What does the American Dream mean today?
For Niko Bellic, fresh off the boat from Europe, it is the hope he can escape his past.
For his cousin, Roman, it is the vision that together they can find fortune in Liberty City, gateway to the land of opportunity.
As they slip into debt and are dragged into a criminal underworld by a series of shysters, thieves and sociopaths, they discover that the reality is very different from the dream in a city that worships money and status, and is heaven for those who have them and a living nightmare for those who don't.

Grand Theft Auto IV System Requirements

15 Jan 2013 - Specs reviewed

Official Minimum Requirements

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz / AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4Ghz
Memory: 1.5GB
Free Hard Drive Space: 16GB
Video Card: 256MB NVidia 7900 / 256MB ATI X1900
DirectX 9 Stereo Sound Card
Keyboard & Mouse

Official Recommended Requirements

Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4Ghz / AMD Phenom X3 2.1Ghz
Memory: 2GB (Windows XP) 2.5GB (Windows Vista)
Free Hard Drive Space: 18GB
Video Card: 512MB NVIDIA 8600 / 512MB ATI 3870
DirectX 9 Surround Sound Card
Keyboard & Mouse

PC System Analysis For Grand Theft Auto IV Requirements

You need a Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz or Phenom 9850 Quad-Core processor coupled with a GeForce 8800 GT to run Grand Theft Auto IV system requirements at recommended. You can expect to get around 60FPS at 1080p screen res on high graphics settings with this hardware. You should also have 2.5 GB system memory. System memory for min is 1 GB. You will require a DirectX 9 GPU. This means you will require a 14 year old PC to play smoothly.

FPS System Benchmark

200+ FPS

High

Graphics Card

GTX 1060

How well optimised is Grand Theft Auto IV for PC? Grand Theft Auto IV is poorly optimized

3.3

Where does Grand Theft Auto IV rank in the list of the most demanding games?

100+

Genres: Sandbox, Sim, Crime

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System Requirements Report for Grand Theft Auto IV

Graphics Settings: Medium or High

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Processor

APU FX-7600P Quad-Core

Graphics [1920 x 1080]

Radeon R9 M270X

RAM

6GB

Performance Report

Processor

Intel

Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8GHz

AMD

Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+

Graphics

Nvidia

GeForce 7900 GS

AMD

Radeon X1900 Series

RAM

1GB

Processor

Intel

AMD

Graphics

Nvidia

AMD

RAM

0MB

Processor

Intel

Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz

AMD

Phenom 9850 Quad-Core

Graphics

Nvidia

GeForce 8800 GT

AMD

Radeon HD 3870

RAM

2.5GB

Max Playable Resolutions at 30 FPS
Graphics Setting	Low	Medium	High	Ultra
Resolution	3840 x 2160	3840 x 2160	3840 x 2160	3840 x 2160

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CPU

APU FX-7600P Quad-Core

Our recommended setting for playing Grand Theft Auto IV: <strong>Medium to High Setting</strong>

GFX

Radeon R9 M270X [1920 x 1080]

Our recommended setting for playing Grand Theft Auto IV: <strong>High</strong>

RAM

6GB

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Premium Only FPS

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High Setting

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Grand Theft Auto IV System Requirements

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Nvidia Graphics Card

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VRAM

RAM

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Minimum Requirements

Intel CPU

AMD CPU

Nvidia Graphics Card

AMD Graphics Card

VRAM

RAM

Direct X

HDD Space

GD Verdict

Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8GHz

Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+

GeForce 7900 GS

Radeon X1900 Series

256 MB

1 GB

Win Xp 32

DX 9

16 GB

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Nvidia Graphics Card

AMD Graphics Card

VRAM

RAM

Direct X

HDD Space

GD Verdict

Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz

Phenom 9850 Quad-Core

GeForce 8800 GT

Radeon HD 3870

512 MB

2.5 GB

Win Xp 32

DX 9

16 GB

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Grand Theft Auto IV PC Release Date:

5 Dec 2008

Alternative Game Tags: auto grand, gta iv, gta4, iv, pc, gta 4

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Grand Theft Auto IV vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements

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Core I7-5775R 4-Core 3.3GHz

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Graphics Card

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RAM

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420%

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