justas74

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Hi people i have been having this slight problem with gta 4 and can't seem to understand why it lags so much whilst its recommended system requirements are :
OS: Windows Vista - Service Pack 1 / XP - Service Pack 3
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4Ghz, AMD Phenom X3 2.1Ghz
Memory: 2 GB (Windows XP) 2.5 GB (Windows Vista)
18 GB Free Hard Drive Space
Video Card: 512MB NVIDIA 8600 / 512MB ATI 3870
And my PC is HP G5135uk
Processor : Pentium Dual-Core E5400 @ 2.7Ghz
Memory : 3GB DDR3
GPU : Vtx3d Radeon 6450 1GB DDR3
Operating system W7 Ultimate
i cant seem to figure out what the problem is even if i put my video settings to lowest it still only runs at like 15-20 frames all the time i been thinking maybe its my processor that cant run it anyway i would be glad to hear you're opinions. :pfff:
 

auntarie

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GTA 4 is very poorly optimized. With my rig I barely push 35 fps in the open world. The game is also really CPU-intensive, so a dual core just isn't going to cut it.