Performance Recommendations/Tweaks?

[epWizard]

Hey guys, I'm new to GTAIV on PC(only had it on Xbox before) and was wondering if anyone could give me any performance or tweak recommendations. Here is my current set up and settings.

 

Laptop

i5 460m 2.53ghz

4gb ram

1gb Radeon 5650

Win 7 64bit

 

Game Settings1.0.4.0 Patch

Texture Res HIGH

Reflection Resolution MEDIUM

Water Quality MEDIUM

Shadow Quality OFF

Texture Filter HIGH

View Distance 20

Detail Distance 21

Vehicle Density 20

Shadow Density 10

Vsync OFF

 

Commandline.txt

-availablevidmem 1.6

-percentvidmem 100

-nomemrestrict

-norestrictions

-novblank

-windowed

-height 720

-width 1280

-noprecache

-framelimit 0

 

With this set up I get average around 30-40fps if I put textures down to medium I get around 40-50fps. Any recommendations for changes I should make to the game settings, my commandline.txt or any mods I could add for better performance?? I read that the RealizmIV v6.2 w/Textures could possibly add some performance and am downloading it as I type this to check it out. Also I am interested in trying ENB can anyone recommend one for my comp specs that could run over 30fps?? There are so many to choose from I don't really know where to start. Any input would we appreciated, thanks.

[jpm1]

there are tons of topics concerning that thing so i suggest you to search the forums . main things

 

- auto-save : off

-auto-recording : off

shadows and traffic density are the most ressource consuming . if you donwload high quality (heavy sized) mods you'll probably not have fps issues but the greater the chances will be to get textures disappearing bugs . if you want a smooth game i suggest you to make files you download sizes an obsession x) . and i suggest (personnally) you to avoid using commandline thing for performance , don't try to make a 2 CV do what a Ferrari does ..

Edited May 5, 2013 by jpm1