How to remove lag and gain FPS on GTA IV

[Denis_Pro]

I suggest all of you that LAG on GTA IV the PROCESS TAMER
I was lagging too but when i found this USEFULL programm i stop lagging and i was going GREAT
all that you have to do is to DOWNLOAD it (google it) open it then go to CONFIRGURATION there you will CLICK to box that says START WITH WINDOWS
After that go to Conifrugation and the go to C:Program files:Rockstargames/GTA IV/GTAIV.EXE or GTAIVLOUNCHER
then you will AD a NEW RULE down and ad the LaunchGTAIV.exe and click to Explict Rule Force Low
then RESTART your PC and you are READY 
i Hope that i helped you

[Servius]

I've got problem, my PC specs are next:

nVidia GeForce 9600GS 256MB
RAM: 4GB
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo CPU P7530 @2.00GHz

And to add, its laptop. And its also limiting me when changing graphics and my game can't fill all of my desktop when playing in full screen mode, also I don't have any lag, except when I press W,A,S,D, I can look around and there is no lag just when driving and stuff, please help.

[Leroy_Kolta]

I've got problem, my PC specs are next:

nVidia GeForce 9600GS 256MB
RAM: 4GB
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo CPU P7530 @2.00GHz

And to add, its laptop. And its also limiting me when changing graphics and my game can't fill all of my desktop when playing in full screen mode, also I don't have any lag, except when I press W,A,S,D, I can look around and there is no lag just when driving and stuff, please help.

lolwat. You're trying to play GTA IV with 256MB of video graphics?
I suggest putting your graphic settings in the game on low....you could also use a program called Game Booster...it's pretty good, I used to use it.

[Lazlow]

I've got problem, my PC specs are next:

nVidia GeForce 9600GS 256MB
RAM: 4GB
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo CPU P7530 @2.00GHz

And to add, its laptop. And its also limiting me when changing graphics and my game can't fill all of my desktop when playing in full screen mode, also I don't have any lag, except when I press W,A,S,D, I can look around and there is no lag just when driving and stuff, please help.

minimum requirements:

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz, AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4Ghz

Memory: 1.5GB

Free Hard Drive Space: 16GB

Video Card: 256MB NVidia 7900 / 256MB ATI X1900

DirectX 9 compatible Stereo Sound Card

i use laptop that has 8gb ram, i5 processor, 2gb graphics..... set all on lowest, i still don't get perfect 56 fps (frames per second) i am surprised that 256 mb graphics is minimum.

if i were you, i wouldnt even try running GTA IV on that graphics card. Real games are ment to be played on real gaming pc.

but if tips u want, never play games on battery, always use ac adapter to avoid losses in performance.

[thejorens]

Let's be honest here, GTA IV is quite a bad PC port. My PC apparently runs on magic because it's not very powerful, yet I get 25-40 FPS on medium-high settings
EFLC was better, by about 20 FPS.
I have my specs scattered all over the forum by now so I don't feel like retyping, unless someone really really really REALLY wants to see them.

[Matt Murdock]

Third gen i7, 8GB RAM, GT650M 2GB, GTA IV and EFLC still lag as hell when driving at fast speeds, monitored the FPS with Fraps , they are around 40 normally (60-80 in Interiors), but rush down to 14 and under when driving.

I have the original game with latest patches installed. GTA IV is the worst PC game I ever experienced in terms of proper sync. But on the other hand, it is also the reason you buy a gaming PC/laptop. :/

Latest DMC is the perfect example of a proper and brilliant PC game, I get 80 FPS even on Ultra, and graphics are better than GTA IV. It really amazes me.

[Xavier12]

GTA IV is itself a ****** game.My bro had the same problem too and he deleted the game.Though he had a laptop 5x better than it really needed.

[thejorens]

The thing with latops is that they kinda suck for gaming anyway, no matter what specs, A high end gaming laptop would probably run GTA IV as well as a mid-high range desktop you can get for half the price.
My stance on this has always been "If you wanna have a laptop, get a laptop, if you wanna game, get a desktop"