hey guys, gta iv has really came a long way for me its a brilliant game ive own it for about 9-10 months now from steam when it was $4.99 back then.

 

I've always been tryiing to find a solution until now to stop stuttering. I have a high end pc like other ppl performance is great its just those sharp edges that will stick out on random stuff like nikos hands, weapons, buildings. 

 

I actually fixed it with -windowed command but i want to have a full screen experience without any stuttering. Heres my specs:

 

 

Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

ATI Radeon 5970

Intel i7 Extreme Edition 3.33 Ghz (Liquid Cooled)

24 GB of RAM

RevoDrive X2 PCIe Solid State Drive Read: 740 MB/s Write: 720MB/s

ASUS Motherboard P6X58D Premium Xtreme Design

 

Its an amazing $9,000 custom computer I built 3 years ago and its very stable. I followed instructions very carefully on this website http://blog.tune-up....ormance-issues/

 

Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit is up to date with Windows updates.

 

Heres my benchmark:

 

Statistics
Average FPS: 22.14
Duration: 36.95 sec
CPU Usage: 14%
System memory usage: 14%
Video memory usage: 72%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1920 x 1080 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: High
Shadow Quality: Very High
Reflection Resolution: Very 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: ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series
Video Driver version: 8.17.10.1151
Audio Adapter: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
Intel® Core™ i7 CPU       X 980  @ 3.33GHz

File ID: Benchmark.cli

 

Anyone help me with the annoying strobing, flashing, blinking?

 

I haven't gave up yet....

Turn down some of your settings and see how it is. I would turn down view distance and detail distance and also the night shadows and some others and that should help.

Turn down some of your settings and see how it is. I would turn down view distance and detail distance and also the night shadows and some others and that should help.

I actually did turn down by a lot and use the configure thing 

I actually did turn down by a lot and use the configure thing 

How much were they turned down? 

You spent $9000 on a computer? And I thought my roommate was crazy for buying an $1800 laptop....

 

Anyway, I'm not sure what the problem is...the game is "strobing, flashing, blinking;" sharp edges stick out from Niko's hand, weapons, and buildings? Have you tried reinstalling the game?

Thats how much i turned down

 

and these commands im using right now: -percentvidmem 100 -framelimit 1 -refreshrate 50 -novblank -norestrictions -nomemrestrict

Thats how much i turned down

 

and these commands im using right now: -percentvidmem 100 -framelimit 1 -refreshrate 50 -novblank -norestrictions -nomemrestrict

Ok, so what is the exact problem? Can you be specific or do you have pictures of it? 

you don't know those sharp edges or like small black triangles that come out of the edge of the car or building?

 

 

do you see that black line coming across the street from the lamp on top of my car? I should make a video but it has to be taken from my iphone 5

Edited July 25, 201312 yr by wteoh1

you don't know those sharp edges or like small black triangles that come out of the edge of the car or building?

 

do you see that black line coming across the street from the lamp on top of my car? I should make a video but it has to be taken from my iphone 5

I see it, could you take a quick video with fraps? If not thats fine, but the Fraps quality is better.

Do you have updated drivers for your video card?

Does it happen in any other games?

Do you have updated drivers for your video card?

Does it happen in any other games?

Yeah my AMD catalyst control center is up to date its display driver ver 12.104, amd catalyst application profiles 13.5.

 

I have other games on the computer. I have several games, combat arms, league of legends, la tale and maple story. Maplestory and latale works perfectly fine but league of legends and combat arms are also affected by it.

 

Since I owned the game I created a GTA IV backup file on steam, ive backed it a million times since i put some mods on GTA IV.

 

This is very serious and its definitely like finding a cure for this "stuttering" texture.

 

I use Memturbo 6 full version i got for free and it really doesn't help at all

After reading about similar problems across different games, it seems to be a problem with AMD (ATI) graphic cards. I would reinstall AMD Catalyst Control Center so it reinstalls the drivers. If that doesn't work, and you never find a solution, then getting a new graphics card would be the next thing to do. Wait, though, because someone might be able to provide more help.

 

You could also try turning shadows down or completely off to try to mend the problem.

Edited July 25, 201312 yr by willpv23

I'm probably upgrading my computer to a whole new better hardware.....i wouldn't guarantee that it will go away since such high complaints of stuttering on high end computers.

 

I got two ATI Radeon 4800 series cards that i have not used for almost a year one 4870 and the other 4850? can i at least crossfire them and see what happens?

Edited July 25, 201312 yr by wteoh1

I don't know much about CrossfireX, but I'm pretty sure you're supposed to have the same exact model. If it does work between those two, then the 4870's performance will be lowered to match the 4850's, I think.