TCTproductions Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 My godly specs: 4GB video RAM. 8GB Sys RAM. ATi Radeon 6550D HD series AMD Quad-Core accelerated processor. It runs it... but at like 15-20 fps. THIS! IS! NOT! RIGHT! P.S. For some reason I only have 489mb of system resources in the game? Shouldn't I have 4GB-12GB?!?!!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioman Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 (edited) P.S. For some reason I only have 489mb of system resources in the game? Shouldn't I have 4GB-12GB?!?!!? That 4GB is TOTAL VRAM-NOT Dedicated vram...the 4 GB is made partially up of System RAM...Games use dedicated vram NOT total vram-since it says 489MB, that means you only have 512mb of DEDICATED VRAM...Also, that is an Integrated video card, and newer games do not tend to run well on Integrated cards...Just a friendly heads up. Plus since that is a laptop card, that is even worse, since laptop cards are generally lower powered than their desktop counter parts... You should get decent fps at LOW/Mediumish settings and the sliders at no more than 20-25. Also, the memrestrict command line will also help with performance..Just a friendly heads up. Edited January 14, 2012 by radioman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCTproductions Posted January 14, 2012 Author Share Posted January 14, 2012 P.S. For some reason I only have 489mb of system resources in the game? Shouldn't I have 4GB-12GB?!?!!? That 4GB is TOTAL VRAM-NOT Dedicated vram...the 4 GB is made partially up of System RAM...Games use dedicated vram NOT total vram-since it says 489MB, that means you only have 512mb of DEDICATED VRAM...Also, that is an Integrated video card, and newer games do not tend to run well on Integrated cards...Just a friendly heads up. Plus since that is a laptop card, that is even worse, since laptop cards are generally lower powered than their desktop counter parts... You should get decent fps at LOW/Mediumish settings and the sliders at no more than 20-25. Also, the memrestrict command line will also help with performance..Just a friendly heads up. my card isn laptop series... its desktop... ik what dedicated ram is, i know. still, much more is freed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioman Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 (edited) Well, according to this site, that video card is a laptop card... But, as far as VRAM goes, there is only a certain amount that is dedicated vram(depending on the card, it can be 256MB, 512MB, 1024MB, or even 2GB...and some Nvidia cards have 1.5GB dedicate vram... You may have 4GB TOTAL vram-but that is shared with the system ram-for example, I have 3223mb of total vram, however, I only have 512mb dedicated vram(and the 512mb is what games use)..However, in IV and EFLC, thanks to commandline.txt, you can increase the vram by utilizing some system ram... Here is the difference between Integrated cards(what you have) and dedicated cards: Dedicated graphics cardsMain article: Video card The GPUs of the most powerful class typically interface with the motherboard by means of an expansion slot such as PCI Express (PCIe) or Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) and can usually be replaced or upgraded with relative ease, assuming the motherboard is capable of supporting the upgrade. A few graphics cards still use Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) slots, but their bandwidth is so limited that they are generally used only when a PCIe or AGP slot is not available. A dedicated GPU is not necessarily removable, nor does it necessarily interface with the motherboard in a standard fashion. The term "dedicated" refers to the fact that dedicated graphics cards have RAM that is dedicated to the card's use, not to the fact that most dedicated GPUs are removable. Dedicated GPUs for portable computers are most commonly interfaced through a non-standard and often proprietary slot due to size and weight constraints. Such ports may still be considered PCIe or AGP in terms of their logical host interface, even if they are not physically interchangeable with their counterparts. Technologies such as SLI by Nvidia and CrossFire by ATI allow multiple GPUs to be used to draw a single image, increasing the processing power available for graphics. [edit]Integrated graphics solutions Integrated graphics solutions, shared graphics solutions, or Integrated graphics processors (IGP) utilize a portion of a computer's system RAM rather than dedicated graphics memory. They are integrated into the motherboard. Exceptions are AMD's IGPs that use dedicated sideport memory on certain motherboards, and APUs, where they are integrated with the CPU die. Computers with integrated graphics account for 90% of all PC shipments.[13] These solutions are less costly to implement than dedicated graphics solutions, but tend to be less capable. Historically, integrated solutions were often considered unfit to play 3D games or run graphically intensive programs but could run less intensive programs such as Adobe Flash. Examples of such IGPs would be offerings from SiS and VIA circa 2004.[14] However, modern integrated graphics processors such as AMD's Fusion IGPs and Intel's HD Graphics are more than capable of handling 2D graphics from Adobe Flash or low stress 3D graphics. However, integrated graphics still struggle with graphically-intensive applications. IGPs like the Intel's HD Graphics 3000 and AMD's Fusion IGPs have improved performance, but still lag behind dedicated graphics cards. While older platforms had the IGP integrated onto the motherboard, newer platforms (Intel Core i series and AMD Fusion) integrate the GPU right onto the CPU die. As a GPU is extremely memory intensive, an integrated solution may find itself competing for the already relatively slow system RAM with the CPU, as it has minimal or no dedicated video memory. IGPs can have up to 29.856 GB/s of memory bandwidth from system RAM , however graphics cards can enjoy up to 327.744 GB/s of bandwidth dedicated. Older integrated graphics chipsets lacked hardware transform and lighting, but newer ones include it And here's proof that you have a laptop card(from the link above): The Radeon HD 6550D IS a notebook graphics card Just a friendly heads up... Edited January 14, 2012 by radioman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoječ Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 (edited) Actually, HD6550D isn't a netbook graphics card. It's integrated into AMD's A8 APUs for desktops. APUs for notebooks have Radeons that end