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    GTA IV Tweak to run smoothly

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Magnus72, Mar 14, 2009.

  1. Magnus72

    Magnus72 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Here you go guys, download this zip and unzip into your GTA IV folder.

    http://www.wikiupload.com/download_page.php?id=106170

    Backup everything first.

    Now you can set ViewDistance to the lowest while stil maintain a high viewdistance and thereby get some nice performance boost :)
     
    Magnus72, Mar 14, 2009
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    Interesting... how did you discover this?
     
    bobblaine, Mar 14, 2009
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    killeruio Notebook Consultant

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    wait, so what am i supposed with this? set viewdistance to low? how bout detail distance? am i supposed to do?
     
    killeruio, Mar 14, 2009
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  4. Magnus72

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    Keep detail distance, only lower the Viewdistance to the lowest i.e 1. Well one tweak I saw at GTA Forums so that one belongs to another person, kudos to that.

    However I have tweaked the LOD of the Peds and cars too and other stuff. Try it out. I got the game to run smoothly at 1920x1200 res on my laptop. I have all options set to Medium except Textures set to High.
     
    Magnus72, Mar 14, 2009
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    Don't you get really bad object pop-up though?
     
    Jlbrightbill, Mar 14, 2009
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    gta4 runs much better on a quad core. If you can upgrade go for it.
     
    nizzy1115, Mar 14, 2009
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  7. Magnus72

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    No pop up.
     
    Magnus72, Mar 14, 2009
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    thanks pal.
     
    spradhan01, Mar 14, 2009
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    There's a folder in there titled Win32, is this fix 32-bit only? I'm not too familiar with the architecture of GTA IV.
     
    Jlbrightbill, Mar 14, 2009
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  10. Magnus72

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    I run the game in Vista 64 to utilize all my 4GB of Ram. There is no Win64 folder for this game at all, the game is 32 bit. So no worries, that folder replaces the one you have. Make a backup first of course.
     
    Magnus72, Mar 14, 2009
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  11. killeruio

    killeruio Notebook Consultant

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    magnus, list me the settings u use in game plz
     
    killeruio, Mar 15, 2009
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    zakazak www.whymacsucks.com

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    when useing it i cant even start GTA anymore.. lol

    i only use the commandline.txt (edited mine with your commands) and got 4fps more.. dunnow if that rly is the commandline or just placebo.
     
    zakazak, Mar 15, 2009
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  13. Magnus72

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    strange zakazak that it doesn´t start.

    killeruio I use Textures High, rest settings Medium. ViewDistance 1, DetailDistance 10, Cars 21, Shadows 0.

    Shadows only has effect during night and lowers the framerate considerly, especially driving where there lots lots of lights. Like that busy street up north.
     
    Magnus72, Mar 15, 2009
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    zakazak www.whymacsucks.com

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    my settings:

    textures: high
    render: high

    viewdistance 10 (now at 1 but i dont see differences)
    detail distance 76
    cats 20or 30
    shadows 0

    benchmarktest = 30fps

    got a asus g50vt-a1:
    D2D 2.53GHZ (OC to 2.8GHZ)
    4GB RAm
    9800M GS (OC nearly to gs: 570-850-1465) 512mb
     
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  15. Magnus72

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    Have you updated GTA IV to Patch 1.2? Because this tweak only works with Patch 1.2
     
    Magnus72, Mar 15, 2009
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  16. zakazak

    zakazak www.whymacsucks.com

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    no need to check smth first before i can update :D

    btw how much have u paid for your notebook?
     
    zakazak, Mar 16, 2009
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  17. Magnus72

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    Oh I bought it for over 1,5 years ago and got it for 25000 swedish kronor back then, though with 3 years warranty. It´s cheaper today and you get 9800m GTX SLI too.
     
    Magnus72, Mar 16, 2009
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  18. zakazak

    zakazak www.whymacsucks.com

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    lol i couldn´t find it anywehre for less then 4000$
     
    zakazak, Mar 16, 2009
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  19. Magnus72

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    I got some rebates when I bought it :)
     
    Magnus72, Mar 16, 2009
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