Gta 3 Problem

myztik19 · Dec 14, 2002, 09:36 AM

HI !!

SYSTEM CONFIG

WINDOWS XP PRO
P3 550 MHZ
128 MB RAM
NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 M64 VIDEO CARD

THE PROBLEM IS THAT I CANT PLAY GTA 3 ON MY PC

WHENEVER I PLAY THE FPS RATE IS SLOW AND I CANT EVEN DRIVE MY CAR

THE GAME HANGS EVERY 2 MIN
THE ONLY THING I CAN DO IS WAIT FOR SOME TIME SO THAT THE GAME STARTS ROLLING AGAIN AND THEN WAIT AGAIN

I HAVE USED MINIMUM GRAPHICS DETAILS EVERYWHERE
EVEN 640 X 480 WITH 16 BIT COLOR DOESNT WORK

WHAT SHOULD I DO INORDER TO PLAY THE GAME .....

HOW CAN I PLAY

denis111 · Dec 14, 2002, 10:56 AM

It's pretty buggy under WinXP. Try SP1 or Win98/ME. But what U realy need is new videocard.

Madgoat1979 · Dec 14, 2002, 11:07 AM

thats funny, I had a tnt card before my gf4... And yes.. I had the same problem. You need to get sp1 or go onto gta3's website and look into the forums... there they have a patch for the older nvidia cards.... its somethign like a microsoft "screen saver problem patch"... but it also allies to the gta3 problem...

post back with your findings!

MadGoat

(also make sure that the options the card cant use are all off in the settings)

Grated · Dec 14, 2002, 12:07 PM

I think the best option is just buy a new vidcard, yours is pretty old you know

El_Coyote · Dec 14, 2002, 12:52 PM

tnt2 is the problem, yes

DriveEuro · Dec 14, 2002, 05:34 PM

Your vid card is too slow....not enough system ram...and your CPU is BARELY fast enough....if at all.

digitalwanderer · Dec 14, 2002, 06:03 PM

I'm surprised that rig doesn't chug running winXP! More ram first would be your best bet, next viddy card, then a CPU. Get yourself at least 512MB ram for XP, it's cheap off of www.pricewatch.com; then grab yourself a cheap 8500 for $66 off the same place and start trying to find out if your motherboard supports Tulatin CPUs or not. If it does, PICK ONE UP! They're a bargain for their price, if not get yourself a 1Ghz celery and you'll be a much happier gamer.

digitalwanderer · Dec 14, 2002, 06:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by digitalwanderer
I'm surprised that rig doesn't chug running winXP! More ram first would be your best bet, next viddy card, then a CPU. Get yourself at least 512MB ram for XP, it's cheap off of www.pricewatch.com; then grab yourself a cheap 8500 for $66 off the same place and start trying to find out if your motherboard supports Tulatin CPUs or not. If it does, PICK ONE UP! They're a bargain for their price, if not get yourself a 1Ghz celery and you'll be a much happier gamer.

EDITED BITS: MY BAD! I only recomended the 8500 'cause it was cheapest, but if you're really wanting to play GTA3 you'll want yourself a GF3 or better. I'd recomend the GF4 ti4200 in the flavor of your choice for about $120us.

DriveEuro · Dec 14, 2002, 07:17 PM

for 120 US? wow....I can find it street price at 101$....

reno · Dec 15, 2002, 02:28 AM

Wow, you need more ram, a better processor, a better graphics card, and a better pair of reading glasses so you can see the minimum requirements

digitalwanderer · Dec 15, 2002, 02:31 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DriveEuro
for 120 US? wow....I can find it street price at 101$....

WHERE?!? At $100, I ain't got an excuse not to have one if I can pick it up local!

DriveEuro · Dec 15, 2002, 06:54 PM

www.pricewatch.com the only place that I find my hardware.

mathwizard314 · Dec 16, 2002, 12:31 AM

Yeah, you definently need to upgrade. My brother runs the TNT2 also, and he has a 1 gig athlon and 384 megs of ram and it will barely even run on his pc. New video card and a little more ram should do the trick for you. proccessor upgrade would help also.

