GTA IV randomly crashing

[lol232 2,885]

My specs are not the issue since the game used to run just fine a year ago on the same rig.

Nevertheless:

 

i7 4770K @4.5 GHz, NVidia Titan X, 16GB 1866 MHz DDR3 RAM, Windows 10 Pro

 

 

What happens is when I would do anything (e.g. drive a car), the game would just randomly freeze, the audio would go into a loop and the PC would do a black screen.

 

Did the latest patch f*ck the game up?

Edited April 7, 2017 by lol232

[HalfOfAKebab 290]

Any mods? Maybe try verifying the game integrity?

[lol232 2,885]

Zero mods. I tried verifying the game integrity but it did nothing.

[StormBreaker 276]

Try a different patch, preferably 7. If that doesn't work, try reinstalling the game.

P.S.

Your specs hurt my soul to the core.

Edited April 7, 2017 by StormBreaker

[lol232 2,885]

Yeah, I'll give patch 7 a shot. Sadly though, the game runs much better on patch 8 for me, literally the only issue is crashing.

Edited April 7, 2017 by lol232

[lol232 2,885]

Alright, updating Windows 10 is what fixed it. The 10th anniversary update fixed this.

Edited April 8, 2017 by lol232