########Official GTA4 Performance thread########

Viper² said:
Sure will download them in a sec.

Here are a couple of fraps benchmarks with same settings as above:

Code: 
Frames	   Time (ms)	 Min	 Max	 Avg
2459	   60000         30	 63	 40.983

Code: 
Frames   Time (ms)	 Min	 Max	 Avg
3041	  60000	         32	 72	 50.683
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hmmm ok, thanks for that, the in-game benchmark seems to be accurate then...
 
yantorsen said:
you get better FPS with higher settings?

WTF, this game is so f'ed up.
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It seems so. :D

LoadsaMoney said:
Statistics
Average FPS: 33.06
Duration: 37.21 sec
CPU Usage: 88%
System memory usage: 88%
Video memory usage: 69%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1280 x 1024 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: Medium (wont go higher)
Render Quality: Highest
View Distance: 40
Detail Distance: 100

Hardware
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Service Pack 3
Video Adapter: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
Video Driver version: 6.14.10.6879
Audio Adapter: Gamesurround Fortissimo III 7.1
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 8400 @ 3.00GHz
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Now with the settings lowered.

Statistics
Average FPS: 21.40
Duration: 37.38 sec
CPU Usage: 88%
System memory usage: 73%
Video memory usage: 69%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1280 x 1024 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: Medium
Render Quality: High
View Distance: 25
Detail Distance: 37

Hardware
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Service Pack 3
Video Adapter: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
Video Driver version: 6.14.10.6879
Audio Adapter: Gamesurround Fortissimo III 7.1
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 8400 @ 3.00GHz

:p
 
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Changed my drivers Fox. Got the latest ones (180.48) and got an increase of about 7 fps.

Statistics
Average FPS: 53.93
Duration: 37.07 sec
CPU Usage: 73%
System memory usage: 60%
Video memory usage: 52%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1680 x 1050 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: Medium
Render Quality: Medium
View Distance: 32
Detail Distance: 70

Hardware
Microsoft® Windows Vista" Ultimate
Service Pack 1
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
Video Driver version: 180.48
Audio Adapter: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
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Statistics
Average FPS: 55.70
Duration: 37.11 sec
CPU Usage: 74%
System memory usage: 64%
Video memory usage: 79%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1280 x 1024 (75 Hz)
Texture Quality: High
Render Quality: High
View Distance: 32
Detail Distance: 70

Hardware
Microsoft® Windows Vista" Ultimate
Service Pack 1
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
Video Driver version: 177.98
Audio Adapter: Speakers (SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio)
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9450 @ 2.66GHz

File ID: benchmark.cli
 
tbh I don't really see what the drama is. I have been playing it for the last hour or 2 on my system in sig using the following settings...

Video Mode: 1680 x 1050 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: High
Render Quality: Highest
View Distance: 25
Detail Distance: 100

...and apart from the odd dip into the 20's, I am getting pretty steady framerates in the mid 30's which surprisingly is giving me a fairly smooth gaming experience.

With Render Quality at High I was seeing framerates over 40 at times.

Oh, running 178.24 drivers. Might try the newer ones and see if it improves things a little, but overall i'm quite pleased at how smooth it's running.
 
Spec in Sig its running on the auto configure settings and never having seen it before on any other format im enjoying the game very much with no issues at all.

Statistics
Average FPS: 36.35
Duration: 37.08 sec
CPU Usage: 96%
System memory usage: 85%
Video memory usage: 65%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1680 x 1050 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: Medium
Render Quality: High
View Distance: 25
Detail Distance: 37

Hardware
Microsoft® Windows Vista" Home Premium
Service Pack 1
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
Video Driver version: 180.48
Audio Adapter: Speakers (Creative SB X-Fi)
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 3GHz

 
Hardware
Microsoft® Windows Vista" Ultimate
Service Pack 1
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 (stock)
Video Driver version: 178.13
Audio Adapter: Speakers (Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS (WDM))
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6420 @ 2.13GHz ( stock)
4GB Geil ULL.

File ID: benchmark.cli
Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1280 x 1024 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: Medium
Render Quality: Low
View Distance: 14
Detail Distance: 19

Statistics
Average FPS: 30.96
Duration: 37.17 sec
CPU Usage: 96%
System memory usage: 64%
Video memory usage: 94%
 
snowdog said:
Hardware
Microsoft® Windows Vista" Ultimate
Service Pack 1
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 (stock)
Video Driver version: 178.13
Audio Adapter: Speakers (Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS (WDM))
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6420 @ 2.13GHz ( stock)
4GB Geil ULL.

File ID: benchmark.cli
Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1280 x 1024 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: Medium
Render Quality: Low
View Distance: 14
Detail Distance: 19

Statistics
Average FPS: 30.96
Duration: 37.17 sec
CPU Usage: 96%
System memory usage: 64%
Video memory usage: 94%
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:eek:
 
Heres mine from my main PC..

Statistics
Average FPS: 49.99
Duration: 37.15 sec
CPU Usage: 73%
System memory usage: 64%
Video memory usage: 83%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1680 x 1050 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: High
Render Quality: Highest
View Distance: 45
Detail Distance: 75

Hardware
Microsoft® Windows Vista" Ultimate
Service Pack 1
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
Video Driver version: 180.70
Audio Adapter: Speakers (Creative SB X-Fi)
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz

File ID: benchmark.cli

Thats with my GTX280 @ stock and my Q6600 @ 3.2GHz! Seems playable.. Hopefully patches and drivers will make it better.

The jaggies are killing me though.. :(

Edit.. Have actually tried it in game and it is unplayable at those settings. If I pan the camera too quickly or turn a corner too fast, it drops and kills the frame rate totally!
 
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seems to me that all the nvidia cards are getting much better FPS than the ATi ones. From what I've seen all the 8800GTX's are doing better than 4870s.
 
Biggest FPS boost I have found is turn Texture Quality to Medium. Everything else is maximum for me and now the gameplay is very smooth at all times. Still no AA though even if forced. Think Nvidia + R* need to patch this in or something.

On the official gta4-PC website R* have a doc which gives you more indepth gfx settings explanations. High Textures is for future cards only (shudder to think what they know is coming which can handle that setting!! Might be the new badboy GTX coming soon from NV). Reckon most people with decent Quad Cores & a mid range card will be good to go with medium texture settings and or lower some of the draw distances. If a Q9450 + GTX260-216 (mid range system now) can handle it then its not too badly optimised. Biggest error R* have made is include gfx settings nothing can currently handle properly they should have made those settings DLC or something when newer cards are released.

My New Medium Settings:

Medium:
Statistics
Average FPS: 41.49
Duration: 37.31 sec
CPU Usage: 74%
System memory usage: 62%
Video memory usage: 55%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1360 x 768 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: Medium
Render Quality: Very High
View Distance: 100
Detail Distance: 100

Hardware
Microsoft® Windows Vista" Home Premium
Service Pack 1
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Video Driver version: 180.48
Audio Adapter: Speakers (3- ASUS Xonar D2X Audio Device)
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9450 @ 2.66GHz

File ID: benchmark.cli

My Old Highest Settings:
Statistics
Average FPS: 42.13
Duration: 37.32 sec
CPU Usage: 74%
System memory usage: 76%
Video memory usage: 88%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1360 x 768 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: High
Render Quality: High
View Distance: 53
Detail Distance: 100

Hardware
Microsoft® Windows Vista" Home Premium
Service Pack 1
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Video Driver version: 180.48
Audio Adapter: Speakers (3- ASUS Xonar D2X Audio Device)
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9450 @ 2.66GHz

File ID: benchmark.cli
 
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