How To Get Better FPS On GTA IV

[@nicholasd6689]

If you are playing GTA 4 on a 1080p monitor, listen up. GTA 4 was made in 2008, and most people had a 720p monitor. If you run GTA 4 at any 1080p resolution or higher, you will run into frame drops. My benchmarks were as low as 15 FPS. If you switch to a lower resolution, such as 1280x1024, you will not get frame drops. Hope this helps.

[@deathrager2404]

for me it was too many mods. tried your thing first do, didnt work. i deleted 2 scripts and frames are good. well above 30, almost never below 30 except when i cross the bridge to middle island. but that has always been that way for me, whether with mods or not. thanks for the advice though.

[@babyeater639]

andre5489 i have a gtx 1050ti and 1080p works decent

[@kyokolewdart5913]

My game - graphic: all low. But i got 20-30 fps (idk).

[@filosavage7475]

SexyDuck what's your cpu

[@babyeater639]

FILO Savage Entertainment Amd fx 8300.

[@no.8452]

I can max out gta 5 with 60-70fps but struggle to get 40 on gta 4

[@darranb4691]

Niggah I am Sexy As Yo Shit Bruh Its because gta iv is probably not optimised

[@renholdGaming]

Niggah I am Sexy As Yo Shit Bruh yea me 2

[@Sci-Mon1]

+No. GTA IV was not properly ported. its actually one of the worst ports in pc history

[@FlamuriHp]

+No. hahaah I know really , I get 90 80 max on Gta 5 ... but Gta 5 is better optimized then Gta 4

[@farkhatabdikarimov9729]

+Flamur Ihpᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ Pssht, i run gta iv a billion times better than gta 5, you guys must be joking.

[@iiMAG1CZzxX]

Worked perfectly. After buying the complete edition of this game for the dlc and loading a bunch of mods (enb textures and such) my FPS would go as low as 13 and that on an R9 290X. after following this tutorial even in the most demanding circumstances my FPS doesn't drop below 50.

[@AirDyran]

Went from 33~ fps to 42~ fps, it's better, but not perfect. At least during the intro, I get like 3000+ fps...

[@rockergamesindustry6747]

Same, in the intro I get 3500fps :P I just wish it ran better, I even have to use patch 1.0.4.0, GTX 750ti OC 2GB VRAM.. but my CPU is crap, so I try to make it use my GPU as much as possible, but get like 25-30 fps :/

[@AirDyran]

Rocker Games Industry That's funny, I got the AMD equivalent GPU, R9 270x. I too had a shitty CPU, but I upgraded on Black Friday from a 8750 tricore black, to a FX 6300. Very nice frame boosts to all of my games.

[@rockergamesindustry6747]

Nice! :D Soon, I shall upgrade my PC once again :P

[@epicman23478]

AirplaneRandy The 270x is not equivalentto the 750ti because I used to have a 750ti, but I upgraded to just the R9 270 and there was a massive performance boost.

[@yotoprules9361]

Rocker Games Industry i get 1300 is the intro

[@Maroonga]

Fucking hell your a bloody legend mate, game stuttered and fps would drop south of 30 and watya know. After this it works like a charm! You are a real great human being, cheers.

[@aminetendo9332]

ur pic plzplzpzlpzl :D

[@dusterpl6093]

DUUUDEEEE. Thanks to this now this game runs at literally stable 60 FPS nearly everywhere, even in situations where before on the same settings FPS was dropping really hard.

[@GilbranAgil23]

before : 15 fps after : -999 fps

[@aspire2inspire343]

Means

[@lazar6508]

same

[@ziggy2681]

i played it before this contig at 3 or 4 fps and i installed it OMGGGGGG IT WORKS I PLAY IT NOW AT 6 FPS :o MOOOM SEE THISE

[@FTGISGaming]

Rockstar better make gta 5's port better.

[@beyspeed699]

Yep if they don't im gonna pass out LITERALLY!!!!!

