GTA IV Performance

[Steevo]

Built in benchmark scoring.



Statistics
Average FPS: 37.40
Duration: 37.33 sec
CPU Usage: 64%
System memory usage: 72%
Video memory usage: 81%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1680 x 1050 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: High
Render Quality: High
View Distance: 40
Detail Distance: 100

Hardware
Microsoft® Windows Vista" Ultimate
Service Pack 1
Video Adapter: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
Video Driver version: 7.14.10.621
Audio Adapter: Speakers (SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio)
AMD Phenom(tm) 9850 Quad-Core Processor

File ID: Benchmark.cli


Draw distance seems to be the limiting factor, at anythign abovbe that it gets choppy. And you start missing textures, but that could be the vmem not providing data fast enough, or a bit to high on the overclock of the vmem.

 

[erocker]

So you ARE able to use high textures with your card! Nice.

 

[Steevo]

Looks nice to me.


2X AA
4X AF
High quality textures
Adaptive AA High quality


Lowing the vmem doesn't fix the missing textures. However on the second run through the textures are all there.

 

[erocker]

I don't think AA is working, but it's not supposed to yet. It does look good.

 

[lemonadesoda]

^^ Steevo, THANKS for the screenshot. The graphics are amazing compared to what I was expecting given all those whiners in previous posts. But WAIT, you have the 1GB 4850. I think that is the clue. This game just isnt happy on ATI 512MB but needs more.

Why are so many peeps whining? If you run good at high graphics on your resolution, I'm sure 512MB'ers can do it with medium settings on a slightly lower resolution.

 

[EviLZeD]

I believe your graphics cards memory determines what settings gta allows but this can be bypassed using some parameters to the shortcut of the game. I read somewere to max gta 4 you need around 1.4gb or graphics memory.

 

[erocker]

^^ Steevo, THANKS for the screenshot. The graphics are amazing compared to what I was expecting given all those whiners in previous posts. But WAIT, you have the 1GB 4850. I think that is the clue. This game just isnt happy on ATI 512MB but needs more.

Why are so many peeps whining? If you run good at high graphics on your resolution, I'm sure 512MB'ers can do it with medium settings on a slightly lower resolution.

Above 512mb is the key for the high texture settings. With my 4870 512mb, I can play on 1920x1200 everything maxed except textures where I'm limited to "medium" and the draw distance is limited to 24. It does look good.

 

[wolf]

i have a 1gb 9600GT nicely overclocked that i might test... reckon high is possible on a 8800GTX's 768mb?

 

[erocker]

Yes, and I think high will be available with your 9600GT 1gb as well.

 

[lemonadesoda]

In other news,

die hard fans of the GTA series buy up all stock in nVidias QUADRO professional FX 5800 GPU with 4GB ram at a cool $3499. Put two of those in SLI and it will *BLOW* GTA4 (once they have patched the crossfire/SLI issue).

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nvidia-Quadro-FX-4800,6654.html

 

[wolf]

itll be on a 1440x900 screen, so res wont be an issue, im sure if i keep the draw distance moderate ill be fine

the hard part will be filling my 28"s 1920x1200 with a 4870 512.....

 

[wolf]

In other news,

die hard fans of the GTA series buy up all stock in nVidias QUADRO professional FX 5800 GPU with 4GB ram at a cool $3499. Put two of those in SLI and it will *BLOW* GTA4 (once they have patched the crossfire/SLI issue).

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nvidia-Quadro-FX-4800,6654.html

from that review.. "there is support for SLI frame rendering."

HELLO

 

[lemonadesoda]

HELLO!

You cant SLI/crossfire in GTA4

 

[frankie827]

In other news,

die hard fans of the GTA series buy up all stock in nVidias QUADRO professional FX 5800 GPU with 4GB ram at a cool $3499. Put two of those in SLI and it will *BLOW* GTA4 (once they have patched the crossfire/SLI issue).

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nvidia-Quadro-FX-4800,6654.html

*die hard fans that have no price limit and dont realize the quadro series isnt meant for gaming *

 

[wolf]

HELLO!

You cant SLI/crossfire in GTA4

not yet, but in time...

 

[erocker]

Here's my bench:

Those are the highest allowable settings for the HD4870 512mb
Q6600 @ 3.0ghz RAM @ 1066

 

[wolf]

is that 38fps pretty solid or is there a large fluctuation?

 

[erocker]

is that 38fps pretty solid or is there a large fluctuation?

Solid. It did dip to 28 fps a couple times but that's as low as it goes.

 

[lemonadesoda]

Thank you erocker for some objective data.

You have a 4870 512MB and can run 1920x1200 without problems! Great. What is everyone complaining about?

We need a new thread started with GTA4 BENCHMARK results, CPU, GPU and RAM, FPS... with a standard set of texture, render, view.

 

[wolf2009]

Thank you erocker for some objective data.

You have a 4870 512MB and can run 1920x1200 without problems! Great. What is everyone complaining about?

thats just a benchmark, not actual gameplay


Does the game dip below 20fps in gameplay ?

 

[erocker]

Does the game dip below 20fps in gameplay ?

No. The lowest it has gone that I've noticed is 24, with a hell of alot going on. It goes as high as 60, but generally stays in the upper 30's to low 40 range. Those are the settings I play at. I actually turn the amount of vehicles down to 70, because having so much traffic can be annoying!

I'm dl'ing/installing it on my other (nvidia 9800GTX+) rig right now.

 

[Viorel]

No. The lowest it has gone that I've noticed is 24, with a hell of alot going on. It goes as high as 60, but generally stays in the upper 30's to low 40 range.

25-35 here, but is very playable

 

[Steevo]

The cutscenes seem to take more time/power to render than the actual game.

 

[Whilhelm]

So is AA going to be supported at some point or is this yet another console port with no AA support. That was the biggest improvement that I was looking forward to with this release.

 

[pagalms]

I got 4fps more with Quadro FX 178.26 drivers than with Geforce 180.70.
And btw: http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_gtaiv_downloads.html