GTA4 and its CPU intensive needs

[Nick]

its mainly the 4830 and the e5200 holding you back.

I know but I'm not really fussed, it aint my kinda game.

 

[veg1992]

Ya GTA IV, is one of the few games the HD 4830 gets beaten by the 9800GT/8800GT

 

[1337_JohnN]

Rofl, no wonder my friend's Xbox died after 2 weeks of non stop playing. I can't belive there's a game that can actually test an i7's limits. o.o

 

[Wildside]

Old benchmark with AMD Athlon 64 x2 5000+ BE, @ 3.3GHz

Statistics
Average FPS: 21.61
Duration: 36.89 sec
CPU Usage: 94%
System memory usage: 79%
Video memory usage: 71%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1680 x 1050 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: High
Render Quality: High
View Distance: 1
Detail Distance: 1

Hardware
Microsoft® Windows Vista" Ultimate
Service Pack 1
Video Adapter: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
Video Driver version: 7.14.10.630
Audio Adapter: Speakers (Creative SB X-Fi)
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+

File ID: benchmark.cli

New benchmark with Phenom II x4 940 BE, 3.0GHz, stock settings

Statistics
Average FPS: 24.56
Duration: 36.93 sec
CPU Usage: 58%
System memory usage: 78%
Video memory usage: 81%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1680 x 1050 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: High
Render Quality: High
View Distance: 1
Detail Distance: 1

Hardware
Microsoft® Windows Vista" Ultimate
Service Pack 1
Video Adapter: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
Video Driver version: 7.14.10.630
Audio Adapter: Speakers (Creative SB X-Fi)
AMD Processor model unknown

File ID: benchmark.cli

ok so im bothered by this. It's not using the whole CPU. I know, BIOS isnt reading it right but wtf? How come the CPU isnt being used at like 100%? Only 58%? Shows an increase of 4 fps.

i want 1.7v BIOS to come out!

EDIT:

u know what, im gonna increase the view distance and detailed distance n benchmark again.

 

[Wildside]

good news is that the AMD Fusion for Gaming ultility is now available (not beta anymore) so it will temporarly shut down any unnecessary processes and i think services in order to get ur CPU and GPU leg room to stretch and perform better.

im downloading it right now. I should get better results in GTA4 if all works well.

oh n the newest Forceware allow SLI in GTA4 so it will run a lot better for those who use SLI. As for ones with Crossfire, it's not working and gonna have to wait for either a hotfix or 8.13 CCC.

 

[Poizen22]

the 181.20 force sli!!!! :O you better be right or im going to castrate my friend that looks like you

 

[NosBoost300]

I wanna see a real life i7 benchy.

i'm supposed to have gta4 by now.. but my retarded neighbor still hasnt brought it to me!!!

 

[ricanflow]

Hmm i wonder how smooth i could run this.

 

[Gabb]

wow this is probably my longest created thread ever...

anyways I'm still at a standstill when making the GTA4 decision, do I:

1. Just play it on my PS3 which I already have ( it was my brothers but he's done with it ) and not have to worry about any of the PC problems

2. Buy it for the PC and hope I don't experience all the problems people have been experiencing.

My system can probably run the PC version "slightly" better then the game runs on the console but I don't know...I guess its also a matter of mouse/keyboard vs controller as well, and the controller has a definite advantage when it comes to driving but not shooting. Hmmm...oh and the 2 PC programs required to run in the background doesn't help the PCs case either I like the bigger PC multiplayer but some reviews have stated its hard finding a game that even gets to that size, and theres obviously less PC players playing online compared to console players. Ah decisions decisions...

 

[Poizen22]

wow this is probably my longest created thread ever...

anyways I'm still at a standstill when making the GTA4 decision, do I:

1. Just play it on my PS3 which I already have ( it was my brothers but he's done with it ) and not have to worry about any of the PC problems

2. Buy it for the PC and hope I don't experience all the problems people have been experiencing.

My system can probably run the PC version "slightly" better then the game runs on the console but I don't know...I guess its also a matter of mouse/keyboard vs controller as well, and the controller has a definite advantage when it comes to driving but not shooting. Hmmm...oh and the 2 PC programs required to run in the background doesn't help the PCs case either I like the bigger PC multiplayer but some reviews have stated its hard finding a game that even gets to that size, and theres obviously less PC players playing online compared to console players. Ah decisions decisions...

last week i was playing alot of 20+ player games. i get 30 fps average with everything tweaked very high on a single 8800gts