[@Hagemagic]

According to this tweet it's not a port. They have been developing it alongside the console versions. This gives me hope that it will not be the abomination GTA IV was on PC. twitter.com/RockstarGames/statuses/194590539901972480

[@Megakukko123]

Rockstar hired a separate game studio to code it NATIVELY on PC. Feels good man

[@beyspeed699]

:D :( :| :) :P :L XD

[@drrb4ever]

I don't know why gta 5 (ps2) is better than gta Iv for some reason and gta IV is better than gta v in my opinion ..

[@Technowhiz1]

After being asked many times....Contig is not deleting any files! What it does is defragment the folder where you have GTA installed. This allows the computer to find the required files far faster as all the data is in one place!

[@BulkyHealthyCat]

after 2:18 what you said??

[@PapaCatto]

The game should work faster now, basically.

[@BulkyHealthyCat]

DragonStar oh

[@iforgotmyname4092]

Niko is invisible for me the map is invisible as well :/

[@PapaCatto]

Mr.Sibbi! Verify file integrity then?

[@SerkanS210]

Works perfectly ! Thank you so much man :) !! (W7 64bits, Intel core i5 560 CPU 2.7Ghz, 4go Ram and Nvidia NVS 5100 1Go). FPS inscreased from 28.88 to 34 for me.

[@onyttig]

Thank you so much, this increased my FPS from 35 to 60-70 @ max settings.

[@Pokabyss]

Wow, damn, you're the first person I found that actually made the FPS, heck maybe the only one that really helped. Only problem was was that it get a LITTLE lag guy for a couple 3 secs, but overall this fucking works

[@narutofan9tf]

contig sound like a british slang word

[@antwanproctor3074]

Thx this really helped did not think it would because I have tried a thousand ways to fix it

[@samroberts3925]

Rockstar: Hey lets make GTA IV... Microsoft: Oh hey rockstar.. Design GTA IV in a bundle with our console, And we'll chuck a few million quid your way Rockstar: Gee, Thanks Microsoft! The People: FUCK YOU! THIS FUKIN THING DUZ NOT WERK ON OUR PC.. The other highly populated console gamers: Yay.. We get 30 FPS on the lowest settings in the werld Rockstar makes money, Microsoft make money... THE PEOPLE SUFFER

[@eckboi8536]

Lmao. Words of truth

[@salihdemircan555]

thank you!!! worked!!!!! intel core i3-3110m (intel graphic 4000)

[@SuperRickrules]

helped my lag spikes by a LOAD, thanks man :)

[@AmmoniumChloride106]

Works for me and the lags are totally gone so thx and you received a like and a sub :D

[@AmmoniumChloride106]

*UPDATE* Doesnt work

[@GameplayORTutorials]

How do we know u dont have a NASA super computer that ur using to play that

[@lolieating3309]

i have 10 core i7 installed on my motherboard, but i have a intel hd bay tail. It's run at 12 fps :d

[@lolieating3309]

vega number one

[@sudarshanamatya5358]

ooh man it worked my game run faster then usual thanks man .....i have liked and suscribed

[@ec.miguel]

I can't believe this worked for me. Thanks, bro!

[@letdownlewis4906]

:( I have a 2gb graphics card, Gta iv is using about 300mb of it. Yet even after I do this I still get like 28fps

[@letdownlewis4906]

I'll retry

[@freewooz]

Dude just make command line and type in it -availablevidmem 1900 or 2gb idk how much mb you have put how much mb you have and than open the game suprise you will have it 4000mb :D

[@OneBiker98]

Yeah GTA IV cant determine how much graphics memory it can use. But at least its good that you have a 2GB card. Things would be bad if it was 512MB or even worse , 256MB

[@thenokialovertutorials4099]

What about the ram?

[@abhishek.rathore]

RAM doesnt affect much.

[@MrFight6666]

It didn't work for GTA 4, however Im giving you a like because its helped considerably in other games, you as well have earned a sub.

[@martonio8620]

hey, so i don't know much about computers or anything like that, so forgive me if this sounds dumb, but do u need to run this everytime u play? or just the one time and then u can delete the contig?

[@razzentertainmentcommentse9081]

the game actually runs faster than what he is showing. it is because he is using a recording software is naturally it will make it lag slightly

[@mohdharith24]

How do i know if the defragment process has completed? the contig just show to me this : .bik...

