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So I bought GTAIV partly because people always bitch about GFWL and this being one of those that were implemented poorly. I don't see it. If anything, Rockstar Game Social Club launcher thing is more annoying...

The main two problems with GFWL in my mind are 1) they mess with your saves, sometimes making them unavailable offline and making backups hard to get working, and 2) the point system used for add-ons.

Some people who test such things tell me it is a proven resource hog as well compared to something like Steam.

So I bought GTAIV partly because people always bitch about GFWL and this being one of those that were implemented poorly. I don't see it. If anything, Rockstar Game Social Club launcher thing is more annoying...

Just wait until GFWL tries to patch the game for you, while in game. It takes FOREVER. I actually thought that my computer froze while the patch was running.

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EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0 3.5GB | 3 X LG Flatron 24EA53VQ in Nvidia Surround | Optoma HD20

there is GTA4 mods for modding out both GFWL & rockstar social club
and if done correctly that will only impact GTA4
fps can increase if you're CPU limited, startup time reduced, but forget about online play though ...

I'm having trouble buying games through steam atm. It gives me an error message @ the screen where you select payment option... It's kind of frustrating... Anyone else experiencing this?

I'm having trouble buying games through steam atm. It gives me an error message @ the screen where you select payment option... It's kind of frustrating... Anyone else experiencing this?

Yeah, people are complaining all over the Steam forums.

I got lucky with one quick purchase, it went through, but a bit slowly.

Download speeds on Steam are hammered at the minute. Very slow... at least for me.

I bought Trials 2 and it went through, but it complained the whole time.

I'm having trouble buying games through steam atm. It gives me an error message @ the screen where you select payment option... It's kind of frustrating... Anyone else experiencing this?

Ditto....got through eventually, now its taking forever to download.

Ahh the cost of saving money....

It went through eventually. Still, I was kind of worried it might have registered the purchases and since I tried several times, would have payed for the game like 5 times. But it seems I only payed once ;p.

Mass Effect started @ 100kb/s but @ 12% or something it went up to 1.1mb/s. So not too bad. Trials is only 120mb and was installed before i even knew it.

Trials downloaded in 54 seconds for me. Just awesome.