Grand Theft Auto IV PC/360 Comparison

Gametrailers writes:

How well can Rockstar code for the PC?

[TrevorPhillips]

i have this game on 360 and pc i play the pc version with my PS3 controller:)

[chasuk08]

I cant believe you got disagrees for that, its crazy.

[Nathan Drake]

PC version easily looks better

[Eiffel]

Yeah, just add the broken texture loading for most people who own the PC version and you will see which is better.

You would think coming from the consoles this game would perform better.

[power of Green]

PC version is way more clearer with more natual looking light,colors.

PC is superior. Keep in mind the 360 version was held back by the PS3 although the PC is superior to consoles.

[MUGEN]

I think I saw a few typos in your comment. It should of said "the 360 held back the PS3 this generation", but other than that the PC's always win but not everyone has $4-6,000 to build one.

[power of Green]

NAH as you can look up, the trend seems to back what I'm saying lol.

[Nicaragua17]

LOL it's actually the other way around.Anyways,as always,the PC version wins.

[Danja]

Nah actually the limitations of the 360 held back the PS3 version , everyone knows there's only so much stuff you can cram on a DVD9..XD

[El_Colombiano]

PC rapes any console for breakfast in multiplatforms. Although the PS3 is really putting up a fight with it's exclusives, just look at Killzone 2, Uncharted 2 and Heavy Rain. Power of Green, you and I both know along with everybody else on this site that its the 360 that is holding back the PS3. Show me something that runs on the 360 that looks better than Killzone 2 or Heavy Rain. You can't ;).

[ViceKingz]

http://www.videogamesblogge...

but PC owns all

[plain rice]

Uhhhhhhh.................. 360 exclusives don't look as good as PS3 exclusives. If you look at Infamous, that game is putting GTA4 to shame in terms of graphics, and the amount of things going on screen. Seriously not only did DVD9 hold GTA4 back, the hardware in the 360 as well.

[phosphor112]

that was some computer/fps lag for the PC version, especially for those high specs. PS3/360 versions seem to run a lot better..well because they are optimized for the hardware.

[ind1]

@3.1

Er, 4-6000 dollars to build a gaming PC? Please.

PS3's are still $700 in my country. With that I could build a PC which could run games much better then both consoles.

Get your head out of the sand. The only place you pay $4-6000 is when you are dumb enough to buy the PC from the store rather than getting custom parts and building it on you're own.

God I hate ignorant people.

[MUGEN]

For $700 you couldn't make a PC that could do High settings at 1200P@60HZ+. Your "basic low-end" gaming PC looks pretty weak compaired to the ones you can buy at the store.

God I hate cheap people.

[ind1]

I was using the price of the PS3 as an example.

I did not say I owned the computer, I just said that you can build which can perform better then a PS3 for the same price.

I mean, you don't mention anything being a "high-end" pc in your comment. You just act like every other idiot thinking gaming PC's are $4000-6000 when infact they are not.

On top of all this.. Months and months ago my friend built a PC which played Crysis. Not on max settings, but he only paid $850. That same PC can be made for MUCH cheaper today considering everything is lower in price. Not only that, but if someone is going to actually put $4000-6000 into a PC, its because they can, not because they have to. You need to see the difference here, kid.

[MUGEN]

Gaming PC's are always a high-end PC. They use the latest and greatest everything to run the latest/future games. A $850 PC is outdated before boot up. Ill stick with high settings, high resolutions and high-end PC's.

You have one reply left, kid.

[ind1]

Damn, its pathetic yet embarrassing reading your comments.

A gaming PC is not "always" high-end. The difference between a frame-whore compared to a PC gamer is huge.

Frame-whores build PC's just to see their frame rates within games to brag on forums and websites. You clearly do not know the difference.

We have gaming laptops for people who go overseas to game, and do they sell for $4000-6000? Hell no.

I'd also assume you think you'd need a $4000-10000 (Hell I wouldn't be surprised at $10000) just to run GTA IV.

Wow, the stupidity within your little body. And you actually have the guts to try and prove me wrong, and I just spit it back in your pathetic face.

Simple really.

[MUGEN]

LOL "gaming laptop", you mean a outdated slow PC that eat battaries?
GTA 4 needs a high-end PC with one of the best CPU's on the market no matter how they patch the game.

Wow, the stupidity within your little body. And you actually have the guts to try and prove me wrong, and I just spit it back in your pathetic face.

Simple really.

PS. have fun with your low settings and slow PC's.

[GiantEnemyLobster]

I love how they compared the superior version (PC) to the 2nd most superior (360).

PS3 version is sitting way behind in the dust LOL

[2 cents]

Prove me that the x360 version of GTA4 looks on par or better compared to the ps3 counterpart.

[Surfman]

ps3 looks better than 360, IGN and other big websites confirmed that.

[InMyOpinion]

You have a really really short memory span, don't you?

"First things first. Xbox 360 runs at full 720p (1280x720), whereas the PlayStation 3 code takes a 20 per cent hit, being natively rendered at 1152x640 before being software-upscaled."

That must be because the PS3 is so powerful...It can't even run the game at the same resolution as the 360.

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

Btw, does the PS3 version have trophies? Online voice-chat? Rumble? lol!

[Magic_The_Celt]

360 hardware is very similar to the PC so if you where going to compare console to PC its very obvious you would use the most like PC but console

*sigh*

Moron

[zerolinkgannon]

Pc one looks better but I did notice that it stutters alot, more than the 360 version in this video. Partically in the driving scenes.

