Problems with graphics in GTA IV

[mattrules]

I just got the game a couple days ago, and i set it all up and tried to play it, It took me into the game but there was no scenery...It would not load all the roads, and buildings. Then the game will crash to the desktop. I had the graphics set to minimum, but it still happens. The games unplayable. These are my system specs.....

 

system....

 

- AMD ATHLON 64 X2 DUEL CORE 4400+ @ 2.21 GHZ

- NVIDIA GEFORCE 8600 GTS (256MB V-RAM+256 SHARED)

- 2 GIGS 800 MHZ DUEL CHANNEL RAM

- REALTEK HD AUDIO

- WESTERN DIGITAL 250 GIG HD

- WINDOWS XP PRO SP3 (32 BIT)

 

 

 

 

[ionGeneral]

Hi there Mattrules.

 

How about trying some commandlines. They help me.

 

http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=404147

 

My commandline.txt (save in GTA IV ROOT Directory):

 

-norestriction

-nomemrestrict

-availablevidmem 1.0

-percentvidmem 4.0

 

Also, make sure your Graphics Settings are not messed up, try Auto Configuring. If not install the best drivers for GTA IV :: http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_gtaiv_downloads.html

[oc student]

You don't meet the requirements.

[mkey82]

-norestriction

-nomemrestrict

-availablevidmem 1.0

-percentvidmem 4.0

Terrible

 

* it's norestrictions, not norestrict

* nomemrestrict should never be combined with availblevidmem

* do you even know what percentvidmem does?

 

Firstly you're telling the game to lift all VRAM restrictions , then you're telling it to make available all the VRAM the GPU actually has and finally you're limiting your VRAM to 4%.

[gazetter]

well, i think the system requirements doesn't have anything to do with that problem,,

 

if you have the latest nvidia version driver then try to downgrade it to 180.84,,,

it looks like all the graphical problems are fixed with this old driver..