that limits the strain on the RAM right out of the gate. Can they even do this? Who knows? ..."

The problem, originally reported to only effect the 60gb PS3, now is showing up on Xbox 360s as well.

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red_ring_of_death5832d ago (Edited 5832d ago )

ps3 ver is the best

@Mr Blings :online will be fix in no time
this is bigger than some online play
fu@k you
you grow the fu@k up

Mr Blings5832d ago

both versions are having this problem sh*t head. The ps3 version is also getting a online issue as well, meaning crashing games and not being able to connect at all. i have all the consoles and am not a pimple faced fanboy with no friends and whos never had his willy wet before, such as yourself. grow the F*ck up. both consoles have different strengths and weaknesses and both versions are bound to play slightly different.

ravinshield5832d ago

i feel sorry for all ya ps3 fangirls crying about gta. oh well back to the superior version of GTA

CViper5832d ago

Maybe everyone on BOTH sides will learn from the lessons that overhyping teaches.

cloud3605832d ago

yet this game got 10's BEFORE ITS RELEASE....

ded,ded,deh

d3l33t5832d ago

i find very little truth on this article. how can one assess memory management without the proper tools?

cloud3605832d ago (Edited 5832d ago )

i think becuase Edge and Gamer tm didnt review GTA4 early they must probably intending to give it a low score?

i think the scores will keep getting lower and lower after this day. remember what happened to Super Mario Galaxy. Best game of all time my rectum fried ass

KidMakeshift5832d ago

My problem is with the visuals

I have the PS3 version and it's fuzzy and jagged as hell. I'm playing it in 720p on a 42". All the reviewers gave this game a 10 in the graphics department because of the artistic detail, but I can't even really appreciate it because everything is so muddy, jagged, and blurred.

I know everyone is going to disagree, but come on. Saint's Row came out 2 years ago and so far that game has been more of an enjoyable experience than GTA4

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vgn245832d ago

Both PS3 and Xbox 360 have so many different architectures out on the market right now, developers can't make a perfect game that pushes the hardware's limits without causing an error on one of the SKUs.

IdleLeeSiuLung5832d ago (Edited 5832d ago )

This is actually incorrect. The consoles on all sku's should have the common specification on the 360. On the PS3 on the other hand, the actual machine on the different sku is different as the 20GB does not actually have Wifi.

The bottom line is you are more likely to run into problems with different parts i.e. Nintendo Wii's read error on Smash Bros Brawl. In this case, the cache should be the same across all sku's of the console. This is a mistake in the design decision and should have been caught in QA (or maybe they did, but did not fix it). Remember TTWO is strapped for cash and need the profits now otherwise they would have released the game this Christmas instead.

The more dangerous thing is when console manufacturers change the internal parts to reduce cost etc... this could introduce errors that is impossible to check in advance i.e. PS2 slim or PSP slim.

vgn245832d ago

You're saying that changing chipsets (albeit to do the same functions) makes the architecture the same? My friend, you need to take an engineering class.

IdleLeeSiuLung5832d ago

I am an Electrical Engineer & Computer Science graduate from one of the ranked top 3 engineering school in the US so I do know a little about computer architecture.

Anyhow, what I'm saying is the SKU is not related to the internals of the machine itself i.e. what chip it used or what DVD drive is in it. The SKU only reflects the features of the machine, i.e with or wihtout hard drive, wifi, wireless controller etc.

SKU stands for stock keeping unit and is there for retail stores and warehouses to keep track of different products. It is not there to denote if the 360 has a 65nm chip in it or a different video scaler.

To answer your implied second question, yes changing a chipset do affect the compatibility of the console if the chipset is not identical in specification, but this is something that has been done for a very long time. All major console manufacturers has done this.

