GTA3 Tweaks

[GhaLeoN]

assuming everyone has downloaded the latest drivers and the GTA3/XP fix, what are some tweaks to get the best possible framerate out of GTA3?

 

[Qumahlin]

Other then turning off trails and lowering your draw distance there is nothing much you can do other then getting a new video board or overclocking your current one. GTA is a hog when it comes to graphics.

but it is the first game to make me glad I bought a gf4

 

[GhaLeoN]

i dont find its a hog at all

its running real smooth for me with an AMD 850, geforce 2 TI

turning off trails helped alot though

 

[SessedOut]

Yea, surprisingly it has run real well on my system, Celeron 500 384mb ram, geforce 2 mx 400. I turned off trails and frame sync and run the game at 1024x768 no problemo. Soldier of Fortune 2, however, is different, and is bordering unplayable using basically the same settings.

 

[GhaLeoN]

hey, so does turning off frame sync give a higher boost of FPS?

what is the option there for anyways? to prevent tearing?

 

[Kucoloco]

hey, so does turning off frame sync give a higher boost of FPS?

what is the option there for anyways? to prevent tearing?






I was wondering the same thing......

 

[avsdotcom]

I think it basically stops the refresh rate syncing with the framerate (or something) - so theoretically you can squeeze out a few extra FPS, but yes you will see some tearing. I find it runs best with frame sync off, but Frame Limiter turned on. I'm running it @ 1600 x 1200, 32 bit with draw distance up 3/4 of the way and I've yet to see any slowdown. BTW, i think they've done a quality job on the graphics in this game - everything seems so much clearer than on the PS2.