i'm running quite happily with my q6600 @ stock @ 2.4Ghz, Memory @1066 5-5-5-15, 4870 1gig.Del wrote:GTA cpu benchies
It's a beast, you have to be pushing beyond 3ghz to get 30fps
2 main settings as high as they go and all the rest(draw distance@ 60, detail distance @30 shadow density@ 5) @1920x1200@59Hz
FPS is usually 50-70, drops to low 30s when wet at night or lots of explosions goin on.Flyin round the 3rd city(in multi) with all the skyscrapers was fairly taxing on the fps. dont know how much as i didnt have monitoring tool on
Check my vid to see the results,
But a nice little overclock should fix that.

Big promises from new ati driver released december 10th, hopefully will make it run even better, bit more draw distance.
Played some wicked multi with nova for a bit tonight, we gunned some people down in our stolen heli, great fun. team missions against lotsa cops, races, gang wars, dope smuggling or just plain fuckin around.
Multi is a little buggy/laggy. Needs dedicated servers and quick. Browser needs fixing too. As much as it pains me to say it win LIVE is quite good, you can connect directly to friends game, horrible for chatting though. Steamfriends has caused me to crash a few times, xfire doesnt play nice either sometimes.
Overall an amazing experience after all the bullshi to get it workin

Edit: for any1 wanting to know about GTA4 multi. Of course this is an example from consoles i think, so player limit is 32 not 16 for PC