GTA IV Performance

[erocker]

Or a dual core at 4ghz +.

 

[stefanels]

Here is mine:

Statistics
Average FPS: 38.45
Duration: 37.21 sec
CPU Usage: 73%
System memory usage: 56%
Video memory usage: 98%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1680 x 1050 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: High
Render Quality: Highest
View Distance: 68
Detail Distance: 100

Hardware
Microsoft® Windows Vista" Ultimate
Service Pack 2
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
Video Driver version: 180.48
Audio Adapter: Speakers (Creative SB Audigy SE)
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8200 @ 2.66GHz @ 3.6GHz

File ID: benchmark.cli

 

[Nick89]

This is getting stupid, I'm getting very annoyed with this game. :shadedshu

 

[DrPepper]

This is getting stupid, I'm getting very annoyed with this game

Whats wrong with it

 

[Black Panther]

Yep. GTA IV is optimized to take the full advantage of quads.

I can install the game on my laptop (it's got a Q9450 and 8800M GTX SLI) but since the game already runs smooth on desktop and it's only the AA issue which bothers me..... Obviously running it on a quad won't be giving me AA since it appears to just have been forgotten from the game altogether!
:shadedshu

erocker -- I don't think the issue is cpu here. I ran it on desktop with E8400 @ 4Ghz and at 4.2Ghz --- no performance increase. It's a graphics issue -- okay my graphics is mediocre for today (8800GT) but at nearly all settings maxed out (see my last post) I get 40+ fps which is smooth. I'd prefer to get AA or better shadows, and lessen some other settings but this is not possible - because AA is not existent, and shadows look more realistic if you put the slider all the way down, otherwise they'd just look like mad ants running on the floor...

 

[Nick89]

Whats wrong with it

I'm getting 20 average FPS on medium/low settings and people with the same hardware are playing the game on all high settings and getting 35+ FPS average. :shadedshu

 

[Wingo101]

What is a good FPS for GTA IV?

 

[oli_ramsay]

What is a good FPS for GTA IV?

Anything above 30FPS is pretty smooth.

 

[wolf2009]

I don't think this is a badly coded game, there is so much happening in the game, which is why it uses so much resources.

Lets see what it does,

You have 10-15 Pedestrians on screen, with 10-15 drivers in cars all infused withh Euphoria technology and physics. All with a mind of their own and aware of their surroundings. Now all this physics work is being done on the CPU which is why it uses so much CPU. Sorry dual core guys.

This is like doing Nvidia PhysX on CPU, obviously it runs slow on CPU than GPU.

If you don't know what Euphoria is, watch this video
http://www.naturalmotion.com/euphoria.htm

and its implementation in game

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/17055.html?type=flv

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/29964.html

 

[DrPepper]

I don't think this is a badly coded game, there is so much happening in the game, which is why it uses so much resources.

Lets see what it does,

You have 10-15 Pedestrians on screen, with 10-15 drivers in cars all infused withh Euphoria technology and physics. All with a mind of their own and aware of their surroundings. Now all this physics work is being done on the CPU which is why it uses so much CPU. Sorry dual core guys.

This is like doing Nvidia PhysX on CPU, obviously it runs slow on CPU than GPU.

If you don't know what Euphoria is, watch this video
http://www.naturalmotion.com/euphoria.htm

and its implementation in game

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/17055.html?type=flv

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/29964.html

Exactly my thoughts. Also don't forget the collision damage, random objects being knocked over etc. If they were to optimise the game they would sacrifice image quality and then everyone would complain that it looked crapper than the console version and was a poor port.

I'm getting 20 average FPS on medium/low settings and people with the same hardware are playing the game on all high settings and getting 35+ FPS average. :shadedshu

Maybe because you have a dual core ? Idk

 

[Bjorn_Of_Iceland]

IMO the FPS is as honest as it is. The game map is not a matrix btw. From the looks of the roads curve, the whole map looks like one BIG mesh o_0. AI per entity is taxing, and shader per entity is also taxing. Collision detection on physic object, collision detection per entity is also taxing.

