I run at 38fps, and you don't!

[willhub]

lol my friend has his E8500 @ 5ghz, running on a phase change unit, minus 50 degrees celsius

 

 

He needs to get an E0 rev, will go higher than 5GHz then

[Jodo]

DOWNLOADER BEWARE!!!!!!! i got the beta 180.84 supposed to help right ? yes alil in gta but crashes other games, in instance Farcry 2 i get 60 fps , then i got 15 20? the beta tailors to that game and screws up others!

 

as for overclocking i did it for the first time on my new machine i figured

since i got the overclockers high end gaming mobo i might as well do it

 

i went from C2Qx8200 2333mhz (7x333) to 2.800 (7x400)

FSB 1333 to 1600mhz, astronomical differnce in multicore games. modest differnce in gta4 but as we knoe gta4 is messed up

however even for my handbuilt rig and my Zalman9700 my cpu runs 20 degrees hotter (Farenhiet)

MCP (NBP) runs 30 degrees hotter , however yes dont do it if for one you think you will make a low-mid ranged pc go faster odds are

if your hardware now isnt that fast ocing it may not be a good thing at the risk over damaging your hardware. look others with your mobo

and see there results , odds are its not you proccesor giving you lows fps its most likely your GPU

 

***********Self~Built**************

EVGA NFORCE 780i 1333FSB [email protected]

EVGA 9800GX2 [email protected] 1687MHZ(Streams)x2 1050x2(Memory)

INTEL QX8200 2333MHZ [email protected] 1600MHX FSB

OCZ OC 2x2GB OC^@960MHZ(Beat that ram )

NFORCE MCP 533 [email protected] 600Mhz

X-FI X-TREME GAMER 32MB S-RAM

ANTEC 64A 850W

LCD 24" 1920x1200

 

Edited December 10, 2008 by Jodo

[noid449]

nm

edit

 

[Jodo]

 

nm

edit

oh i caught that you put 906mhz instead of 960 ,

 

i love having a supercomputer , know what i mean Noid449

its like having your pie and eating it too, (southpark quote)

[nitro_hedgehog]

the title "I run at 38fps, and you don't!" sounds a bit smug. i think it's total bs. my buddy has the EXACT same parts at the EXACT same clock speeds with excellent cooling and his FPS is 20 ish like the rest of us.

[noid449]

i wish i had a super computer the chip is ok could do with a quad at times like this

[nitro_hedgehog]

i wish i had a super computer the chip is ok could do with a quad at times like this

i have a Quad OC to 3 GHZ and the FPS is still subpar. i think the author of this thread is lieing

[Roobarb]

I got a E6750 @ 3.2Ghz, 8GB DDR2-800, 2x HD4870, AC Freezer Pro 7 in an Antec 1200, running Vista x64...

 

I average 23fps through town and 26fps in low density areas. Hurrah!

 

Definitely time for quad core.....

[Jodo]

Quads are very nice to have , Clock them right and its like having two core 2 duo's , technicaly more like having 4 pentium 4 HT's

but the differnce of having a quad at 1333fsb and going to 1600Mhz fsb with a quad is night n day, notheless quads are uber

 

***********Self~Built**************

EVGA NFORCE 780i 1333FSB [email protected]

EVGA 9800GX2 [email protected] 1687MHZ(Streams)x2 1050x2(Memory)

INTEL QX8200 2333MHZ [email protected] 1600MHX FSB

OCZ OC 2x2GB OC^@960MHZ(Beat that ram )

NFORCE MCP 533 [email protected] 600Mhz

X-FI X-TREME GAMER 32MB S-RAM

ANTEC 64A 850W

LCD 24" 1920x1200

 

[Jodo]

Dont OC unles your experinced and know what you tinkering with , most mobos people have the north bridge gets hot enough , push a couple more hundred MHZ through that and you will blow it

[abottig]

the title "I run at 38fps, and you don't!" sounds a bit smug. i think it's total bs. my buddy has the EXACT same parts at the EXACT same clock speeds with excellent cooling and his FPS is 20 ish like the rest of us.

you have a friend with the exact same set-up? read my sig and tell me he has the EXACT same set-up.

 

 

btw, i read your sig. why the hell are you here if you don't even play gta?

[abottig]

Dont OC unles your experinced and know what you tinkering with , most mobos people have the north bridge gets hot enough , push a couple more hundred MHZ through that and you will blow it

how do people gain experience overclocking without actually trying it?

