Terrible performance issues, help?

[LeFtBehinD]

Has anyone successfully got this game running smoothly?

 

My pc specs 2.1 dual core, 3.5gb ram, GTX260

 

The game runs terrible for me and my bro (slightly better specs) even on low settings! The visuals look amazing but the frame rate is a killer. To say this game has req specs of a geforce 7900 is a complete joke. Unless the GTX260 is a dud card, which im sure it isnt after i spent a good 2 weeks researching what card I could upgrade to specifically for this game.

 

I dont know what else I can try, unless there's word of a patch coming out to fix this, ill be refunding it within the week.

[AussieDave27]

GTX260 is far from a dud card. I have a 4870 which is a little better but not out of your league and I have terrible performance. See my screenshot thread for some general bitching + screenshots.

[P-Thunder.]

Sounds simple, but you have updated your graphics drivers haven't you?

[Cojage]

damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn then its not an ati problem

 

But yeah, first make sure you update to the latest nvidia driver.

[LeFtBehinD]

Sounds simple, but you have updated your graphics drivers haven't you?

Well with the card being a week old I wouldnt have thought that would be the problem. But there is a new version since I got it so ill try that out and let you know how it goes.

[GTAMonkey2012]

Anyone one forced vsync off and run under XP or under vista with "-DX9" flag at the end of the target shortcut at all?

 

Whats your nvidia driver versions and also have you updated to the latest direct X (there was a small update this month).

 

Are you installing on the same system drive? Are you using swap file in the same location. Im going to install on different drive than system when i get it and also swap file in separate drive also, got latest direct x and nvidia 180 drivers (I think beta are out too) .. betas are here:

 

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=279532

 

You do have SP3 / XP SP1 right?

 

Hav you tried playing not online and without the GFWL crap running in background? What about killing other processes too before start up?

 

Also every screen shot I see everyone's ramped up to 100 for density and draw distance, I mean that would be full quad AI/Physics levels, have you tried keeping graphics up, dropping to say 1400x900 or 1280x1024 and then bringing traffic density down first and test, then draw distance & test .. whats fps then?

 

@MODERATORS can we have some stickies please ...

 

"Tweaks"

"Nvidia bugs and reports"

"ATI bugs and reports"

"Screenshots Thread"

 

etc

etc.

Edited December 2, 2008 by GTAMonkey2012

[mkey82]

Maybe it's not about ATI then.

 

What OS are you running?

Do you have SP1/SP3?

Do you have latest Nvidia driver?

 

What about being a bit more specific about the settings? Could you give us an actual FPS figure?

[Cojage]

Wait i just read your brother has a 7900.

 

I have a 8600gt which is around the same, actually the 7900 is even better, so that means i cant even play it on low settings. Does he has the 256MB version of the 7900?

 

And on minimum, do you mean 1024x768 with draw distance etc. under "10", and what did you set the traffic slider onto?

 

Sorry but i want to know how it would run on my pc then if you cant even play it with a 7900, that is the minimum requirement and that card is better than my midrange 8 series card.

[Fuggedaboudit]

Wait i just read your brother has a 7900.

 

I have a 8600gt which is around the same, actually the 7900 is even better, so that means i cant even play it on low settings. Does he has the 256MB version of the 7900?

 

And on minimum, do you mean 1024x768 with draw distance etc. under "10", and what did you set the traffic slider onto?

 

Sorry but i want to know how it would run on my pc then if you cant even play it with a 7900, that is the minimum requirement and that card is better than my midrange 8 series card.

I've got a 7900GS go 256 mb, hope it will run. (Note, it is a laptop with 2.0ghz C2D, 2048mb ram)

[torresno9]

Has anyone successfully got this game running smoothly?

 

My pc specs 2.1 dual core, 3.5gb ram, GTX260

 

The game runs terrible for me and my bro (slightly better specs) even on low settings! The visuals look amazing but the frame rate is a killer. To say this game has req specs of a geforce 7900 is a complete joke. Unless the GTX260 is a dud card, which im sure it isnt after i spent a good 2 weeks researching what card I could upgrade to specifically for this game.

