Gta iv problem need help

hi everyone

i bought a new PC for gaming and i played a lots of games and it runs perfectly expect a one game (till now )

well the game is gta iv i cant get a nice performance even when i put every video setting to low at 1366x768 res

i know its not my specs cuz its more than inf to run the game as far as i know

my specs are:

CPU : amd athlon ii x4 630 2.8

gpu: ati hd 5770 1gb msi

ram: 4gb

system: windows 7 64 ultimate

so what do you think guys??

cuz im realy confused

Nothing wrong with your rig. Its just the game....GTA IV is heavily CPU intensive. Even the most high end rig's have problems getting high performance.

Things that you CAN try:

1. Make sure no heavy applications are running in the background
2. Try turning off any antivirus programmes, even if that means disconnecting from the internet (in case you have a cable connection)
3. Try turning down the settings of the game a bit lower

Apart from this, don't really think there's much you can do.....unless you wanna upgrade your CPU/ GPU/ Monitor/ Ram/ etc, which would be quite silly just for one game, imho!

.....IF he already has either consoles! If he doesn't, then no point spending so much when he can spend the same on upping his rig (which wouldn't take much cash!)

thanks for the reply guys and i i tryed all the ways u mentioned but no improvements well my frind told me that the game doesnt use more than 2 cores so a dual core cpu at 3.0 will do better than mine even when its a x4 cpu so what i got from him is gettin a phenom ii x4 965 3.4 is gonna fix this problem cuz my gpu is fine i saw people play on youtube usin my gpu at gta it runs good so what u guys think should i replace my cpu???

or apply the latest patches 1.6 or 1.7..........

The 1.7 patch has worked for majority of the people, so yes....it should make a difference. Let us know.

patches wont help you ... Game has basic problem .... JUST TRY diffrente GTA IV disk

well i tried the commands but all im seeing is that i can edit the game from a txt folder not from the options so whats the diffrence and what commands does improve the performance cuz im hearin of ppl play with a pentium 4 cpu with that commands thing so if someone could explain what to write in the commandline txt file and what would be best setting for my specs i want 50-60 so plz someone help me

oh and to add my system is only a 3.6ghz dual core wolfdale with 4gb ram and a hd3870 512mb which was really only just playable before this mod at the same res you mentioned in the op, now it runs flat out except shadows for me with only the norestrictions switch at 1650x1080 (monitor res)...

Guess its still quite new, i also get more than 15 fps lower on gta episodes, same settings.
Or maybe it lacks better patches

Yeap, it uses all four cores and to the most.!

Normally gta iv episodes from liberty city will get you lower fps than gta iv, because of patches i presume

lol, i get like 15 fps lower in GTA episodes, its maybe due to not so good patches!

well guys i got another problem in gta iv

sorry i think i really disturbed you guys

but when i run the game it doesnt look like what i see in youtube cuz i see people in youtube with my gpu playin the game and it looks like the anti aliasing is on x8 cuz thiers no aliasings

but on my pc and on same setting they use im gettin an aliasings like im doin x0 aa or even worse aliasings every were even in trees

btw im using 1366x768 and its my screens res so thats not the problem

im usin 1.3 so im i supposed to patch to 1.7??


and would that make my performance worse???

. Having the ability to copy your game discs is all the rage, and might have something to do with the growing emulator ROM market that has revived vintage games of late. Previously reserved for your home computer, console customization is growing and it is not just for the big boys at Microsoft and Sony

is the anti aliasing prob annoying or making your game play experience bad ?

Hi I dont know if you already tried this.. but once put all the settings in optimum and run a bench mark and post the results.

I have a HD5650 with i5 2.3GHz and have't patched the game at all ( dint get a chance to patch.. playing offline) and for settingas just a litttle below optimum settings that is suggested, i get fairly 30 - 40 fps