[TUT]Nvidia Optimus for GTA IV

[Victim_Crasher]

First of all, are you have this problem on your IV ??

 

 

Missing texture

 

or If your IV is running really slow and you're using Nvidia Optimus Graphic Card you should do this before you play GTA IV

 

What is Optimus Card ?

Optimus is the technology released by Nvidia. It feature is make program with low spec requirement like Ms. Word, Mozilla, Chrome, dll. use an Integrated Graphics (Intel) and use Nvidia for the program who has a high spec requirement (Game, Rendering Software). This is resulting the amount of electricity from Battery is spend economicly. Makes the battery lives more longer.

 

Optimus list :

All of Nvidia Card who has "M" letter on it's back

Ex. : GT520M

 

So, what's the problem about it ?

Sometimes, some program isn't set automaticly, in this case GTA IV isn't redirected to use Nvidia Graphics automaticly. So we must change the set manually.

 

So in this thread we are discussed about how to change the presets manually

 

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Requirement :

Nvidia Control Panel (The one and only )

 

Note : Click the picture to see the original size

 

 

1st Step, is go to your desktop

 

2nd, Right Click on the desktop and choose Nvidia Control Panel

 

 

3rd, Select Manage 3D Settings and Click Program Settings tab

 

 

4th, Search for GTA IV Application on "Select Program to Costumize", if the app aren't there Click add and search for the GTA IV executable

 

 

5th, Change the Presets on the 2nd Tab (Below the "Select Program to Costumize" ) and choose High Performance Nvidia Processor

 

 

Save it and feel the difference

 

*Note : I found the video tutorial, you can watch it :

 

 

*Note2 : You can do this to the other games too

 

Thank you

Victim_Crasher

Edited August 17, 2012 by Victim_Crasher