So, today I started messing around with my computer and found it useful for low end pc's that if you have your screen resolution 800 x 600 and also put 800 x 600 in your gta graphics menu settings, you would have 15 - 30 fraps through the whole game...(no promises but most likely will work) I know it looks horrible, but when your desperate and you hate lagging, this is your best option... ALSO very important.... if you're going to switch your resolution, when you play the game, if you have the game on high priority, when you press a key, it will be delayed in the game...so my advice to you is put the game on normal priority.....Remember that this is only for people with low end pc's or if you like having a game with horrible graphics

Doing that putting that folder into that folder didn't have any performance gains for me.. but thanks.

Try memturbo before starting your game also try cleaning your pc everyday with ccleaner its also a good idea to keep up to date with all drivers :) hope i helped....

Memturbo sux. If you want the maximum performance use game booster.

Okay open up the commandline in your main directory and delete the line: -windowed

Got it. Thanks!

Lol... this would have been useful to me before i bought my new graphics card a few days ago. A shame i didn't see it , i could barely play GTA IV. Anyways I'm certain this will help.

My stuttered small, and I did this, first I used -windowed, but then I deleted that line, it still works! I love my IV!

Those changes made a HUGE difference!

Hi, the only problem I have is when I move the folder, I get that invalid resource detected problem. I've tried your fix and to no luck, doesn't work and Im pretty sure that would fix so much. Any thoughts on how I can bypass the invalid resource detected?

Hi, the only problem I have is when I move the folder, I get that invalid resource detected problem. I've tried your fix and to no luck, doesn't work and Im pretty sure that would fix so much. Any thoughts on how I can bypass the invalid resource detected?

What type of graphics card do you have?

I tried both things in the first post...Didn't work...Icon just said it was my graphics card...Which SUCKS! :wallbash:

What type of graphics card do you have?

I have the same problem. My Graphics card is a ATi Radeon 4570.

I have the same problem. My Graphics card is a ATi Radeon 4570.

Open your GTA IV directory and go to common/shaders/. You should see a folder called win32_30_atidx10 and win32_30_nv8 and others. Make a backup folder of win32_30_nv8 and move it into win32_30_atidx10 since you have an ATi graphics card. Hope this helps! :)

Thanks! It did!:)

Open your GTA IV directory and go to common/shaders/. You should see a folder called win32_30_atidx10 and win32_30_nv8 and others. Make a backup folder of win32_30_nv8 and move it into win32_30_atidx10 since you have an ATi graphics card. Hope this helps! :)

Hi, I have ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300. is it work for this too?

Hi, I have ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300. is it work for this too?

Its really going to vary. Your is intergrated graphics, so im sure it will. no gurantee

When I bought GTA IV, I knew that I didn't meet the requirements to run the game. However, the game is running smoothly after doing some discovered and undiscovered tweaks and I still do not meet the requirements. I'm going to let you in on some things you may know and some things you don't Here are my specs you need to know.

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Open your GTA IV directory and go to common/shaders/. You should see a folder called win32_30_atidx10 and win32_30_nv8 and others. Make a backup folder of win32_30_nv8 and move it into win32_30_atidx10 since you have an ATi graphics card. Hope this helps! :)

so let me get this straight...you copy win32 30 nv8 and move it into win 32 30 atidx10 and paste the backup folder in shaders?

so let me get this straight...you copy win32 30 nv8 and move it into win 32 30 atidx10 and paste the backup folder in shaders?

No, what you must do if you have an ATi graphics card is move win32_30_nv8 into win32_30_atidx10. It should no longer be in located in common/shaders itself rather you should only see it in commonshaderswin32_30_atidx10. Hope this is more clear.

how do you make a backup file??