 

I dont know what else I can try, unless there's word of a patch coming out to fix this, ill be refunding it within the week.

if it's one of the new 216 cores gtx 260's, it outperforms the 4870, and shouldnt have a problem, ive got one!

 

http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1414&pageID=5839

 

all these performance issues after waiting for the game for so long has spoilt it! my copy arrives tommorrow

[LeFtBehinD]

Ok guys here's a better run down.

 

My PC

 

C2D 2.1 ghz

3.5gb ram

GTX 260 896mb (latest nvidia drivers)

Vista 32 bit (sp1 and updates)

 

After updating to the latest drivers I have noticed some improvement and now I can actually play the game on medium settings (50 draw distance, 50 detail, 20-30 other stuff) 1680*1050 resolution (anything else looks crap). Keeping in mind the graphics go low - medium - high - very high - highest

 

While this is somewhat good I was expecting a HELL OF A LOT MORE, performance wise. I dont have anything like fraps but I could guess that inside and empty areas the frame rate would be well above 30. As soon as a few cars come into screen it does drop right down and still get a fair few drops in frames when im driving around. Its playable for the meantime until they release something to improve performance.

 

For all those out there with 7900 cards, I wish you good luck.

Edited December 2, 2008 by LeFtBehinD

[Drag_Drift]

Ha. Got it playing flawlessly on my GTX280, bitches. You guys just don't know how to tweak.

 

I'm running on all settings max.

 

FOR NVIDIA OWNERS ONLY, I DONT HAVE AN ATI CARD.

 

Open the NVidia Control Panel.

 

Go to the manage 3d settings.

 

Go to "add application" or something.

 

Find GTAIV PC exe.

 

It should have settings like AA, LOD bias, Extended threading support, Gamma Antialiasing, Texture Filtering and Performance Mode.

 

Tweak it, then play. Hope this helps.

[NecroViolator]

Nice...

 

Thanks for the Info

[extender]

Has anyone successfully got this game running smoothly?

 

My pc specs 2.1 dual core, 3.5gb ram, GTX260

 

The game runs terrible for me and my bro (slightly better specs) even on low settings! The visuals look amazing but the frame rate is a killer. To say this game has req specs of a geforce 7900 is a complete joke. Unless the GTX260 is a dud card, which im sure it isnt after i spent a good 2 weeks researching what card I could upgrade to specifically for this game.

 

I dont know what else I can try, unless there's word of a patch coming out to fix this, ill be refunding it within the week.

WHAT SP! Tell me! What SP!?

[LeFtBehinD]

Ha. Got it playing flawlessly on my GTX280, bitches. You guys just don't know how to tweak.

 

I'm running on all settings max.

 

FOR NVIDIA OWNERS ONLY, I DONT HAVE AN ATI CARD.

 

Open the NVidia Control Panel.

 

Go to the manage 3d settings.

 

Go to "add application" or something.

 

Find GTAIV PC exe.

 

It should have settings like AA, LOD bias, Extended threading support, Gamma Antialiasing, Texture Filtering and Performance Mode.

 

Tweak it, then play. Hope this helps.

 

Hmm, when I try and add the GTAIV.exe nothing happens. It will only let me add Gta4Browser.exe.

 

bah, im going to bed, hopefully wont dream too much GTA.

 

 

WHAT SP! Tell me! What SP!?

See my later post. SP1

[Malik]

Ha. Got it playing flawlessly on my GTX280, bitches. You guys just don't know how to tweak.

 

I'm running on all settings max.

 

FOR NVIDIA OWNERS ONLY, I DONT HAVE AN ATI CARD.

 

Open the NVidia Control Panel.

 

Go to the manage 3d settings.

 

Go to "add application" or something.

 

Find GTAIV PC exe.

 

It should have settings like AA, LOD bias, Extended threading support, Gamma Antialiasing, Texture Filtering and Performance Mode.

 

Tweak it, then play. Hope this helps.

Screens or u fail

[dkm87]

Ok im having terrible issues - heres my specs:

 

 

AMD 4800 - clocked to 2.9

Nvidia 9600gt - 512mb

Asus M2N Sli Deluxe

Vist SP1 - build 6001

 

OK i get my cpu cranking its arse off in every single screen - ie 95-100% load and even on the lowest video resolution it gets bad frames and shockign glitches! It seems to be the game hasnt been developed right and the drivers are not working the GPU hard enough - the rest is just getting thrown through the CPU. Im desperately awaiting a patch and i think the stupid "rockstar social club" is just totally useless!!