 

...btw, what's with all these anti-rockstar sigs?

 

are you people telling me that when the next GTA comes along you won't buy it? if not for your sh*tty pc, then at least for your 360 or ps3? you people are full of sh*t!

[Jodo]

abottig i see your point these people just need to taking it slowly , but to make sure first they have qualtiy hardware , the hardwar i buy through EVGA warrnty's me even if i overclock , not most company;s do that .

 

***********Self~Built**************

EVGA NFORCE 780i 1333FSB [email protected]

EVGA 9800GX2 [email protected] 1687MHZ(Streams)x2 1050x2(Memory)

INTEL QX8200 2333MHZ [email protected] 1600MHX FSB

OCZ OC 2x2GB OC^@960MHZ(Beat that ram )

NFORCE MCP 533 [email protected] 600Mhz

X-FI X-TREME GAMER 32MB S-RAM

ANTEC 64A 850W

LCD 24" 1920x1200

 

[abottig]

abottig i see your point these people just need to taking it slowly , but to make sure first they have qualtiy hardware , the hardwar i buy through EVGA warrnty's me even if i overclock , not most company;s do that .

 

***********Self~Built**************

EVGA NFORCE 780i 1333FSB [email protected]

EVGA 9800GX2 [email protected] 1687MHZ(Streams)x2 1050x2(Memory)

INTEL QX8200 2333MHZ [email protected] 1600MHX FSB

OCZ OC 2x2GB OC^@960MHZ(Beat that ram )

NFORCE MCP 533 [email protected] 600Mhz

X-FI X-TREME GAMER 32MB S-RAM

ANTEC 64A 850W

LCD 24" 1920x1200

most gpu manufacturers (like evga) give lifetime warranties, though im sure overclocking will void your warranty.

 

as for your cpu, there are safeguards in place t ostop you from frying your board(although it is still possible). therefore, you should only overclock if you have done all the right reading(GOOGLE!!).

 

it's not 1995. overclocking is very easy and safe with the right components.

[Jodo]

yeah i remember 1995 , had a pII 133 wanted 166 , blew it , got a 233 , push 250 worked 2 weeks , died , i miss those days ,

neway on EVGA flagship products they will replace it even if it blows with OC it

thats why i love the Nforce 780i they build OC tools right into it not to mention elaborate cooling systems , and a x-treme speed MCP ( there take on a north bridge) ops @ 533 , crazy fast ,

 

i wen from:

QX8200 2333mhz (7x333)

780i 1333Mhz fsb

OCZ highPref. 800DC

 

to

 

2800mhz (7x400)

1600mhz

OCZ 960mhz

now my rig is crazy fast. (pretty hot too)

but i got the Zalman 9700 so im not worried ,

 

***********Self~Built**************

EVGA NFORCE 780i 1333FSB [email protected]

EVGA 9800GX2 [email protected] 1687MHZ(Streams)x2 1050x2(Memory)

INTEL QX8200 2333MHZ [email protected] 1600MHX FSB

OCZ OC 2x2GB OC^@960MHZ(Beat that ram )

NFORCE MCP 533 [email protected] 600Mhz

X-FI X-TREME GAMER 32MB S-RAM

ANTEC 64A 850W

LCD 24" 1920x1200

[willhub]

yeah i remember 1995 , had a pII 133 wanted 166 , blew it , got a 233 , push 250 worked 2 weeks , died , i miss those days ,

neway on EVGA flagship products they will replace it even if it blows with OC it

thats why i love the Nforce 780i they build OC tools right into it not to mention elaborate cooling systems , and a x-treme speed MCP ( there take on a north bridge) ops @ 533 , crazy fast ,

 

i wen from:

QX8200 2333mhz (7x333)

780i 1333Mhz fsb

OCZ highPref. 800DC

 

to

 

2800mhz (7x400)

1600mhz

OCZ 960mhz

now my rig is crazy fast. (pretty hot too)

but i got the Zalman 9700 so im not worried ,

 

***********Self~Built**************

EVGA NFORCE 780i 1333FSB [email protected]

EVGA 9800GX2 [email protected] 1687MHZ(Streams)x2 1050x2(Memory)

INTEL QX8200 2333MHZ [email protected] 1600MHX FSB

OCZ OC 2x2GB OC^@960MHZ(Beat that ram )

NFORCE MCP 533 [email protected] 600Mhz

X-FI X-TREME GAMER 32MB S-RAM

ANTEC 64A 850W

LCD 24" 1920x1200

Lol 2.8GHz? When are you going to even push that lol you haven't even started overclocking that yet

[adamscybot]

Yeh lol 2.8GHz, my gran could do that.

