osolost Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 (edited) GTAIV Can someone please help me understand why my Graphics options page reads 237 of 1016 resource usage but the game still runs like crap? Why would the game not use all available resources? Edited November 22, 2010 by osolost Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/463573-resource-usage/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenster1025 Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Well what is the rest of your specs and what are you settings, we cannot see the big picture here. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/463573-resource-usage/#findComment-1060213742 Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronHide-AW Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 ^ yep. The resource usage is just telling you how much it is using compared to how much it sees as available for use. But if the machine itself is of low quality / not a proper gaming system then IV is going to crush it. Even decent / good quality rigs suffer from the (especially) CPU hungry IV code. So, post your rig lets have a look. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/463573-resource-usage/#findComment-1060214175 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLKMAG Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Graphics RAM isn't an indication of performance, you can have a terrible card with all the memory in the world, it's still limited by the cards graphics processing power though. An analogy would be like having a delivery truck that can only carry 500KG of weight, if you increase the cargo area of the truck, it still can't carry more. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/463573-resource-usage/#findComment-1060214255 Share on other sites More sharing options...
osolost Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 I was seeing the purpose in the resources meter wrong I guess. I run alot of newer games pretty smooth and have become a little irritated with this one being a big GTA fan. It's about time for a new PC maybe. AMD64 X2 5200+ 4GB RAM SB Audigy 750w PS Radeon HD 4670 1GB Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/463573-resource-usage/#findComment-1060214882 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkey82 Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 It's a rather weak system for GTAIV. What's your screen resoultion (I assume something on the lower end basing on resource usage)? Can you define "runs like crap" in a bit more detail? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/463573-resource-usage/#findComment-1060215220 Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeesPwnMets Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 (edited) I was seeing the purpose in the resources meter wrong I guess. I run alot of newer games pretty smooth and have become a little irritated with this one being a big GTA fan. It's about time for a new PC maybe. AMD64 X2 5200+ 4GB RAM SB Audigy 750w PS Radeon HD 4670 1GB A Quad Core CPU would have helped performance here, 4GB of RAM is enough for GTA IV, and 4670 is very borderline... might be able to run it at low settings. This guy ran it on a Pentium E2180 and a Radeon 4670. Maybe with a little performance tweaks you might be able to run it Edited November 25, 2010 by YankeesPwnMets Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/463573-resource-usage/#findComment-1060218730 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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