What does it take to max GTA IV!?

[almoststew1990]

I'm playing GTA IV again on an overclocked 4770k, 8GB DDR3 and a 390X, at max settings including max view distance but no mods or AA and at night my frame rate drops to a stuttery mess of 30 to 40fps (I think the frame times are bad or inconsistent)

In HWMonitor my 8 threads are at 64%-90% utilisation (with Steam, Orgin and a Chrome tab open) whilst my GPU is at 10)% utilisation (although it also says my GPU is running at 1,021,545 volts which is interesting)

Can this hardware seriously not run GTA IV better than this!?

 

[almoststew1990]

Just play GTA 5 it runs much better, its a shame really as the story in GTA 4 was decent I thought, had its funny moments with roman and his gambling

I've played GTA V a lot and wanted to go back to IV because I like its darker, slower tone. I like the desaturated colours and cold New York backdrop. I also prefer the more realistic vehicle handling.

 

[almoststew1990]

Looking back over my screenshot slection I also had a range of mods going at one point- I must have been playable on an i7 860 + AMD 7870...

Maybe something to do with patch 8? (also many mods are now broken because of this patch )