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So i have this problem with GTA, clean install, no mods or anything, as soon as the game loads it closes. No errors or anything, it just disappears. Does anyone know whats happening

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Do you have Games for Windows Live installed?

yes

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So i have this problem with GTA, clean install, no mods or anything, as soon as the game loads it closes. No errors or anything, it just disappears. Does anyone know whats happening

Get the 1.0.7 patch.

My PC specs; Processor: Intel i5 2500K @4.6GHz, Graphics card: Sapphire AMD R9 Nano 4GB DD Overclocked @1050MHz Core and 550 MHz Memory. Hard Drives: 500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM, 2TB Western Digital Green Drive, Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V , Power Supply: OCZ ZS series 750W 80+ Bronze certified, Case: NZXT S340, Memory: Corsair Vengance series Ram, Dual Channel kit @ 1866 Mhz, 10-11-10-30 Timings, 4x4 GB DIMMs. Cooler: CoolerMaster Seidon 240V

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Get the 1.0.7 patch.

if i just downloaded it yesterday, wouldnt already be the latest version?

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AMD FX 8350 | CPU Cooler- CM hyper 212 Evo | GPU- Radeon HD 7970 | RAM- G.SKill Ripjawz X 2x4 | Storage- 1TB WD Black | 128gb Plextor Ms5 | Case- BitFenix Shinobi   | Motherboard- Gigabyte AM3+ UD3 | PSU- Rosewill hive 750 watt

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CPU- A10-5800k | GPU- Onboard | RAM- Ripjaws X 4Gb | Storage- Seagate 1TB | Case- Bitfenix Prodigy M | Motherboard- MSI A75M-E35 | PSU- Antec 350W Basiq
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if i just downloaded it yesterday, wouldnt already be the latest version?

I don't know, but GTA IV is terribly optimised for pc its unbelievable.

My PC specs; Processor: Intel i5 2500K @4.6GHz, Graphics card: Sapphire AMD R9 Nano 4GB DD Overclocked @1050MHz Core and 550 MHz Memory. Hard Drives: 500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM, 2TB Western Digital Green Drive, Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V , Power Supply: OCZ ZS series 750W 80+ Bronze certified, Case: NZXT S340, Memory: Corsair Vengance series Ram, Dual Channel kit @ 1866 Mhz, 10-11-10-30 Timings, 4x4 GB DIMMs. Cooler: CoolerMaster Seidon 240V

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ill probably have to redownload, which i was trying to avoid because i only get 150kb/s down, at that rate i wont be playing for days!

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AMD FX 8350 | CPU Cooler- CM hyper 212 Evo | GPU- Radeon HD 7970 | RAM- G.SKill Ripjawz X 2x4 | Storage- 1TB WD Black | 128gb Plextor Ms5 | Case- BitFenix Shinobi   | Motherboard- Gigabyte AM3+ UD3 | PSU- Rosewill hive 750 watt

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CPU- A10-5800k | GPU- Onboard | RAM- Ripjaws X 4Gb | Storage- Seagate 1TB | Case- Bitfenix Prodigy M | Motherboard- MSI A75M-E35 | PSU- Antec 350W Basiq
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So many people say that but how so?

it was made for console and ported over, they didnt code it right to make it work well with pc parts

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CPU- A10-5800k | GPU- Onboard | RAM- Ripjaws X 4Gb | Storage- Seagate 1TB | Case- Bitfenix Prodigy M | Motherboard- MSI A75M-E35 | PSU- Antec 350W Basiq
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it was made for console and ported over, they didnt code it right to make it work well with pc parts

 

My point was that they did to an extent, there were a couple of issues on release but they were patched long before people started coming off with this 'poorly optimized' stuff.

 

You can max it out on a 6850 and a dual core... The bit that makes people think that it is poorly optimized are the rendering settings.

 

Changing view distance and vehicle density to 100 renders out pretty much the entire map so it has to calculate all the different objects cars peds etc, which should take a good amount of CPU horsepower, it's fine these days but a few years ago people complained as they thought they were unable to max it out, the truth is you don't really need to render out that much.

 

Detail distance requires a decent amount of VRAM up to 2gb which is common now, but back when these complaints started it was as rare as hens teeth.

 

If they hadn't of allowed so much flexibility in these options people would never of complained.

 

I take it yours is on Steam? Maybe try re installing Games For Windows Live first... Might be a driver issue or a problem with Directx though...

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I already re installed both, thanks for the help, but I have to redownload it, which I'm doing now

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 Media PC

 
CPU- A10-5800k | GPU- Onboard | RAM- Ripjaws X 4Gb | Storage- Seagate 1TB | Case- Bitfenix Prodigy M | Motherboard- MSI A75M-E35 | PSU- Antec 350W Basiq
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