Apollo Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Alright, Hak5 I need some help. My friend has the following computer and it keeps slowing down on GTA 4 even on medium settings at 1440 X 900. I need some help figuring out what is wrong with it. Friend's Rig: AMD 64 X2 6000+ (O.C. to 3.14ghz) 4gb DDR2 1066 Sapphire 4870 1GB We have it set to medium because on high (which it should be able to handle no problem in my opinion) runs at about 12fps average. Any ideas on the problem will be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machstorm Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 I have the same issues with other GTA titles. GTA III still slows down even with my 8800 GTS 512 (G92). I may be wrong but it could be the game engine. One more thing Have you turned the viewing distance down? that ususally helps a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimmerracingcrew Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 mhm try doing the basic disk clean up and defragment an hour before the game then see if it got better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deveant Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 this will sound strange, but your processor isnt good enough to play the game... For your core, your looking at about 14-19fps. GTA4 has a lot of known performance issues, just google "GTA 4 bad performance issue" and you will find tons of forums complaining. Though as stated you need a beefer CPU, hes the proof: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr0p Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Your CPU is terrible for gaming, really need to get a new one of those if you want to play any modern games at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor512 Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 I have a opteron 170 socket 939, overclocked to 2.75GHz 2GB ddr400 memory (overclocked) a ati radeon 3850 overclocked 2000MHz memory, 780MHz core windows xp, (stripped down startup to save system resources which also gives better gaming performance) My framerates are around 18-22FPS average depending on where I am and if I am driving or not gta4 is not a very good game my friend who has a e6600 overclocked 4GB memory, windows xp, and a 8800GTX gets around 20-23FPS in the game and his system is much faster than mine based on the 3dmark score I get around 9600 points on my 3dmark 06 score, he gets around 13000 points the game is just a bad console port, it is inefficient, there many games that look better and run smoother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted March 10, 2009 Author Share Posted March 10, 2009 Thanks all, yah he is getting a new processor, he was following someone elses advice on the processor instead of listening to what I said about it, that's a mistake he is going to have to learn the hard way. That is what I thought it was but I just wanted to make sure before I told him to go drop more money on a proc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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