Horrible FPS with decent (?) rig.

[☭ Comrade Kibble ☭]

Well as stated above. I get about 30-45 FPS with the game not even maxed out, with drops into the 20's or teens a lot. I have.

CPU: Intel Core i5 2400.
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 660ti OC edition.
RAM: 8GB DDR3 Ram.
Mobo: z68 Pro3 Gen3 Motherboard.

I also have the latest Nvidia drivers.

Any advice?

[Gregory]

LOL.We have the EXACT same system only a different motherboard.Here it is:


Motherboard:Z68A-D3H-B3
CPU:Intel Core-i5 2400 3.1GHZ
Ram:HYPER-X KINGSTON 8GB DDR3 1600MHZ
GPU:Gigabyte GTX 660Ti Windforce O'ced Version 2GB
HDD:Seagate 1TB SATA III
Power Supply:Thermaltake 750 W

Thing is i had a GTX560Ti before 660Ti and fps difference was almost NONE.This game is a bad joke and yes i have all settings to HIGH not all details to max but at least to 70 view distance 70 detail distance and 70 vehicle density.Even if i drop view distance to 40 fps difference is the same.Look dont even bother with it.Its either lock it to 30 fps and take a controller or play it on console instead.Dont expect to play this 50 fps and more.Hardly hits 60 and its not even close to maxed out settings.


Btw yes im getting same fps as you.

[Niko( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )]

I have Nvidia GTX 660 ti with 2 gb DDR5 vram. Everything is maxed out and I get average fps of 64. Same Intel i5. Wonder whats wrong. Maybe you need this command line
-norestrictions
-nomemrestrict
-availablevidmem 2.0

[bean]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย =T$ECore= Niko:

I have Nvidia GTX 660 ti with 2 gb DDR5 vram. Everything is maxed out and I get average fps of 64. Same Intel i5. Wonder whats wrong. Maybe you need this command line
-norestrictions
-nomemrestrict
-availablevidmem 2.0

do this^

makes the game run much better than it does "out of the box.."

the available vidmem tweak doesnt seem to work for me as the game still wont recognize the amount of vram my gpu has. Im still tweaking around to see if i can get that fixed.

[Rossco]

It's not you're fault, it's just because GTA IV on PC is horribly programmed and poorly ported from the console version.

[KGKAllDay]

Your Processor cant utilize what you need from your graphics card. If you uppgrade to an i7, and downgrade your card one step, you should be fine. Theres always that price-tag-ass-kicker though.

[☭ Comrade Kibble ☭]

This may sound retarded but there is no command line file in my GTA IV EFLC folder. :/

How do I edit this?

Here is my benchmark.

http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/1081137251634077495/5D6453A213D07F2DF12F0DD7C3DF354D63109753/

http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/1081137251634124348/F7BD202B8C2FCC2EF0C2D2703E8BBFA7F35F5D22/

[fωєє∂σм_ѕмσкєя]

add a txt document to you're gta 4 folder call it commanline and in that txt doc write -availablevidmem 2.0 make sure the dash is infront

[Niko( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )]

You can right click the title of the game in your Library then select Properties. Then choose Set Launcher Option. Enter the following -norestrictions -nomemrestrict -availablevidmem 2.0

This way you run the game on steam.

[☭ Comrade Kibble ☭]

Tried those. While -norestrictions -nomemrestrict - did manage to make the game run noticeably better. late 30's-56 fps, it's still not the 60 others with my setup are getting. I'm just going to have to cap it to 30 like on console for stable fps (sigh). At least it doesn't drop into the 20's anymore.

And using 'availablevidmem 2.0' actually made it much worse and GTA warned me that my system didn't meet the requirements with that tweak.

[Niko( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )]

Driver probably?

[☭ Comrade Kibble ☭]

Have the latest nvidia drivers. The ones for bioshock infinite.

It has to be something with my GPU is it's only using 50ish percent of my GPU's memory...

Actually that changed nothing. I still get drops to 20fps.

[76561198075216696]

I have gtx690 DDR5 5GB,I7 3770K,32GB RAM(DDR3),Z77,1500W POW,1.5TB HDD,512GB
I max 78fps and I have 670Sil

[Gregory]

The game is just terrible and thats all.Want 1 very small proof that many ppl should have noticed in the past?ok here it is.If you use MSI Afterburner with the game on max settings the GPU USAGE doesnt even go near 80%.Hardly reaches 72% which means the game doesnt use the full capabilities of the card yet the only thing it knows very well to do is lag and lag without even using a constant 99% usage from the GPU.If it cant use the graphics card to maximum potential that only shows how sh**ty the port is.

[Gregory]

Heres the benchmark i did with the machine i stated in the 1st comment in this thread:


http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=139746849
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=139746861


Well as it seems 56% CPU usage 39% RAM usage and 59% video memory usage.


OK i understand that i have 2GB VRAM so i guess 59% is normal BUT 56% CPU usage and 39% RAM usage doesnt seem normal.


Also i must say 56-fps on such benchmark with half my system getting worked out for this game is weird.half CPU usage (56%) less than half RAM usage (39%) and yes its true that the GPU usage doesnt even go at 80% almost never so the graphics card itself is getting worked out at least by 60%.As you can see my whole PC is getting worked out at half the usage and resources yet heres the best part.Im using a graphics mod 2013 with True HD Textures mod (actually i installed 2 texture mods) plus the graphics mod (latest one) so its still not using up my system to maximum potential.


Heres a question:

IF the game did really had everything it asked from my system so thats why it couldnt go for more than what the results show like 56% CPU usage (but cant take more power from it because it had its full fill) then why it still lags or even at such an empty benchmark as the one this game has still didnt went for more average fps if it had what it wanted already?Got my point?


I tried everything believe me performance cant go any better in-game but yet my system cant be used to its full power so im around 30-45 fps average as always and at hard cases like multiple explosions from cars in a straight line makes me drop to 23 fps.