Posted July 12, 2011
I posted this on the GTA forums, but figured i'ld post it here too since you guys have helped me more then once and i know this place to be more reliable then a lot of other forums :P
Anyways, here's my post on the GTA forums.
Just picked up GTAIV, $15 didn't seem like a bad deal, but with the kind of performance i'm getting...i'm beginning to think that i just wasted $15.
Anyways, hopefully someone here can help.
First of all, here are my specs:
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition (64 Bit).
RAM: 2GBs.
Processor: AMD Dual Core 3800+.
Graphics Card: ATI 3870 (512MBs VRAM).
I booted up GTAIV (after patching and having to run around the internet for a while before finding out that i had to update Live manually...) and tweaked the settings a little bit, i got a little frustrated with the resource meter, but in the end figured it would be a very good way to easily adjust the game to maximize performance and graphics quality without a dozen reboots and a hundred visits to the options menu. Game starts, i watch the intro and notice a little bit of lag and/or stuttering which i easily dismiss as the game needing some "fine tuning" on the options menu. Once i get control of the game, it runs as if it were submerged in molasses. No amount of tweaking in the graphics options improves performance enough to make the game playable.
Once in Roman's apartment, performance somewhat improves by about 75%, it still skips now and again, but it's very much playable, but when i step outside, i lose all performance i had gained just a moment ago. I did the memrestrict thing and performance improved, but only slightly.
As mentioned before, tweaking the graphical settings do little which i find wierd as there should be SOME graphical improvement if i lower everything from Very High and High to Medium.
I've also come accross a few topics suggesting several fixes, including one specific for ATI Graphics Card players, but i'm not sure, hoping someone here can point me in the right direction.
Hopefully i included everything
Thanks!
Edit:
Forgot to mention, i'm also getting slow loading textures and pop ups (stuff that are randomly rendered in the game or that appear invisible until the textures load up) even when the game is running OK.
I also took the steps mentioned in this thread http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=481333 they seem to have somewhat helped, game is more "playable" now, except for the aforementioned missing textures and pop ups.
Anyways, here's my post on the GTA forums.
Just picked up GTAIV, $15 didn't seem like a bad deal, but with the kind of performance i'm getting...i'm beginning to think that i just wasted $15.
Anyways, hopefully someone here can help.
First of all, here are my specs:
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition (64 Bit).
RAM: 2GBs.
Processor: AMD Dual Core 3800+.
Graphics Card: ATI 3870 (512MBs VRAM).
I booted up GTAIV (after patching and having to run around the internet for a while before finding out that i had to update Live manually...) and tweaked the settings a little bit, i got a little frustrated with the resource meter, but in the end figured it would be a very good way to easily adjust the game to maximize performance and graphics quality without a dozen reboots and a hundred visits to the options menu. Game starts, i watch the intro and notice a little bit of lag and/or stuttering which i easily dismiss as the game needing some "fine tuning" on the options menu. Once i get control of the game, it runs as if it were submerged in molasses. No amount of tweaking in the graphics options improves performance enough to make the game playable.
Once in Roman's apartment, performance somewhat improves by about 75%, it still skips now and again, but it's very much playable, but when i step outside, i lose all performance i had gained just a moment ago. I did the memrestrict thing and performance improved, but only slightly.
As mentioned before, tweaking the graphical settings do little which i find wierd as there should be SOME graphical improvement if i lower everything from Very High and High to Medium.
I've also come accross a few topics suggesting several fixes, including one specific for ATI Graphics Card players, but i'm not sure, hoping someone here can point me in the right direction.
Hopefully i included everything
Thanks!
Edit:
Forgot to mention, i'm also getting slow loading textures and pop ups (stuff that are randomly rendered in the game or that appear invisible until the textures load up) even when the game is running OK.
I also took the steps mentioned in this thread http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=481333 they seem to have somewhat helped, game is more "playable" now, except for the aforementioned missing textures and pop ups.
This question / problem has been solved by macuahuitlgog
