Older game more taxing

[Whoopsie988]

So I've been playing Just Cause 2 recently and I found out that because of its age you can beast it on average hardware. You can get 150+fps with an R9 290, but on GTA IV an even older game it is a whole lot more taxing and you get around 60-70fps with an R9 290.

[connorpiper]

GTA IV was a pile of shit. So that is probably why it is not going as smooth. 

Rockstar did not port the game over properly. 

[Suffokation]

Point being? 0.o

[Swndlr]

GTA IV was a horrible port, kinda like Watch Dogs

[Sharkyx1]

GTA IV was a horrible port, kinda like Watch Dogs

Nothing like watch dogs, watch dogs is a sub par port at worst, a decent one at best, controls, options, and image quality were all top notch, there were issues with texture streaming but its unfair to compare watch dogs to GTA IV, one of the worst ports in recent gaming history

[Nexxus]

GTA4 was just a poor port simple as that

 

Nothing like watch dogs, watch dogs is a sub par port at worst, a decent one at best, controls, options, and image quality were all top notch, there were issues with texture streaming but its unfair to compare watch dogs to GTA IV, one of the worst ports in recent gaming history

I dunno...while WDs performance was more consistaint I have hit 100fps in GTA4

WD on the other hand id be lucky to see 40

[Sharkyx1]

GTA4 was just a poor port simple as that

 

I dunno...while WDs performance was more consistaint I have hit 100fps in GTA4

WD on the other hand id be lucky to see 40

See, my system gets mid 40s in watch dogs, while in gta im CPU bound at around 30FPS when driving

[Nexxus]

See, my system gets mid 40s in watch dogs, while in gta im CPU bound at around 30FPS when driving

I might of got to 40s too in WD its been a while in anycase it was considerably off my GTA4 numbers.

[Sharkyx1]

I might of got to 40s too in WD its been a while in anycase it was considerably off my GTA4 numbers.

i don't think anyone gets 100FPS in GTA IV with the max draw distance sliders, unless hyperthreading makes the near double difference 

[Nexxus]

i don't think anyone gets 100FPS in GTA IV with the max draw distance sliders, unless hyperthreading makes the near double difference 

If I had it installed id happily show you lol. it wasnt all the time but it happened

[T6kke]

A part from GTA IV begin a bad port as everyone already said. Just Cause 2 is an amazingly well made and optimized game. That is why it runs so well.

[GoldSrc]

I still remember when GTA IV came out for PC, damn thing was crap, as optimization goes lol.

I remember the damn thing couldn't run smooth on high-end hardware at the time .

[juretrn]

GTA IV is badly optimized. That's all there is.

[Guest]

Yup. GTA IV PC version is shit and Just Cause 2 PC version is amazing.

 

Hell I remember playing JC2 on a 9400m equipped 13" MacBook and it ran acceptably! Wonderfully fun game too.