[@MazharMalim]

go to the properties of the contig and click compatibility, click the tick mark for compatibility mode and select windows vista service pack 2

[@aalexb3gaabi248]

Thanks,Now i used contig on Far Cry 3 and from 40 Fps i Reach 80 thank you soo Much man!

[@andreirusu6998]

it worked mate ! i can even increase the details a bit, thank you.

[@sampadmin4722]

👏🏼best video on YT👏🏼

[@inlefrith9211]

Thank you, I will be back to give results for my mediocre machine. I get about 10-20 fps at any given time beforehand doing this. Hopefully it helps, such an easy video though, so I'ma subscribe.

[@TheAvenger9575]

I used to play it like 2 years ago with a HD 6670 and it ran up smooth, without even stuttering at all. Today, I have a 7770, and i have reinstalled it, but it microfreezes way to much and its unbearable :( Why?

[@batuhantekin8693]

Pepe Ciavirella FUCKING SAME.I played this game 4 years ago like every day.So smooth with too old computer.But now i installed the game for SO Better computer BOOM 10 fps...WTF HAPPEND

[@drople9524]

@@batuhantekin8693 and Pepe I think it's because after your pc is used for a very long time it gets slower. Maybe try resetting your pc

[@nikmorin88]

wow so much thanks, was running at 15-30 fps with a lot of missing textures and went to 40-50 fps with no missing textures

[@khoanguyen8985]

Wow,congratulations, after run cotig file,did you run the "LaunchGtaIV.Exe"???Mine doesn't increase that much.So sad :((((

[@Oliver443ify]

Also, it might be worth Start - Right click computer, propeties, advanced settings or whatever on the left toolbar, advanced, perfomance, and best perfomance.... that will make windows look like last millenium, but gave me... about 8-10 fps so its great

[@CroatianMinecrafter]

Thanks, this is about the only thing that worked.

[@max-antoinebonnet5761]

Finally runs smoothly. Thanks!!

[@RYANx81]

the intro song is the Friendly Sound by Lemaitre

[@Cade_Squirrel]

thanks! works great i can finally run the game at 1080p without stuttering :D liked! and for ya'll having trouble with it remember to follow the instructions EXACTLY it worked for me!

[@itsplaytime6373]

@Technowhiz1 And there usnt any of laggs when you dont have any of graphics?

[@DavidHalua]

It's really working!!!! From 30 FPS to 50!!! :)

[@ZeTerminators]

gotta love pc's, i can run arma 3 max settings on 60fps but can't get 30 on gta 4 with icenhancer.

[@khoanguyen8985]

So strange

[@VeXGamingLSRP]

Mr Fedora It's because it's a bad port. Tard.

[@craigwhite7845]

***** K den

[@jaidenhenry2759]

Mr Fedora its because gta iv was poorly optimized on pc

[@Kevin.BTCChina]

jaiden henry ABOUT A WEEK AGO...it wasnt meant for pc plus win 8.1 shit and windows live... -_-

[@DominatorLegend]

Many thanks mate, now the game runs smoother

[@sumthin3789]

OMG thank you this worked so happy XD you have earned a sub!!!!

[@rohanclassic]

This worked like a wizard... Thanks a lot mate.

[@AlcoholicGam3r]

Thank you for informing me on how to fix my framerate lag issue on Grand theft Auto 4. I do look forward to what you have in store for the future of your channel. Regards, AlcoholicGam3r

[@SuperApple1337]

Hi Technowhiz1. I play GTA IV on a laptop with Intel Pentium Dual Core T4300 @ 2.1 Ghz and a ATI Radeon 4xxx graphic card and of course all my settings are on "Low". I'm running the game with 16 fps max. Do you believe this solution would be helpful for me?

[@salvis28]

This is real my game runs a bit faster yeah tanx man i am goint to subscribe you cuz you helped me to play gta 4 normal with no lags

[@christiandanario]

pretty helpful thanks now i know what the contig does

[@TheGamingLime-channle]

THANKS NOW I CAN RUN GTA 6 AT 9000000000 FPS

[@mafiask575]

Best lag fix ever🎉🎉

[@asc410]

Worked for me, 30fps turned into 60-90 thank you!

