chandru Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I just got GTA IV. I finished installation and tried running it. It ran fine.Slightly slow but not unplayable. Once i got into the game I realised that there were many problems. I was driving on the street and suddenly the street and every thing disappeared.Only peds n the car were visible. I've checked the minimum requirements. I think my pc should be able to handle it.Just about. I read the topic about using commandline.txt. But I have no idea about how to do any of that stuff. I'd really appreciate any help to make it run better. Here are my PC's Specifications: Core 2 duo processor: 2.4 Ghz Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT 512 MB 1 GB of RAM 160 GB Hard Drive Chandru Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/391875-can-i-play-it/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaRaptor Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Your pc should be able to run IV, have you got the latest gfx card driver software either ati or nvidia?. Cause driver probs can cause graphical probs in games. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/391875-can-i-play-it/#findComment-1058871861 Share on other sites More sharing options...
link07 Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I guess your ram is one of the bottlenecks. Its recommended to have 2GB or more. I've been told there is a patch (dunno which one) that fixes some of the glitches, also improves frame rates slightly. (2-3fps) Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/391875-can-i-play-it/#findComment-1058871864 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chandru Posted January 12, 2009 Author Share Posted January 12, 2009 I'm downloading the latest Driver for my graphics card.I'll get back to you once its done Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/391875-can-i-play-it/#findComment-1058871873 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GammaRaptor Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I hope it work's for ya . Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/391875-can-i-play-it/#findComment-1058871877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chandru Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 I installed the latest drivers for my GPU. There was an improvement.I then went to the graphics settings on GTA and changed the resolution to 800X600 with the lowest possible frequency. Changed the shadow option to 1. Changed texture quality to low. After these changes the game ran with almost no problems.I even managed to do th first mission. Then I saved the game and quit.When I restarted the game it went back to the default graphics settings and I had the same problems. So I made those changes again but this time the changes had no effect. Are there other tweaks I can make outside the game.Thanks for any help. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/391875-can-i-play-it/#findComment-1058874035 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chandru Posted January 15, 2009 Author Share Posted January 15, 2009 The game is working on and off. Is there a way by which I can keep the graphics settings permanent once I've changed them? And given my Specs what are the optimum settings I should run the game at? Are there any changes I can make to my Graphics Card settings to make the game run better? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/391875-can-i-play-it/#findComment-1058880126 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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