Mac Daddy · Dec 16, 2002, 02:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by digitalwanderer
EDITED BITS: MY BAD! I only recomended the 8500 'cause it was cheapest, but if you're really wanting to play GTA3 you'll want yourself a GF3 or better. I'd recomend the GF4 ti4200 in the flavor of your choice for about $120us.

Nice choice, good advise
My next purchase

digitalwanderer · Dec 16, 2002, 03:56 AM

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Originally posted by Mac Daddy
Nice choice, good advise
My next purchase

I'm trying like hell NOT to buy one right now myself, I figure if I can hold off until after x-mas they're either gonna be cheaper or a 9700 might just get cheap enough for me to get instead.

QUESTION: 9700 over a GF4 ti4200? Assuming the 9700 drops to the $150 range before the end of January.

DriveEuro · Dec 16, 2002, 04:07 AM

No it won't drop to the $150. As well all know. I've seen a 9700Pro for 298$.

digitalwanderer · Dec 16, 2002, 04:14 AM

I dunno, it'll bust $200 before the end of January I bet. The 9500 is $150 now, $160 for the 128MB version. It's a toss-up, I started some polls to get an opinion on it.

DriveEuro · Dec 16, 2002, 04:18 AM

The 9500Pro is decent. But go look at the review at TomsHardware. It's good for you DIGI but it's not all that hot compared to it's older sibling, 9700. But DIGI... Perfect for you. I suggest looking at the review at tomshardware.

reno · Dec 22, 2002, 04:00 PM

Only problem with the 9500Pro and 9700 non-pro is that they will not overclock...at all. Period.

Mac Daddy · Dec 22, 2002, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by digitalwanderer
I'm trying like hell NOT to buy one right now myself, I figure if I can hold off until after x-mas they're either gonna be cheaper or a 9700 might just get cheap enough for me to get instead.

QUESTION: 9700 over a GF4 ti4200? Assuming the 9700 drops to the $150 range before the end of January.

I'm in the same BOAT, MAN!!
My advise GF4, I dont care whether that ATI crap drops to 1 dollar.

Or Canadian, I think that would be a nickle right now, LOL

If you do purchase a GF4, and are not happy with it, feel free to make the ground shake DIG

I'm quite confident in my advise
CHEERS

URWORSTENEMY · Dec 22, 2002, 09:23 PM

hey Myztik19 m8

if u do get it running try this little 'cheat' out

type giveusatank

while playin in game and a TANK falls from the sky

u can now run amok blastin everything in ur way!!!

i rate this more like a little bit of fun rather than a cheat!

~~craig588~~ · Dec 24, 2002, 08:24 PM

acctually you can overclock them you just need a modified bios, you can get it from here http://home.mindspring.com/~warp11/

dmaister · Dec 28, 2002, 12:27 AM

im not worring anymore about gta 3, i am waiting for vice city, hopefully is not a bad port

URWORSTENEMY · Dec 30, 2002, 07:00 PM

WHAT HAPPENED!!

ive just tried 2 run GTA III and im getting error message:

Unhandled Exception
Unhandled exception: c0000005
At address: 1d1c4e86

ive never had any problems before
any help much appreciated

if only for the kids and a hassle free moment!!

thx in advance

digitalwanderer · Dec 30, 2002, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by URWORSTENEMY

WHAT HAPPENED!!

ive just tried 2 run GTA III and im getting error message:

Unhandled Exception
Unhandled exception: c0000005
At address: 1d1c4e86

ive never had any problems before
any help much appreciated

Have you been modding it? I get that after I take it "one mod over the line" on Bubbles, usually when I make the cars into styrafoam and add rocket boosters to 'em. The way I fix it is to copy me entire GTA3 directory from Blue to Bubbles and start again. (Unless it's something like I just played around with "handling.cfg" too much and then I just put the original file back and it's right as rain.

)

Quote:

if only for the kids and a hassle free moment!!
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You and me both buddy, you and me both!

URWORSTENEMY · Dec 30, 2002, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by digitalwanderer
Have you been modding it? I get that after I take it "one mod over the line" on Bubbles

You and me both buddy, you and me both!

digitalwanderer

EXACTLY MY PROBLEM

i went over to gta3hq and dloaded a load of mods
i then tried to install just one of them and BAM!!

ive tried a reinstall but still the same problem...
...could u explain ur reply as im a little confused and drowning in the tears of my troubled and very distressed siblings

thx

digitalwanderer · Dec 30, 2002, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by URWORSTENEMY
digitalwander

EXACTLY MY PROBLEM...