[@rachit237]

Thanks for this trick bruh , it worked well ❤️

[@Taylorc52]

If you are having problems with video memory (common on non discrete or integrated graphics cards) go to your GTAIV folder and create a textpad document named "commandline" and insert "-norestrictions -nomemrestrict -noprecache -availablevidmem 10" Save it and run GTA! Should do wonders for you!

[@dickmuncher115]

do you need to do this everytime you open the game?

[@Scrapsofyum]

Does this work for different games too? Thanks mate for the video

[@Be_Rational89]

Help please, when contig is run it says this... Processing D:\Steam\steamapps\common\Grand Theft Auto IV\GTAIV\common\data... Error getting volume bitmap: STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED

[@MohitPadamata]

I followed all the steps you did but of no use,can you help me out?I had a little compatability problem on my windows 8.1 but resolved when I replaced razor 1911 crack with my genuine GTA 4 game executable file.I think the crack conflicts with the Contig.what do you think?

[@MohitPadamata]

Getting only 11-12 FPS only what should I do?

[@johnnyrobbsodully3405]

Mohit Padamata can you give me the link of the crack you get?

[@MohitPadamata]

I can mail it to you.I got it from Kickass.to... kickass.to/gtaiv-patch-1040-crack-razor1911-working-key-generator-t7163085.html =see under "Crack_Razor1911"=

[@TobyIron47]

this taking a while like 5minutes and its still going... how long did it take you your first time doing it? because in your video it looks like it is flying through it

[@ompatel1431]

After running the contig shortcut. I just want to launch the game from the folder yes or no?

[@raz9492]

Hello! I did as you showed and I really feel that the game is more smoothly! I subscribed and liked! Thanks!! I used the latest version of Contig 1.8 and the package also contains the Contig64 file. Its for 64 bit games?? Regards :) And pls answer :)

[@MT-xb9sm]

cool it works it never lags anymore :) thank you so much

[@Sahe90]

It worked for me! Thank u m8 :)

[@97espi]

whats between the "config.exe -v -s" that there is also "-v" to input based on what I read on other forums? tnx :)

[@DJEylisium]

I get 60-90 sometimes over in GTA 4 Stock @ Max Settings, but i have ENB and IcEnhancer and a laod of car mods and full HD Texture mods, will this help me increase FPS with them mods? As i drop to like 20-30 with all them mods haha

[@mikezintro5236]

I think yes

[@DJEylisium]

Mike Zintro i got no improvement :/

[@mikezintro5236]

Sorry bro

[@johnnyreddig3057]

dayum

[@FrostFiftyFour]

Thank you for this - it really works!

[@momolord8619]

Help!!! the contig screen loads then after loading it will close then nothing????? I did everything but it wont open....how to fix this?

[@ScarlettStunningSpace]

Thank you so much I used to get 10-15 fps now I get 15-20 fps now it's playable thanks so much

[@PilicityXo]

Nice man, subbed.

[@boredom1843]

Would it be advised that I create a backup of the game? Could this program in theory make the game not run?

[@pavelpopov7672]

what windows are you using?

[@dualblast397]

Does it works if i use it on assassin's creed 1 ?And can i play it on max resolution and details ?My specs are:2 gb ram ddr2core 2 duo e4600Nvidia quadro nvs 290, 256 mb ddr2windows 7i can play it on 1024 with low details and max details on 800x600, but without details is with weird colors and on low rez, very pixelated

[@thenokialovertutorials4099]

HELP!!!!! When I run Contig.exe, it only shows Command Prompt for a split second and then dissapears!

[@itsplaytime6373]

@Technowhiz1 is this for Low end pc's?

[@josephb.2722]

do i have to start this whenever i want to play or only once ?

[@DanceToTheRhythmXD]

I have Intel Xeon Irwindale 3,6GHz, Quad Core, 2GB PC2-3200R RAM @ 400MHz, Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit, GeForce GT 640 2GB. Hopefully I'll see improvement.

[@sil5771]

To get this fully working open the Contig shortcut on your desktop with administrator rights, so it will have all access to boost things

[@abdoawad5766]

The game has become faster. Thank you👍👍

[@DevilKung14256]

um i did what u said, but when i clicked on a shortcut the text appeared and wont launch the game

[@mikeelovesindie5881]

gtx 970 and gettin unstable 30 fps goes to the low 20's a lot as well?