[Grimm_Methods]

Before I purchased this game I prepared myself by learning as much as I could about how to overclock my cpu. It was time very well spent! When I first booted the game I was prepared for it to be sh*t, and not run. I was wrong, and right from the start it worked flawlessly.

 

I'm running at:

1600x900(60Hz)

medium textures

highest rendering

33 distance

max distance detail

max traffic density

max shadows

 

On this:

Core 2 Duo e6600 2.4Ghz, overclocked to 3.2Ghz($155 tigerdirect.com)

4gb OCZ 1066mhz RAM(Overkill, but cheap. 800mhz is $45 newegg.com)

BFG 8800GT OC 512mb($172 directron.com, but you can get a 9800gtx for $190 at newegg or a gtx260 for $220 )

 

Fortunately I already had this stuff, and all I needed to do was overclock my processor. Thank God for the Core 2's overclock ability! If you have one of these and you aren't overclocking, then you are wasting your cpu's potential!

are you sure it doesn't have anything to do with you running XP in 64-bit, dumbass. People have better systems than that and still get crappy performance, it's a fact GTA IV doesn't give a fat f*ck about your hardware =]

[Jodo]

yeah i remember 1995 , had a pII 133 wanted 166 , blew it , got a 233 , push 250 worked 2 weeks , died , i miss those days ,

neway on EVGA flagship products they will replace it even if it blows with OC it

thats why i love the Nforce 780i they build OC tools right into it not to mention elaborate cooling systems , and a x-treme speed MCP ( there take on a north bridge) ops @ 533 , crazy fast ,

 

i wen from:

QX8200 2333mhz        (7x333)

780i 1333Mhz fsb

OCZ highPref. 800DC

 

to

 

2800mhz      (7x400)

1600mhz

OCZ 960mhz

now my rig is crazy fast. (pretty hot too)

but i got the Zalman 9700  so im not worried ,

 

***********Self~Built**************

EVGA NFORCE 780i 1333FSB [email protected]

EVGA 9800GX2 [email protected] 1687MHZ(Streams)x2 1050x2(Memory)

INTEL QX8200 2333MHZ [email protected] 1600MHX FSB

OCZ OC 2x2GB OC^@960MHZ(Beat that ram  )

NFORCE MCP 533 [email protected] 600Mhz

X-FI X-TREME GAMER 32MB S-RAM

ANTEC 64A 850W

LCD 24" 1920x1200

     

Lol 2.8GHz? When are you going to even push that lol you haven't even started overclocking that yet

you guys think i should go faster than that ?

 

beyound 2.8 , if i do my fsb will be high than 1600 , you still think i should plz reply i really wanna know?

[Jodo]

my base is

 

7 core multiplier x 333 fsb yields 2333mhz

i went 7x400 n got 2800mhz with 1600 fsb , to me thats a decent overlcock , pretty fast i think ,

how ever i could go

 

7x420 2940

 

7x450 3150 mhz

 

7x457 3.2ghz what u guys think?

but that would run my fsb at 1828??????? ok to you guys?

Edited December 11, 2008 by Jodo

[willhub]

What is the Multiplier on the Q8200?

 

You gotta play around with the settings, adjust the multiplyer etc...

[abottig]

Before I purchased this game I prepared myself by learning as much as I could about how to overclock my cpu. It was time very well spent! When I first booted the game I was prepared for it to be sh*t, and not run. I was wrong, and right from the start it worked flawlessly.

 

I'm running at:

1600x900(60Hz)

medium textures

highest rendering

33 distance

max distance detail

max traffic density

max shadows

 

On this:

Core 2 Duo e6600 2.4Ghz, overclocked to 3.2Ghz($155 tigerdirect.com)

4gb OCZ 1066mhz RAM(Overkill, but cheap. 800mhz is $45 newegg.com)

BFG 8800GT OC 512mb($172 directron.com, but you can get a 9800gtx for $190 at newegg or a gtx260 for $220 )

 

Fortunately I already had this stuff, and all I needed to do was overclock my processor. Thank God for the Core 2's overclock ability! If you have one of these and you aren't overclocking, then you are wasting your cpu's potential!

are you sure it doesn't have anything to do with you running XP in 64-bit, dumbass. People have better systems than that and still get crappy performance, it's a fact GTA IV doesn't give a fat f*ck about your hardware =]

so that's the answer? 64-bit OS is this answer? no sh*thead, try again.