Waiting for a patch to get high fps? Youll be rotting in front of your PC and still wont get a jump from 30s to 40s. lol.

 

[Nick89]

all I want is to get decent frame rates at low settings....... with my hardware

 

[pepsi71ocean]

all I want is to get decent frame rates at low settings....... with my hardware

up your cpu overclock. your cpu is bottle necking your gfx card.


I recently ran and expierment with my rig. At 2.4GHz my Xeon (system Specs) averages 24.fps, but at 3.2 it is wide open, i wish the frame limiter was able to be turned off tho. But under ebnch mark im averaging way better close to 45fps. and that is just with a cpu overclock, i didn't keep it there, because im still testing out the rig, but it shows.

Clock was 8x400=32000mhz, and the sb PCI was 101MHz, card was also kept at stock settings.

 

[Wingo101]

Is there any way to change the camera to follow your car like in the previous GTAs?

 

[MadClown]

I just got the game the other day, runs ALOT better than I expected, considering people were having trouble getting decent framerates with a 3870 on lower quality, but im getting some good eyecandy with playable framerates in the 20's, believe me this game is very playable at lower framerates.

 

[twicksisted]

ive had the game for just over a week and loving it... running it on my quad / 4870 on a 24" screen.
Its a great game but as expected its not giving excellent FPS considering everything that is going on in game.

its much more playable than oblivion was when it first came out... infact i have everything on high and only have slowdowns when theres a sh1tload going on at once and its loading textures etc.

 

[xu^]

the main problem being most ppl expect this game to run at 50 - 60fps or higher because they have a good PC ,then when it doesnt they say its a crap port etc etc ,but the fact is its perfectly playable at 25 - 30fps ,if vsync is enabled u will notice the game is capped at 30fps ,obviously because it run acceptably at that rate.

i get anywhere from the mid 20s up to 70+fps when theres not much going on and its perfectly playable at both ends of the scale.

some games just aint meant to run at 100fps tbh and this is one of them.
ive seen this game running on 4 diff pc`s all with various different specs & run it pretty decently.

 

[TRIPTEX_CAN]

I should be getting this game later today.

I've read that crossfire didnt make a huge difference when it was originally released. Has anyone seen an improvement in crossfire support since the patch and 8.12 released?

 

[pepsi71ocean]

not sure, but the game crashes on me to much now, I can se where the textures dissapear so im assuming its a bottle neck issue with the game.

Anyone with 1GB video cards, do you notice a big difference in the quality of game play?

 

[D3mon_Hunt3r]

IMO the FPS is as honest as it is. The game map is not a matrix btw. From the looks of the roads curve, the whole map looks like one BIG mesh o_0. AI per entity is taxing, and shader per entity is also taxing. Collision detection on physic object, collision detection per entity is also taxing.

Waiting for a patch to get high fps? Youll be rotting in front of your PC and still wont get a jump from 30s to 40s. lol.

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Wondering one thing with that SLI do you get any slowdowns or fps breaks during gameplay?

 

[frankie827]

how do you all think my pc will play it?

(specs are in the system specs tab)

im using a 20" monitor @ 1680x1050

 

[frankie827]

I just got the game the other day, runs ALOT better than I expected, considering people were having trouble getting decent framerates with a 3870 on lower quality, but im getting some good eyecandy with playable framerates in the 20's, believe me this game is very playable at lower framerates.

it is...im playing it at 7 fps with my laptop xD

 

[Wingo101]

Should be fine, though you won't be able to play on the highest settings ie. view distance

Here's a screenshot of my PCs performance with 180.84 drivers.

 

[frankie827]

Should be fine, though you won't be able to play on the highest settings ie. view distance

Here's a screenshot of my PCs performance with 180.84 drivers.

what if i got a second gtx 260 (i have a $250 gift certificate to newegg)

 

[Wingo101]

You need much more than 896MB Video memory.