GTA IV Chinatown Benchmark Savegame v 1
This area of chinatown is one of the areas in GTA IV that will lower fps the most so it is a good place to
benchmark. Use a benchmark software like msi afterburner to measure fps drops.
Enabling night shadows and using headlights also lower a lot of fps, for example wth my pc in very high
settings difference can be 16fps lower when driving through chinatown. I turn on headlights after passing
Hematite St to make sure they stay on while i drive around the laggiest block of chinatown.
Installation:
GTA IV
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\savegames\\
GTA IV Complete Edition
%USERPROFILE%\(My) Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\Profiles\\
Here are my results using this chinatown benchmark savegame with FX 8350 + GTX 780 (445.75 driver). Recording
lowers about 6-8fps.
**lowest recorded fps after crossing Hematite St**
Max settings, night shadows very high, headlights on=19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUqvy2muJAw
Max settings, night shadows off, headlights on=31
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHgmITsbupc
Very High settings, night shadows very high, headlights on=28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBFzrY8sJPM
Very High settings, night shadows off, headlights on=44
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9dzujdcRgo
High settings, night shadows high, headlights on=28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fEKJ1h34CU
High settings, night shadows off, headlights on=44
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nReI6Bjut-A
Medium settings, night shadows medium, headlights on=30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHNQm0TVH10
Medium settings, night shadows off, headlights on=49
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSU05-BHSf8
Credits:
ronikbellik