Grand Theft Auto IV, also known as GTA IV or GTA 4 is creating the buzz amount game lovers, specially after the success of all it’s previous series. GTA IV is a action-adventure video game with high quality graphics, sound effects, various stages and characters. This game has been produced by Rockstar North, and is being sold all over with huge success. After GTA 1, GTA 2 and GTA 3, this latest version of GTA series is now about to make a new record in popularity.

The game is compatible with Windows 7, according to it’s official statement, however, while pressing the “Play” button, this game shows the following error codes :

DD3D30
D3D Error – Please re-boot your system

This problem continues even after changing the compatibility mode to Windows Vista or Windows XP for the game or rebooting the system. At the mean time, the game faces problem with some selected Windows 7 system 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) systems while other systems tend to play it properly.

There is no official solution to fix this problem yet, however users can follow a workaround to fix this by reducing the color quaility from highest quality of True Color (32 bit) to lower quality of High Color (16 bit). Right click on Desktop >> select Screen Resolution >> Advanced settings >> Monitor tab. and change the display resolution. Else you can also reduce the desktop display resolution to 800×600 pixels as GTA 4 runs properly at SVGA (Super VGA) resolution. Once you are in the game, revert to original resolution. [via]