GTA 4 Not using GPU properly

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Maniaknl

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Hello i just installed GTA 4 and i found it that it does not use the GPU properly


When i am inside a interior he uses like 30% of my GPU(Video card) and the game runs perfect but when i got outside a interior the game uses 0% of my GPU and 100% of my CPU....


This is causing a mayor lag to my game its olmost like the video card wants the CPU to do his calculations instead of letting his own GPU do the those calculations.

So is there a hotfix for this ??

PS When i play other games the GPU Works at 100% and the other games runs perfect (for example Assassins Creed)

So i don't think my GPU is malfunctioning.

I'm using a Q9400 @ 2,66 GHZ with a ATI HD RADEON 4890 with the newest Catalyst (ATI DRIVERS)

Thank you for your time and efford
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64Bit
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
Memory
4096 DDR 800MHZ
Graphics Card(s)
Club3d ATI HD Radeon 4890
Monitor(s) Displays
HP Compaq LA2205wg, Samsung SyncMaster 225MW
Screen Resolution
2x 1680x1050 (3360x1050)
Hard Drives
1TB, 2x 500GB, 250GB
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DC7900 Convertble minitower
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The ones that come with the DC7900 Convertible minitowr
Keyboard
Some HP Keyboard
Mouse
Some Logitech Lasermouse
Internet Speed
20Mbit (2,5MB)
Its down to how the game was programmed, if I remember correctly GTA4 is a CPU heavy game. I agree with you about your GPU. It's not broken. You could try overclocking your CPU but that's another story for another day.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 64bit
CPU
Intel q6600 oc to 3.02
Motherboard
Abit IX38 QuadGT
Memory
4 GB PC2-8500C5 DDR2 XMS2 Corsair Dominator TwinX Ram
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire HD 5870 VAPOR-X 1GB
Sound Card
Asus Xonar Xense
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DELL ST2410 & Samsung 2233LW
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
2 x Seagate Barracuda 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache
1 x Western Digital Blue 500GB SATA-II 1MB Cache
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Corsair 650
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Antec Nine Hundred
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Freezer Pro
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Logitech G15
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Logitech G500
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Sky 1.5mb
So basicly GTA IV is a game that comepletely ignores GPU's so the game is only playable with a Core I7 ?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64Bit
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
Memory
4096 DDR 800MHZ
Graphics Card(s)
Club3d ATI HD Radeon 4890
Monitor(s) Displays
HP Compaq LA2205wg, Samsung SyncMaster 225MW
Screen Resolution
2x 1680x1050 (3360x1050)
Hard Drives
1TB, 2x 500GB, 250GB
Case
DC7900 Convertble minitower
Cooling
The ones that come with the DC7900 Convertible minitowr
Keyboard
Some HP Keyboard
Mouse
Some Logitech Lasermouse
Internet Speed
20Mbit (2,5MB)
Its playable on any system just poorly programed to use high powered GPUs. Manly you would have to cut down the settings instead of everything being on MAX at 1600x1400 run it at MED 1240x1020. The screen size is just an example you might have to play with it abit. I have always felt the PC version of GTA IV was a quick very poor console port, just to keep the PC fans happy. The only thing i can suggest is the cut the setting and make sure you have all the newest drivers loaded along with shutting down any other unneeded background task.
 

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Custom Build
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
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AMD Phenom II 1090 3.2 six core
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MSI 890FXA-GD65
Memory
16 gig DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
MSI R6950 2gig
Sound Card
on board
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer 23inch led
Screen Resolution
1900x1080 widescreen
Hard Drives
Seagate 1tb SATA6
2x 1tb HITACHI Deskstar
PSU
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W
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CoolMaster HAF 922
Cooling
Box AMD Heatsink/Fan
Internet Speed
Cable 12Mbps/3Mbps
The problem is the FPS gain from Everything high to everything low and 1680x1050 to 800x600 is only like 5 FPS
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64Bit
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
Memory
4096 DDR 800MHZ
Graphics Card(s)
Club3d ATI HD Radeon 4890
Monitor(s) Displays
HP Compaq LA2205wg, Samsung SyncMaster 225MW
Screen Resolution
2x 1680x1050 (3360x1050)
Hard Drives
1TB, 2x 500GB, 250GB
Case
DC7900 Convertble minitower
Cooling
The ones that come with the DC7900 Convertible minitowr
Keyboard
Some HP Keyboard
Mouse
Some Logitech Lasermouse
Internet Speed
20Mbit (2,5MB)
I only get 25 - 30 fps on my system
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 64bit
CPU
Intel q6600 oc to 3.02
Motherboard
Abit IX38 QuadGT
Memory
4 GB PC2-8500C5 DDR2 XMS2 Corsair Dominator TwinX Ram
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire HD 5870 VAPOR-X 1GB
Sound Card
Asus Xonar Xense
Monitor(s) Displays
DELL ST2410 & Samsung 2233LW
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
2 x Seagate Barracuda 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache
1 x Western Digital Blue 500GB SATA-II 1MB Cache
PSU
Corsair 650
Case
Antec Nine Hundred
Cooling
Freezer Pro
Keyboard
Logitech G15
Mouse
Logitech G500
Internet Speed
Sky 1.5mb
AntiStar said:
I only get 25 - 30 fps on my system
Click to expand...

