GTA IV for PC (official)

[Unimatrix Xero]

For people who are having problems with GTA not remembering gfx settings then do the following and it fixes it

Go here:

C:\Users\Unimatrixero\AppData\Local\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\Settings

and delete the 3 files

and volla your done

[Elliot B.]

For people who are having problems with GTA not remembering gfx settings then do the following and it fixes it

Go here:

C:\Users\Unimatrixero\AppData\Local\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\Settings

and delete the 3 files

and volla your done

I don't have a Unimatrixero folder :(

;)

[alphaomegainfinity]

I don't have a Unimatrixero folder :(

;)

:laugh:

[Robbie Khan Reviews]

Great screenshots there. What are your specs?

I am using:

Q6600 3.15GHz

8GB DDR2 1GHz @ 700MHz

ATI 4870 512MB (CAT 8.12 beta)

Asus Xonar D2X

Vista64

I'm getting like 30FPS constant at 1920x1200.

[Unimatrix Xero]

ok so ever since ive had gta ive been capped at 22fps, and this evening i had a play with the command lines.

Now these worked for me they might not work for you but heres my rig

Vista Ultimate 32bit Sp1

AMD Athlon 64 X2 DualCore 6000+ (3.0Ghz)

4Gb DDR2 800Mhz

Geforce 8800GTX - 768mb (180.84)

Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro Series

the commandlines i used where

-fullspecaudio -nomemrestrict

and thats it

give these a shot i when from a locked 22 to around 34 in the city to 40 on the beach lol

I don't have a Unimatrixero folder :(

;)

Facepalm

[leph555]

the commandlines i used where

-fullspecaudio -nomemrestrict

where do i type in the command lines

/noob

[ViperAFK]

ok so ever since ive had gta ive been capped at 22fps, and this evening i had a play with the command lines.

Now these worked for me they might not work for you but heres my rig

Vista Ultimate 32bit Sp1

AMD Athlon 64 X2 DualCore 6000+ (3.0Ghz)

4Gb DDR2 800Mhz

Geforce 8800GTX - 768mb (180.84)

Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro Series

the commandlines i used where

-fullspecaudio -nomemrestrict

and thats it

give these a shot i when from a locked 22 to around 34 in the city to 40 on the beach lol

Facepalm

nice dude! just saw this on the steam forums too people say it works. I have a similar speed processor (2.9ghz 5600+) and I'll have to try this. I also have a creative sound card as well (audigy 4)

[Xerino]

hmm.... wonder if I could get away with it?

Pentium D 820 (2.8ghz)

2 GB DDR2 667 RAM

Nvidia HD Audio

512MB Geforce 9600GT

Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit

[Panacik]

I don't have a Unimatrixero folder :(

;)

May i suggest a re-format. That folder is an important system folder and your Windowz will not work without it.

[Unimatrix Xero]

where do i type in the command lines

/noob

the easiest way to use command lines is to go into C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto IV and create a text file called 'commandlist.txt' then in there just place in the two command lines, save the file and your set

nice dude! just saw this on the steam forums too people say it works. I have a similar speed processor (2.9ghz 5600+) and I'll have to try this. I also have a creative sound card as well (audigy 4)

Aye BusDriverUK is me lol

May i suggest a re-format. That folder is an important system folder and your Windowz will not work without it.

roflcopter

[Shasoosh]

I'll have to try the game once i build my system again on Wednesday with my new replacement motherboard

Intel i7 920

920 SUS P6T DELUXE 1366 X58 RTL

6 Gigs DDR 3 Tripple channel

ATI HD4870 1gig

Dell 24 inch LCD

:drool:

[Kenji]

I get around 20fps on my system, specs in sig. Hopefully that will go up quite a bit when i upgrade to a 9800GT :)

[ViperAFK]

Run it at 720p on medium like the xbox or 640p like the ps3. Your frame-rates should be fine (30fps). The XBOX or PS3 could not handle the game at the settings you are trying to run it.

changing the res does absolutely nothing for my frame rate. My video card is more powerful than both the xbox and ps3's. my video card is not the problem the game is simply poorly optimized for anything less than 3+ cores. this game is purely cpu limited.

[sundayx Veteran]

Wow that was probably the most tedious setup process I've ever had.

[Elliot B.]

Wow that was probably the most tedious setup process I've ever had.

Same. Daft eh?

[ViperAFK]

heh I got it off steam so bam installed, although that download was ridiculously huge compared to any other game I've ever bought.

[leph555]

anyone else have problem saving videos from video editor? the editor works good, but once I export it to WEB or 720p it lags horribly and then it just exits. I mean other than that and the crashing the game works fine lol

[sundayx Veteran]

I'm getting quite ticked off, first it doesn't allow me to use command lines because I have to launch through Social Club and how the hell do I use my Logitech controller in the game?

Please help!

[Pupik]

I'm getting quite ticked off, first it doesn't allow me to use command lines because I have to launch through Social Club and how the hell do I use my Logitech controller in the game?

Please help!

Can't help you with your second problem (maybe only suggest you to buy a XBOX360 gamepad?), but I've read on the net about the first. Just create a "commandline.txt" in the folder where you installed the game to and put the wanted commands there.

That will make the commands work upon the game launch.

[Mieky242]

I'm getting quite ticked off, first it doesn't allow me to use command lines because I have to launch through Social Club and how the hell do I use my Logitech controller in the game?

Please help!

There is a way of getting other gamepads to work with this game, just have a look around for the solution (www.gtaforums.com has the solution there)

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

The latest ATI drivers (Catalyst 8.12) offer negligible performance improvements. All that's left to do is wait for a patch and see if that'll improve things.

[sundayx Veteran]

I've given up. I play Assasin's Creed and BioShock fine and not even in the lowest settings and lowest resolution for GTA IV.

[Conciente]

Anyone having sound problems? After a while, I get all this glibberish crap, like if the radio's frequency is having problems.

[M4nB3arP1g]

Just got this today. I find it playable so far on my pc, it runs better than crysis did.

[Beastage]

Just got this today. I find it playable so far on my pc, it runs better than crysis did.

What texture quality and res you on?

Video Mode

Resolution scaling effects water, reflections, shadows, mirrors and the visible viewable distance. The resolution settings relate to the amount of available video memory. At 2560*1600 the game will require 320MB of video memory in addition to all the memory required for content. At 800*600 the game will require 32MB of video memory in addition to the content. Medium resolution settings are recommended for most users as higher settings are only usable if there is available video memory.?

Texture Quality

Texture quality affects the visual quality of the content of the game. High setting for textures will require 600MB of video memory at a setting of 21 View Distance in addition to the memory taken by the Video Mode. A medium texture setting is recommended for most users.?

so 1920x1200 and High texture, should be possible for 2x 3870 512mb in crossfire mode.

btw I have a question, on my quad core q6600 it only utilized one core, is that normal? if yes, why it recommend quad core cpus?

Edited December 10, 2008 by Beastage