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Title: FPS problems 20-40 rate. || GTA San Andreas
Post by: Darxez on February 05, 2013, 06:38:50 pm
Right guys, I've got some terrible FPS problems.. I'm only getting 20-40 frames while in the menu I'm getting around 100.

I got the frame limiter of and I don't have anything except fraps and skype.

PC specs:

AMD Athlon 3x 2.2ghz
4 GB RAM DDR3
HD3200 256 MB graphic card.

What would be a solution ? Since my PC should handle GTA without problems.
Title: Re: FPS problems 20-40 rate. || GTA San Andreas
Post by: Ted on February 05, 2013, 06:44:42 pm
Having more FPS in a game menu is common.

The graphics card is a little weak but you could update the drivers to see if a difference will be made or adjust the graphics settings panel for your card.
Title: Re: FPS problems 20-40 rate. || GTA San Andreas
Post by: Darxez on February 05, 2013, 06:46:02 pm
Ain't working.
Title: Re: FPS problems 20-40 rate. || GTA San Andreas
Post by: Ragdoll on February 05, 2013, 06:51:49 pm
Is this something that recently happened or has it always been this way?
Title: Re: FPS problems 20-40 rate. || GTA San Andreas
Post by: Darxez on February 05, 2013, 06:53:00 pm
It's like this since they gave back my computer when they reinstalled windows.. I'm reinstalling Catalyst now and that might help a lot
Title: Re: FPS problems 20-40 rate. || GTA San Andreas
Post by: Thom on February 05, 2013, 07:16:38 pm
It's like this since they gave back my computer when they reinstalled windows.. I'm reinstalling Catalyst now and that might help a lot

So now,the problem is obvious that is the re-install of Windows?Yes,Re-installing Catalyst Control Center might help,not sure.
Title: Re: FPS problems 20-40 rate. || GTA San Andreas
Post by: Darxez on February 05, 2013, 07:39:45 pm
Updating my Direct X... Might have found the problem since AMD does only update the newest Direct X. Might be a small mistake from the prog.
Title: Re: FPS problems 20-40 rate. || GTA San Andreas
Post by: Devin on February 06, 2013, 12:36:22 am
Seems you are now sorted with the directx update?  :roll:
Title: Re: FPS problems 20-40 rate. || GTA San Andreas
Post by: Darxez on February 06, 2013, 08:24:55 am
Not really... Became bugged again
Title: Re: FPS problems 20-40 rate. || GTA San Andreas
Post by: Kavensky on February 06, 2013, 09:22:40 am
Okay, a few solutions.

First of all, lower your draw distance and make the Visual FX quality to low (since the very high option makes the game ugly). After that try /fpslimit 90

Second, you could try the program "GTA Shrinker" which makes the game ugly, but it shrinks it for a higher FPS and a lower resolution. To install the program, just google it and/or  download (http://www.sendspace.com/file/dsrfa8) from the link I provided you.
Then,
1. Unzip and double click on GTAShrinker.exe

2. Check the GTA:SA Directory box is correct

3. Click 'Shrink'

4. Wait till its done

5. Close GTAShrinker

6. Play SAMP at the chunky textures.

Hope it helps!
And if you want to restore it to normal, just open it and click restore (But first check the GTA SA directory).
 :ps:
Not responsible for what happens to your GTA, but if there's a problem and I know the solution - I will help.
Title: Re: FPS problems 20-40 rate. || GTA San Andreas
Post by: Matt Murdock on February 06, 2013, 09:28:12 am
Dude, that's perfectly normal for those specs.  :trust:
Title: Re: FPS problems 20-40 rate. || GTA San Andreas
Post by: Darxez on February 06, 2013, 12:57:57 pm
Dude, that's perfectly normal for those specs.  :trust:

GTA is made for a 2000 Geforce series.

Please.. It worked fine on my 7000 GeForce which is way lower then this one.

I tryed what Kavensky told me.. It worked.