In this case, although the source is somewhat questionable, if true is certainly a developers fault.

gololo5832d ago

"This is actually incorrect. The consoles on all sku's should have the common specification on the 360. On the PS3 on the other hand, the actual machine on the different sku is different as the 20GB does not actually have Wifi."
Dude...by the same logic...doesn't the 360 has different specs specially when it comes down to hdmi then? check your logic my man

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GunShotEddy5832d ago

Some fanboy reported that it doesn't happen on Xbox 360s?
http://xboxfamily.net/xbf-f...

The site this article came from has people reporting the error. It's not just on one console brand. This shouldn't be a fanboy issue. It sucks for anyone, but it is happening on both consoles.

vgn245832d ago

lol@ the fact that people disagreed with you for saying it sucks for anyone this happens to. Not sure who would want this to happen to either console except an extreme fanboy who only owns one console.

Nostradamus5832d ago

PS3 has mandatory install.

Just dont install it if you have the 360 version and you should do fine.

juuken5832d ago

Nostradamus, that's inaccurate. Last time I checked, the 360 did not have an optional install.

Vip3r5832d ago

The sooner Rockstar released a patch for both systems the better. I think more beta testing was required but I guessing this should be able to be fixed easily and soon.

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Mainline Grand Theft Auto trailers ranked from best to worst

As we have all been graced by the release of Grand Theft Auto 6's trailer, we're ranking the best and worst GTA trailers to date.

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purple101134d ago

We be getting these posts All week now lads. Someone noticed a number plate ... Someone noticed a billboard... I can see it now

Just go on YouTube and watch one of the many videos dissecting the whole 1minite 30secs worth.

This site supposed to be for news.

roadkillers134d ago

These updates on N4G are going to ruin whats rest of this site. Unfortunate since I was one of the first members.. The site shows unsecure when i login as well.

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Grand Theft Auto 4 Anniversary: The Beginning of the Age of RAGE

Grand Theft Auto 4 is an important game for Rockstar, not least because it was the first title in the franchise to use the newly created RAGE engine.

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franwex351d ago

Wasn’t the Table Tennis game the first to use RAGE?

isarai351d ago

Was about to say the same, but they do say first "in the franchise" so 🤷

cammers1995351d ago

The fact it hasnt been remastered is insane.

Abear21351d ago

Rage engine made driving on the sidewalk in cinematic slow motion camera a blast

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Fifteen Years On, 'Grand Theft Auto IV' Is Still the Series’ Best

There’s never a bad time to relive its magic, and with rumours of a potential Grand Theft Auto IV remaster making the rounds, why wouldn’t you?

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Machina354d ago

The series' most overhyped and overrated (especially by critics) more like.

Number1TailzFan354d ago

Not sure tbh.. I'd say 3 was the most overrated. It's pretty rough to go back to, it was quite rough even trying it just after Vice City. Lack of humour and vehicles that had the weight of polystyrene with top speeds to match.

VC & the stories games (even LCS) were all fun. I remember there being a lot of praise for GTA 3 on TV and in game mags, saying it was a Dreamcast killer of a game or words to that effect, and honestly after playing it on PC I didn't think it was that special and kind of dull, had the odd moment of fun but hardly anything. I heard they cut online multiplayer at the last moment for PC, shame because it could've made all the difference.

Would've loved to have seen what kind of cartoony GTA style game they could've done on Dreamcast as a competitor, I bet something along the lines of Simpsons Hit & Run would've worked well.

BlackTar187353d ago

@numberz How can the game that defined a generation and was copied by everyone be overrated? Was a asinine comment

seanpitt23353d ago

For me 4 was better than 5 was more realistic and the physics was on another level! 5 was a major let down in that department!

Number1TailzFan353d ago

@blacktar you have your opinion i have mine. I found the game dull, and it is for the most part. It set the foundation for the much superior SA and VC however.