Hmm you overclocked your CPU ?
If you do do you need better cooling since i only got the standard
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64Bit
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
Memory
4096 DDR 800MHZ
Graphics Card(s)
Club3d ATI HD Radeon 4890
Monitor(s) Displays
HP Compaq LA2205wg, Samsung SyncMaster 225MW
Screen Resolution
2x 1680x1050 (3360x1050)
Hard Drives
1TB, 2x 500GB, 250GB
Case
DC7900 Convertble minitower
Cooling
The ones that come with the DC7900 Convertible minitowr
Keyboard
Some HP Keyboard
Mouse
Some Logitech Lasermouse
Internet Speed
20Mbit (2,5MB)
Maniaknl said:
So basicly GTA IV is a game that comepletely ignores GPU's so the game is only playable with a Core I7 ?
Click to expand...

Pretty much. Plays perfectley on my mate's Core i7, max everything and 60fps. I do that on mine and I get about 15-20 fps.
 

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Custom Built
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Windows 8.1 Pro x64
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Intel Core i7 4790k
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MSI Z97S Krait Edition
Memory
8GB Corsair Dominator 1600MHz
Graphics Card(s)
MSI TwinFrozr GeForce GTX770
Sound Card
ASUS Xonar DX/XD 7.1
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Dell 24" S2409W + Dell 20" E207WFP
Screen Resolution
1920x1080 + 1680x1050
Hard Drives
1x 120GB OCZ Agility 3, 1x 750GB Western Digital Caviar Black, 1x 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue
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Corsair HX850 modular
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Fractal Design Define R4
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Corsair H60 w/ twin Corsair SP120 fans
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Logitech G510S Keyboard
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Logitech G500S Laser Mouse
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40Mbps
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Microsoft Security Essentials
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Google Chrome
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LG Blu-Ray player
Everlong18 said:
Maniaknl said:
So basicly GTA IV is a game that comepletely ignores GPU's so the game is only playable with a Core I7 ?
Click to expand...

Pretty much. Plays perfectley on my mate's Core i7, max everything and 60fps. I do that on mine and I get about 15-20 fps.
Click to expand...

Still then i should get more than 15-20 since i have a Core 2 Quad and you got a Core 2 Dual
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64Bit
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
Memory
4096 DDR 800MHZ
Graphics Card(s)
Club3d ATI HD Radeon 4890
Monitor(s) Displays
HP Compaq LA2205wg, Samsung SyncMaster 225MW
Screen Resolution
2x 1680x1050 (3360x1050)
Hard Drives
1TB, 2x 500GB, 250GB
Case
DC7900 Convertble minitower
Cooling
The ones that come with the DC7900 Convertible minitowr
Keyboard
Some HP Keyboard
Mouse
Some Logitech Lasermouse
Internet Speed
20Mbit (2,5MB)
On just about every new game, my system plays it well enough and smooth. Usually on high or highest settings. GTAIV completely owns my system and runs at less than 10 fps. Poor coding for sure. I've seen places on the net that show you how to tweak rendering and that promise to up framerates while actually making the game look better. I haven't bothered. Google it and you may find what I have. I remember there was even a video about this on Youtube.
 

