What does it take to max GTA IV!?

almoststew1990 · 21 Apr 2017 at 22:31

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!?

Rroff · 21 Apr 2017 at 22:34

Probably the drawcall or another throughput limit of the older DX API - almost regardless of hardware that becomes a bottleneck.

QlimaxUK · 21 Apr 2017 at 22:40

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

almoststew1990 · 21 Apr 2017 at 22:47

QlimaxUK said:
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.

Disco_P · 22 Apr 2017 at 08:49

Gta iv used to run, now runs and will always run like utter garbage.

Turning down shadows and reflections helps, same with draw distance but it's still bad.

Which is a shame because I much prefer many aspects of it over GTA V.

Amatsubu · 22 Apr 2017 at 15:24

A miracle.

imginy · 22 Apr 2017 at 18:47

Try disable hyper threading or something. I get much better than that with 280x and 3570k.

Disco_P · 22 Apr 2017 at 19:25

Well I can't even get mine to launch, just get Securom error 2000.

muon · 22 Apr 2017 at 19:35

Disco_P said:
Well I can't even get mine to launch, just get Securom error 2000.

Haha. Securom. Haven't heard that name in a long time. Still trying to carry on the futile excercise of stopping piracy whilst screwing genuine buyers.

r7slayer · 23 Apr 2017 at 10:57

GTA 5 max looks beautiful. But takes serious hardware to run max. I run it maxed at 1440p. Though i tend to like to try 4k when doing story mode. 3770k @ 3.6Ghz and 1080Ti at 2050Mhz

V4NT0M · 23 Apr 2017 at 12:18

When I last played GTA4 with a 290 & 3770k it was buttery smooth as far as I can remember, even with ENB mods on.

Good times

Rroff · 23 Apr 2017 at 12:27

Dunno about GTA 4 but in some games ENB hooks the graphics engine and can potentially alleviate some of the bottlenecks a little bit i.e. making it possible to use more VRAM, etc.

almoststew1990 · 23 Apr 2017 at 20:59

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

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AWPC · 23 Apr 2017 at 22:41

Always runs better on Nvidia GPUs + Intel Extreme Edition CPU's. I could max it out on a Core i7-965XE + GTX580 about 6-7 years ago! Needs 1.5Gb VRam @ 1360x768 but the higher res the more VRam you need so modern res will need perhaps 8GB VRam min @ 1920x1080.

hornetstinger · 23 Apr 2017 at 22:55

GTA IV was a lousy port, it ran like a slideshow on my old computer, at 800x600 lowest settings- yet all other games at the time ran at highest setting 1200p, and 60fps.

TonyTurbo78 · 23 Apr 2017 at 23:24

a console lol....it was a terrible port and it seemed no matter what high end spec you threw at it, it just performed like you were playing it on a potato PC

I did love that game with mods though

spent so long making it look awesome

Digital X · 24 Apr 2017 at 02:18

I'm gonna have to redownload this. No obligatory "taxi enb" shot yet? For shame! You know the one..

Raiden85 · 24 Apr 2017 at 03:51

Even with a 4790k @ 4.4, 32GB RAM and 2x 1080 Ti's GTA 4 still runs like crap and dips to the 20's even

The game ran better on an Athlon 64 x2 4800+ and a 8800 GTX/5870. GTA 4 has gotten worse really the faster my hardware got. GTA 4 must be the worst port ever made, shame as I really like the game. Would be nice if they could one day do a proper update to it.

Kainz · 24 Apr 2017 at 08:20

It's just a rubbish port period - to the point where it won't run no matter how good your hardware is as mentioned with the above specs^. There are some games that just want to be unique...

Always preferred IV over V by a mile. Must have replayed it about 8+ times and have yet to replay 5. The former just had miles better characters overall, a more enjoyable city and better weighted handling. I only ever played it on the 360 though...ran like an absolute dog on my 5ghz rig through 3x GPU upgrades.

silversurfer · 24 Apr 2017 at 19:16

I uninstalled after I finished it just like I did with GTA 3. The actual setup of GTA irritates not just performance after a while, it was strange then it had multiplayer but very rarely did I get to play as nobody was on it to start a game or maybe I missed out on custom servers :confused:

Completed all the expansion packs too. When Vega comes out, I'll install one just to see if it suddenly works perfect on that

I would guess its threaded badly so it throttles itself, maybe its down to some of this AI