[Ferago]

I'm trying to play Episodes From Liberty City (version 1.1.2.0) but even on low settings I get around 8 FPS...I don't get it, my computer is pretty decent and when I used to have an 8800GT the game ran fine.

Here are my specs:

e8400 3GHZ
4 gigs RAM
GTX 560 Ti
XP 64bit

This is what the benchmark came out as:

CPU Usage: 96%
System memory usage: 63%
Video memory usage: 26%


Any suggestions? I've tried variations of all the commandlines but nothing seems to make much difference.

[nightwalker83]

The CPU the only thing you changed?

[jpm1]

not sure GTA can run on xp . if i remember well it needed at least Vista with latest SP

[BloodFuryZombie]

A few tips that increased my performance by a lot. I have almost the same CPU.

1. With that CPU always run shadows off unless you OC the crap out of it. (Increased my FPS by 8)
2. Update video drivers. (Increased my FPS by 8)
3. Add this to commandline.txt in the GTA IV folder...

QUOTE

-percentvidmem 100 -nomemrestrict -noprecache -minspecaudio

Get back to me if any of these help or don't!

[Ferago]

QUOTE (BloodFuryZombie @ Saturday, Aug 25 2012, 16:16)

A few tips that increased my performance by a lot. I have almost the same CPU. 1. With that CPU always run shadows off unless you OC the crap out of it. (Increased my FPS by 8) 2. Update video drivers. (Increased my FPS by 8) 3. Add this to commandline.txt in the GTA IV folder... QUOTE -percentvidmem 100 -nomemrestrict -noprecache -minspecaudio Get back to me if any of these help or don't!

I followed your advice but my FPS stayed the same

QUOTE

The CPU the only thing you changed?

Video card? Yes that's the only difference.

[unc13bud]

set your shadows to low and your vehicles to 1. gta eflc tbogt is not kind to socket 775 CPUs, especially dual cores.

[mkey82]

QUOTE (jpm1 @ Saturday, Aug 25 2012, 05:03)

not sure GTA can run on xp

It can and it does.

Ferago, did you reinstall your OS after the hardware upgrade?

[Ferago]

No I didn't reinstall the OS.

[luceberg]

Windows XP 64bit? This thread contains some info:
http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=379063&st=0

Try here for Windows Media Encoder:
http://www.free-codecs.com/windows_media_e...es_download.htm

This post has been edited by luceberg on Monday, Aug 27 2012, 16:45

[jpm1]

you upgraded your gpu and now you're experiencing problems . are your graphic drivers up to date . try removing the gpu and put it again in its slot . sometimes a bad card position may lead to minor issues . what is your psu power

[mkey82]

At the minimum you should uninstall your gpu driver package, possibly use driver cleaner, reboot and then install fresh drivers.

[Ferago]

I used driver sweep and reinstalled the video card. No big change though, I can get up to 12 FPS maybe.

[jpm1]

try updating as many hardware drivers as you can . your hardware should give you more than 12 fps , this makes me think of a messy driver/conflict .. close internet browser and media player when playing . update your dx libraries