My Computer

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self built
OS
7600.20510 x86
CPU
P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHz
Motherboard
MSI PM8M3-V (MS-7211 v1.x) Micro-ATX mainboard
Memory
OCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHz
Graphics Card(s)
HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo HDMI Dual DL-DVI AGP
Sound Card
MOTU Traveler firewire studio interface 192 kHz 24 bit
Monitor(s) Displays
22" widescreen Acer X223W LCD, 17" Compaq P75 CRT
Screen Resolution
1680x1050 and 1280x1024
Hard Drives
SATA I x2 WD, 400 GB and 120 GB, SATA 2 WD Caviar Black 1 TB
PSU
350W generic
Case
Cybertronpc, it glows blue
Cooling
stock cpu fan, Ice-Q 3 gpu and system, many case fans
Keyboard
Logitch Classical Keyboard 200
Mouse
Logitech Mediaplay cordless
Internet Speed
1792/448 kbits/sec
Other Info
SATA II PCI fake RAID adapter, 1 GB Readyboost, original ATI Remote Wonder (even works with WMC perfectly), Logitech Rumblepad 2 game controller x2
torrentg said:
On just about every new game, my system plays it well enough and smooth. Usually on high or highest settings. GTAIV completely owns my system and runs at less than 10 fps. Poor coding for sure. I've seen places on the net that show you how to tweak rendering and that promise to up framerates while actually making the game look better. I haven't bothered. Google it and you may find what I have. I remember there was even a video about this on Youtube.
Click to expand...


Must say that i love your CPU (its the same as my old CPU and it did a hell of a good job ;))

But i will try and look for these tweaks
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64Bit
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
Memory
4096 DDR 800MHZ
Graphics Card(s)
Club3d ATI HD Radeon 4890
Monitor(s) Displays
HP Compaq LA2205wg, Samsung SyncMaster 225MW
Screen Resolution
2x 1680x1050 (3360x1050)
Hard Drives
1TB, 2x 500GB, 250GB
Case
DC7900 Convertble minitower
Cooling
The ones that come with the DC7900 Convertible minitowr
Keyboard
Some HP Keyboard
Mouse
Some Logitech Lasermouse
Internet Speed
20Mbit (2,5MB)
Heh heh, cool. Out of curiosity, I know each individual chip is different, but did you overclock it? If so, by how much?

The highest stable I can get mine is in my specs. Anything higher causes crashes. More frequently the farther up in clock speed that I deviate. It's not the memory doing it either I don't think. Crashes happen exactly same with different brand of memory. And now I'm using OCZ performance memory.

I can get Windows to boot at like 3.65 gHz but that's all it will do for the most part. Anything else, once in Windows, will reboot the system.

I am on stock cooling though.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
self built
OS
7600.20510 x86
CPU
P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHz
Motherboard
MSI PM8M3-V (MS-7211 v1.x) Micro-ATX mainboard
Memory
OCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHz
Graphics Card(s)
HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo HDMI Dual DL-DVI AGP
Sound Card
MOTU Traveler firewire studio interface 192 kHz 24 bit
Monitor(s) Displays
22" widescreen Acer X223W LCD, 17" Compaq P75 CRT
Screen Resolution
1680x1050 and 1280x1024
Hard Drives
SATA I x2 WD, 400 GB and 120 GB, SATA 2 WD Caviar Black 1 TB
PSU
350W generic
Case
Cybertronpc, it glows blue
Cooling
stock cpu fan, Ice-Q 3 gpu and system, many case fans
Keyboard
Logitch Classical Keyboard 200
Mouse
Logitech Mediaplay cordless
Internet Speed
1792/448 kbits/sec
Other Info
SATA II PCI fake RAID adapter, 1 GB Readyboost, original ATI Remote Wonder (even works with WMC perfectly), Logitech Rumblepad 2 game controller x2
I had a fail power supply so i only had it overclocked like 10% any higher resulted in the CPU Fan run at 100% and the CPU not doing anything (Black screen)

Had to reset the bios to get my computer back to work XD
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64Bit
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
Memory
4096 DDR 800MHZ
Graphics Card(s)
Club3d ATI HD Radeon 4890
Monitor(s) Displays
HP Compaq LA2205wg, Samsung SyncMaster 225MW
Screen Resolution
2x 1680x1050 (3360x1050)
Hard Drives
1TB, 2x 500GB, 250GB
Case
DC7900 Convertble minitower
Cooling
The ones that come with the DC7900 Convertible minitowr
Keyboard
Some HP Keyboard
Mouse
Some Logitech Lasermouse
Internet Speed
20Mbit (2,5MB)
Any word on R* making a patch to fix this thing ? i would love to play this game on max details.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64Bit
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
Memory
4096 DDR 800MHZ
Graphics Card(s)
Club3d ATI HD Radeon 4890
Monitor(s) Displays
HP Compaq LA2205wg, Samsung SyncMaster 225MW
Screen Resolution
2x 1680x1050 (3360x1050)
Hard Drives
1TB, 2x 500GB, 250GB
Case
DC7900 Convertble minitower
Cooling
The ones that come with the DC7900 Convertible minitowr
Keyboard
Some HP Keyboard
Mouse
Some Logitech Lasermouse
Internet Speed
20Mbit (2,5MB)
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