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    gta4 m17x r3

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by krazor8, Sep 15, 2011.

  1. krazor8

    krazor8 Notebook Guru

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    has anyone else played this game on the m17x r3 and got the problems where the textures sort of disappear or load slowly.. my specs are core i7 2720qm oc 2.32 ghz turbo is somewher in the 3.34 region, ati raedon 6970m oc to 750 mhz/1150mhz and 4 gigs of ram, ive tried it on lowest,medium, and highest settings, ive tried my disk from the launch, and steam download, and the cracked version, all with the same problem, anyone have any advice?
     
    krazor8, Sep 15, 2011
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    Hmm, sorry dude, runs fine for me.
     
    Joe85, Sep 15, 2011
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    you've installed the latest drivers and game patches?
     
    SlickDude80, Sep 15, 2011
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  4. krazor8

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    yea im running 1.0.7.0 on all the versions, got the version on disc, steam and the cracked version, all do the same thing.. that play ok for about 30-40 min, and the textures start loading very slow and such
     
    krazor8, Sep 15, 2011
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    Well GTA 4 is pretty poorly optimized :O
     
    CleaningService, Sep 15, 2011
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    yea ive heard.. i got it to almost worked but, it messed up after it went to night...
     
    krazor8, Sep 15, 2011
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    GTAIV is poorly optimized, I'll vouch for that. However, I played through the game with the setup in my signature on moderately high settings at 1920x1200. I could not run it with everything maxed out. You have the latest version of the game. Do you have the most updated drivers for your GPU? Make sure you install all of the CAP as well. With your GPU and CPU, you should be having a pretty enjoyable GTAIV experience. Its worth it to get your problems figured out. That is an incredible game.
     
    TurbodTalon, Sep 15, 2011
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    i tried to run it with my 460m..... and lets just say I gave up on it. Tried hacks, mods, tweaks, and it still wouldn't see my 460, just intergrated.
     
    bigtonyman, Sep 15, 2011
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    Plugging it into an external monitor via HDMI is the only thing thats worked for me.... so it's not very mobile....
     
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    i dont have the problem where it sees my intergrated graphics card, it sees my 6970m but for some reason the textures just load slow as , ive have my 6970 in overdrive 750/1150 and ive tried the stock clocks and the extreme clock of 780/1200...
     
    krazor8, Sep 16, 2011
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    Can't say I have any of the issues you describe when I play it. The major thing to check though would be that your GPU hasnt downclocked and then locked itself onto those idiot 400/900 clocks which it loves to do! Then you will have performance issues.
     
    simonmpoulton, Sep 17, 2011
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    everytime i alt+tab to check it says its 750/1150... ive tried game booster by iobit and that helped some.. but idk, i kinda gave up on it...
     
    krazor8, Sep 19, 2011
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    i have had same problem also with lagging in full hd, but game patch solved all issues.
     
    airacutie, Sep 19, 2011
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    1.0.7.0 patch actually made it worse from the no patch... i tried to rale it back but it messes it up..
     
    krazor8, Sep 19, 2011
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    I am currently playing EFLC, and it runs at about 55 fps all of the time on medium/high settings with my single 5870M, at native res. My detail distance, vehicle density, and that other setting are all at 20.
     
    TurbodTalon, Sep 19, 2011
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    my details are all on high, and my distance stuff is 1, 100, and 25 in that order... ive tried lowering but it doesnt help at all...
     
    krazor8, Sep 19, 2011
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    The real nut-kickers are the shadows and the reflection quality. If you set everything Medium, completely kill all shadows (this sucks, I know), and just set all of your sliders to ~20, you should see a pretty good improvement in fps and smoothness. No, it won't look as good. Can't have your cake and eat it too. ;)
     
    TurbodTalon, Sep 19, 2011
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