How to fix lag and fps drop in GTA 4

[ThE ExEcUtIVE]

IAM running gta 4 in win7 x64 bit and having 4gb of ram and gt 610 2gb ddr3 gpu but when I try to play GTA 4 it get very laggy and continuesly fps drop some time I get 7-10 fps how to fix this problem need help?

[Prezidentas]

try to lower graphical settings or get a better PC

[ThE ExEcUtIVE]

My graphic setting are low and I also try to play it in my laptop having 1050ti gpu but in that also i am getting very high fps drop around 10-15 fps.

[Prezidentas]

With lowest settings you are getting 10 fps? That's strange, but not impossible.

[ThE ExEcUtIVE]

Low setting in pc and medium in laptop

[Gunsaremagic]

you cant the game will always be a little laggy the pc port is trash i cant run this game on max but i can run fukn gta v on max settings

[ThE ExEcUtIVE]

Ok can you send me ss of your gta 4 setting .

[Kiborg]

processor and RAM probably bottlenecks u. I have simmilar specs, with i5 and 8 gigs of ram and I can play it on maximum with mods that make the game look even better. averaging 30-40 FPS

[ThE ExEcUtIVE]

Originally posted by Zastava:

processor and RAM probably bottlenecks u. I have simmilar specs, with i5 and 8 gigs of ram and I can play it on maximum with mods that make the game look even better. averaging 30-40 FPS

Can you provide the mods links which you use to make game look good.

[THESMF1210]

v sync off improves frames

[Kiborg]

Icenhancer

[AntiqueGamer]

I love the 'experts' - forums are full of them and none of them really have anything useful to say. OK, Grand Theft Auto IV has a benchmarking tool incorporated into the game which you can run and this will make the game find the best results based on your hardware and driver options. Talking of drivers, the first thing you should do is update your video card driver so the latest is installed and then check the game out.

IF the problem persists, run the benchmarking tool (within the game) and if after that there is still a problem it could very well be that you have programs running on your machine in the background which are resource hungry (some people think that a modern processor can run defrag for example, SKYPE, etc. in the background and they will not impact processor load and performance).

GTA-IV and EFLC are known to have issues with AMD manufactured processors and some graphics cards due to the nature of the software, which in all fairness, was written more than a decade ago and for a very specific set of hardware options.

[ThE ExEcUtIVE]

thanks everyone for help

[Cat]

for some reason, switching from 1920 x 1080 to 1280 x 720 grants me an extra 20-35 fps. Since the game was originally 720p anyway, it doesn't look that bad.

[ThE ExEcUtIVE]

Originally posted by Cat:

for some reason, switching from 1920 x 1080 to 1280 x 720 grants me an extra 20-35 fps. Since the game was originally 720p anyway, it doesn't look that bad.

thanks for letting me know that game is origanally of 720p will now set my display according to it.