Bad lag with High end system

[FallenXX]

Hello , I just bought san andreas on steam , after having on the xbox for so many years i wanted to try it out with pc. When I got into the game , it stutters like crazy and it gives me a constant 26 frames and its all choppy, the mouse view locks up and its really un playable. I asked steam for a refund , now their telling me to contact a 3rd help for it and I don't want help I wanted a refund , Now I wasted 15$ so I might as well try to fix it..

 

My SPECS:

 

His ICEQ 6970 2GB GDDR5

I7 2600k @ 3.4 Ghz

8GB DDR3 Ram

1TB HDD

Windows 7 64 bit

No mods installed

 

Drivers are I think Catalyst 12.1

 

Please help me try to fix this so i can play and not have wasted 15$ , thanks

[MrMateczko]

I think GTASA and GTAIII has a weakness for Radeon graphic cards.

I for example had a GeForce GT220, which is a weak graphic card today, but ran SA very nicely.

Now I have Radeon HD5670, which is a better card, but it lags horribly in Idlewood, Willowfield, and many other locations, with the same graphic settings.

Even GTAIII lags with Trails enabled, which on GT220 it was fine.

 

It's that, or Windows 7 which might give you some problems.

 

Try lowering the graphics settings. If this doesn't do it, then I recommend swithing to Windows XP.

[mitchnorton]

TURN FRAME LIMITER OFF!!!

 

It's a cheeky little f*cker that causes your game to cap at 25fps to counter over-timing events in the game.

You can turn it off in the advanced display settings of the game.

[Girish]

What mitchnorton said.^

 

For your mouse locking up issue, run the game in Windows 98 compatibility mode.