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Good Specs, Bad Performance


jhonpayboll
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So first, my laptop specs:

 

HP Pavilion dv6

Intel Core i7-720QM processor 1.60GHz with Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.80 GHz

4GB DDR3 System Memory (2 DIMM)

Video Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GT 230M

Video Memory: Aprox 2765MB

 

I'm not an expert but I really thought my laptop would run the game with good fps, the problem is fps are always between 12 to 25, here the last benchmark results:

 

 

Statistics

Average FPS: 16.15

Duration: 37.33 sec

CPU Usage: 15%

System memory usage: 56%

Video memory usage: 19%

 

Graphics Settings

Video Mode: 800 x 600 (60 Hz)

Texture Quality: Medium

Shadow Quality: High

Reflection Resolution: High

Water Quality: High

Texture Filter Quality: Anisotropic x16

Night Shadows: Very High

View Distance: 29

Detail Distance: 39

 

Hardware

Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate

Service Pack 1

Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M

Video Driver version: 275.33

Audio Adapter: Speakers and Dual Headphones (IDT High Definition Audio CODEC)

Intel® Core i7 CPU Q 720 @ 1.60GHz

 

What's wrong? I'm not sure if I should be getting more usage % from my CPU and my memory... the graphics tab in the game show my resource usage around 350/2923MB (in orange). So I thought i should just use higher graphics but the fps went down dramatically. All the drivers are updated, the GTA IV version is 1.0.7.0.

What can I do to get better fps?

 

Thanks

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AndrefromEstonia

All the shadows down, maybe medium or even low. Others may stay, maybe lower texture filtering. But the video card is the thing why fps is low.

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OverTheBelow

Turn night shadows right off and keep the sliders down at 15 or less. The graphics card isn't that great in your laptop.

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lower stuff or get a cooling pad to prevent bios voltage stepping on the cpu..

 

the card has an ok core-config for a mobile nvidia and it's 128bit..

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will try all that, thanks for the help!

P.S. any recommendations for a new gpu? not the best one, but something good and not expensive

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I've been wonder all around like you before looking for a way to fix it.

And i did.

First, download patch 1.0.4.0 (stable and modable)

http://www.mediafire.com/?i873o81478u4d7t

password: haiduong_1011

Note: If you already upgrade to 1.0.7.0, i recommend you downgrade to 1.0.4.0 or reinstall a fresh copy of GTA and install 1.0.4.0 patch. Other wise you can just try modding on 1.0.7.0, i haven't tested anything on this version so i'm not sure it works well.

Second, download this txt file that contain all download links and instruction.

http://www.mediafire.com/?h2t090vzxmdt074

Third, visit my test video for result.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8WHuETO8Xw

My crappy spec:

G31 mainboard

E7400

2G DDR2

HD 4850

All settings on high

FPS always above 30.

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