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    Grand Theft Auto 4 on 9600M

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Kocane, Dec 23, 2008.

  1. Kocane

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    Kocane, Dec 23, 2008
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    cdnalsi Food for the funky people

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    That's great man! But I do have some questions:

    What's the resolution, details, drivers and OS you're using?
     
    cdnalsi, Dec 23, 2008
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    use Fraps, if you can...
     
    Ghold, Dec 23, 2008
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  4. Kocane

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    The resolution was 1024x640, details low, 10 in view and 0 shadow and vehicle thing was 20.. drivers are the newest beta ones for laptops..
     
    Kocane, Dec 23, 2008
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    please note before people start confusing the name Nexus

    the above machine is not the Nexus/M860TU/NP8660 that is available from Kobalt Computers in the uk.
     
    MrDJ, Dec 23, 2008
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  6. Akuma

    Akuma Notebook Evangelist

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    Why so low settings?

    My 8600M GT (DDR3) gets this with latest DOX drivers.

    Video Mode: 1280x800
    Texture Quality: Medium
    Render Quality: Medium
    View Distance: 15
    Detail Distance: 30

    Average fps is 27.01
     
    Akuma, Dec 23, 2008
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  7. jonhapimp

    jonhapimp Notebook Virtuoso

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    lol scrubs in the background
     
    jonhapimp, Dec 23, 2008
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    @Akuma - I have an Asus M70VM, with an nvidia 9600M GS 512MB GPU (think it's the DDR2 version), XP (and Vista) OS, latest Dox drivers, C2D P8400 2.26ghz and I get 20-25 fps average in a res of 1024x640, View 21, detail 21, traffic 40, shadows 0, textures medium, render highest.

    If I change the resolution to 1280x800 I get around 17 max.

    I don't think it's the GPU it's the CPU, as long as you have a reasonably capable GPU you don't need to worry about the GPU specs.

    I suspect that without seeing any specs (CPU or whether the 9600M referred to in the title of the post is the GT or GS) that RebDKs rig has a poor CPU.
     
    ravenmorpheus, Dec 23, 2008
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  9. Kocane

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    Average FPS of 27 in benchmark isnt enough for me when it gets in ingame for real.
     
    Kocane, Dec 23, 2008
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    how much is enough for you?
     
    Layne, Dec 23, 2008
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  11. Kocane

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    40-50 in benchmark
     
    Kocane, Dec 24, 2008
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