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Wtf, restarted my machine and dropped the renderer setting down 1 to very High, and got this.

Statistics
Average FPS: 43.95
Duration: 37.45 sec
CPU Usage: 91%
System memory usage: 73%
Video memory usage: 68%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1280 x 1024 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: Medium
Render Quality: Very High
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

:D
 
Mine on the auto configured settings.

First is at default clock speed of 2.4GHz, second is overclocked to 3GHz. All the same graphics and view distance settings etc. The overclocked score is no higher, the only difference is the CPU usage is lower! Vsync is forced off in the drivers. I know the fps score is half of my refresh rate so it suggests it's vsynced, but it shouldn't be. When I have fraps running, the fps goes into the thousands on the loading screens and if vsync was enabled, it wouldn't.

Oh and I am unable to select texture quality above medium! I thought 512MB of VRAM was the 'recommended' level?

Q6600 @ 2.4GHz
Statistics
Average FPS: 37.29
Duration: 37.25 sec
CPU Usage: 64%
System memory usage: 92%
Video memory usage: 90%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1280 x 1024 (75 Hz)
Texture Quality: Medium
Render Quality: High
View Distance: 25
Detail Distance: 37

Hardware
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Service Pack 3
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Video Driver version: 180.48
Audio Adapter: SB Audigy 2 Audio [D000]
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz



Q6600 @ 3.0GHz
Statistics
Average FPS: 36.39
Duration: 37.09 sec
CPU Usage: 48%
System memory usage: 84%
Video memory usage: 90%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1280 x 1024 (75 Hz)
Texture Quality: Medium
Render Quality: High
View Distance: 25
Detail Distance: 37

Hardware
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Service Pack 3
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Video Driver version: 180.48
Audio Adapter: SB Audigy 2 Audio [D000]
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
 
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I lowered some settings to try and get a decent framerate and it made no difference. Still at 3GHz:

Statistics
Average FPS: 37.36
Duration: 37.21 sec
CPU Usage: 53%
System memory usage: 82%
Video memory usage: 86%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1280 x 1024 (75 Hz)
Texture Quality: Medium
Render Quality: Medium
View Distance: 10
Detail Distance: 10

Hardware
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Service Pack 3
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Video Driver version: 180.48
Audio Adapter: SB Audigy 2 Audio [D000]
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz



Everything set to the bare minimum, all sliders to the left.

Statistics
Average FPS: 41.46
Duration: 37.07 sec
CPU Usage: 56%
System memory usage: 78%
Video memory usage: 71%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1280 x 1024 (75 Hz)
Texture Quality: Low
Render Quality: Low
View Distance: 1
Detail Distance: 1

Hardware
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Service Pack 3
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Video Driver version: 180.48
Audio Adapter: SB Audigy 2 Audio [D000]
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
 
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dirtydog, we have a similar spec

would you say it's playable at those fps levels? does it dip a lot?
 
HangTime said:
^I notice street has 83% Video memory usage on a 1GB card :eek:
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It wasn't playable in games with those settings either. I had to drop everything to medium to get an acceptable (not good) frame rate in game.

I'm thinking I might leave the game for a couple months until there is a patch or drivers out that sorts out a few of the issues. Plus I don't see why I should sign up to two online programs to save my game offline! :mad:
 
Statistics
Average FPS: 41.52
Duration: 37.31 sec
CPU Usage: 72%
System memory usage: 69%
Video memory usage: 75%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1680 x 1050 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: Medium
Render Quality: Highest
View Distance: 54
Detail Distance: 99

Hardware
Microsoft® Windows Vista" Ultimate
Service Pack 1
Video Adapter: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
Video Driver version: 7.14.10.621
Audio Adapter: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz
 
LoadsaMoney said:
Wtf, restarted my machine and dropped the renderer setting down 1 to very High, and got this.

Statistics
Average FPS: 43.95
Duration: 37.45 sec
CPU Usage: 91%
System memory usage: 73%
Video memory usage: 68%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1280 x 1024 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: Medium
Render Quality: Very High
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

:D
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Lmao, so lower the spec higher the settings ... ?
 
bledd. said:
dirtydog, we have a similar spec

would you say it's playable at those fps levels? does it dip a lot?
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Somewhat playable but far from ideal for my liking. The whole game feels very sluggish and in slow motion compared to previous GTAs, although maybe that's just the way GTA IV is?
 
Street said:
Plus I don't see why I should sign up to two online programs to save my game offline! :mad:
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That's wound me up as well. I can only assume they think (perhaps rightly) it is a foolproof way of stopping piracy, if only people with legit copies can save their games.
 
q6600 @ 3.3, 4gb ram

Statistics
Average FPS: 48.19
Duration: 37.06 sec
CPU Usage: 69%
System memory usage: 58%
Video memory usage: 92%

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" Ultimate
Service Pack 1
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
Video Driver version: 180.60
Audio Adapter: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz

and with the settings it would let me adjust put higher....

Statistics
Average FPS: 43.69
Duration: 37.17 sec
CPU Usage: 72%
System memory usage: 55%
Video memory usage: 98%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1680 x 1050 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: Medium
Render Quality: High
View Distance: 25
Detail Distance: 100
 
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Street said:
It wasn't playable in games with those settings either. I had to drop everything to medium to get an acceptable (not good) frame rate in game.

I'm thinking I might leave the game for a couple months until there is a patch or drivers out that sorts out a few of the issues. Plus I don't see why I should sign up to two online programs to save my game offline! :mad:
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Same here man, my system is also brought to its knees by this :(
 
Not really the first time we have found benchmarks to not reflect actual gameplay experience though. Tbh, I dont know why people got their hopes up for this unpatched game. I'm sure they will release a couple of patches in the future though.
 
Schnippzle said:
Not really the first time we have found benchmarks to not reflect actual gameplay experience though. Tbh, I dont know why people got their hopes up for this unpatched game. I'm sure they will release a couple of patches in the future though.
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Ya think? I don't.. :p
 
dirtydog said:
That's wound me up as well. I can only assume they think (perhaps rightly) it is a foolproof way of stopping piracy, if only people with legit copies can save their games.
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Its making me wish I'd pirated it instead so I wouldn't have to put up with all their unnecessary programs..
 
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