obom Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Hello, I am new here to the forums so be nice (-: Well every thing started when I got GTA IV for PC on Christmas. I already have GTA IV for console but I love the game so much I decided to get it for PC ( I never play PC games) Everything started yesterday when I played for the first time. The game is great (running at 50fps) for the first minute because after that from no were the fps lowers dramatically to 3fps Making it unplayable! and this is for no reason I am not even in a police chase or anything! When the frame rate drops it doesn’t go back! At the moment I am playing on ALL settings on low and it makes no difference same thing happens This is what I got on my benchmark test: Statistics Average FPS: 2.70 Duration: 31.85 sec CPU Usage: 98% System memory usage: 71% Video memory usage: 32% Graphics Settings Video Mode: 1024 x 768 (60 Hz) Texture Quality: Low Render Quality: Low View Distance: 1 Detail Distance: 1 Hardware Microsoft® Windows Vista" Home Premium Service Pack 1 Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS Video Driver version: 167.64 Audio Adapter: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio) Intel® Core2 Duo CPU T5750 @ 2.00GHz I know my computer isnt amazing but 3fps! and it was running at 50fps 30 seconds before! I heard of people that have systems worse than mine and it is playable! My brain is telling me the processor is melting lol I don’t even know if that is possible! I love GTA i so want to play on PC but I am about to sell it on ebay! Does anyone any idea of what is happening? I soo want to play this game help would be much appreciated PS: Today is my bad day got GTA that doesn’t work on my PC and got a NEW psp with a few dead pixels AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruXter Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 old drivers, laptop nvidia card too low of a processor. only thing I can suggest is figure a way to cool that thing as well as you can. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058807423 Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlee Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Hello, I am new here to the forums so be nice (-: Well every thing started when I got GTA IV for PC on Christmas. I already have GTA IV for console but I love the game so much I decided to get it for PC ( I never play PC games) Everything started yesterday when I played for the first time. The game is great (running at 50fps) for the first minute because after that from no were the fps lowers dramatically to 3fps Making it unplayable! and this is for no reason I am not even in a police chase or anything! When the frame rate drops it doesn’t go back! At the moment I am playing on ALL settings on low and it makes no difference same thing happens This is what I got on my benchmark test: Statistics Average FPS: 2.70 Duration: 31.85 sec CPU Usage: 98% System memory usage: 71% Video memory usage: 32% Graphics Settings Video Mode: 1024 x 768 (60 Hz) Texture Quality: Low Render Quality: Low View Distance: 1 Detail Distance: 1 Hardware Microsoft® Windows Vista" Home Premium Service Pack 1 Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS Video Driver version: 167.64 Audio Adapter: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio) Intel® Core2 Duo CPU T5750 @ 2.00GHz I know my computer isnt amazing but 3fps! and it was running at 50fps 30 seconds before! I heard of people that have systems worse than mine and it is playable! My brain is telling me the processor is melting lol I don’t even know if that is possible! I love GTA i so want to play on PC but I am about to sell it on ebay! Does anyone any idea of what is happening? I soo want to play this game help would be much appreciated PS: Today is my bad day got GTA that doesn’t work on my PC and got a NEW psp with a few dead pixels AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Your average fps is 2.7 ??? is that correct? I can render 30,000 exploding oil barrels in Crysis ReAL TIME faster than that/// Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058807425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
obom Posted December 25, 2008 Author Share Posted December 25, 2008 Hello, I am new here to the forums so be nice (-: Well every thing started when I got GTA IV for PC on Christmas. I already have GTA IV for console but I love the game so much I decided to get it for PC ( I never play PC games) Everything started yesterday when I played for the first time. The game is great (running at 50fps) for the first minute because after that from no were the fps lowers dramatically to 3fps Making it unplayable! and this is for no reason I am not even in a police chase or anything! When the frame rate drops it doesn’t go back! At the moment I am playing on ALL settings on low and it makes no difference same thing happens This is what I got on my benchmark test: Statistics Average FPS: 2.70 Duration: 31.85 sec CPU Usage: 98% System memory usage: 71% Video memory usage: 32% Graphics Settings Video Mode: 1024 x 768 (60 Hz) Texture Quality: Low Render Quality: Low View Distance: 1 Detail Distance: 1 Hardware Microsoft® Windows Vista" Home Premium Service Pack 1 Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS Video Driver version: 167.64 Audio Adapter: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio) Intel® Core2 Duo CPU T5750 @ 2.00GHz I know my computer isnt amazing but 3fps! and it was running at 50fps 30 seconds before! I heard of people that have systems worse than mine and it is playable! My brain is telling me the processor is melting lol I don’t even know if that is possible! I love GTA i so want to play on PC but I am about to sell it on ebay! Does anyone any idea of what is happening? I soo want to play this game help would be much appreciated PS: Today is my bad day got GTA that doesn’t work on my PC and got a NEW psp with a few dead pixels AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Your average fps is 2.7 ??? is that correct? I can render 30,000 exploding oil barrels in Crysis ReAL TIME faster than that/// That is 100% correct! Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058807426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gameguy1589 Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 When did this start happening? at what point in the game? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058807427 Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlee Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 OP what is your 3dmark score? Can your laptop pass all stress test like prime numbers and pi testing? What other intensive games have you played on that laptop? You may need Everest or coretemp to record your temps while playing GTAIV to see if its a temperature issue. Or it could be securom DRM, my performance went 5fps faster after I "patched" my game and got rid of securom on my pc.. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058807430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