 

gtaiv does give a sh*t about hardware. that's why sh*t computers can't run it, and it's gonna take a super rig to run it at MAX. that's the way PC games are, the way they've been, and the way they should be.

 

you should stick to your console n00b.

[deathtoll]

 

overclocking my GPU

still didnt get more than 27FPS or so, which is playable.. like i said the internal benchmarking utility for GTA4 is inadequate.. the game plays fine on stock speeds of both CPU and graphics card.. EVEN BETTER MY PSX-LIKE CONTROLLER WORKS NOW! YAAAAY! its just like everyone says that vista sucks, but i dont see it. I run my equipment at RATED SPEEDS and the game does fine, with tweaks its better than PS3 or XBOX version.. ive noticed little things they put in the PC version that were not in the PS3 version, like the cops are a little smarter and small things.. if you dont like the game, you dont have to buy it, so yeah, i bought it, and i am happy with the performance on this machine at stock speeds..

 

ASUS P5q SE/r

2x2GB DDR2-800

core2duo e8400 3.0GHz at STOCK SPEED ( love the large cache, eat it AMD!)

ASUS 8600GT w/512MB

 

AGAIN I REPEAT: THE INTERNAL BENCHMARK SUCKS BADLY, AS THE GAME PLAYS FINE WITHOUT HESITATION ON MY MACHINE I dont know where people get off treating a 37 second bench as a full blown test of graphics anyways.

[deathtoll]

overclocking is only dangerous if you dont know anything.. done properly it can give your software a boost a lot of the times.. it may not be much of a boost anyways, like, i jumped from 24FPS to 27 and i had to clock the ram a full 100MHz faster than spec.. so yeah, half is the game's fault, because i did set everything to minimum and ran the bench on stock speeds, and it only got 30FPS.. so half is hardware issues, and other half is software issues, anyways, i shall be patient and wait for the patch, but i really dont see any really major "f you rockstar" problems, at least on my machine.. results may vary

[abottig]

 

overclocking my GPU

still didnt get more than 27FPS or so, which is playable.. like i said the internal benchmarking utility for GTA4 is inadequate.. the game plays fine on stock speeds of both CPU and graphics card.. EVEN BETTER MY PSX-LIKE CONTROLLER WORKS NOW! YAAAAY! its just like everyone says that vista sucks, but i dont see it. I run my equipment at RATED SPEEDS and the game does fine, with tweaks its better than PS3 or XBOX version.. ive noticed little things they put in the PC version that were not in the PS3 version, like the cops are a little smarter and small things.. if you dont like the game, you dont have to buy it, so yeah, i bought it, and i am happy with the performance on this machine at stock speeds..

 

ASUS P5q SE/r

2x2GB DDR2-800

core2duo e8400 3.0GHz at STOCK SPEED ( love the large cache, eat it AMD!)

ASUS 8600GT w/512MB

 

AGAIN I REPEAT: THE INTERNAL BENCHMARK SUCKS BADLY, AS THE GAME PLAYS FINE WITHOUT HESITATION ON MY MACHINE I dont know where people get off treating a 37 second bench as a full blown test of graphics anyways.

im pretty sure your core2 at stock is faster than my oc'ed e6600. but that doesn't mean you won't get a performance boost by overclocking. in fact, you're really wasting your processors potential. core2's are simple to overclock and the performance boost is very real.

 

getting your cpu to run as well or better than one that costs twice as much is very rewarding.

[PharmacisT-]

 

Before I purchased this game I prepared myself by learning as much as I could about how to overclock my cpu. It was time very well spent! When I first booted the game I was prepared for it to be sh*t, and not run. I was wrong, and right from the start it worked flawlessly.

 

I'm running at:

1600x900(60Hz)

medium textures

highest rendering

33 distance

max distance detail

max traffic density

max shadows

 

On this:

Core 2 Duo e6600 2.4Ghz, overclocked to 3.2Ghz($155 tigerdirect.com)

4gb OCZ 1066mhz RAM(Overkill, but cheap. 800mhz is $45 newegg.com)

BFG 8800GT OC 512mb($172 directron.com, but you can get a 9800gtx for $190 at newegg or a gtx260 for $220 )

 

Fortunately I already had this stuff, and all I needed to do was overclock my processor. Thank God for the Core 2's overclock ability! If you have one of these and you aren't overclocking, then you are wasting your cpu's potential!