 

Now i have a stupid video issue where the video is half blank and 90% of the testures are missing - grrrrrrr. Anyone else with the same problems? I managed something like 29FPS average.

[extender]

AGAIN! ALL THOSE COMPLAINERS either have Vista SP1 or Win XP SP2. That problem HAS TO BE caused by that because system requirements asks SP2 or SP3!

[dannythepetrock]

vista SP2 (beta) is rumoured to be coming out early next year...

[Tomern11]

AGAIN! ALL THOSE COMPLAINERS either have Vista SP1 or Win XP SP2. That problem HAS TO BE caused by that because system requirements asks SP2 or SP3!

Only XP requires an SP3.

Vista don't have even SP2...

[dkm87]

Well im having issues and its running SP1 for vista as it asks.

 

Its a simple patch that they need to update. it was written to support multi layer multi core processors and scaling that back down to 2x cores is a lot to ask.

 

But even on 2 other systems i have tested it on - which are very very high end dual cores the game is glitchy - and frame rates are poor. I lower the quality and the res - it makes barely any difference - hell it plays better on PS3/Xbox which has far weaker hardware!!!

[Malik]

Ok im having terrible issues - heres my specs:

 

 

AMD 4800 - clocked to 2.9

Nvidia 9600gt - 512mb

Asus M2N Sli Deluxe

Vist SP1 - build 6001

 

OK i get my cpu cranking its arse off in every single screen - ie 95-100% load and even on the lowest video resolution it gets bad frames and shockign glitches! It seems to be the game hasnt been developed right and the drivers are not working the GPU hard enough - the rest is just getting thrown through the CPU. Im desperately awaiting a patch and i think the stupid "rockstar social club" is just totally useless!!

 

Now i have a stupid video issue where the video is half blank and 90% of the testures are missing - grrrrrrr. Anyone else with the same problems? I managed something like 29FPS average.

wtf is amd 4800???

 

sort your system out man you have a videocard as a processor

[Malik]

Well im having issues and its running SP1 for vista as it asks.

 

Its a simple patch that they need to update. it was written to support multi layer multi core processors and scaling that back down to 2x cores is a lot to ask.

 

But even on 2 other systems i have tested it on - which are very very high end dual cores the game is glitchy - and frame rates are poor. I lower the quality and the res - it makes barely any difference - hell it plays better on PS3/Xbox which has far weaker hardware!!!

R*

[dkm87]

Ok im having terrible issues - heres my specs:

 

 

AMD 4800 - clocked to 2.9

Nvidia 9600gt - 512mb

Asus M2N Sli Deluxe

Vist SP1 - build 6001

 

OK i get my cpu cranking its arse off in every single screen - ie 95-100% load and even on the lowest video resolution it gets bad frames and shockign glitches! It seems to be the game hasnt been developed right and the drivers are not working the GPU hard enough - the rest is just getting thrown through the CPU. Im desperately awaiting a patch and i think the stupid "rockstar social club" is just totally useless!!

 

Now i have a stupid video issue where the video is half blank and 90% of the testures are missing - grrrrrrr. Anyone else with the same problems? I managed something like 29FPS average.

wtf is amd 4800???

 

sort your system out man you have a videocard as a processor

What do you mean? Thats the AMD model of my cpu, dual core 4800 (2.4ghz - clocked to 2.8/9ghz)

 

 

Has anyone has problems of the game just crashing in vista?

[jesushumper]

Ok im having terrible issues - heres my specs:

 

 

AMD 4800 - clocked to 2.9

Nvidia 9600gt - 512mb

Asus M2N Sli Deluxe

Vist SP1 - build 6001

 

OK i get my cpu cranking its arse off in every single screen - ie 95-100% load and even on the lowest video resolution it gets bad frames and shockign glitches! It seems to be the game hasnt been developed right and the drivers are not working the GPU hard enough - the rest is just getting thrown through the CPU. Im desperately awaiting a patch and i think the stupid "rockstar social club" is just totally useless!!