KwietStorm_BLM353d ago

You say GTA III is overrated because it's rough to go back to and rough to play after Vice City. Your entire opinion is in hindsight. Of course it's rough going back to it today. It came out over 20 years ago. That doesn't take away from the fact that it pioneered a lot and was a paradigm shift for a lot of trends in game development today. Vice City in a lot of ways is just a more refined version of III. It was San Andreas that took the big leap forward from a design perspective. If III doesn't release, who knows if the open world genre would be what it is now. How can that be overrated?

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1nsomniac353d ago (Edited 353d ago )

Not at all. My most played game of all time. Truly stunning accomplishment in gaming and with PC graphics mods it just took it to levels beyond anything that came before and possibly even after.

People who moan about it generally tend to be people who played it on under powered consoles and couldn’t handle the more realistic car physics. It was the slightly more realistic approach that made it stand out more. Absolutely love it. In fact I always said Vice city was my favourite of all time. But after going back to the remaster I realised 4 was actually the best.

Profchaos353d ago (Edited 353d ago )

I'm no critic and I consider it the best games in the franchise after recently replaying every entry it's story when paired in conjunction with it's DLC was and still is amazing.

shinoff2183353d ago

Lol. Fun fact. That dlc cost a certain green colored console 50 million for exclusiveness. Un heard of back then. Just to point out the hypocrisy of the 3rd party exclusive agenda going on.

Anyway how the dlc better then the base game by a mile. Lol imo

DigitallyAfflicted353d ago

I've enjoyed gta4 the most from all the others too.

DarXyde353d ago

San Andreas holds a special place in my heart. Honestly, I couldn't get into IV at all. Didn't even finish it. I had some pride in playing it at first because I'm originally a New Yorker, but it just didn't do it for me.

To each their own.

shinoff2183353d ago (Edited 353d ago )

Gta sa for sure. To this day my favorite. My least fav is gta 4 easily. Gta 4 made me feel like the dude in next friday trying to take the cd back talking about i cant get jiggy wit this.

Maybe looking back it would be 3 but 3 did so damn much for gaming in general. . My first gta was of course the top downs so the series has came a long way.

notachance353d ago

Yeah I remembered falling asleep playing the last mission in GTA4.. the most boring protagonist (out of all the voiced protag), and the town is too small.

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-Foxtrot354d ago

Not really

Overrated

Boring

Liberty City despite being a reimagined version for the HD era lacked any variety

Lacked the GTA fun charm overall

Niko was bland compared to past protagonists like Tommy, CJ or Victor

blackblades353d ago (Edited 353d ago )

GTA 2 was the best, lol my only owned GTA game. Vice city was alright when I rented it back then. I cant really say which is the best cause those the only 2 games i played but GTA 2 was fun on PC back in the day. Closes game to it that I enjoyed was SR3 and I dont care what people say. That none serious tone was fun enjoyable.

banger88354d ago

Like hell it is. San Andreas was far better, much more fun and a better game overall.

isarai354d ago

Nah, it's a masterpiece in attention to detail and the amount of immersive systems at play. But it really isn't very fun, ESPECIALLY when compared to the previous games in the series. Like tons of things are just wonky and actively kneecap lots of experimentation, or is just lame. Like why do I take huge damage when falling into water, why can I only stand in very specific large trucks when they are moving but not smaller trucks and vehicles, why is the melee combat such a massive down grade from GTA SA and GTA IV, why is the euphoria nowhere near as reactive, why is being drunk using a rasterized animation of staggering rather than the far more entertaining euphoria GTAIV and RDR used when you were drunk, why do npc vehicles barely react to you popping there tires even at high speed, etc etc.

I've always loved playing around in GTA games world. Like the campaigns are great but the majority of my time was always spent just playing in the open world. Yet GTAV is the only game in the series I never really returned to after beating it, it just lacks that fun factor the others have, I spent more time in GTA SA remastered than GTAV

chicken_in_the_corn354d ago

It's one of my least favourite GTA games. It's clunky, the ai is exploitable, it's far too long and the writing is absolutely awful.

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