with letter G (like HD6520G, HD6620G). Edited January 14, 2012 by yojo2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unc13bud Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 i agree with the other posters. original poster, here is a link with more info http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtop...81830&hl=fusion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCTproductions Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 Actually, HD6550D isn't a netbook graphics card. It's integrated into AMD's A8 APUs for desktops. APUs for notebooks have Radeons that end with letter G (like HD6520G, HD6620G). thanks bro. i do have a 6550D i dislike trolls like that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCTproductions Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 Well, according to this site, that video card is a laptop card... But, as far as VRAM goes, there is only a certain amount that is dedicated vram(depending on the card, it can be 256MB, 512MB, 1024MB, or even 2GB...and some Nvidia cards have 1.5GB dedicate vram... You may have 4GB TOTAL vram-but that is shared with the system ram-for example, I have 3223mb of total vram, however, I only have 512mb dedicated vram(and the 512mb is what games use)..However, in IV and EFLC, thanks to commandline.txt, you can increase the vram by utilizing some system ram... Here is the difference between Integrated cards(what you have) and dedicated cards: Dedicated graphics cardsMain article: Video card The GPUs of the most powerful class typically interface with the motherboard by means of an expansion slot such as PCI Express (PCIe) or Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) and can usually be replaced or upgraded with relative ease, assuming the motherboard is capable of supporting the upgrade. A few graphics cards still use Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) slots, but their bandwidth is so limited that they are generally used only when a PCIe or AGP slot is not available. A dedicated GPU is not necessarily removable, nor does it necessarily interface with the motherboard in a standard fashion. The term "dedicated" refers to the fact that dedicated graphics cards have RAM that is dedicated to the card's use, not to the fact that most dedicated GPUs are removable. Dedicated GPUs for portable computers are most commonly interfaced through a non-standard and often proprietary slot due to size and weight constraints. Such ports may still be considered PCIe or AGP in terms of their logical host interface, even if they are not physically interchangeable with their counterparts. Technologies such as SLI by Nvidia and CrossFire by ATI allow multiple GPUs to be used to draw a single image, increasing the processing power available for graphics. [edit]Integrated graphics solutions Integrated graphics solutions, shared graphics solutions, or Integrated graphics processors (IGP) utilize a portion of a computer's system RAM rather than dedicated graphics memory. They are integrated into the motherboard. Exceptions are AMD's IGPs that use dedicated sideport memory on certain motherboards, and APUs, where they are integrated with the CPU die. Computers with integrated graphics account for 90% of all PC shipments.[13] These solutions are less costly to implement than dedicated graphics solutions, but tend to be less capable. Historically, integrated solutions were often considered unfit to play 3D games or run graphically intensive programs but could run less intensive programs such as Adobe Flash. Examples of such IGPs would be offerings from SiS and VIA circa 2004.[14] However, modern integrated graphics processors such as AMD's Fusion IGPs and Intel's HD Graphics are more than capable of handling 2D graphics from Adobe Flash or low stress 3D graphics. However, integrated graphics still struggle with graphically-intensive applications. IGPs like the Intel's HD Graphics 3000 and AMD's Fusion IGPs have improved performance, but still lag behind dedicated graphics cards. While older platforms had the IGP integrated onto the motherboard, newer platforms (Intel Core i series and AMD Fusion) integrate the GPU right onto the CPU die. As a GPU is extremely memory intensive, an integrated solution may find itself competing for the already relatively slow system RAM with the CPU, as it has minimal or no dedicated video memory. IGPs can have up to 29.856 GB/s of memory bandwidth from system RAM , however graphics cards can enjoy up to 327.744 GB/s of bandwidth dedicated. Older integrated graphics chipsets lacked hardware transform and lighting, but newer ones include it And here's proof that you have a laptop card(from the link above): The Radeon HD 6550D IS a notebook graphics card Just a friendly heads up... really kid, off my dick please? its fine if u think that, i KNOW ur wrong... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoječ Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 thanks bro. i do have a 6550D i dislike trolls like that... He wasn't trolling, he was just wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unc13bud Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 He wasn't trolling, he was just wrong. lol, this is EXACTLY what i thought when i read that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapstar Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 If it helps, before I installed Radeon HD 6770 into my rig, I used the A6-3650 w/ Radeon HD 6530D and 4GB RAM and got arountd 20 FPS on Low settings. I suggest you buy a dedicated graphics card if you have the funds, though. If you want the 6550D to be used in CrossFire, I recommend the 6670, which is around 70$. If you want performance, I recommend the HD 6870 or 6950 instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCTproductions Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 still haven't really got a answer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unc13bud Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 what your CPU seems to be is a propus core athlon x4 6xx series chip with a HD 5670 grafted to it running on a 64-bit bus. you have to tweak your settings, you did not state your resoltuion iirc, but these settings will work good for 1024x768. edit and change and test for performance. Graphics Settings Video Mode: Texture Quality: Low Shadow Quality: Low Reflection Resolution: Off Water Quality: Low Texture Filter Quality: Tri-Linear Night Shadows: Off View Distance: 6 Detail Distance: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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