Low FPS with GTA 4 with GTX 275 SLI

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#75461 18-Jan-2011 18:31

Good day Im requesting some oppinions or recommendations from Geekzone members for a friend that have some low FPS with this GTA4 game. He just upgraded from 7950gx2 to 2 GTX 275 cards running SLI however the FPS are only staying around 65 and often dropping to below 25 even down to 14 FPS creating the jitter and lagg. He is running this game in high resolution "1080p' though but he reckons these two cards should run game nicely...

opinions wellcome.

Thanks

Andy

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#428557 18-Jan-2011 19:24

Some games have issues running on SLI setups. I am not sure about GTA4 but worth doing some Googling to see if it is a issue in this case.

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#428561 18-Jan-2011 19:27

From memory, GTA4 used to run like a dog until they introduced a major patch. Your friend should update if he hasn't already.

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#428566 18-Jan-2011 19:40

hi guys thanks for your replies I have started googling it and also seemed to be an issue that many have also the pach is available but does not seem to fix the problem.

how disappointing from my mate,

Andy

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#428728 19-Jan-2011 10:14

seems like it must be a nvidia thing with the game. maybe try turning off phsyx?
i have a low end ati card HD 5770 (single card) and it runs gta 4 max everything smoothly. my friends 6890 does it even better (mid range card)

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#428734 19-Jan-2011 10:25

As mentioned make sure the game is patched to the latest version and you have installed the latest drivers for the video card.

What are the other spec's of his PC? Often you need to make sure the CPU and GFX are well balanced performance wise, ie: weak cpu and strong gfx will be limited by the weak cpu.

Personally I would sell all those olds cards on trademe for as much as possible and get a single new Nvidia Geforce GTX 460 1GB or Radeon 6850 1GB.

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#428792 19-Jan-2011 12:48

We cant figure out the issue,
1- game has all patches. up to date.
2- Nvidia latest drivers installed.
3- Disk has been defraged.
4- pc scan for virus and spyware.
5- Windows xp sp3 upto date.
6- Computer with great aftermarket cooling solutions.
7- Big Pure power PSU cert. for sli.

pc specs

Core 2 Quad 6600
4GBs Corsair terminator
Asus striker sli mobo
Two WD 7200 HDs.
Two new GTX 275 on SLI
Danger den Water cooling for cpu.
and running game at resolution "1080p' with all eye candy on.

did you reckon one these components may be the cause of the drag or is this game just bad..

Andy

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#428801 19-Jan-2011 13:14

what does it say IN GAME in the graphics menu?
like as you increase the detail, it says how much graphics memory it will be using. if this number is red, it will perform poorly.
try decreasing the "view distance"

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#429012 19-Jan-2011 22:41

Yeah on the graphics screen the bottom item is called "Resource Usage" you want that to be green so that the graphics aren't too high for the available video memory.

You should probably hit the auto configure option and see what it recommends.

GamerOC

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#431986 27-Jan-2011 22:01

Thank you so much guys that sort what the cause of the problem was but game still bad so i guess some games like crysis you never get massive FPS on less you are running a pair of bad boys latest ATI and Nvidia high end cards.

so solution was lowered resolution and downgrade the settings to not so high.

thanks guys,

Andy

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#432201 28-Jan-2011 13:57

For best result imo, you should have the resolution set to the native resolution of the LCD screen and lower the graphics settings till you get between 30-60 fps.