GTA IV Performance

[Viorel]

Originally Posted by D3mon_Hunt3r

Could you enlight me what are your specs? I have a 4870X2 and i have to play in medium, and i get pretty low FPS!

You can see my System Specs now

But yes, as Erocker says, you have a problem with something

[D3mon_Hunt3r]

Statistics
Average FPS: 20.02
Duration: 36.85 sec
CPU Usage: 64%
System memory usage: 90%
Video memory usage: 90%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1680 x 1050 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: High
Render Quality: Highest
View Distance: 71
Detail Distance: 100

Hardware
Microsoft® Windows Vista" Ultimate
Service Pack 1
Video Adapter: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Video Driver version: 7.14.10.630
Audio Adapter: Digital Output (HDA XPLOSION 7.1)
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU @ 2.40GHz

File ID: benchmark.cli

My results with your commandline.txt

I have no OC what so ever on my PC. At the moment.

I'm using Cat 8.12 already.

[erocker]

Looks like it's not using enough of your CPU for some reason. Make sure chipset drivers, bios, windows update, driectX, sound etc. drivers are all updated.

[D3mon_Hunt3r]

I'm an updating freak. :P
Perhaps it's because a i run a lot of background tasks...
I have 101 running processes right now.

[xubidoo]

Originally Posted by D3mon_Hunt3r

I'm an updating freak. :P
Perhaps it's because a i run a lot of background tasks...
I have 101 running processes right now.

ouch and i thought mine was bad @ 68

[Lionheart]

whats GTAVI like on PC, is that buggy and horrible or is it ok.

[D3mon_Hunt3r]

Originally Posted by CHAOS_KILLA

whats GTAVI like on PC, is that buggy and horrible or is it ok.

Its more than ok, its great.

Just a bit troublesome.

[Viorel]

Originally Posted by CHAOS_KILLA

whats GTAVI like on PC, is that buggy and horrible or is it ok.

Buggy but not horible, its a great game


Anyone is having problems with peds in cars?
I can't see them at distance, only in covertibles or when I'm at 20 feets from the cars, so i can't kill them with my sniper

[Lionheart]

hmmm is it worth picking up, i played it on the ps3 and it was fun to muck around with

[techjunkie]

I did the commandline.txt tweak and now I play at max settings on my 4870 512 mb. I don't notice the game getting slower after gaming at max settings. WTF was rockstar thinking that a 512mb card cannot handle the high texture settings ??

noobs at rockstar

Game plays smoothly at 1440x900

[AsRock]

Originally Posted by Viorel

Buggy but not horible, its a great game


Anyone is having problems with peds in cars?
I can't see them at distance, only in covertibles or when I'm at 20 feets from the cars, so i can't kill them with my sniper

Dam and i was annoyied when it was happening to me from 200-300m+ lol

Originally Posted by techjunkie

I did the commandline.txt tweak and now I play at max settings on my 4870 512 mb. I don't notice the game getting slower after gaming at max settings. WTF was rockstar thinking that a 512mb card cannot handle the high texture settings ??

noobs at rockstar

Game plays smoothly at 1440x900

Yeah noobs they only built the game :P. THere's no pleasing everyone.

[Wingo101]

Hey Guys, where can I download the latest GTA IV patch from?

Sorry for the silly question, but I can't seem to find it.

[Viorel]

Originally Posted by Wingo101

Hey Guys, where can I download the latest GTA IV patch from?

Sorry for the silly question, but I can't seem to find it.

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads..._Patch_#1.html

[Wingo101]

Thanks man!

[erocker]

Anyone know how the commandline.txt works through Steam?

[warup89]

Originally Posted by erocker

Anyone know how the commandline.txt works through Steam?

I read somewhere you had to put the commandline.txt in the "Steam/SteamApps/Common/Grand Theft Auto IV/GTAIV" Folder

[erocker]

Originally Posted by warup89

I read somewhere you had to put the commandline.txt in the "Steam/SteamApps/Common/Grand Theft Auto IV/GTAIV" Folder

I've done that and nothing. The only time I really need my draw distance set any higher is in a helicopter, even so the draw distance is still better than the console version. It's just the only place I'm limited, everything else is at it's highest.

[warup89]

I remember my commandline.txt not working, I really dont know why, but after i put them in a certain order, they started working. so if you wanna give a shot at it here's my commanline.txt, try it out.

-also you can try this:

go to
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\grand theft auto iv\GTAIV\

create shortcut to LaunchGTAIV.exe
add your command lines to this shortcut.
example:
"C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\grand theft auto iv\GTAIV\LaunchGTAIV.exe" -nomemrestrict -norestrictions -windowed -novblank -percentvidmem 100

now go to
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\grand theft auto iv\RGSC
run RGSCLauncher.exe, and log in

minimize it and start the game from your newly created shortcut.

[D3mon_Hunt3r]

I have my commandline in the same folder as the main exe's and works fine.

I have Steam version btw.

[erocker]

Originally Posted by D3mon_Hunt3r

I have my commandline in the same folder as the main exe's and works fine.

I have Steam version btw.

Ok, so all you do is drop the commandline.txt file into the GTAIV folder? Why in the heck isn't it working for me? I don't need to do it or anything, it's the principal of it all.

[xubidoo]

silly question but you sure its not named commandline.txt.txt ?

[D3mon_Hunt3r]

Here is mine.

By d3mon_hunt3r

[miloshs]

For all the guys running Quad's... i found out that running GTA IV with "-fullspecaudio" command in the commandline.txt increases performance, and also increases load on the CPU... on my system i gained 2-3 FPS by inserting that command in the txt file... Also increases load by additional 5%, at least on my rig...

[pepsi71ocean]

Originally Posted by miloshs

For all the guys running Quad's... i found out that running GTA IV with "-fullspecaudio" command in the commandline.txt increases performance, and also increases load on the CPU... on my system i gained 2-3 FPS by inserting that command in the txt file... Also increases load by additional 5%, at least on my rig...

what are your game specs at, like resolution fps etic?

[miloshs]

Originally Posted by pepsi71ocean

what are your game specs at, like resolution fps etic?

Oh sorry forgot about those...
Heres bench with my rig...

with 4850 in the rig
Statistics
Average FPS: 35.85
Duration: 37.24 sec
CPU Usage: 71%
System memory usage: 51%
Video memory usage: 100%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1680 x 1050 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: High
Render Quality: Highest
View Distance: 71
Detail Distance: 100


with 4870 in my rig
Statistics
Average FPS: 37.36
Duration: 37.10 sec
CPU Usage: 65%
System memory usage: 47%
Video memory usage: 100%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1680 x 1050 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: High
Render Quality: Highest
View Distance: 71
Detail Distance: 100

with 4870+4850 CF in the rig
Statistics
Average FPS: 38.87
Duration: 37.15 sec
CPU Usage: 68%
System memory usage: 48%
Video memory usage: 100%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1680 x 1050 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: High
Render Quality: Highest
View Distance: 71
Detail Distance: 100


not much of a gain, eh? Im guessing it would show much more gain from CF if i was able to play on a Full HD monitor/tv... but i just had so little time, and wanted to test it out at the same settings as mine...