[TheIneffableBob]

I'm guessing that's because they put the graphics settings as high as they could go. Rockstar apparently designed the game to be scalable to future hardware, which is pretty stupid. If they dropped the settings down a little bit, I'm sure the stuttering would have gone away. That or maybe they weren't using the latest Catalyst 8.12 drivers which are supposed to improve GTA IV performance.

[The XBOT]

catalyst is for ATI

[uie4rhig]

they're using an ATi graphics card lol.. i was a bit confused too at first.. but they are using ATi Graphics card ;)

[thewhoopimen]

POG, you and your neverending delusions. Everyone knows 360 gets slaughtered when it comes to exclusives comparisons. Shoddy hardware, and paying $49/year to listen to rabid pre-teen fanbois spam the voice chats. Oh 360 is so FTL

You can dish it, but can you take it? Bend over.

[thewhoopimen]

Can't believe some of you took my statement so seriously. Just trying to show how unreasonably lame POGs statements sound. It was supposed to be sarcastic.

[ind1]

The thing is, that happens everyday on forums/N4G.

So seeing that isn't really a surprise and hard to take as sarcasm.

[NaiNaiNai]

PC vs PS3. pc still wins. PC wins on everything, you people just dont get it do you.
-nai-

[ind1]

You're right.

Unaware console owners just say "Oh but Pc's cost $4000-6000 to build, so of course its going to be better!"..

[MUGEN]

Good thing I'm not one and know that PC's always win alsong as their built for gaming.

[specialguest]

PC will always win now and forever. When the Xbox 720 and the PS4 are out, PC will still eventually win 6 months down the line. But of course it comes with a higher price.

[sirbigam]

if only my vista 64x could support the ps3 controller, bought ta change it to 32

[sugatmahanti]

@XBOT

They are using ati radeon 4870X2

[plain rice]

Aside for mods, is that really the best the PC can offer? Just cleaner graphics, and better draw distance? I expected more traffic, more pedestrians, higher and realistic foliage, etc...

[Firstkn1ghT]

Looks like the PC version beats the 360 version for the best GTA4 version. Don't even think about saying that the ps3 version is equal to the 360 version. That argument has already been discussed and debated months ago with the 360 version winning as usual.

[iistuii]

I see they are trying to compare a console to a pc ,,stupid.The pc , if indeed its a proper monster gaming pc will win every time. Just laughing that they didn't compare it to the jaggie mess ps3 version.

[retrofly]

Surly a fair test would be to buy £120 worth of PC then compare it to the xbox, or buy £220 worth and compare it to the PS3.
:)

[pornflakes]

Haha look how the tards disagree with Jenzos FACTS, PS3 boys are really fustrated!

[uie4rhig]

but.. am i the only one that sees the PC version stutters.. like A LOT?

[zerolinkgannon]

Number 4 comment above

[djslapdash]

That PC rig probably cost about $2000+ and a copy of the game $30

The Xbox 360 cost about $300+ and a copy of the game $50

What % difference were there between them, about 20-30% better on the PC

so 30% better graphics, same gameplay for an extra $1600, no thank you.

[Gun_Senshi]

PC Version is 16 GB while X360 version is 6.4 GB -_-

Also I can run this game fullest with 2000 EUR Rig not 10k$

Also. In the long run PC is more worth then x360, and I use my PC for Work and Design not gaming only.

[DeZimatoR]

PC version looks way sharper and has far better colors. Better draw distance too. It did stutter quite a bit, but it may be because they had the video recording on.

Its to be expected though...a PC like that is much more powerful than a console, but it has the downside of requiring a lot of upgrades to be able to play the games at their best.

Which is why I don't game on PC :)

[Huntmaster17]

PC will always reign supreme! Also don't give me that its too expensive crap, just build your own pc. www.newegg.com <- there you go

[mdogcamel]

I'm not denying that the PC version looks better, but who was playing this game 8 months ago in April? Yeah. I could buy an Xbox 360 Elite + GTA4 for less than that 4870X2 used in the video will run me right now. I also noticed framerate slowdown in the video, and that is unacceptable from a PC system like that. In addition, this means that they had an extra 8 months to polish the game. Did they add anything significant? Nope. Rockstar had 8 months to shine up every surface so if it didn't look better it would be an embarassment. The 360 version looks pretty good, and all of you who say "PC will always reign supreme!" I've got some bad news. PC developers are dropping like flies to to many things including pirates and the money it takes to keep a system up to date these days. So, enjoy getting what few exclusives you have left, and enjoy getting games months later after all of the hype has died down and you already know the ending. I'll see you guys online in February when the "Lost and Damned" DLC comes out. Oh wait, I won't.

[Charmers]

The footage was recorded using Fraps, so not only was the PC rendering the game it was also recording the footage. I would like to have see the 360 do that ........... oh wait it can't. You clearly know nothing about PC's when fraps records footage it has a clear impact on frame rates.

As for PC developers dropping the PC erm where ? Last time I checked ID are still doing PC games, Crytek are still doing PC games, Blizzard are still doing PC games, Valve are still doing PC games, Bioware are still doing PC gamers ........ etc etc. They are not dumping the PC they are going the way nearly ALL developers are going ie MULTI-PLATFORM. Why shouldn't they go multi-platform there is nothing to stop a PC developer going multi.

[importfighter]

GiantEnemyLobster

Ur a doink, the ps3 vsn is far more superior...I tried GTA on 360, too much lag and issues

the ps3 vsn is a more superior then the 360, the mandatory install probably helped on the ps3 side