st905216 Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 ur laptop is sh*t, dont' play the game and return it processor is not good video card is not good wat do u expect ? 30fps ? lmao Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058807432 Share on other sites More sharing options...
obom Posted December 25, 2008 Author Share Posted December 25, 2008 old drivers, laptop nvidia card too low of a processor. only thing I can suggest is figure a way to cool that thing as well as you can. That might be it! Where can you please give me a link for a new driver for my graphivs card. Please, please... I dont understand much about drivers and that stuff I dont want to download the wrong one! My laptop is Acer Aspire 6920G The strange thing is that my computer doesnt even get hot or anything! Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058807434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlee Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 old drivers, laptop nvidia card too low of a processor. only thing I can suggest is figure a way to cool that thing as well as you can. That might be it! Where can you please give me a link for a new driver for my graphivs card. Please, please... I dont understand much about drivers and that stuff I dont want to download the wrong one! My laptop is Acer Aspire 6920G The strange thing is that my computer doesnt even get hot or anything! See if you can get XP drivers and reformat and get Vista off the laptop Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058807437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RusSk8R Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 (edited) Dunno how ppl can play such games on laptop.They much slower then normal PC.So i recomend u 2 sell ur "computer" and get urself normal PC. Edited December 25, 2008 by RusSk8R Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058807438 Share on other sites More sharing options...
obom Posted December 25, 2008 Author Share Posted December 25, 2008 OP what is your 3dmark score? Can your laptop pass all stress test like prime numbers and pi testing? What other intensive games have you played on that laptop? You may need Everest or coretemp to record your temps while playing GTAIV to see if its a temperature issue. Or it could be securom DRM, my performance went 5fps faster after I "patched" my game and got rid of securom on my pc.. The only other game that I played on my computer was Rainbow six vegas and CSS and It played fine! And I cant answear the other bits because I am not very good with computers and I dont know I patched the game thas one thing I know and rge computer doesnt even get hot! Is everest a sofware? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058807444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
obom Posted December 25, 2008 Author Share Posted December 25, 2008 Dunno how ppl can play such games on laptop.They much slower then normal PC.So i recomend u 2 sell ur "computer" and get urself normal PC. I will get a normal PC but at the moment I cant afford one I only play on my laptop because I dont have a normal computer Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058807447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
obom Posted December 25, 2008 Author Share Posted December 25, 2008 ur laptop is sh*t, dont' play the game and return it processor is not good video card is not good wat do u expect ? 30fps ? lmao I didnt expect 30fps I just expected to be playable on low settings... I cant take it back beacause the shop doesnt take PC games back. So as I said in my original post if everything fails i will put it on ebay. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058807451 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruXter Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 That is bad advise. Vista gets bum rap from know nothings with loud mouths. Vista is a fine operating system for the current time. Xp is piece of ugly 16 bit crap. Evolve or die people.. Xp has sorry driver support, poor ability to handle drivers for most current video cards and processors. I mean come on, when xp was created we only had one fricken core. Crysis is a miss coded bloated piece of pretty looking boring redundant garbage with crap AI. op Your laptop is fine. It will have a hard time running the game because laptops get hot and your processor is just below specs. If it played it before, it will play it now very well. just you might be getting to hot. I would try the cheap thing and figure how to increase the cold air flow into the case of that laptop for now, if that does not solve your issue, we will have to think of other methods. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058807452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
obom Posted December 25, 2008 Author Share Posted December 25, 2008 When did this start happening? at what point in the game? About a minute after I start playing Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058807456 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicetopia Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 GTA IV PC is a miss coded bloated piece of pretty looking boring redundant garbage with crap AI. Haha, fixed... Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058807459 Share on other sites More sharing options...
