[Chanawana]

Hey guys,

I just got GTA4 today and was really excited to play it. The installation was smooth but when I started it was lagging really bad and also didn't let me configure the video settings, so i made a .txt file named commandline and added "-norestrictions" to it. I could fix my setting and put everything on the highest.

My specs:
- Intel Core i7 - 3610QM
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M / 3GB GDDR5
- DDR3 12gb RAM

Sometimes the game runs really smooth, but only for a few seconds. And when it runs smooth ever second or two, it freezes really fast and un freezes. Is there something I need to configure in the game or on my computer? (Just got the computer today too). Somebody please reply quick.

[mkey82]

Start by lowering the settings.

[Girish]

Try lowering the resolution. Also, try the -memrestrict fix as suggested in this topic.

[mkey82]

QUOTE (Girish @ Thursday, Jul 5 2012, 07:50)

Try lowering the resolution. Also, try the -memrestrict fix as suggested in this topic.

That won't mix well with norestrictions.

[Chanawana]

Is this a common problem with the game or is there something wrong with my computer?

[Brainsick]

It depends, you should not be maxing out the game with that hardware, just use a reasonable combination of high and very high settings and you should be fine; Also, make sure you patch the game.

[dansgas1000]

Get patch 4. Put settings down to high, and tell us the results...

[luceberg]

Also, try the following commandlines alone:

-reservedapp 0
-memrestrict 650117120

The memrestrict number is experimental. Lower will reduce stutter, higher will reduce popin.