how do you make a backup file??

Right click a file/folder and press Copy, then right click again where ever you want it, press Paste and BAM! There is two of them! (which equals a backup file/folder)

Wow that probably won't work for me cause I have one of the oldest and slowest pc's that barely plays GTA 4 (it doesn't even have the minimum requirements of the game but it still works somehow lol).

Edited March 26, 201214 yr by Cobra55

Hey, my game is still lagging and that didn't do anything, here is what my commandline looks like

-noprecache 

-windowed

-novsync

-novblank

-viewdistance 0

-renderquality 0

-detailquality

-frameLimit 0

-texturequality 0

-availablevidmem 20.0

Note: (This certain tweak can also help people who meet the requirements, but can only put their graphics on medium.)

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 of win32_30_atidx10 folder and move it into win32_30_nv8. Once done, you may or may not get 10 extra fraps. If not, please don't blame me. Remember, it's more for people who can't put their graphics past medium.

I just tried this and it caused my game to crash. It said "Fatal Error SHFX20 Invalid Resource. Please reinstall the game."

Thankfully i was able to move the folder back to where it was supposed to be and the game worked again. I recomend that no one else try that trick, unless if u dont ever want to play GTA IV again.

I just tried this and it caused my game to crash. It said "Fatal Error SHFX20 Invalid Resource. Please reinstall the game."

Thankfully i was able to move the folder back to where it was supposed to be and the game worked again. I recomend that no one else try that trick, unless if u dont ever want to play GTA IV again.

What type of graphics card do you have?

hmm...none of this seems to help me at all :/

an AMD Radeon HD 6480g. Why? and sorry it took so long for me to respond.

an AMD Radeon HD 6480g. Why? and sorry it took so long for me to respond.

Well, because my guess was you were copying the wrong folder that matches your graphics card...but I guess not...I'll look into this and get back to you with an answer asap.

Hey, my game is still lagging and that didn't do anything, here is what my commandline looks like

-noprecache

-windowed

-novsync

-novblank

-viewdistance 0

-renderquality 0

-detailquality

-frameLimit 0

-texturequality 0

-availablevidmem 20.0

What mods do you have including vehicles and what type of graphics card do you have?

I am going to try this once I get my game. But actually I am getting a new gaming PC in summer's holiday... A real gaming PC.

I tried that and i still couldn't get mine to work. I kept getting the texp70 fatal error.

here are my specs.

OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601

System Manufacturer TOSHIBA

System Model Satellite A505

System Type x64-based PC

Processor Intel® Core2 Duo CPU T6600 @ 2.20GHz, 2200 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)

Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB

Name Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family

Adapter RAM 1.81 GB (1,944,051,712 bytes)

Installed Drivers igdumd64.dll,igd10umd64.dll,igdumdx32,igd10umd32

Resolution 1366 x 768 x 59 hertz

Bits/Pixel 32

yuor built in video card is crap dont use a laptop

It seems to be working pretty well, but there is one problem. The sound seems to be lagging and sounds all crackly, but the game isn't lagging. I don't know what it is but some help with this would be great, thanks!

I had this issue with another video game to fix this issue you have to change your computers sound settings to a less refresh rate to do this you (on a pc with win seven) go to control panel>hardware and sound>Manage audio devices then you click on your prefered speakers and click properties Next in the window that popped up click on the advanced tab and there should be a "Default format" box with a pulldown menu you'll want to select something in the 16 bit range that seams to work the best for me. Hope this helped

I have GTX 670

i5 3750

16gb ram

and I get crappy FPS... It's actually the draw distance that kills my FPS. Everything on Max I still have 900mb of Graphic Memory left but that shit aint matter :((

Not sure if it's just my system, but using a graphics tweak makes my game run better than the original settings.

Somehow, using an ENB released on here made my FPS increase dramatically

play on low graphics settings ;)

Might try it...

Do you know what that enb is or could you link it?

 

Somehow, using an ENB released on here made my FPS increase dramatically

 

 

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.

Genuine Intel® CPU 585 @ 2.16GHz

Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate Edition Service Pack 1 (build 7601), 32-bit

Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family

RAM: 3.0 GB

The Trick #1:

Note: (This certain tweak can also help people who meet the requirements, but can only put their graphics on medium.)

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 of win32_30_atidx10 folder and move it into win32_30_nv8. Once done, you may or may not get 10 extra fraps. If not, please don't blame me. Remember, it's more for people who can't put their graphics past medium.

The Trick #2 (for low end computers only)

Using a commandline is helpful only if you use it correctly.

Make a file in notepad called, "commandline" and add it to your main folder.

Add the following:

-noprecache

-windowed

-novsync

-novblank

-viewdistance 0

-renderquality 0

-detailquality

-frameLimit 0

-texturequality 0

Then, in the game graphics menu, whatever you can turn off or put on low, that would be recommended

You would think that after putting the settings above would cause the game not to load anything, but it does the opposite for me at least.

You put certain number in front of -availablevidmem depending on how much memory you actually have. Start with -availablevidmem 2.0 but if that doesn't help, put 3.0 instead, and if that doesn't work keep on going up.

Now, you might notice that your game is lagging once in a while. This is because you need to put your texture filter to Anisotropic 2x located in the graphics menu and it's recommended to turn off the clip recording feature located in the game menu. It also helps if you don't have too many scripts in the scripts folder because it could slow down your game or cause it to freeze. Using the LCPDFR which puts files in the Scripts folder should be okay. Just to make sure your game is totally running smoothly, download process tamer here and change the priority to above normal or high. you have to run the program every time you play gta iv to switch it to high or above normal If you need any assistance, comment.

 

Since I have done that my screen resolutions gone strange? 

If you don't want the game to run in window mode, remove "-windowed" in the commandline text file

Since I have done that my screen resolutions gone strange?