12th August 2021 - Specs
reviewed
Official Minimum Requirements
- Windows 98
- Pentium III 450 MHz
- 96 MB RAM
- 16 MB VRAM
- 500MB disk space
Official Recommended Requirements
- Windows XP
- Pentium III 700 MHz
- 128 MB RAM
- 32 MB VRAM
- 500MB disk space
GTA III is set in modern Liberty City, a fictional metropolitan city. The game follows a nameless criminal who was betrayed by his girlfriend in a bank heist, and is required to work his way up the crime ladder of the city before confronting her. GTA III is composed of elements from driving games and third-person shooters, and like its predecessors, implements sandbox-like gameplay, where the player is given the freedom to explore a large city, complete missions, commit criminal acts, or complete side missions.
FPS System Benchmark
200+
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High
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How well optimised is Grand Theft Auto III for PC?
8.6
8.6
Where does Grand Theft Auto III rank in the list of the most demanding games?
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Grand Theft Auto III PC Release Date:
30 May 2002
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Can I run ;)?
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I have alot of fun playing this game again. The last time i played it was 10 years ago and my English was, well missing. I play this game on my main laptop (Dell E6430 with i5 3320, 16 GB RAM, 1600x900 and a nasty integrated GPU). I have a blast playing this game. I left my PC collecting dust (i5 4570/16 GB RAM/GTX 770). So if you wonder what to play, its not a bad idea to try something old, and have a completely new experience.
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Can I run Grand Theft Auto III?
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Hey can my old PC run it ?
Intel Pentium II
Ati rage 128
128 MB of ram
Windows 98
In lowest settings ?
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You should try it, i managed to play it on my Oldtimer (Pentium III 1.1 Ghz socket 370/512 MB SDRAM 133mhz and a Nvidia 6200 256Mb PCI) Good luck
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Hi guys can u help me it runs in really choppy frame rates. the fps goes from 100-150 to 20-30. I tried limiting ti to 30 only but its still choppy pls help.
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This game works very well in my previous PC, a Dual Core 4000+ with a graphic board ATI HD1250, this card was very bad, but in this game was OK.
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Can I run this on my aging pc
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Even my ancient Dell Dimension can run this classic game.
CPU: Pentium 4 2.66 GHz
GPU: Intel 82845G
RAM: 768 MB
I don't use this PC other than for laughs.
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is it possible for me to run this game ? O_o
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Lets all be real here, any computers in the world that can't run this are currently being made into scrap metal.
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yes you have i7
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ahh i tought i can play this game ;(
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I cant Tell if your joking or not and your bad grammar
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i can't run this game even on low :v
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yeah u reall ned an upgrade to ur CRAPics card xD
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Look at this rig I procured and see how much better yours is. :D
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Wut?
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I play this game on low with bugs a 0-25 FPS.
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There is a fix, something that had to do with the audio options. I had Intel HD Graphics 1st gen and an Intel Pentium and it ran somewhat okay.
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that rig tho XDD
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I can't run it :( :(
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You can max this!!! Like this if you can
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Yes you can -_-
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You may have a problem because of a newer OS. It happened to me with a Win 10
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so ****i graphic!!!!!!!!!
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It has the really good graphics considering this was made in 2002 :P
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HUH? I'm sorry, it was released in 2001 for PS2. They released it in 2002 for Xbox and PC.
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the trailer looks quied awesome ;)
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Shocking news. I am just getting 30 fps while playing
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I get 30fps on a netbook 3x worse than that O_o
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Can't you turn off the frame limiter in this one?
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so cool game guys my favourite GTA
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You guys ! :D
This game is awesome
btw you can play multiplayer with me :D
Just send me request and I will show you how install multiplayer :D
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HOW TEE BEEp DO I PLAY TEE MULTIPLAYER PWEEEZ
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There is a multiplayer mode for PC made BY FANBOYS. Named III:MP, it's just like SA:MP.
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Dont liked that game much.
You cant jump from car when it catches fire.
No two wheelers.
Missions intersect with each other. So I dont played that game much.
But GTA 4 is better than this game.
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it was 2002 man.im surprised it even had a 3D world
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I know bro but remember vice city san andreas.
We can jump from car in previous games.
And they both have 2 wheelers two.
So I was kind disaapointed at that time.
I've played that game in 2004 after playing vice city an san andreas
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yeah i guess.but still its a nice game though i personally prefer Vice city
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me too.
Now a days graphics looks horrible but still I enjoy it.
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This is actually my all time favourite game!!! It came out when I was at college, and I played the hell out of it. At the time of release, there was nothing else like it - it blew my mind. Obviously subsequent GTA titles have built on and improved the formulae - but GTAIII had the biggest impact on me personally.
Back in 2002 I ran out and bought a GeForce 4200 ti so i could run this at 1280x1024! Cost me over 300 bucks - worth every penny.
To this day, I still do a play through about once a year.