...could u explain ur reply as im a little confused

Ok, so you already tried the re-install? Did you just run the default GTA3 set-up program and have it installed where your old directory was? If so, you might want to pop into your "My Documents" folder and delete the "gta3.set" file in your GTA3 folder in there. GTA3 is like MaxPayne in that it stores your saved games and user data in your "My Documents" directory as opposed to your default GTA3 directory. The file "gta3.set" has all your video settings, controls, and audio settings in it. Almost EVERY time I change drivers, (not always, but almost always), I have to delete that file just to get GTA3 to start for me.

It's a really horribly coded program, but an excellent game. I think I have Bubbles totally optimized just for it.

My first bit-o-advice would be to try deleting that file and see if that helps.

(SIDENOTE-You're going to have to reset your video, sound, and control set-ups after deleting that file.)

URWORSTENEMY · Dec 30, 2002, 07:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by digitalwanderer
Ok, so you already tried the re-install? Did you just run the default GTA3 set-up program and have it installed where your old directory was? If so, you might want to pop into your "My Documents" folder and delete the "gta3.set" file

(SIDENOTE-You're going to have to reset your video, sound, and control set-ups after deleting that file.)

[COLOR=Red]arrrggghhhh!!!![/COLOR]

tried all that u said digi... but still the same error

ive de-installed, re-installed, removed the .set file, ran regCleaner, ran Nortons, kicked and punched it, but nothing seems 2 work

One silly mod and i get all this hassle

DriveEuro · Dec 30, 2002, 08:00 PM

Did you try restarting? Something simple.

digitalwanderer · Dec 30, 2002, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by URWORSTENEMY
[COLOR=Red]arrrggghhhh!!!![/COLOR]

tried all that u said digi... but still the same error

ive de-installed, re-installed, removed the .set file, ran regCleaner, ran Nortons, kicked and punched it, but nothing seems 2 work

One silly mod and i get all this hassle

Ok, let's try some more questions than. I won't give up yet if you ain't ready to. There is just NO way that we can't get this running, so if you've got a bit-o-patience I'm game.

Which 'silly mod' was it, I'm pretty familar with 'em. And what OS again?

Dec 14, 2002, 09:36 AM	#1
myztik19 Tech Savvy Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: India Posts: 52 Rep Power: 0	Gta 3 Problem HI !! SYSTEM CONFIG WINDOWS XP PRO P3 550 MHZ 128 MB RAM NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 M64 VIDEO CARD THE PROBLEM IS THAT I CANT PLAY GTA 3 ON MY PC WHENEVER I PLAY THE FPS RATE IS SLOW AND I CANT EVEN DRIVE MY CAR THE GAME HANGS EVERY 2 MIN THE ONLY THING I CAN DO IS WAIT FOR SOME TIME SO THAT THE GAME STARTS ROLLING AGAIN AND THEN WAIT AGAIN I HAVE USED MINIMUM GRAPHICS DETAILS EVERYWHERE EVEN 640 X 480 WITH 16 BIT COLOR DOESNT WORK WHAT SHOULD I DO INORDER TO PLAY THE GAME ..... HOW CAN I PLAY

Dec 14, 2002, 10:56 AM	#2
denis111 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Moscow Posts: 51 Rep Power: 0	It's pretty buggy under WinXP. Try SP1 or Win98/ME. But what U realy need is new videocard. __________________ P4(willamette (0.18)) 1.7@2ghz(fsb 118); Asus P4P800(i865PE); 512mb DDR333 SEC (single-channel); Radeon 9800 non-pro @ 402/370; SB Audigy

Dec 14, 2002, 11:07 AM	#3
Madgoat1979 VTX NuTz!!! Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: AZ Posts: 763 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	thats funny, I had a tnt card before my gf4... And yes.. I had the same problem. You need to get sp1 or go onto gta3's website and look into the forums... there they have a patch for the older nvidia cards.... its somethign like a microsoft "screen saver problem patch"... but it also allies to the gta3 problem... post back with your findings! MadGoat (also make sure that the options the card cant use are all off in the settings) __________________

