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Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City is a standalone compilation of the DLC episodes for Grand Theft Auto IV, containing both The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony on one disc. It was released alongside the DLC release of The Ballad of Gay Tony on 29 October 2009 for the Xbox 360 and released on 13 April 2010 for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 3. It does not require a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV to play, nor is an Xbox Live or PSN account necessary (except for multiplayer). The content is also played straight from the disc, and does not need to be downloaded to a hard drive to play, like various other disc-based expansions for other Xbox 360 games that have been released in the past.
The engine is still extremely demanding for this game – even months later for the newest hardware. The latest version changes some of the rendering calls and is used partially within the latest Max Payne engine.
We tested the game on our 1080p panel and set everything to ‘high’. View distance, detail distance and vehicle density were all set to 100. AF was set to 16 times.
Grand Theft Auto 4 is reliant on the CPU and we are pleased to see the engine scaling with the GTX480 system .. again the benefits are substantial but in real world actually not very noticeable at 1080p.
Grand Theft Auto 4: Episodes from Liberty City basically translates to around a 10fps gain from slotting in the GTX 480, showing the power this card really brings to the table. With another 512mb of ram onboard you can also increase a few of the high settings to – very high, without much of a performance penalty.
Those 480GTXs need far too much cooling.
prices seem competitive, but the CPU cooler and ram put me off. ill go check out the customisations.
they need a hardcore case for 480, that thing is getting way too hot.
465 is solid performer, id opt for the cheaper system and maybe add a reasonably priced SSD for the OS drive.
good review, noise seems a bit high with 480 and those temps scare me. 98c long term? thats an RMA waiting to happen. guess the warranty is a good option! would make more sense for Mesh to offer better cases for 480 to save their potential costs in 9 months time. I can see a lot of those failing.
good review, the one thing that put me off the system is the use of really cheap ram without heatspreaders. I know the audience wont care, but Mesh really should.
Nice enough system, I dont overclock and don’t care about state of the art cooling,. I like warranty cover from companies, so im not ashamed to say I buy them prebuilt. worth the hassle free gaming experience with long term peace of mind 🙂
ITs not a bad system and very competitive, which I think MESH aim for. nothing fancy, but solid workmanship and good warranty cover with good parts.
Nice to see a zotac branded card in the system, I have always liked them.
That CPU cooler is pretty good for a reference cooled system. Would like to see branded ram from OCZ or Corsair, or even Crucial with heatspreaders however. That really does add a feeling of “our audience wont care to open the case, lets put in cheap ass modules to make a few more quid on profit”.
Just my views anyway, but its a generally positive looking system(s)
I would agree, of everything in the system, I would only be unhappy about the use of unbranded, low spec memory. Surely for a company like MEsh, spending £3 more in a build to use good ram would be better not only for the customer but them long term.
If this review has whet your appetite at all, then give the MESH team a shout and ask them what the price would be with 1600Mhz ram, an improved cooler and the fan-side-panel version of the Element S case