is my spec too low

[addy1321]

average fps 9.29

cpu 89%

system mem 84

video mem 64

 

res 800 * 600

both detail set to low

 

 

pentium 4 3.8ghz

4gb ddr 2 677ram

1gb DDR3 Nvidea Geforece 9500GT cost £80 6 months ago from maplin

 

 

fresh install of windows dpecially for gta 4 on a partitioned 500gb sata drive 16mb cache

 

its either the game, or my pc running hot, or the graphis card

 

any one with any suggestions please

 

it took me a day to get the game installed and the ps2 pad working what a joke eh

 

 

guess what rockstar solution below= garbage. but thanks for the help

 

i actually download ultimate defrag2008, defragged my drive,

 

settings set to

 

res 1024 * 768 70hz

both detail set to low

shadows set to 0

distance view 21

 

 

its running like a dream no lag

 

DEFRAG YOUR DRIVE USING THAT PROGRAM PEOPLE IT REALLY WORKS

Edited December 18, 2008 by addy1321

[Millenia]

That 9500 is rubbish, no wonder if it doesn't run well. You paid 80 pounds for that? You so totally got ripped off.

[Rockstar Toronto]

You can probably increase your resolution and you won't see a difference in FPS, your CPU is whats holding it back.

 

GTA IV requires at least a 1.8 GHZ intel Dual Core Processor, we recommend a 2.4 GHZ Quad Core.

Edited December 18, 2008 by Rockstar Toronto

[punisher.ita]

ROCKSTAR TORONTO please the thread below this and also "STUTTER \ LAG \ SWAP" in "PC Version" if you have time (I was right about the 22-23 FPS BUG and found the fix (-fullspecaudio)).

[One-time]

 

GTA IV requires at least a 1.8 MHZ intel Dual Core Processor

Sorry, I know it's only a typo but that's funny.

[Millenia]

You can probably increase your resolution and you won't see a difference in FPS, your CPU is whats holding it back.

 

GTA IV requires at least a 1.8 MHZ intel Dual Core Processor, we recommend a 2.4 GHZ Quad Core.

What's wrong with AMD's dual cores if you specifically need Intels ;D

[Rockstar Toronto]

GTA IV requires at least a 1.8 MHZ intel Dual Core Processor

Sorry, I know it's only a typo but that's funny.

Whoops!

[chngdman]

 

GTA IV requires at least a 1.8 MHZ intel Dual Core Processor

Sorry, I know it's only a typo but that's funny.

Whoops!

That's not a typo. This game does only require 1.8ghz.

 

Let me explain:

 

Core 2 Duo 1.86ghz @ 1066mhz

2GB DDR2 @ 533mhz

HD 3850 (sapphire AGP version)

Cheap Creative Audigy SE

7200 IDE/PATA Seagate Barracude @ 250GB Max capacity

 

My game runs excellently besides a randomly-timed (happens whenever it wants) complete lock up of my system. Occasionally it will run laggy (from launch till exit) but I find it runs the best on my box with 70mhz refresh rate, worth a try for those with stutters. Bare in mind that I have not tried upping settings yet, however Default/Auto Config works the same quality as All Low (which I play with for now for testing and troubleshooting)

 

I suspect this is either the game having a memory leak, or conflicts with ATI Shader Model 3.0 support, as I can run San Andreas all highest settings with no issue reproducable. I know SA is way less heavy on both GPU and CPU, I only used it as an example since it does not include Shader Model 3.0 (and because tomb raider underworld froze at loading as well, another SM3 game).

 

@Rockstar Toronto - please get with ATI to figure out what is causing this hang if the problem is not already found internally to be with memory leaks.

 

Thanks,

Brian

[pinkisthenewblue]

GTA IV requires at least a 1.8 MHZ intel Dual Core Processor

Sorry, I know it's only a typo but that's funny.

Whoops!

That's not a typo. This game does only require 1.8ghz.

 

Let me explain:

 

Core 2 Duo 1.86ghz @ 1066mhz

2GB DDR2 @ 533mhz

HD 3850 (sapphire AGP version)

Cheap Creative Audigy SE

7200 IDE/PATA Seagate Barracude @ 250GB Max capacity

 

My game runs excellently besides a randomly-timed (happens whenever it wants) complete lock up of my system. Occasionally it will run laggy (from launch till exit) but I find it runs the best on my box with 70mhz refresh rate, worth a try for those with stutters. Bare in mind that I have not tried upping settings yet, however Default/Auto Config works the same quality as All Low (which I play with for now for testing and troubleshooting)

 

I suspect this is either the game having a memory leak, or conflicts with ATI Shader Model 3.0 support, as I can run San Andreas all highest settings with no issue reproducable. I know SA is way less heavy on both GPU and CPU, I only used it as an example since it does not include Shader Model 3.0 (and because tomb raider underworld froze at loading as well, another SM3 game).

 

@Rockstar Toronto - please get with ATI to figure out what is causing this hang if the problem is not already found internally to be with memory leaks.

 

Thanks,

Brian

The typo was he put MHz rather than GHz

[chngdman]

hahaha I see now, excellent! Well at least those who don't catch on (like me ) will see now ^^