GTA:EFLC slowdown?

I got this on my computer, and for some reason it runs pretty choppy (unless I turn down all the settings) I mean I can run bad company 2 on max, crysis on high, gears of war, batman on highest, but why is it GTA is choppy? btw how can I post my specs? (isn't there some system shortcut that posts all your specs) thanks for the helps guys ^_^

OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Version 6.1.7600 Build 7600
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name THEMODIFIED123
System Manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
System Model G60VX
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P7450 @ 2.13GHz, 2133 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 205, 8/27/2009
SMBIOS Version 2.5
Windows Directory C:Windows
System Directory C:Windowssystem32
Boot Device DeviceHarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7600.16385"
User Name themodified123Owner
Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 2.00 GB
Available Physical Memory 1.04 GB
Total Virtual Memory 4.46 GB
Available Virtual Memory 2.79 GB
Page File Space 2.46 GB
Page File C:pagefile.sys

I also hav an Nvidia GTX260M card, dunno why it wasn't stated in the system thing.

GTA4 sometimes likes to run like crap for no reason, its notorious for being a pain in the butt technically.V4LENT1NE

gtaiv is more demanding than gears, crysis, bad company, batman, etc..?guitarshr3dd3r

It isn't more demanding it is just badly programmed they have relied too heavily on the cpu and neglected the gpu. When I run the original GTA 4 on my PC it only uses 60% of the GPU (most other games show at least 80% usage). I am afraid to say if you have a dual core cpu then the best you can expect to get out of GTA 4/EFLC is console settings, 1280 x 720 and roughly 30fps.

gtaiv is more demanding than gears, crysis, bad company, batman, etc..?guitarshr3dd3r

Yeap, a lot more demanding on equivalent settings.

GTA 4 ran awful for me to even after I patched it and turned down all the settings. So if you havent already go buy or play gta san andreas its loads of fun and runs pretty good on all systems

GTA 4 ran awful for me to even after I patched it and turned down all the settings. So if you havent already go buy or play gta san andreas its loads of fun and runs pretty good on all systems

Darksonic666

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GTA 4 ran awful for me to even after I patched it and turned down all the settings. So if you havent already go buy or play gta san andreas its loads of fun and runs pretty good on all systems

guitarshr3dd3r

if you buy SA, you have to buy SA version 1 which lets you have mods... version 2 was made to keep you from having mods, because of the nudity BS outcry when it first came out..

just a heads up Version 1 costs way more than version 2

GTA 4 ran awful for me to even after I patched it and turned down all the settings. So if you havent already go buy or play gta san andreas its loads of fun and runs pretty good on all systems

GTA 4 ran awful for me to even after I patched it and turned down all the settings. So if you havent already go buy or play gta san andreas its loads of fun and runs pretty good on all systems

[QUOTE="Darksonic666"][QUOTE="guitarshr3dd3r"] Thanks for all the other answers guys ;D and does SA have texture mods to make it look "fresh"?guitarshr3dd3r

well the thing is you can scale the settings way past what you should. Dont try to max it and you should be fine, or atleast better than console. The console version runs at really low settings and the framerate crawls at about 25 fps and can dip to near single digits. Playing with a gamepad makes it less noticeable. The console version settings are something like this

Draw distance 21

Detail Distance 11

Traffic Density 33

Texture quality between medium and low (why we dont get the exact setting I dont know)

Trilinear filtering

shadows medium (but shadows are actually done completely differently)

Reflection medium

vsync off

definition off

and the console version still has plenty of framerate issues, and pretty much never runs at 30 fps.

I averaged around 60 frames with Vsync on. The only slowdown that I experienced occurred in one only one mission in Gay Tony. It is weird because it happens only in that mission. millerlight89

860 x 480 = LOW GRAPHIC = GTA SAN ANDREAS LAGS 100 % (WITHOUT MODS)

460 X 480 X 16 = LOW GRAPHIC = GTA SAN ANDREAS = 50 % OF LAGS I MEAN SOME CARS ARE NOT LAGGY

BUT WHEN IS MOD BETWEEN MODS THE GAME LAGS ONLY THERE LAG PROBLEM FIXED FINNALLY WORKING FOR ME

I FOUND THE ANSWER TRY BUT ITS NOT COOL GRAPHIC ON DESKTOP BUT NOT LAGGY (FOR SOME CARS)

The game is almost not worth playing on a dual core cpu. I upgraded my mobo and to a quad core specifically for GTA 4

The game is almost not worth playing on a dual core cpu. I upgraded my mobo and to a quad core specifically for GTA 4

blues35301

[QUOTE="guitarshr3dd3r"]gtaiv is more demanding than gears, crysis, bad company, batman, etc..?charmingcharlie

It isn't more demanding it is just badly programmed they have relied too heavily on the cpu and neglected the gpu. When I run the original GTA 4 on my PC it only uses 60% of the GPU (most other games show at least 80% usage). I am afraid to say if you have a dual core cpu then the best you can expect to get out of GTA 4/EFLC is console settings, 1280 x 720 and roughly 30fps.

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[QUOTE="guitarshr3dd3r"]gtaiv is more demanding than gears, crysis, bad company, batman, etc..?ocstew

It isn't more demanding it is just badly programmed they have relied too heavily on the cpu and neglected the gpu. When I run the original GTA 4 on my PC it only uses 60% of the GPU (most other games show at least 80% usage). I am afraid to say if you have a dual core cpu then the best you can expect to get out of GTA 4/EFLC is console settings, 1280 x 720 and roughly 30fps.

860 x 480 = LOW GRAPHIC = GTA SAN ANDREAS LAGS 100 % (WITHOUT MODS)

460 X 480 X 16 = LOW GRAPHIC = GTA SAN ANDREAS = 50 % OF LAGS I MEAN SOME CARS ARE NOT LAGGY

BUT WHEN IS MOD BETWEEN MODS THE GAME LAGS ONLY THERE LAG PROBLEM FIXED FINNALLY WORKING FOR ME

I FOUND THE ANSWER TRY BUT ITS NOT COOL GRAPHIC ON DESKTOP BUT NOT LAGGY (FOR SOME CARS)Matik-Mato

I'm sorry, but what? And you just revived a year-old thread.