GTA IV lag on laptop

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Ashta - Mar 28, 2021 at 11:25 PM
David Webb Posts 3177 Registration date Monday November 25, 2019 Status Administrator Last seen May 15, 2023   - Mar 29, 2021 at 03:48 AM
Hello,
i have a problem, my laptop spec has more than enough to run gta iv but why is stil lagging is that problem with mobile gpu?

my laptop spec
core i3 6006u
nvidia 920mx
8gb of ram
500gb hdd seagate
Windows 10 pro

thank you.


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David Webb Posts 3177 Registration date Monday November 25, 2019 Status Administrator Last seen May 15, 2023   6,926
Updated on Mar 29, 2021 at 03:49 AM
Hello,

The minimum GTA IV settings are as follows:
  • OS: Windows 7 64 Bit Service Pack 1, Windows 8 64 Bit, Windows 8.1 64 Bit, Windows 10 64 Bit

Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs) / AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs) @ 2.5GHz
  • Memory: 2GB
  • Free Hard Drive Space: 22GB
  • Video Card: 512MB NVIDIA 8600 / 512MB ATI 3870
  • DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c Compliant Card


RAM

If you don't have at least 2GB of free RAM this will slow down GTA IV. And whilst your total RAM is 8GB, you may only have 1GB of useable RAM because the rest is being used by other apps.

Game Settings

You can also change the game settings to speed up GTA IV (although the graphics will be reduced).

Open the GTA4 installation folder, wherever you have installed it.

Open the commandline.doc file.

-noprecache -nomemrestrict -norestrictions -height 1024 -width 1280 -refreshrate 75 -texturequality 0 -renderquality 2 -viewdistance 0 -shadowdensity 0

Change the line above to :

-noprecache -nomemrestrict -norestrictions -height 720 -width 756 -refreshrate 75 -texturequality 0 -renderquality 2 -viewdistance 0 -shadowdensity 0
Save the file and launch GTA 4.

The quality of the graphics will probably be lower as a result but the game will run faster.

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