Unbelievable amount of low fps in Gta IV

I've updated Gta iv to 1.0.4.0 and I now get 15-20 fps on lowest settings which is a huge improvement but would I gain a bit more If I changed graphics card because the lowest resolution looks terrible with my graphics card.Sirwest299

You cant change the graphics card of your laptop. Its a graphics chip embedded onto the laptops motherboard. And you wouldnt be able to find one for sale anyway.

This game is still unoptimized even after the patches? Gee.

This game is still unoptimized even after the patches? Gee.

mitu123

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This game is still unoptimized even after the patches? Gee.

Phelaidar

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This game is still unoptimized even after the patches? Gee.

Phelaidar

I don't understand Gta sometimes because I just decided to start the game and I get 40 fps on lowest settings when I used to get 5 fps. Strange.Sirwest299

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That 5450 is not a good card at all.

Kokuro_Kun

Not really... I could run the game on high with ~30 fps on my old system (e6750, 8800GTS 640MB, 4GB of RAM) and I can max it at 50+ fps on my current system (Q9550, GTX470, 8GB of RAM)...

People go into it and max all the sliders and then wonder why it isn't running smoothly, it is funny.

He is getting terrible performance because the 5450 is not made for gaming at all... It has 80 SPUs... 1/10 what AMD/ATI's gaming level cards have (800+)... It is made to run Windows 7 with DX11 support. Not run games, and especially not a resource hog like GTA4.

It's a lousy port. I can run Crysis and Metro 2033 almost maxed out at 1680x1050, yet my PC struggles with GTA4.

Its a horribly optimised game I get almost double the frames on Just cause 2 which looks a lot better and has better draw distance... horrible horrible port.Too_tight_shoes