GTA IV, New Pc = Lag

[jimmy_teixeira]

Can anyone help me? I bought a new pc and when i play gta iv its really laggy, Also my specs are over the recommened, Any idea on what i could do guys?

[BKP]

Update drivers?

[KhornateMonkey]

Tell us your current IG settings.

[Radagast]

My problem was solved by updating graphics drivers, reinstalling the game (to remove all those "helpful" FPS increase cheats), and putting the game's settings to maximum.

I'd be interested to know your system specs.

[jimmy_teixeira]

Specs are here: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OVERCLOCKED-AMD-BULLDOZER-4-0GHZ-ATI-HD-6450-1TB-FAST-GAMING-COMPUTER-PC-/180753989243?_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D2%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D6393059921375021679

And specs here if you dont wanna go on website: AMD BULLDOZER, QUAD CORE 4.0Ghz, 1GB ATI HIGH DEFINITION  6450 GRAPHICS CARD HDMI,  1TB HARD DRIVE, 8GB OF DDR3 RAM, GAMING COMPUTER

 
This is the perfect Desktop Computer for anyone looking for a low-cost but high performance, Quad-Core Gaming Computer.
If you are producing Spreadsheets, surfing the web,  streaming media or playing your favourite  games then  this computer with its 4.0ghz QUAD CORE BULLDOZER FX-4100 CPU is the one for you.

 

 

SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS

 

CPU : VERY FAST AMD BULLDOZER  X4 FX-4100 AM3 4.0 GHZ CPU

RAM :  8GB 1333Mhz DDR3 RAM

HARD DRIVE : MASSIVE 1TB (1000GB) Hard Drive Storage Space

  GRAPHICS CARD : ATI Radeon HD6450 1GB  Graphics Card HDMI

OPTICAL DRIVE :   DVD RW +/-

WIRELESS WIFI READY :  150MPS MINI USB DONGLE

CARD READER

[Mihail Junkovich]

Turn off Windows Event Log in Services. Turn off VSync, Shadows, decrease View Details/Distance etc.

[Pude]

Make sure you have the latest drivers for your GPU.
It's not so fast card anyways, so if you are trying with maximum settings, lower them..
GTA IV has poor optimizations, so best you can do is to test different combos..

[thejorens]

I think you are running IV on 2 of your 4 cores.
Here`s what you do.
Go to control panel and turn off UAC. That is done by going to the control panel, clicking User accounts and there should be an admin only option "Change user account control settings", set the slider to it`s lowest position.
Then right click on the GTAIV.exe in the task manager when running it  and go for "Set affinity...".
When there mark all cores and voila, lag free gaming :P
This helped someone else who had a perfect gaming PC but lagging, quad cores sometimes do that :P