Just Cause 2, a key to better base jumping.

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Well I tried running GTA IV on an Alienware laptop I payed $2300 in January 2009, Core2Duo 8600, 4gb ddr3 1066, 3870 in Crossfire X, 1920x1080 all textures, shadows, view distance on low, and the game chopped along at like 10-15FPS

Let's clarify this first. Notebook for 2300$ is nowhere near as good as desktop for 2300$ and spending even 3k $ on notebook, doesnt mean you could run any game. It's just a notebook.

, were talking the BEST mobile platform had to offer, couldn't run a console game on low settings, yet a $300 Xbox runs flawlessly in that resolution.

As far as I know xbox runs flawlessly, but not full hd. It runs 720p and still with worse graphics. So you can't compare it.

this was about a month or two after the PC release. GTA IVs horrible performance is most likely the reason why Red Dead and LA Noire didn't have a pc port, They all run on the same game engine... were talking about a game released in 2008, it should definitely NOT require a quad core processor to run.

With ASUS G53SW i7-2630QM I was able to run GTA IV pretty nice. Not even talking about my desktop rig. This game is, and always will be, processor demanding.