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GTA: San Andreas comes out for the PC tommorow

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When is the in store date for the Xbox version? I'm having trouble figuring out when various retailers are actually going to have it on the shelves. It seems that it's going to be Monday. Unless it's out on Tuesday. Or Wednesday.
 
Originally posted by: AntiEverything
When is the in store date for the Xbox version? I'm having trouble figuring out when various retailers are actually going to have it on the shelves. It seems that it's going to be Monday. Unless it's out on Tuesday. Or Wednesday.
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Official release date is the 7th. But some retailers might release it a little early like Walmart or some might release it a little later. YMMV.
 
Originally posted by: MustangSVT
Originally posted by: Philippine Mango
I've got GTA III/Vice city for PC and PS2, so since I've got San Andreas for PS2, I'm obviously goanna get it for PC. I hope they improve the texture quality over the PS2 version because it's obivous they used like 16bit textures in the PS2 version for space reasons.
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I've read a review that they WILL use higher detailed textures. They said that the original design was done with high res texture, but they had to lower it to run on ps2 🙂
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Linky?
 
I got it as a gift for the PS2 but the framerate was atrocious and I will be getting it for the xbox shortly. 🙂 A game especially of this caliber is well worth the money 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Philippine Mango
I've got GTA III/Vice city for PC and PS2, so since I've got San Andreas for PS2, I'm obviously goanna get it for PC. I hope they improve the texture quality over the PS2 version because it's obivous they used like 16bit textures in the PS2 version for space reasons.
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Same here. Its gonna be DVD and have dolby digital. I can't wait! Coming out on thursday 🙁
 
Yes, there will be better textures in the PC version, thank god.
i also remember hearing that they will better utilize PC memory to almost eliminate map loading. can anyone confirm this?
i know on vice city with pc3200 loading screen pops up for less than half a second. but i heard they would try to eliminate them altogether. am i imagining this.
 
Originally posted by: mordantmonkey
Yes, there will be better textures in the PC version, thank god.
i also remember hearing that they will better utilize PC memory to almost eliminate map loading. can anyone confirm this?
i know on vice city with pc3200 loading screen pops up for less than half a second. but i heard they would try to eliminate them altogether. am i imagining this.
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I haven't played GTA:SA in a while, but didn't they eliminate loading screens all together? Or close to it I think...
 
Graphics will be better. This month's EGM stated that Rock Star creates the games at high resolutions and then has to degrade the resolution in order to put it on the Playstation 2. Building signs that are blurry on PS2 are easy to read on Xbox/PC.
 
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