GTA IV

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11-12-2011, 03:31 PM
Casio

GTA IV

I have just bought it for PC and it seems to be very laggy for my laptop, I am wondering if my laptop cannot handle it.

Any ideas?
11-12-2011, 03:43 PM
Stephen!

Buy a Desktop.

No laptop under 2 grand will run GTAIV well.
11-12-2011, 03:43 PM
xxMATTGxx

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Originally Posted by Casio

I have just bought it for PC and it seems to be very laggy for my laptop, I am wondering if my laptop cannot handle it.

Any ideas?

Did you check the system requirements before buying it? GTA IV does need a good computer for it to run nice and smooth.
11-12-2011, 03:46 PM
Casio

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stephen

Buy a Desktop.

No laptop under 2 grand will run GTAIV well.

Thanks :P

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Originally Posted by xxMATTGxx

Did you check the system requirements before buying it? GTA IV does need a good computer for it to run nice and smooth.

My system requirements went well past it, nearon double it all.
11-12-2011, 03:53 PM
Nemo

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Originally Posted by Casio

Thanks :P

My system requirements went well past it, nearon double it all.

Where did you check? If it was systemrequirementlabs, then that has a habit of overestimating your specs.
11-12-2011, 04:15 PM
Defocus

run it at lowest also i'm sure gta iv is notorious on the pc to giving a bad fps
11-12-2011, 07:29 PM
Casio

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Originally Posted by Nemo

Where did you check? If it was systemrequirementlabs, then that has a habit of overestimating your specs.

I checked the back on the game case.
11-12-2011, 07:49 PM
Stephen!

Maybe it would be best for you to share your specs
11-12-2011, 09:28 PM
Chippiewill

Make sure your drivers are up to date, GTA IV performs lousy on bad drivers.
11-12-2011, 09:48 PM
Casio

This is my laptop I am trying to run it onhttp://www.littlewoods.com/sony-eb4e...totalResults=1and I do not know how to update my drivers as my laptop is not found on the Sony eSupport :S
11-12-2011, 09:57 PM
Stephen

well there's no graphics listed on the spec list so I'm gonna go ahead and guess that it's got some below average intel one which is probably the problem

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Originally Posted by Stephen!

well there's no graphics listed on the spec list so I'm gonna go ahead and guess that it's got some below average intel one which is probably the problem

Graphic Card Name
Intel® HD Graphics

Video RAM memory
-

Total Graphics Memory
Approx. 2231MB*

Comments
* Total Available Graphics Memory refers to the classification of graphics memory, which varies depending on the operating condition, version of device driver and system memory size.

11-12-2011, 10:24 PM
Stephen!

Absolutely no chance.
12-12-2011, 03:20 AM
peteyt

Nah you'll probably need a dedicated graphics card. I'm no expert but I know the on board ones aren't that good
12-12-2011, 03:58 AM
FiftyCal

the GTA IV Port for PC absolutely sucked. Rockstar released like 7 patches or more just because of this. LOTS of people including me were reporting some serious performance issues with the PC port. My specs are: Intel Core 2 duo 2.13 ghz, nVidia 9800 GT 1GB, 4 GB Ram. With graphics on lowest, it was laggy as ****. I installed all the patches which helped a little bit, but i hope Rockstar doesnt mess up the PC Port with GTA V. You most likely need a new video card, because i dont think GTA IV supports any Intel graphics card.
12-12-2011, 08:28 AM
Recursion

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Originally Posted by FiftyCal

the GTA IV Port for PC absolutely sucked. Rockstar released like 7 patches or more just because of this. LOTS of people including me were reporting some serious performance issues with the PC port. My specs are: Intel Core 2 duo 2.13 ghz, nVidia 9800 GT 1GB, 4 GB Ram. With graphics on lowest, it was laggy as ****. I installed all the patches which helped a little bit, but i hope Rockstar doesnt mess up the PC Port with GTA V. You most likely need a new video card, because i dont think GTA IV supports any Intel graphics card.

Wasn't messed up at all for me.

GTA IV was heavily CPU dependent and you were playing it on a dual core, the recommended requirements stated a quad core for better-than-low-setting performance.
12-12-2011, 10:41 AM
FiftyCal

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Originally Posted by Recursion

Wasn't messed up at all for me.

GTA IV was heavily CPU dependent and you were playing it on a dual core, the recommended requirements stated a quad core for better-than-low-setting performance.

What specs are you running? I would like to know so i have an idea of what i should get when i build my next gaming computer.
12-12-2011, 10:45 AM
Casio

I have ended up on uninstalling it and buying a gaming desktop :)
12-12-2011, 11:14 AM
Recursion

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Originally Posted by FiftyCal

What specs are you running? I would like to know so i have an idea of what i should get when i build my next gaming computer.

I used to run it fine on an 8800GT, 4GB RAM and an Intel Q6600. Now I'm running an AMD HD5850, 8GB RAM and an Intel Core i5-2500k.
12-12-2011, 02:06 PM
J0SH

No way, integrated graphics doesn't run GTA IV very well, it'll be very laggy and you'll get missing textures.

You need a desktop with a very good video card if you want to run it on decent settings.

Graphic Card Name	Intel® HD Graphics
Video RAM memory	-
Total Graphics Memory	Approx. 2231MB*
Comments	* Total Available Graphics Memory refers to the classification of graphics memory, which varies depending on the operating condition, version of device driver and system memory size.