[@Cancer6667]

Hmm in the description it says the program can be used on any game, is it true? can I just place it in any game folder, run it and it makes them work smoother, or it's just for grand theft auto?

[@Cancer6667]

Weeeeeell this sucked... There was no difference in performance, only thing that changed is that now everytime it rains outside the rain is also visible indoors...

[@kaidon39]

If it doesn't work, then the problem has got to be your system. What Contig does is defragging specific folders (in this case, the GTA 4 game folder) which should increase your system's performance while handling the game.

[@khoanguyen8985]

Stryker Nocte Mine doesn't increase much :(((

[@kaidon39]

Anh Khoa Nguyễn Hồ Well, I'm guessing your hard drive's still in good condition then (since using contig doesn't do much for you). Blame Rockstar for making such a crappy port lol.

[@TecnoTyler]

Where exactly do you paste "Contig"? Is it common>Grand Theft Auto IV? Or common>Grand Theft Auto IV>GTAIV?

[@wu9408]

The Directory,

[@Potato-bv1yf]

I have that specs: Case: Fractal Design Define R5 Black Pearl CPU: Intel Core i5 4690K 3,5GHz Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-GAMING 3 Ram: Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 8GB 2133MHz GPU: Intel HD Graphics 4600 2GB Power supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2 Cooler: Corsair Hydro H80i HDD: Seagate Desktop HDD 1TB 7200RPM And when I play max settings I get 20-24 fps and when I play on low settings I get the same fps any solve for that problem?

[@nicholasd6689]

It's because your using HD Graphics. Tell me the resolution of your display, and I can recommend a graphics card.

[@Potato-bv1yf]

1600x900

[@Potato-bv1yf]

But is my specs good?

[@mohammaddebes7681]

Potato Very good PC, but you need a graphics card mate.

[@nicholasd6689]

Alright, if you are running a 1600x900 monitor, look at getting the GTX 760, or the R9 280.

[@LiquidScience-25]

i'm getting access denied all the time. do you know what the problem is? i'm using 1.0.4.0

[@indianavenger1687]

I have an important question, I have 64x based windows and there are two files. One is contig and the other one is contig 64. With which one should I continue? Please reply

[@aljurezamora832]

prob contig 64

[@1234321king]

Thank You Man Its So Very Help Full :D

[@yeanlingrain6326]

about to see if it works thanks man !

[@sanderluik6298]

Do we have to do this every time before we play?

[@Partizansimbolkosarke1945]

Hi i have processor Intel Celeron E 3400 2,6 gHz ,graphic card Nvidia GT 520 1 GB ,4 GB OF RAM ,AND MY GTA IS BAGGING WITH LOF SETTINGS IS THIS TUTORIAL CAN HELP ME WITH SITUATION ???

[@AquaConGas]

DUDE THIS SH*T WORKS I LOVE YOU *nohomo* NEW SUB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@faaiziftikhar117]

When I run Contig, it takes way too much time to defragment the GTA 4 folder.Any suggestions?

[@XDLugia]

wait it out.

[@lebis94]

I did everything just like in the video but nothing changed, Instead of that I feel like I'm having even lower fps.

[@arshyaaja]

Thanks man this really works

[@yunghollon]

after finish the contig work can in delete the contig sortcut from my desktop?

[@elpepi14hooligans57]

I did contig,downloaded filter blower and now no lag on GTA IV :D Specs: 2gb ram,ati radeon hd 5450,intel 3.00,windows xp. All I did is low on everything except texture quality,it's on high.

[@GrumpyCat97]

+elpepi14 knindza even i set texture quality on high and fps isn't dropping down

[@dunito2]

Download Service Pack for xp and it shoud be ok.

[@VisionXUpdates]

Thanks a lot

[@wissemohighscore212]

Thanks its 30 fps at least better than 10 fps

[@Mattineu]

Just put the shaders in low, or turn off then, it helps a lot.

[@kenjuanhoward]

do we have to focus on license and terms

[@gta4ishardcore]

Song in the intro?