Seven bucks may seem cheap for such a ridiculous type of fun, but not for pc! Unless you have an awesome gaming rig, Saints Row 2 is GOING to run like shit. Changing the resolution doesn't offer any help, either. Even the toughest rigs out there seem to have a little trouble with this game. I don't know why. Facts are facts. You'd be better off heading over to Quiznos and getting yourself an awesome foot-long sub.

Kind of like that other open world game that was ported over to PC. You catch ma drift?

He's right! They've come out and said that they aren't working on any further patches, too. 
 
And now I want a sandwich. Dang.

I second this opinion too, it runs horribly. Not sure if it's better with a quad core since it said it's recommended, however with a dual core, it's choppy.  
 
If you have a console, get it for that instead. This game is a horrible port, one of the worst i've ever seen.

" @Jack268:  My modestly powerful PC's running GTA4 at a pretty regular 30-40 FPS. "

I was about to ask if they ever fixed the huge issues the game had on the PC

Damn, I was considering it. So much for that then.

I believe this was an issue in a few reviews I read. So it be hoah of you to stray away from this purchase.

It runs ok if you have a fast quad core and GTX260/4870 or better. If you have a dual core just forget the game exists.

if i can run crysis on full i doubt it would be a problem. have an i5 rig though so i can run whatever i want. i would get  it on console anyway cause i would rather play with my buds on psn lol

if you have a quad core you should be fine.

in other news: general knox and other expansion packs for borderlands are 3.40(US) right now! if you don't own borderlands, GET IT! this is the best deal so far IMO.

I agree, this game runs like crap. I got it with the THQ pack this winter, thinking it couldn't be as bad as everyone said.
I was so wrong, even when I put it as low as it would go, as soon as i got in a car and started driving the game stopped like every ten seconds to load up the next ''zone''.
Thank god I got it as part of the THQ pack and didn't waste any money on this game by itself.

I forgot to mention, there is no X1050 or X1080p options available. Honestly, it's like they aren't even trying.

I actually own the PC version, and really enjoyed it. It's terribly optimised and I had to run it on low graphics settings, and it looks like complete trash on low graphics settings, but I still managed to get a load of fun out of it. So if you don't mind it looking awful, you can still get enjoyment out of it. 
 
Although do take the specs with a pinch of salt. My laptop has a 2.0 Ghz dual core processor, a Nvidia 9500M and 3GB of RAM (which is a little bit higher than the recommended specs), and I still had to play it on low settings to get a playable frame rate, so I wouldn't recommend purchasing it if you have anything worse than that.
 
So yeah, it has biiig issues, and go into it knowing that, but you don't necessarily need to  rule it out completely.

it is better 99% of the time to just get pc games that are not ports. they are so damn lazy nowadys when it comes to porting. i just get those for console and say fuck it

I had heard that with a powerful enough computer you could just brute force past the issues, but I don't know how 'powerful' that might happen to be.
 
That's a shame, because Saints Row 2 is excellent, and only about $4 here.
 
What's the word on Prototype on PC?  Any good?

" in other news: general knox and other expansion packs for borderlands are 3.40(US) right now! if you don't own borderlands, GET IT! this is the best deal so far IMO. "

Quiznos it is

" I had heard that with a powerful enough computer you could just brute force past the issues, but I don't know how 'powerful' that might happen to be.  That's a shame, because Saints Row 2 is excellent, and only about $4 here.  What's the word on Prototype on PC?  Any good? "

buy it for Xbox 360 if you have one! this gam is fucking awesome, but yeah I heard the PC version sucks ass.

Even more poorly optimized than GTA IV on PC?  
 
Wow,thanks for the heads up then :)

It does run like shit.But I got it to run at like 30-40 fps-in co-op with another person nontheless.

"He's right! They've come out and said that they aren't working on any further patches, too.  And now I want a sandwich. Dang. "

" @Jimbo said:

" I had heard that with a powerful enough computer you could just brute force past the issues, but I don't know how 'powerful' that might happen to be.  That's a shame, because Saints Row 2 is excellent, and only about $4 here.  What's the word on Prototype on PC?  Any good? "

I'm curious of Prototype, as well. I could buy it for PS3, but this price is too good if the pc version is half-decent. "

DAMNIT GOD DAMNIT, NO NO NO. I wasted seven freakin dollars