why is Cod:IW more demanding than GTA5?

[ExoMale]

would it be down to GTA5 being older and not just different game engines?

i purchased cod from cdkeys last night as it was 3.99, so price and the fact i want to make time to focus on video making for my youtube again amongst from just being one of those games for the collection and while i didnt have good expectations, the game runs at 8-14fps in campaign thats including playing around with the settings, it defaults the native 1440x900 of my screen, however for gta 5 at the chosen 1366x768 and graphic settings that put it over 600mb vram more than my card has that game runs smooth and fine at i think at like 30fps plus even playing online, lags online, but either way the game runs better on my system.

 

[Gerard]

Probably because the game engine its using is a frankenstein's monster of tacked on and bolted on stuff. At its core its quake 3 but they've tacked and gaffer taped on enhancements over the years to try and keep it current so its probably very inefficient. It can use 10+ gigs of vram and still manage to look like a game from a decade ago. That franchise has raked in billions yet they still cling to an archaic engine that's well past its best, works i suppose as it still sells but you'd think by now after 16 years they would look into something new.

 

[ExoMale]

Probably because the game engine its using is a frankenstein's monster of tacked on and bolted on stuff. At its core its quake 3 but they've tacked and gaffer taped on enhancements over the years to try and keep it current so its probably very inefficient. It can use 10+ gigs of vram and still manage to look like a game from a decade ago. That franchise has raked in billions yet they still cling to an archaic engine that's well past its best, works i suppose as it still sells but you'd think by now after 16 years they would look into something new.

ha okay that seems a valid reason, mean i dont know which franchise has been round the longest, but i suppose it would make sense to try milk it to compete with console, i havent played a pc version of cod since MW2 lol.

making me wonder what mid-range gpu will improve it now lol.

 

[Smffy]

Probably because the game engine its using is a frankenstein's monster of tacked on and bolted on stuff. At its core its quake 3 but they've tacked and gaffer taped on enhancements over the years to try and keep it current so its probably very inefficient. It can use 10+ gigs of vram and still manage to look like a game from a decade ago. That franchise has raked in billions yet they still cling to an archaic engine that's well past its best, works i suppose as it still sells but you'd think by now after 16 years they would look into something new.

Exactly this! Complete mess of a game, the game is also terrible so you got what you paid for

 

[ExoMale]

Exactly this! Complete mess of a game, the game is also terrible so you got what you paid for

ha i like IW, played hours of it when i used to have the xbox version, love the zombies, i skipped BO3 campaign as i wasnt a fan, IW actually had a good one which i actually completed lol(BO3 practically only cod ive not completed), so as the pc version has always been cheaper i was intrigued, while my computer cant play it currently i dont regret the purchase.

 

[ExoMale]

its fine now i got a new gpu ha, but for some reason my games are running on my vga screen which isnt my primary .

anyways i was getting 8-14fps with the 710, with my 660 i am getting 34-60fps and like Doom, playing much smoother and this is with high settings, so im happy now lol, knew cod wouldnt be a waste.

 

[Kirby Wurm]

Probably because the game engine its using is a frankenstein's monster of tacked on and bolted on stuff. At its core its quake 3 but they've tacked and gaffer taped on enhancements over the years to try and keep it current so its probably very inefficient. It can use 10+ gigs of vram and still manage to look like a game from a decade ago. That franchise has raked in billions yet they still cling to an archaic engine that's well past its best, works i suppose as it still sells but you'd think by now after 16 years they would look into something new.

WHAT? It still has elements of the Q3 engine? Crazy.

 

[Silent_Scone]

It's derived from, sure. No need to invest in changing the engine when people lap the games up anyway each and every time.