 

Now i have a stupid video issue where the video is half blank and 90% of the testures are missing - grrrrrrr. Anyone else with the same problems? I managed something like 29FPS average.

wtf is amd 4800???

 

sort your system out man you have a videocard as a processor

A 4800+, you f*cking goof.

 

 

If there ever was a video card labeled with "4800", it's be pretty damned ancient. Do YOU have a Q48T CPU? and a 34LKG99 GPU? with some 99khz-FRAM?

 

Read a book, kid.

 

 

 

PS - sorry to stray off-topic, but i jsut had to respond to idiocy like that. I certainly hoep to bring something relevant to the topic after i wake up and install this sucker.

[Malik]

Ok im having terrible issues - heres my specs:

 

 

AMD 4800 - clocked to 2.9

Nvidia 9600gt - 512mb

Asus M2N Sli Deluxe

Vist SP1 - build 6001

 

OK i get my cpu cranking its arse off in every single screen - ie 95-100% load and even on the lowest video resolution it gets bad frames and shockign glitches! It seems to be the game hasnt been developed right and the drivers are not working the GPU hard enough - the rest is just getting thrown through the CPU. Im desperately awaiting a patch and i think the stupid "rockstar social club" is just totally useless!!

 

Now i have a stupid video issue where the video is half blank and 90% of the testures are missing - grrrrrrr. Anyone else with the same problems? I managed something like 29FPS average.

wtf is amd 4800???

 

sort your system out man you have a videocard as a processor

A 4800+, you f*cking goof.

 

 

If there ever was a video card labeled with "4800", it's be pretty damned ancient. Do YOU have a Q48T CPU? and a 34LKG99 GPU? with some 99khz-FRAM?

 

Read a book, kid.

 

 

 

PS - sorry to stray off-topic, but i jsut had to respond to idiocy like that. I certainly hoep to bring something relevant to the topic after i wake up and install this sucker.

Damn jesus no wonder that guy judas stabbed you in the back, your an ahole

[Stewerd]

GTX260 is far from a dud card. I have a 4870 which is a little better but not out of your league and I have terrible performance. See my screenshot thread for some general bitching + screenshots.

gtx260 is a bad card you mean?

 

what the hell is dud?

[S_G]

2.1GHz C2D = E6400 or E6420. An E6400 is rather mid-range. Those things easily hit 2.66GHz (333 FSB), and even beyond 3GHz. I suggest you overclock your CPU before continuing.

[pinky]

Ok im having terrible issues - heres my specs:

 

 

AMD 4800 - clocked to 2.9

Nvidia 9600gt - 512mb

Asus M2N Sli Deluxe

Vist SP1 - build 6001

 

OK i get my cpu cranking its arse off in every single screen - ie 95-100% load and even on the lowest video resolution it gets bad frames and shockign glitches! It seems to be the game hasnt been developed right and the drivers are not working the GPU hard enough - the rest is just getting thrown through the CPU. Im desperately awaiting a patch and i think the stupid "rockstar social club" is just totally useless!!

 

Now i have a stupid video issue where the video is half blank and 90% of the testures are missing - grrrrrrr. Anyone else with the same problems? I managed something like 29FPS average.

wtf is amd 4800???

 

sort your system out man you have a videocard as a processor

A 4800+, you f*cking goof.

 

 

If there ever was a video card labeled with "4800", it's be pretty damned ancient. Do YOU have a Q48T CPU? and a 34LKG99 GPU? with some 99khz-FRAM?

 

Read a book, kid.

 

 

 

PS - sorry to stray off-topic, but i jsut had to respond to idiocy like that. I certainly hoep to bring something relevant to the topic after i wake up and install this sucker.

Yeah, finaly someone with an actual clue will be able to tell us the real score on how it runs.

Unlike the current "I maxxed out my 8600 and pentium4 and the game lags, Rockstar can suck mydick" topics.

[Stewerd]

Do you guys think that the game will run on max on:

 

Intel quad core 2,88 ghz

4 gb ram

geforce gtx 260

vista

 

I want an answer from somebody who has played the game.