proh1 Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Get on your knees and beg. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058807467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruXter Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 If you are not a fan of gta/gtaiv, why are you here? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058807470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
obom Posted December 25, 2008 Author Share Posted December 25, 2008 Get on your knees and beg. OK *Gets on his knees* "Please work, Please work, Please work, Please work, Please work..." Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058807472 Share on other sites More sharing options...
obom Posted December 25, 2008 Author Share Posted December 25, 2008 Just downloaded core temp the sofware that mesures the temperature of the cores Now I am only browsing the internet and disk defrag and the tempperature is around 25C in each core! Is that normal? lol Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058807484 Share on other sites More sharing options...
obom Posted December 25, 2008 Author Share Posted December 25, 2008 Just checked the temperature of the cores go up to 40C each core in game. Is this normal anyone? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058807521 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruXter Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 normal/fine Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058807522 Share on other sites More sharing options...
obom Posted December 25, 2008 Author Share Posted December 25, 2008 normal/fine Thank you for your help you are great. Do you have any other ideas? It is amazing one second it is runing as smooth as smooth can get and them bang! Low fps and starts to freeze! Graphics card cant be because everything is on low and I used the turn ram to vram trick I have vista 32 and vista 32 can only use 3gb of ram so I aded a litle vram (I have 4gb of ram) Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058807532 Share on other sites More sharing options...
roypaci Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 ur laptop is sh*t, dont' play the game and return it processor is not good video card is not good wat do u expect ? 30fps ? lmao Well...your laptop is not sh*t!!!Do not listen to kind of people.... My one is weaker then yours,only have 1.73ghz cpu,and a 8400m gt gpu,and I can play on average 13 or 14 fps with overclocked gpu and 3gb ram in vista home premium. I found all the solutions here,since I`ve got textures and faster gameplay then before,so look around and you`ll find how to make the game better. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058808058 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburstX Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Drivers for your video card: http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_noteb...79.28_beta.html A graphical tweak (follow instructions): http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=384473 A better blur than the default (activate with P in-game): http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=386262 Try on the lowest settings first (low,low,0,0,26,0), and then increase it a bit if it works fine. Increase the densitys first before you change textures and rendering. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058808080 Share on other sites More sharing options...
obom Posted December 25, 2008 Author Share Posted December 25, 2008 Drivers for your video card: http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_noteb...79.28_beta.html A graphical tweak (follow instructions): http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=384473 A better blur than the default (activate with P in-game): http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=386262 Try on the lowest settings first (low,low,0,0,26,0), and then increase it a bit if it works fine. Increase the densitys first before you change textures and rendering. Thank yo soo much, You guys are really great I am downloading the new driver now, Thanks again I am going to check the links out now! Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058808701 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunburstX Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 No problem man. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058809497 Share on other sites More sharing options...
obom Posted December 25, 2008 Author Share Posted December 25, 2008 No problem man. Thank you but i tried all of that and i failed! same issue! Well i guees it must be the computer that hates me! and to be honest I hate him too. well gues I have to go back to GTA IV on ps3 It must be something that trigers something that makes something happen in the game and makes the frame rate sudenly drop! Maybe I need to reformat my laptop! Its a shame I was so looking foward to playing on PC with all the mods I dont see the point of saving money for a good PC if in the end I am going to only play GTA with a 360 controller. I am going to sell GTA IV on saturday The thing that I dont understand is that a PS3 has 512 of RAM and the game runs amazingly well (not as good a good PC) Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058809869 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanmies Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 when you get 2 fps I think there is no possible way to get a playable boost of fps, sorry... Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058809897 Share on other sites More sharing options...
obom Posted December 25, 2008 Author Share Posted December 25, 2008 when you get 2 fps I think there is no possible way to get a playable boost of fps, sorry... Thanks anyway Its the computer it hates me now not even msn works! Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/387381-random-fps-drop/#findComment-1058809905 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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