[RageTrain]

So I just bought a 6990 and I really wanted to run this game on max everything ever since I got it and I was rather disappointed when I ran the game and first of all, the text was all fuzzy and looked like crap, the main screen was the same...When I went to "fix it" in the graphics settings it gives me the error: Your graphics settings are near, or exceed, the suggested resource limits for your system. It is recommended that you reduce your settings in order to run the game optimally. Furthermore, when I go to actually run the benchmark, it puts itself in the upper lefthand corner of the screen at what im assuming is 800x600. When I try to change any settings it just instantly rebounds back to the lowest setting...

TLDR: GTA IV wont run above lowest settings on new 6990, even with profiles and updated drivers. (It ran fine on my old 5770)



System specs:
ATI Radeon HD 6990 4gb
12gb 1586 ram
AMD Phenom II x4 @ 3.82ghz
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit


This post has been edited by RageTrain on Tuesday, Mar 29 2011, 19:15

[OverTheBelow]

Tis a stupid bug, happens to me on occasion.

Just enable the -norestrictions command via commandline.txt in the root GTA4 directory.

[RageTrain]

I er, ah, searched the GTA IV directory for commandline.txt in (D:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\grand theft auto iv) for my computer. I checked the Rockstar Games save location in documents, didn't find it there either.

Halp

Wait, I googled it and I think i've got it...lol

This post has been edited by RageTrain on Tuesday, Mar 29 2011, 19:25

[yojo2]

If there is no commandline.txt, just create it in Notepad.

[cookcorp133]

So what is the final solution for the HD 6990 issue?

[YankeesPwnMets]

Does making commandline.txt still work for the Steam edition? On the Steam forums it tells you to change the launch options in Steam itself to use commandlines.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/show...ad.php?t=761829

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCTonXbE-hU

[Marcin6]

OMG is it so hard to create a txt file ?

[EnvisionMan]

Did this work? I have the EXACT problem (with a 3GB video card) and I am currently re-installing the d@^&* game (didn't know what else to do). I thought I had already done this command, but maybe not.

Can you confirm it worked?

[serenity77]

I did make a txt file and it still wont work.
I got the same problem as ragetrain.

Benchmark from the game

Statistics
Average FPS: 51.80
Duration: 37.61 sec
CPU Usage: 20%
System memory usage: 15%
Video memory usage: 31%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1920 x 1080 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: High
Shadow Quality: High
Reflection Resolution: High
Water Quality: Very High
Texture Filter Quality: Anisotropic x16
Night Shadows: Very High
View Distance: 100
Detail Distance: 100

Hardware
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
Service Pack 1
Video Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
Video Driver version: 8.17.10.1140
Audio Adapter: SPDIF Out (Creative SB X-Fi)
Intel® Core™ i7-3930K CPU @ 3.20GHz


This post has been edited by serenity77 on Tuesday, Sep 11 2012, 22:26

[SherriffRick]

Did you add a benchmark shortcut?
Add -benchmark in "target Dir" at the benchmark command.end. Make sure you create shortcut first then add the -
This should help you also try to reserve at least 25 gb for the game. I find that even you mb might not sound alot, it is.

[mkey82]

Read more about command line switches here, you're probably doing something wrongly
http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=458859

[marmoo]

QUOTE (serenity77 @ Saturday, Sep 8 2012, 22:12)

I did make a txt file and it still wont work. I got the same problem as ragetrain hd6990 32gb mem i7 3930k win 7 64bit

Sorry to go a little of topic

Have you got 32gb of RAM?

That is an insane amount

Hat's off to you Sir

[serenity77]

QUOTE (marmoo @ Monday, Sep 10 2012, 18:17)

QUOTE (serenity77 @ Saturday, Sep 8 2012, 22:12) I did make a txt file and it still wont work. I got the same problem as ragetrain hd6990 32gb mem i7 3930k win 7 64bit Sorry to go a little of topic Have you got 32gb of RAM? That is an insane amount Hat's off to you Sir

Yes
32gb is verry cheap here in norway about 330$ US dollars.
And it is only 1600mhz 9-9-9-21.
When i play gta4 the game uses only about 2-3gb of mem.