GTA-IV PC Tweaks/Fixes

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I just resisted installing it. It's getting mixed views over GTA forums. Some people say they have gained 5-6 fps & others ranting it decreased their performance. Some have been introduced with new bugs due to this patch (camera sticking up, No sound, Niko walking around in circles etc.). So I guess the patch is a dud & not much performance improvement as expected.
 
Dude Dinesh I got mine thru Vj and did exactly as u told in the thread but on double clicking the shortcut all I get is small DOS window and that's it, nothing else happens. What to do?
 
Guys my GTA4 runs fine in medium-high (Rig in Sig) but the textures get corrupted at random intervals during the game and the PC freezes (I need to do a hard reboot!)

Copy is legit, patch applied, happens both ways, launching through R* social and directly from Launch app. I've applied the command line fix also.

Please please help me out!
 
Applied the patch.

sounds are gone.

can't alt-tab anymore.

doesn't seem to have helped with performance. i'm struggling to play with a 96gt.
 
@ Anish - I had the same problem running 180.84 drivers. Switched back to older drivers and it started running fine, although the performance's taken a hit.

I'm not sure about the ATi drivers, but it might be a similar issue.
 
^ But I think everybody's running Catalyst 8.12

I can barely play 5-7 minutes before the game locks up. Everything else seems normal.

Moreover, I *just* re-installed Vista yesterday.
 
No clue about vista but its running fine here on xp and catalyst 8.12's. Have you patched everything ? try getting thelatest direct x runtime too
 
The official patch solved nothing. The texture problem is still there. :( I've tried solving it by uninstalling and reinstalling the Catalyst drivers but that din't help. To top that, now I'm getting errors like package manager not installed and catalyst stopped working.

I had to install the drivers in dos mode. Its definitely a memory leak issue. Using a memory optimizer in the background seems to reduce the problem but the frame rates take a hit sometimes. This is sad. :(
 
Wonder if vsync and aa are disabled with the new patch. Getting a bit of tearing and edges are more jagged which wasnt there before patching

@apex , did you get the latest directx runtime? its running pretty fine here
 
bottle said:
Wonder if vsync and aa are disabled with the new patch. Getting a bit of tearing and edges are more jagged which wasnt there before patching
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AA was never present in the game to begin with.
 
Ethan_Hunt said:
Log into your GFW a/c & it will start updating it OR here's the direct link: http://msxb-d1.vo.llnw.net:3074/content/5454083b/5454083B1000008310000183.cab?n=CB5EDA107F2BA302
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im not able to update thru game...
everytime i login to live, it says update available...
1st time i dlded, game quit after installation...
2nd time, the entire comp hanged...evn ctrl+alt+del dint work..hard reset..

how r u supposed to update thru this link...
it downloads a .cab file...
what am i supposed to do with it?

also...game keeps crashing...tried with both drivers-178.xx and 180.84
any help appreciated..

damn pissed of with the port...almost feels like im tryin to do somethin in linux..:rofl:
(no offence)
thanks
 
for those who have issues with update downloading from live, check if BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service) service is running

I started the service after i got an error message and the update went though fine
 
sTALKEr said:
Applied the patch.

sounds are gone.
can't alt-tab anymore.

doesn't seem to have helped with performance. i'm struggling to play with a 96gt.
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wat abt ur proccessor ??

u need to oc it above 3.0ghz to get acceptable framerates :(

look at my siggy yaar. i start with 40 Fps but 2 minutes into the game i go to 15-22 FPS.... this is the worst game i have played on PC :E cant go past that 20% hurdle becoz of the frame rates... the patch has deteriorated the game for me. earlier frame rates dint go below 25 .. now its 15-25..

400 rupya waste :E
 
O.K this is what i have noticed. For me , the patch does nothing noticeable. The texture problem exists. But i get the smoothest gameplay even on the highest settings , but i get that even without the patch.

But what i just noticed was , that the game's memory utilization increases by the minute. I can see it on my G15 Panel. It starts with around 48% , and as i explore more and more areas, it increases slowly. After 2-3 hours of gameplay , it was around 94-95%.

As for FPS, as dinesh has mentioned above, and from what i saw in many forums, this game depends a lot, and i mean a lot on the CPU u have. A Quad helps a lot , and an OC'ed Quad even more. My Q6600 is @ 3.0 and the game gives me 30+ FPS. No sound problems , no lag. Only texture and rendering problems, but that too pretty much can be neglected. For me the Rs 400 spent on it has been "Vasooled" totally :bleh: . Amazing storyline and missions , love the game :D
 
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