Dec 14, 2002, 12:52 PM	#5
El_Coyote DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 111 Rep Power: 0	tnt2 is the problem, yes __________________ Warp2Search.net Newsie

Dec 14, 2002, 05:34 PM	#6
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	Your vid card is too slow....not enough system ram...and your CPU is BARELY fast enough....if at all. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Dec 14, 2002, 12:07 PM	#4
Grated DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Belgium Posts: 111 Rep Power: 0	I think the best option is just buy a new vidcard, yours is pretty old you know

Dec 14, 2002, 06:03 PM	#7
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	Run GTA3?!? I'm surprised that rig doesn't chug running winXP! More ram first would be your best bet, next viddy card, then a CPU. Get yourself at least 512MB ram for XP, it's cheap off of www.pricewatch.com; then grab yourself a cheap 8500 for $66 off the same place and start trying to find out if your motherboard supports Tulatin CPUs or not. If it does, PICK ONE UP! They're a bargain for their price, if not get yourself a 1Ghz celery and you'll be a much happier gamer. __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Dec 14, 2002, 07:17 PM	#9
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	for 120 US? wow....I can find it street price at 101$.... __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Dec 15, 2002, 02:28 AM	#10
reno Painlord of Ichor Join Date: May 2002 Location: bloinkin! Posts: 1,610 Rep Power: 0	fgy Wow, you need more ram, a better processor, a better graphics card, and a better pair of reading glasses so you can see the minimum requirements

Dec 15, 2002, 06:54 PM	#12
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	www.pricewatch.com the only place that I find my hardware. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Dec 16, 2002, 12:31 AM	#13
mathwizard314 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: United States Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Yeah, you definently need to upgrade. My brother runs the TNT2 also, and he has a 1 gig athlon and 384 megs of ram and it will barely even run on his pc. New video card and a little more ram should do the trick for you. proccessor upgrade would help also.

Dec 16, 2002, 04:07 AM	#16
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	No it won't drop to the $150. As well all know. I've seen a 9700Pro for 298$. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Dec 16, 2002, 04:14 AM	#17
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	My bad. I dunno, it'll bust $200 before the end of January I bet. The 9500 is $150 now, $160 for the 128MB version. It's a toss-up, I started some polls to get an opinion on it. __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Dec 16, 2002, 04:18 AM	#18
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	The 9500Pro is decent. But go look at the review at TomsHardware. It's good for you DIGI but it's not all that hot compared to it's older sibling, 9700. But DIGI... Perfect for you. I suggest looking at the review at tomshardware. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Dec 22, 2002, 04:00 PM	#19
reno Painlord of Ichor Join Date: May 2002 Location: bloinkin! Posts: 1,610 Rep Power: 0	df Only problem with the 9500Pro and 9700 non-pro is that they will not overclock...at all. Period.

Dec 22, 2002, 09:23 PM	#21
URWORSTENEMY nme Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Behind You!! Posts: 389 Rep Power: 0	hey Myztik19 m8 if u do get it running try this little 'cheat' out type giveusatank while playin in game and a TANK falls from the sky u can now run amok blastin everything in ur way!!! i rate this more like a little bit of fun rather than a cheat!

Dec 24, 2002, 08:24 PM	#22
~~craig588~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In clothing Posts: 3,510 Rep Power: 0	acctually you can overclock them you just need a modified bios, you can get it from here http://home.mindspring.com/~warp11/

Dec 28, 2002, 12:27 AM	#23
dmaister I got 99 Problems Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 71 Rep Power: 0	im not worring anymore about gta 3, i am waiting for vice city, hopefully is not a bad port __________________ "The Man, The Legend"

Dec 30, 2002, 07:00 PM	#24
URWORSTENEMY nme Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Behind You!! Posts: 389 Rep Power: 0	WHAT HAPPENED!! ive just tried 2 run GTA III and im getting error message: Unhandled Exception Unhandled exception: c0000005 At address: 1d1c4e86 ive never had any problems before any help much appreciated if only for the kids and a hassle free moment!! thx in advance Last edited by URWORSTENEMY; Dec 30, 2002 at 07:09 PM.

Dec 30, 2002, 08:00 PM	#29
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	Did you try restarting? Something simple. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024