I can't get why my GPU doesn't allow me to get more out of it, anyone a idea how to overclock it since it is possible. Bios is blocked so...
Title: Re: FPS problems 20-40 rate. || GTA San Andreas
Post by: Perfect_Knight on February 06, 2013, 01:25:30 pm
Mark i got your exact problem Kavenscy's soloution is the best

Perfect <8
Title: Re: FPS problems 20-40 rate. || GTA San Andreas
Post by: Zlatan on February 06, 2013, 01:27:03 pm
256 MB graphic card.
Title: Re: FPS problems 20-40 rate. || GTA San Andreas
Post by: Matt Murdock on February 06, 2013, 02:55:21 pm
GTA is made for a 2000 Geforce series.

Please.. It worked fine on my 7000 GeForce which is way lower then this one.

I tryed what Kavensky told me.. It worked.

I can't get why my GPU doesn't allow me to get more out of it, anyone a idea how to overclock it since it is possible. Bios is blocked so...
I know, but dude, even I get around 70FPS in SA:MP and I have a 2GB GT650. lol
Title: Re: FPS problems 20-40 rate. || GTA San Andreas
Post by: ElMartu on February 06, 2013, 03:06:15 pm
I remember having weak FPS on a 256mbit graphics card - and I was on a 1024x768 res. I can't imagine your game being faster than ~30.

If you're really sure your computer handled GTA better before the windows reinstall, it's probably a driver issue... Can't think of anything else.
Title: Re: FPS problems 20-40 rate. || GTA San Andreas
Post by: Devin on February 06, 2013, 03:51:09 pm
I know, but dude, even I get around 70FPS in SA:MP and I have a 2GB GT650. lol

70 FPS?  :fh:
Your laptop has a high rating with an  i7 and all of that, yet 70 FPS.. I sit with 100 FPS on an old Core 2 Duo..  :redface:
Title: Re: FPS problems 20-40 rate. || GTA San Andreas
Post by: Darxez on February 06, 2013, 06:42:45 pm
It's a laptop, so is mine to a bit.. It's a all in 1, so.

Kind of the same design.
Title: Re: FPS problems 20-40 rate. || GTA San Andreas
Post by: Matt Murdock on February 06, 2013, 06:47:40 pm
70 FPS?  :fh:
Your laptop has a high rating with an  i7 and all of that, yet 70 FPS.. I sit with 100 FPS on an old Core 2 Duo..  :redface:
I get 100+ in SP, but yes, I get around 70 in SA:MP with ENB and few other mods.  :roll:

I wasn't getting more than 50 until today, when someone suggested me to turn Vsync off for SA in NVIDIA control panel.  :devroll:

Ofc, I need to do some tweaking, will post a link regarding my graphics soon.
Title: Re: FPS problems 20-40 rate. || GTA San Andreas
Post by: Kavensky on February 11, 2013, 05:40:57 pm
So it's basically fixed now?
Title: Re: FPS problems 20-40 rate. || GTA San Andreas
Post by: Huntsman on February 11, 2013, 05:49:27 pm
Turn off frame limiter  :devroll:
Title: Re: FPS problems 20-40 rate. || GTA San Andreas
Post by: Julio. on February 23, 2013, 10:29:33 pm
Okaaaay, here we go.

Go down the bottom right of your screen and hover over your battery meter.
Click it once and go into 'more power options'
The screen should say 'select a power plan'
On the plan which is selected, select 'change plan settings'
When the settings come up, at the bottom, above save changes and below the brightness settings, it will say 'changed advanced power settings,' click that.
Some settings should come up, and there'll probably be a scroll bar on the side, scroll to the bottom.
Expand the 'processor power management' section
Expand the 'System cooling policy'
Change both on battery and plugged in to 'Active.'
Shrink the processor power management and ensure you  are at the bottom of the scroll bar still. There may be an option which says 'ATI Graphics Power Settings.' If you have this, expand it.
Expand any menus that come up, most probably about 'powerplay.' Change the settings on battery and plugged in to 'Maximize Performance'

Hopefully this should improve your situation.
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