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It's because GTA 4 is a horrible port, as far as I'm aware. From what I'm hearing it's got bad performance on many different systems.
Ran fine on mine though. Not sure what I did to fix it.
No I don't think It happens in most of my games but in Gta sa I get fps stuttering it sometimes goes up to 50 and then down to 30 and 20 back to 40 then 50 and In Fallout 3 It lags when I use vats and I get about 20-30 fps in normal gameplay. This is a bit silly cause I have a Pentium 4 on another comp and I get more fps and no stuttering/lag on those games on highest settings.Sirwest299Was this a digital download purchase or retail box?
No I don't think It happens in most of my games but in Gta sa I get fps stuttering it sometimes goes up to 50 and then down to 30 and 20 back to 40 then 50 and In Fallout 3 It lags when I use vats and I get about 20-30 fps in normal gameplay. This is a bit silly cause I have a Pentium 4 on another comp and I get more fps and no stuttering/lag on those games on highest settings.Sirwest299Could be the HDD too...
True, but I played it on a Q6600 with 4GB RAM and an 8800GTX and it was fine....That 5450 is not a good card at all.
Wasdie
[QUOTE="Wasdie"]True, but I played it on a Q6600 with 4GB RAM and an 8800GTX and it was fine.... If memory servers me right, Any Radeon card below a 57XX is not really considered a gaming card.That 5450 is not a good card at all.
FelipeInside
What could be the problem with the HDD?Sirwest299If the HDD is failing (bad clusters and the such), it leads to slow framerates in parts.... and specially jumping/sluttering. Run a chkdsk /R and test game again...
[QUOTE="Wasdie"]True, but I played it on a Q6600 with 4GB RAM and an 8800GTX and it was fine....That 5450 is not a good card at all.
FelipeInside
The 8800GTX is much better than a 5450. The 5450 is not a 3D gaming card. It's a very low-end laptop card.
Yeah It isn't the best Graphics Card but I've checked on YouTube and people have played Gta iv with that card with no problems and I assumed that It wasn't the card that was causing the problem.Sirwest299
Nobody on youtube is playing at a decent FPS with that card while recording the video.
You also have to remember, 10-15 FPS on youtube is going to look far more playable than 10-15 FPS while playing. Video always looks smoother.
Yes that's true but for this video I don't think this person could have removed the low fps this greatly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jh4KqJJvQsSirwest299That guy is running a desktop model of the 5450, you are running on the mobile laptop version, that's the reason why your fps isn't matching up. There is nothing you can do about this.
First of all GTA 4 for the PC was developed by a bunch of high school students. Even my high end computer cant run it maxed out. And Im going to be honest. Your laptop is not meant for gaming. Im assuming its a laptop because you said Mobility 5450. The desktop 5450 is bad enough for gaming as it is. If thats true, then your CPU is also not as fast as a desktop i3. Should have done your homework man. GTA 4 needs some real horsepower.
Theres nothing you can do. And you cant upgrade the GPU of your laptop. Youre stuck with the performance you have and thats that. Even if you did manage to get 15 fps, the game would still be completely unplayable.
And I doubt your friend has good framerates. No i3 laptop can run GTA 4 at an enjoyable framerate. Im going to be honest with you. Give up with this game.
My copy of GTA 4 ran horrible too I tried to fix it last summer but could not a bad port if you ask me.
Before giving up, try updating your GTA, you said it's box retail, so maybe it's still version 1.0.
Try to apply patch 1.0.4.0. And see if it's better.
The latest patches make the game heavily gpu dependant, so it wouldn't be good for you.
If patch 1.0.4.0 doesn't help you, there is not much else you can do.
Its a horrible port i have my gtx 460 oc to 850 and my quad at 3.06 ghz and the game still drops below 20 fps at points
@Nick3306 I tried playing at the lowest resolution the fps has gone up a bit now up to about 10 but that's still not good enough I'm still not giving up because I've seen tonnes of people play Gta IV on a Laptop with stable frame rates with an i3 some people have the exact sames specs as me except a different graphics card and they get stable fps so I will not give up!Sirwest299
What graphics card does your friend have? And is it a laptop?
Just about every card is a bad card for GTA IV. I dont know what they were thinking while they ported it.That 5450 is not a good card at all.
Wasdie
[QUOTE="Wasdie"]Just about every card is a bad card for GTA IV. I dont know what they were thinking while they ported it. They ported it...? WOW, I never knew that. It ran so bad for everyone I thought we were using remote desktop to a server of theirs on dial up upload account....That 5450 is not a good card at all.
Kokuro_Kun
You should keep trying to change video settings, maybe you can make the graphics a little better, but keep shadows res. to a minimum, or turned off.
BTW, there's a gta portal that may help you. They have a specific forum for performance tips. www.gtanet.com
good luck =)
Ok I'll try thanks for your help.You should keep trying to change video settings, maybe you can make the graphics a little better, but keep shadows res. to a minimum, or turned off.
BTW, there's a gta portal that may help you. They have a specific forum for performance tips. www.gtanet.com
good luck =)
Phelaidar
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