gta 3 weird lagging

[hetment]

ok i got gta 3 yesterday. well, i used no cd crack on it.( i purchased it !) and then used no-cd crack as i was afraid it will get scrath. ok, then when i was playning it for first time, it lagg very very little every 2 secs. but whenevr i use a gun . 1 bullet meazns little lag and a explosion gets more lag. my pc specs-

 

 

windows xp service pack 2

 

intel core 2 dou proccesor

 

E7400 2.80 ghz, 2 gb ram.

 

memory 128 mb on voseo card i think. but it says something 128 memory

 

space is alot . even i used full install

 

 

[Girish]

I'd suggest getting rid of the no-cd crack and playing with the original disc in the drive. Also, try turning down your display settings.

[stef_92]

Turn off the frame limiter and turn on the frame sync. That should work

[hetment]

stef i have that setting only and still lagg and rishb i can't use original cd because i am scared it will scratch andin india prices are high,,,, piracy and all that but... i don't want any scratch and chances of scratch are high as i play hell long on pc .anyways so any idea yet/.?

[stef_92]

yes, there are other ideas:

try - frame limiter on and frame sync on

if it doesn't work too turn the sync off but keep the limiter on

and DON'T remember to turn off the trails effect!

[hetment]

lol what you mean by don't remember to keep trails off? i have it on. should i make it off or not?

[stef_92]

you MUST turn the trails OFF! They look ugly and load your video card more.

[hetment]

oh ok. i will do it stef and tell you what outcome comes

 

well stef lagging was reduced very little and still laggs but reduced lagging. i don't understand why gta 3 laggs when games like vice city, san andreas runs smoothly. in gta 3 when shooting a weapon some laggs happen. very quick lagg and normal fps is - 20 or 15. . so yet any idea for more reducing of laggs?

Edited May 23, 2009 by hetment

[radioman]

oh ok. i will do it stef and tell you what outcome comes

 

well stef lagging was reduced very little and still laggs but reduced lagging. i don't understand why gta 3 laggs when games like vice city, san andreas runs smoothly. in gta 3 when shooting a weapon some laggs happen. very quick lagg and normal fps is - 20 or 15. . so yet any idea for more reducing of laggs?

This kind of explains it a little here. It is more than likely because III was the first 3-D GTA to come out for PC, and it was a straight port of the PS2 version-with little changes here and there. It was also developed for much lower end PC's(by today's specs anyway). It was designed for DX 8, and all computers today come with either DX 9.0c or DX 10-depending on if you have XP or Vista-Vista comes with DX 10, and XP comes with DX 9.0c. Rockstar used the same engine for VC, but made changes to it so it would run better. and SA uses a different game engine, so that should explain it a little bit. The link I provided pretty much explains the differences between the III and VC engines. Hope this helps.

[hetment]

well i have windows xp service pack 2 .

 

 

lol and vice city and san andreas run with no laggs lol