try to disable shadows and reflection effects, it worked for me.
also don't look at GTA performance test, you will get more fps when you're playing...
Now i get 27-28 fps in the performace test and 50-55 fps (sometimes 60!!) when i'm playing (@ 1600x900)
try also to set the vehicle density to a number around 20, and set distance to 30.
Thanks for the reply and you're right , i get better FPS, but i wasn't expecting to play with shadow OFF on the 560 GTX Ti, i thought this card could handle it. Do you think the video card is being bottlenecked by the CPU ? I also know that because i play on a relatively low resolution -1280 x 1024- the pressure is even higher on the CPU.
Could the pc perform better with an i5 2500k 3.3 GHz ?
Yes i have PhysX enabled. My mobo is MSI P6N SLI and it isn't the best for OC. I tried an OC for the cpu, but with no luck. Still, my CPU is above recommended settings.
I have here a bench on 3DMark Vantage :
(i'm having trouble uploading the image so i'll post the scores)
3DMark Score : 18.143
GPU Score : 15.326
CPU Score : 40.462
GPU Test 1 : 43.03 fps
GPU Test 2 : 46.77 fps
Yea, sadly CPu power is a huge deal for this particular game.
With my old system, it had a Q9650 Quad @ 3.6ghz and a GTX 570.
The game did run very well, but would get a bit of stutter at times if shadows were on high. Granted it wasnt bad, but noticeable.
With the new machine I have the exact same graphics card, but a 2700K CPU.
Now turning shadows to high is smooth as can be.
This experience alone is another reason I tend to say shadows are certainly CPU demaning in this game.
You should still be able to play with them ON.
But its just going to take a bit of experimenting to find the right mix of shadows, density, and distance that wont cause a CPU bottleneck in game.
(did for me with the Q9650)
It wont be as simply as turning everything up and off ya go with a smooth experience.
I have found letting GTA do a auto configure does get somewhat close. Just may need to lower a couple things a touch.
If i put them to low settings, i get more FPS. With medium settings is let's say playable, but if i want to turn them to high i get something around 15-20 fps. Also Dorado , you said you get more FPS in game than in performance test. Well for me is exact the opposite. In performance test, i get an average of of 38 and in game something like 25.
For sjc113 - yes i have the latest beta, 290.53
I also tried with 285.58 , but is the same result.
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