Mafia 3 is running slow on PC, help?

[Victorio]

Hi guys, I just bought a brand new PC for Mafia 3, however it's running slow even though I had all the settings set to low it just can't help. There are some infos of my PC:

Window 10 Pro 64-bit

Intel(R) Core(TM) i-5 6400 CPU @ 2.70GHz 2.70 GHz

16.0 GB RAM

Intel(R) HD Graphic 530 graphic card

I spent lots of money for it and I thought it's good enough to provide me a smooth gameplay. I just can't figure it out. If someone can point out the main problem, I would be appreciated.

 

[DSzymborski]

Unfortunately, the main issue is that you don't actually have a discrete GPU. The HD 530 is simply the integrated GPU on the i5 6400, which is suitable for everyday use and light-to-moderate gaming, but hopelessly outclassed on a AAA title. The game is a rather awkward port and chews up really good GPUs - the minimum listed GPU is quite a bit more powerful than the iGPU here.

 

[Victorio]

Unfortunately, the main issue is that you don't actually have a discrete GPU. The HD 530 is simply the integrated GPU on the i5 6400, which is suitable for everyday use and light-to-moderate gaming, but hopelessly outclassed on a AAA title. The game is a rather awkward port and chews up really good GPUs - the minimum listed GPU is quite a bit more powerful than the iGPU here.

Thanks for the quick response sir. I thought the graphic card is good enough to run games like Mafia 3. Now I have few questions sir, I decided to try other games like World of Warcraft, can I go with high settings? And according to my PC's standard, which games can I play with the best settings? Thanks in advance.

 

[DSzymborski]

Unfortunately, the main issue is that you don't actually have a discrete GPU. The HD 530 is simply the integrated GPU on the i5 6400, which is suitable for everyday use and light-to-moderate gaming, but hopelessly outclassed on a AAA title. The game is a rather awkward port and chews up really good GPUs - the minimum listed GPU is quite a bit more powerful than the iGPU here.

Thanks for the quick response sir. I thought the graphic card is good enough to run games like Mafia 3. Now I have few questions sir, I decided to try other games like World of Warcraft, can I go with high settings? And according to my PC's standard, which games can I play with the best settings? Thanks in advance.

Generally older games and strategy games that don't have significant 3D modeling. You can play WoW at reduced settings, how low depends on the fps you need to have a good experience. Simply put, to do much beyond light gaming, you need an actual GPU and even a budget GPU like a GTX 1050ti would crush what you're getting from an integrated GPU. Mafia 3, which runs very disappointingly on $400 GPUs, isn't light gaming.

Whether you are a candidate for an upgrade depends on the power supply, the case's form factor, and your budget. I really hope you didn't spend *lots* of money for the above build - the GPU is the key component for a gaming build, generally the most expensive part on a good build of this type, and the PC you bought didn't even include one.

 

[Victorio]

Unfortunately, the main issue is that you don't actually have a discrete GPU. The HD 530 is simply the integrated GPU on the i5 6400, which is suitable for everyday use and light-to-moderate gaming, but hopelessly outclassed on a AAA title. The game is a rather awkward port and chews up really good GPUs - the minimum listed GPU is quite a bit more powerful than the iGPU here.

Thanks for the quick response sir. I thought the graphic card is good enough to run games like Mafia 3. Now I have few questions sir, I decided to try other games like World of Warcraft, can I go with high settings? And according to my PC's standard, which games can I play with the best settings? Thanks in advance.

Generally older games and strategy games that don't have significant 3D modeling. You can play WoW at reduced settings, how low depends on the fps you need to have a good experience. Simply put, to do much beyond light gaming, you need an actual GPU and even a budget GPU like a GTX 1050ti would crush what you're getting from an integrated GPU. Mafia 3, which runs very disappointingly on $400 GPUs, isn't light gaming.

Whether you are a candidate for an upgrade depends on the power supply, the case's form factor, and your budget. I really hope you didn't spend *lots* of money for the above build - the GPU is the key component for a gaming build, generally the most expensive part on a good build of this type, and the PC you bought didn't even include one.

The salesman only told me that SSD is vital but never mentioned GPU. Only if I knew better. Thanks for the quick response again sir. What kind of games can I play with best settings?

 

[Dayeem]

Last reply was 6 months ago, you probably bought a new graphics card, but I'm gonna answer anyway . Check out graphics cards on a channel called techdeals on YouTube. The guy is great at explaining stuff, check out his GTX 1060 and 1050ti videos .