GTA IV Problem

[Mithness]

Hey guys, Just wondering what could be causing this problem. I was using MSI Afterburner (for ingame temp and such) and my GPU Usage when playing GTA IV was always at 0% other than when it was loading. So my FPS was only like 20. Why is this happening?

-Mithness

Edit*
AMD Athlon 64 x2 5600+
XFX Radeon HD 5770 XXX Edition
2Gb Lexar DDR2 800Mhz
160Gb Hitachi Harddrive
Windows Vista SP2
500 Watt PSU

 

[Mithness]

I Did increase the fan speed to 75% with MSI afterburner with no luck. and I'm sorry but I'm not a pro so I'm not messing around with the gpu, so I'm not taking my gpu's heatsink off.

 

[TrantaLocked]

your card isnt really good enough to play the game also afterburner does seem to have issues with some games that require 4 cores. try uninstalling it and retrying it...
also because your gfx are so weak you will want to patch the game just so you can have a playble frame rate at lowest settings. i think the latest patch is 1.7 but you will need 1.3 and 1.4 patches b4 you install that 1

That statement is false. A 5770 is more than powerful enough for highest settings. It's the processor that won't do it. The meter must not be working as if you are getting 20FPS you are doing well with an Athlon 64 X2.

 

[Mithness]

Uhhh but I figured I could play this game because I saw videos with the same processor (not even OC'd) and a gts250 and running 30-50FPS with a higher Resolution.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BJ0cggnXbY

I Don't know, he has 4gbs instead of my 2GB and probably a good Mobo.

It doesn't really matter anyway. I uninstalled it and I'm done with it. Maybe sometime soon i'll get a new Mobo and Processor.