IhaveAniPod Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 I was hyped up for this game and all until I actually played it, and noticed how poor the FPS was. Lets see... I have a: Dell Inspiron XPS 3.4 GHZ H/T P4 512 DDR RAM 80 GB HD 128 ATI RADEON 9700 MOBILITY GFX CARD And the game runs like crap. I tried it at the high settings, and it definitely is bad. The only time it runs good is when I set the Visual FX to Low, but then everything looks crappy. I have Anti Aliasing only to 1, Draw Distance to 3/4, res to 1024x800x32, Frame Limiter off, Details to Low. Yet it's still not very smooth and the FPS is very jumpy. WTF? I even did a complete defrag on my comp, did spyware checks, etc. Got a solution? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/197900-what-are-your-display-settings/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEEJAY123 Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Yea, same here. As soon as I started playing it I was like "hmm, what's wrong with this s*?" I'm using integrated video until I upgrade. Have it on Low. Everything, LOW. Every possible setting. Didn't have this problem with Vice. Here, have some breadfish Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/197900-what-are-your-display-settings/#findComment-2917077 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA3Freak-2001 Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Yeah unfortunately the game seems to have problems with certain hardware combinations, it may have some memory leak or something. Hopefully its something that will be fixed in a patch which is certainly needed for so many different problems. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/197900-what-are-your-display-settings/#findComment-2917225 Share on other sites More sharing options...
IhaveAniPod Posted June 22, 2005 Author Share Posted June 22, 2005 Ugh I'm pissed at the fact that this game is so great... and yet it isn't at the same time Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/197900-what-are-your-display-settings/#findComment-2919963 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Dawg Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 See Jay i dont think your should be able to complain because its your integrated graphics that makes this game choppy , this game really really really requires to be played on a 128mb video card or above Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/197900-what-are-your-display-settings/#findComment-2920013 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sovietdoc Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 3.0 Ghz P4, 2x 512 Mb PC-3200 In Dual Channel, 9800 XT, WDC Raptor 2x RAID 0, SB Audigy 4 Pro and Logitech Z-5500 Digital. I get 85 constant (no lower or higher than that) because I have VSync turned on. GFX settings I play with are up to the max including Level 3 Antialiasing in the game and 16x Anisotrophic Filtering Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/197900-what-are-your-display-settings/#findComment-2920218 Share on other sites More sharing options...
IhaveAniPod Posted June 22, 2005 Author Share Posted June 22, 2005 3.0 Ghz P4, 2x 512 Mb PC-3200 In Dual Channel, 9800 XT, WDC Raptor 2x RAID 0, SB Audigy 4 Pro and Logitech Z-5500 Digital. I get 85 constant (no lower or higher than that) because I have VSync turned on. GFX settings I play with are up to the max including Level 3 Antialiasing in the game and 16x Anisotrophic Filtering what the fux? How did you do that, how many MB is your graphics card? Is it because you have VSync turned on or your high memory that's letting you get such good FPS? Where can I turn on VSync? I WANT FPS LIKE THAT!! My computer should be able to handle it Even on the lowest possible settings, I still get FPS around 20 (and down to 10 in the city, etc.) Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/197900-what-are-your-display-settings/#findComment-2920279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gta1player Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 i had troubles with the fps on the video setting 800x600x32 , medium graphics setting . i dropped the color depth and raised the resolution to 1024x768x16 and pushed the graphics up to very high and i doesnt tick anymore . if anyone is having fps issues try dropping the color depth to 16 insted of 32 , this might help some . " (pc specs) Pentium 4 3Ghz , 256 DDR running at 133 , geforce 5200 8x agp hard drive running at ATA 100 ." onboard sound " no audio glitch" i've seen the AI on the game commit suicide from the parking garages , is that normal ? they lay on the ground and ppl flock to look at them . I've also noticed the game locks up after some missions too , and i have to reset my computer , but thats only when using a trainer . Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/197900-what-are-your-display-settings/#findComment-2920366 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vermillion17 Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 3.0 Ghz P4, 2x 512 Mb PC-3200 In Dual Channel, 9800 XT, WDC Raptor 2x RAID 0, SB Audigy 4 Pro and Logitech Z-5500 Digital. I get 85 constant (no lower or higher than that) because I have VSync turned on. GFX settings I play with are up to the max including Level 3 Antialiasing in the game and 16x Anisotrophic Filtering Wowsers that's an impressive framerate u lucky bugger Well I've said it b4 and I'll say it again - I'd be happy if I could vsync @ 60hz.. P4 3.2, x800xt 256, 1G corsair 3200xl at low latency. Even with the resolution and detail settings at low, it still regularly drops below 60.. So my system squats on yours but yet performs far worse.. Waiting for patch, Like waiting for chickens to hatch, If only it was a bad batch, may aswell smoke some hash.. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/197900-what-are-your-display-settings/#findComment-2920431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SystemOverload Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 My specs are: P4 with HT at 3.2 Ghz Ati Radeon x800pro 256 mb 1 GB of DDR2 dual channel RAM Maxtor 250gb Hard Drive Audigy 2 Platinum And I run the game at 1204x1240(or the one close to that) at AA on full settings (with detail on high) and it runs at a constant 60 FPS. Its strange that other people run the gsme so slowly even when their comp is better! Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/197900-what-are-your-display-settings/#findComment-2920543 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatboyX Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 My specs are:P4 with HT at 3.2 Ghz Ati Radeon x800pro 256 mb 1 GB of DDR2 dual channel RAM Maxtor 250gb Hard Drive Audigy 2 Platinum And I run the game at 1204x1240(or the one close to that) at AA on full settings (with detail on high) and it runs at a constant 60 FPS. Its strange that other people run the gsme so slowly even when their comp is better! i had to respond because i have pretty much the same rig as system overload, however, im running an AMD processor. are there specific settings either in-game or on the video config tool that you set up to run it. im getting lag no matter what settings i seem to put in. im thinking i just have to wait for a patch and hope for the best...but who knows. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/197900-what-are-your-display-settings/#findComment-2923325 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dertyjerzian Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 I'm just responding to let yu guys in on some .set files you can try out to see if your machines perform better. links in my sig. no sir, gta3freak, im not tryin to milk that praise Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/197900-what-are-your-display-settings/#findComment-2923435 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatboyX Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 I'm just responding to let yu guys in on some .set files you can try out to see if your machines perform better. links in my sig. no sir, gta3freak, im not tryin to milk that praise i appreciate the help but it didnt seem to fix the trouble. i dont have any problem changing settings from within the game, i seriously do not think it is as simple (although i wish it were) as in-game graphics settings. i can run things like splinter cell 3, doom 3, UT all at highest settings with no trouble. this game, all settings to lowest, i cant even walk without lag. very odd. im willing to accept that it is a hardware specific bug...i just wish there was some way to correct this problem other than waiting for a patch (last game that i bought requiring a patch was kotor2, which was at least playable while i waited) Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/197900-what-are-your-display-settings/#findComment-2923504 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studbeefpile Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 For my system, the main performance hit I notice is from the Visual FX. I can run everything on high and 1280x1024x32, and generally frames stay above 35. But in some areas where there are plently of overhanging wires that cast dynamic shadows, the frames get killed to about 20. There are only a few of these localised areas throughout the game, but still it's very off putting when going through them. I've noticed when dropping to 1024x768x32, with the same settings, these exact same areas don't have any effect what so ever (on performance). It's funny, my frames don't change when having draw distance low or high, and resolution makes no difference, unless I have high vis fx. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/197900-what-are-your-display-settings/#findComment-2923712 Share on other sites More sharing options...
UserPlay Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 try this go to start>run>enter regedit go to edit>find>enter "device presence" search for every instance of it there should be 3 files (default) emulated VxD WDM if they're all set to 1 change VxD and WDM to 0,if emulated is set to 1 and VxD and WDM to 0 set emulated to 0 and VxD and WDM to 1 Hope this works GOODLUCK HOMIE Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/197900-what-are-your-display-settings/#findComment-2940150 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daan17 Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 I have also R9700. It's very strange but on 800x600x32, details set to medium and 1/4 draw distance game was running slow. When I changed to 1024x768x32, very high, full draw distance and AA x 3 game runs fine! Only thing that game crash after doing missions. For example I've done a mission, now I'm riding to the "safe" and game crashes to desktop!!! I hate this Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/197900-what-are-your-display-settings/#findComment-2940430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chadg Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 you could shut down your spyware, antvirus. right klick on your spyware icon in the windows taskbar and it should say, "shut down.....". Do the Same for anti-virus. That Should Help. it will be back on when you restart your comp. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/197900-what-are-your-display-settings/#findComment-2940562 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motionfield Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 (edited) After reading a lot of posts on FPS complaints (since I too have them) its pretty clear. Only way for people with high-end systems to get decent (60+) fps is to own an Audigy card! You are the only one I've seen carrying an Audigy 4 and your fps is the best. Would be interesting to test this theory. Does anyone with good computer WITH an Audigy card get bad FPS? And apparently many issues are related to sound. I myself get 30 more fps just by doing the above fix posted by UserPlay. Unfortunately that makes the cutscenes sync badly but the framerate is fine. It's obvious the graphics or the processing power aren't the issue here. I could bet a lot on that I get 100+ fps if I bought a brand new audigy card. Edited June 27, 2005 by Motionfield Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/197900-what-are-your-display-settings/#findComment-2940778 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daan17 Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Chadg: I don't have any spyware running, but I have AVG antivirus and Sygate personal firewall. If these two programs crashes game? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/197900-what-are-your-display-settings/#findComment-2940926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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