i’m pretty disappointed with my recent purchase from steam. i decided to grab grand theft auto iv since i’ve always loved the series and figured the newest would be pretty awesome what with the multi player option and everything.

much to my dismay, this game DOES NOT WORK! i know i’m pretty damn stunned. running this machine for a couple of months i’ve pretty much found that no game is too much for this thing. i run all games on full graphics ultra settings etc, with no trouble at all.

unlike other games gta IV is a stuttering mess. and the crazy part is that when i played it immediately after the steam download finished it played perfect it was smooth, and i could run around and drive around with no issues. this was on the auto config graphics settings which put me on high and very high settings.

i went to bed and when i woke up and decided to play again, the game was way more choppy than it was before. it takes 4 seconds to go from the apartment to the world outside. it should be effortless and was effortless in my first playthough after purchase.

the world outside of the apartment was even worse. i could not walk nor drive without this sticky stutter which caused me to crash several times. the game acted as if i was on a crap computer when i am on a pretty high end machine and way beyond the recommended specifics for this game.

looking for an answer to my problem has not been simple (and i still do not have a solution after 2 days of fighting with this game) most of the forums where people have asked about this game have been told that the game won’t run because they don’t have the right hardware or sometimes just jackass posturing of "oh you’re using this card, that sucks" or "this processor is shit" nothing that actually gives a solution at all. i did check official forums and found some tweeks to try and none of them worked. i have added my voice to the large base of users who cannot get this game to run even with the right kind of computer to run it.

all in all disappointment. it was so much fun to play that first night. i want my preformance back!

here are some threads you can check out if you are having similar issues to mine. some people said it helped them. so it might help you where it hasn’t helped me.

this thread comes from rockstar NYC its self and gives some console commands to try, this is also the thread i’ve posted my issue in. 

this thread gives some alternative suggestions to try. none of these suggestions worked for me but it seems to have helped others so check it out as well.

and if anyone has any advice for how to make this game work, please let me know because i’m pretty upset that i’ve spent money on something i can’t use.