5970 + GTA IV

[zia]

This what use to get with my 5970 and old 10.4 drivers

Statistics
Average FPS: 65.84
Duration: 37.18 sec
CPU Usage: 26%
System memory usage: 42%
Video memory usage: 80%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1920 x 1200 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: High
Shadow Quality: High
Reflection Resolution: Very High
Water Quality: Very High
Texture Filter Quality: Anisotropic x16
Night Shadows: Off
View Distance: 43
Detail Distance: 46

Zia

 

[blinghound]

Cheers everyone. I think I'll try the 10.4's and report back.

@zia your benchmark shows that 80% of your video memory is being used, while mine was using a maximum of 30%.

MSI afterburner also showed the cores only using a tiny percentage usage wise.

Any other ideas?

 

[Damolee]

@Damolee

I tried messing around with the commandline.txt file, but my performance stayed EXACTLY the same

Does anyone have any other ideas?

Try right clicking on the config file and ticking read only.

It might over write it with its console port nonsense. FIGHT IT! lol

I hate AMDs drivers with a passion.

 

[zia]

Here 's one with recent 10.12 preview drivers.with latest cap profiles

Statistics
Average FPS: 62.27
Duration: 37.43 sec
CPU Usage: 33%
System memory usage: 51%
Video memory usage: 39%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1920 x 1200 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: High
Shadow Quality: Low
Reflection Resolution: Very High
Water Quality: Very High
Texture Filter Quality: Anisotropic x16
Night Shadows: Off
View Distance: 57
Detail Distance: 61

Hardware
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional

Video Adapter: ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series
Video Driver version: 8.17.10.1059
Audio Adapter: Speakers (SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio)
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz

File ID: Benchmark.cli
i assume you've patched it up to latest?
zia

 

[blinghound]

Thanks a lot mate for running them. It seems as though your video memory usage has also gone done to 39% from 80%, although the frames per second look approximately the same (the shadows and view distance settings were different on your first bench).

I'm running the steam version, so I assume it has been automatically updated to the latest - given that night shadows is an option in my graphics menu, I think it is the latest.

It seems so bizarre that the performance is so low, as all my other games work brilliantly, and I've tried other drivers :\.

I have read on the steam forums that disabling the windows event log service, running the game once, then re-enabling the service fixes performance issues, although I cannot actually turn the service off in windows 7, so I don't know how they initially tested that.

Thanks for the ideas everyone, I'd be thankful for anymore advice, this is really rustling my jimmies