Im playing @ 1680x1050

max textures

max rendering

45 distance

max distance detail

max traffic density

max shadows

 

40 fps ... owned?

 

-

 

Q6600 @3ghz

6gb Ram Dualchannel

ATI 4870 1gb VRAM

[abottig]

 

Before I purchased this game I prepared myself by learning as much as I could about how to overclock my cpu. It was time very well spent! When I first booted the game I was prepared for it to be sh*t, and not run. I was wrong, and right from the start it worked flawlessly.

 

I'm running at:

1600x900(60Hz)

medium textures

highest rendering

33 distance

max distance detail

max traffic density

max shadows

 

On this:

Core 2 Duo e6600 2.4Ghz, overclocked to 3.2Ghz($155 tigerdirect.com)

4gb OCZ 1066mhz RAM(Overkill, but cheap. 800mhz is $45 newegg.com)

BFG 8800GT OC 512mb($172 directron.com, but you can get a 9800gtx for $190 at newegg or a gtx260 for $220 )

 

Fortunately I already had this stuff, and all I needed to do was overclock my processor. Thank God for the Core 2's overclock ability! If you have one of these and you aren't overclocking, then you are wasting your cpu's potential!

Im playing @ 1680x1050

max textures

max rendering

45 distance

max distance detail

max traffic density

max shadows

 

40 fps ... owned?

 

-

 

Q6600 @3ghz

6gb Ram Dualchannel

ATI 4870 1gb VRAM

um, no.

 

i'm simply pointing out the fact that a fairly inexpensive system can run this game really well.

 

congrats on your benchmark though.

 

btw, wait for the patch and i'm sure you'll get even better performance.

[Rossiko]

Resolution 1280 x 1024

Texture: Medium (locked)

Render: Highest (doesn't seem to alter fps much on any setting)

V Distance: 30

Detail: 50

Vehicle: 100 (doesn't seem to alter fps much on any setting)

Shadow: 0

 

Resource 426 - 467

 

can't do a benchmark as it crashes

in play 22fps when busy 32 Not Busy

 

 

Q6600 quad stock 2.4

4 gig ddr2

Inno3D iChill Geforce 8800GT 512MB

xp 64

 

planning on overclocking but i doubt it would make that much difference.

[abottig]

Resolution 1280 x 1024

Texture: Medium (locked)

Render: Highest (doesn't seem to alter fps much on any setting)

V Distance: 30

Detail: 50

Vehicle: 100 (doesn't seem to alter fps much on any setting)

Shadow: 0

 

Resource 426 - 467

 

can't do a benchmark as it crashes

in play 22fps when busy 32 Not Busy

 

 

Q6600 quad stock 2.4

4 gig ddr2

Inno3D iChill Geforce 8800GT 512MB

xp 64

 

planning on overclocking but i doubt it would make that much difference.

try overclocking cpu and gpu. wouldnt be surprised if you got 5-10 extra fps.

[deathtoll]

i think the amount of ram you have also determines a lot of the playability, seems like the GTA4 exe takes up abut 1.5GB when running on my 4GB machine, and keep in mind windows vista 32 can only address 3.3GB or so, so yeah.. add on top of that what windows takes, around 900 or so around idle, and you have more than 2GB being used.. so i do think if you only have 2GB of ram, you should consider a cheap upgrade to play this game if you want to badly enough.. i saw 2x2GB for $50 or so, DDR2-800.. it makes a difference here, but yeah, i would like to see the potential of this CPU, but all i have is a stock cooler so i dont try it right now, i think i might dig the water pump cooler out of the closet and hook that up. seriously, what do you people expect.. get with the times.. hardware is obsolete every 6 months, ya know, consoles dont need upgrading, and i did play it on PS3 and it was awesome, but the PC version is even better IMO, and once they put out the patch, it will be grand.. honestly I dont see why so many people have so many issues with this game, i know i don't, and ive been playing it for a little while now, trying to see if the game will glitch out or do something stupid, and it doesnt.. so before you start hating on rockstar, i think they did a rush job, yes, but cross your fingers for the patch. stop jumping on the hate wagon.