Hello, 

 

I was wondering if anyone could tell me the best way to increase Frames Per Second in GTA IV?

That would be decreasing graphic settings and using commandlines.

That would be decreasing graphic settings and using commandlines.

I have pretty much reduced my graphic settings all the way down, do you have a good commandline? 

 

Also, I have heard of Large Address Aware. If this increases RAM that can be accessed, while this ultimately increase FPS?

 

P.S. Thanks for the quick reply ineseri, can always count on you

Right, had forgotten about that. Yeah, give it a spin.
Commandline:

-frameLimit 0 -novsync -percentvidmem 100 -novblank -norestrictions

 

Right, had forgotten about that. Yeah, give it a spin.

Commandline:

-frameLimit 0 -novsync -percentvidmem 100 -novblank -norestrictions

Okay, thank you for your help, I'll test it out

No problem! As you said, I'm always here :p

No problem! As you said, I'm always here :p

Thank you, it slightly increased it! What hardware should I upgrade to support a higher FPS?

That's not my department sadly, post your current ones though and I am sure someone else can help. 

Processor: AMD A8-5500 APU with Radeon HD Graphics 3.20 GHz

RAM: 4.00 GB (3.90 usable)  

System Type: 64-bit OS

Windows 8

NVIDIA GeForce 620 Graphics card

you could but a new graphics card. that's what i did and it helped but i don't know if that matter for FPS. :)

It does matter for FPS, since the card renders the frames. 

Make sure Skype is closed

Like he said, make sure all unneeded applications are closed. Also, if you're looking to buy a new graphics card, try searching around youtube or benchmark site's. This will give you a pretty good idea of what type of graphics card you will need, and what price range it is in.

Thank you for all suggestions, much appreciated

Upgrade your GPU to something like a GTX 660 or 650, should have at least 512MB of Video ram and 8 gigs of ram is recommended due to windows using some of it.

 

Your CPu could use an upgrade as well, not lookin too great for GTA (Its very un-optimized for a PC game since it was ported over from console).

 

However if you dont mind your lights looking a bit dull ingame, and no sky on certian times of day I have the perfect thing that actually helped me on the crappiest of laptops. Obviously you should be on low and have everything down in gta (Graphics settings), but try this fix.

 

http://www.thegtaplace.com/downloads/f5270-gta-iv-lag-fix-real-time-reflections-mod

 

Place it in the corresponding folders. After adding it I gained a good 10 or 15 FPS and no longer lag when playing :D

 

Good luck.