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brian9271
Nov 6, 2008, 07:47 AM
Yes, I have finally got GTA San Andreas for Mac, works perfectly except, it quits like after 10 mins... weird, what do you think the problem is :confused:??

Oh and this version is for Mac, not Windows...

Edit: Could it be my ram, its only 1 gb ram, if I upgrade it to 4 gb ram, then would it stop quitting? By the way I'm not using a Macbook pro...


FF_productions
Nov 6, 2008, 07:58 AM
I've used it before, you need a boatload of ram. It's a resource hog because of many factors. It was very usable on my Mac Pro w/ crappy 7300gt and I beat the whole game no bugs.
Dagless
Nov 6, 2008, 07:59 AM
GTA SA wasn't released for Mac (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Santos,_San_Andreas). I think there's the problem.
FF_productions
Nov 6, 2008, 08:02 AM
GTA SA wasn't released for Mac (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Santos,_San_Andreas). I think there's the problem.

It was torrented and Cider-ized for the Mac, but through all that, I can say it did work.
brian9271
Nov 6, 2008, 08:15 AM
I've used it before, you need a boatload of ram. It's a resource hog because of many factors. It was very usable on my Mac Pro w/ crappy 7300gt and I beat the whole game no bugs.

So, 2 gb ram or 4 gb?
FF_productions
Nov 6, 2008, 08:18 AM
So, 2 gb ram or 4 gb?

Just max it out, it's cheap to get to 4 gigs.
brian9271
Nov 6, 2008, 08:22 AM
Just max it out, it's cheap to get to 4 gigs.

Alright, thanks for help and info
brian9271
Nov 6, 2008, 08:10 PM
Oh and one more thing, it worked fine when I played it first time without changing anything, but when I chose a different resolution it started to crash... but anyway, I'm going to see if it crashes again after resetting to defaults.
FF_productions
Nov 6, 2008, 08:20 PM
Oh and one more thing, it worked fine when I played it first time without changing anything, but when I chose a different resolution it started to crash... but anyway, I'm going to see if it crashes again after resetting to defaults.

I wouldn't push the settings too hard, it slowed to a crawl when I pushed the settings really high, it's basically running at half the speed it should be at.

You'll notice the processors max out as well, I remember it took out a single Core by itself and really slowed down my computer if u tried having it in the background.