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    Grand Theft Auto IV

    Game » consists of 25 releases. Released Apr 29, 2008

    Take on the role of Niko Bellic, a Serbian immigrant who comes to the US at his cousin Roman's request, to find a better life, search for "that special someone" and participate in lawless activities in an upgraded generation of Liberty City.

    Does GTA4 run better when installed to the hard drive?

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    #1  Edited By Nibbz

    topic^^

    wondering if it will have better frame rates and less freezing.

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    #3  Edited By RHCPfan24

    Well, it loads faster. I installed it, and I never really experienced any freezing, but not much else has changed. I think there was a very, very slight improvement in the framerate, but it hasn't changed much. The HDD installation does make a difference though; in fact, it is probably the best example for it in terms of loading and the like.

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    #4  Edited By John

    Can't really remember. But I believed it only improves the first loading screen, after that it's pretty much the same.

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    #5  Edited By WilliamRLBaker

    i never had a problem with freezing or bad frame rate and the game runs even better when it comes to loading once i installed it.

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    #6  Edited By EFKT

    Loading is a fraction faster for me, however gameplay remains the same.

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    #7  Edited By EFKT

    Although i agree with you red, he's asking quite a good question. 

    Anyway, Nibbz i suggest you do it anyway, just to stop the loud spinning sounds coming from your drive :)
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    #8  Edited By kush

    I've heard that there is little difference, but I never had any problems with the game without installing it. It would be nice if the pop-in when going into some buildings, such as the weapon stores, was fixed after installing it.

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    #9  Edited By Hector

    Their isn't that much difference at all. Only a more quiet system.

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    #10  Edited By kush
    Hector said:
    "Their isn't that much difference at all. Only a more quiet system."
    That is probably my favorite part of installing games...it's quite wonderful when you don't have to listen to the disc spin like a crazy person.

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