GTA IV lost and damned

[ampred]

Statistics

Average FPS: 17.00

Duration: 40.01 sec

CPU Usage: 52%

System memory usage: 63%

Video memory usage: 45%

 

Graphics Settings

Video Mode: 800 x 600 (70 Hz)

Texture Quality: High

Shadow Quality: Off

Reflection Resolution: Medium

Water Quality: Medium

Texture Filter Quality: Anisotropic x8

Night Shadows: Off

View Distance: 51

Detail Distance: 60

 

Hardware

Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition

Core 2 Quad CPU

Q8200 @ 2.33GHz, 4GB of RAM

Service Pack 3

Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

Video Driver version: 258.96

EM64T Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10

Intel® Pentium® III Xeon processor

 

i have tried the -memrestrict method but no help. anymore higher on the video mode is slow and laggy..

also i tried mixing the graphics settings so this is the best settings i can have to play.. i couldn't enjoy the graphics, only the physics of the game and overall gameplay of course.. its just i envy those who have good quality graphics, smooth ones that i see on youtube, PC platform.

can anybody enlighten me? does my computer suck for this game? lol.. helpful hints would be much appreciated..

[viometrix]

how can you have a core2quad and a pentium III xeon processor? either way your video card is severely lacking. that is your problem, now do you have a pcie slot or agp? if it is agp you are hopelessly out of luck.

[ampred]

*how can you have a core2quad and a pentium III xeon processor?

-alright that part i dont know.. i got that pentium III xeon processor from the benchmark.

-core 2 quad on the other hand, properties on MY COMPUTER.. sorry as i have no real knowledge about these..

 

*either way your video card is severely lacking

-by that you mean my NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT ??? so what should i get or buy to at least have an improve game?

 

*now do you have a pcie slot or agp? if it is agp you are hopelessly out of luck.

-that part, im not sure .. researched about PCIE and AGP but still confused on my motherboard socket thingy...

[monster875.]

download GPU-Z, it will show all the things about ur graphic card

[kudoboi]

9500GT works fine for me at medium settings .

[gh3860]

Well upgrade your video card to at least a nVIDIA geforce gts450 or ati radeon hd 5670.

[Chevyboy]

9500GT works fine for me at medium settings .

Fine is an opinion. For example "fine" for you would not be "fine" for me I would be willing to wager if you consider the framerates you get acceptable.

 

Truth is the 9500 (and 9400 for that matter) are not gaming cards, they may work "fine" for games at low-medium settings with suboptimal framerates but they are a far cry from real gaming cards. I only felt the need to rip on your post because suggesting to others without context that the crap cards being discussed are good for this game is very misleading for those that don't know any better.