promlem while playing gta4

israeliviper · 01-01-2009, 12:10 AM

hi to all.
so heres the deal. i started to play gta4...
the game seems to run smooth in the begining and after about 5-10 min it slows down and gets stuck every 5 seconds..
the same things happens even when i lower the graphic to 800x600 on 60FPS...
my spec:
win xp SP3, amd athlon dual 4200, 2gb ram, nvidia geforce 9800gt 512mb (with latest drivers)..
can any 1 help me figers this issue out?
note: i have no other issues with other apps and no viruses etc..

thanks alot

**Aus_Karlos** · 01-01-2009, 07:55 AM

Hi israeliviper and welcome to TSF,

Many people are have the same or similar issue, there is an apparent memory leak in the game in which unused game data is not emptied from the RAM. So after a while your RAM becomes full and GTA starts using your pagefile on your HDD. This pagefile is like Virtual RAM however it is very slow.

Some people have a quick fix by getting applications that free up RAM.
But i recommend if you can afford it is go out and buy some extra RAM. An extra 1GB will go a long way. The price for 1GB of DDR2 RAM is now around $20-$50

But please check first what type of RAM your Motherboard can support and how much it can support.

Another issue could be that your PC is overheating. GTA is very dependent on the CPU and GPU, usually maxing them both out. Download Everest from my sig and check your temps when GTA starts to lag. Post what you find.

israeliviper · 01-01-2009, 01:10 PM

thanks alot! nice to hear a profetional answer..
ill check these things out..
can you maybe reccomned some application to free up the ram?

**RockmasteR** · 01-01-2009, 02:16 PM

hello, I use a freeware called FreeRam XP PRo, it's the best solution to free up RAM
you can download it from here :
FreeRAMXP pro

if the link didn't work just go to www.download.com and search for FreeRam XP pro

01-01-2009, 12:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
israeliviper Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2 OS: win xp pro	promlem while playing gta4 hi to all. so heres the deal. i started to play gta4... the game seems to run smooth in the begining and after about 5-10 min it slows down and gets stuck every 5 seconds.. the same things happens even when i lower the graphic to 800x600 on 60FPS... my spec: win xp SP3, amd athlon dual 4200, 2gb ram, nvidia geforce 9800gt 512mb (with latest drivers).. can any 1 help me figers this issue out? note: i have no other issues with other apps and no viruses etc.. thanks alot

01-01-2009, 07:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
Aus_Karlos Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Western Australia Posts: 3,472 OS: Vista Ultimate x64, Windows XP 32-bit/64-bit, Ubuntu x64, Windows 7 x64 Beta My System Blog Entries: 2	Re: promlem while playing gta4 Hi israeliviper and welcome to TSF, Many people are have the same or similar issue, there is an apparent memory leak in the game in which unused game data is not emptied from the RAM. So after a while your RAM becomes full and GTA starts using your pagefile on your HDD. This pagefile is like Virtual RAM however it is very slow. Some people have a quick fix by getting applications that free up RAM. But i recommend if you can afford it is go out and buy some extra RAM. An extra 1GB will go a long way. The price for 1GB of DDR2 RAM is now around $20-$50 But please check first what type of RAM your Motherboard can support and how much it can support. Another issue could be that your PC is overheating. GTA is very dependent on the CPU and GPU, usually maxing them both out. Download Everest from my sig and check your temps when GTA starts to lag. Post what you find. __________________ MemTest86 / Nvidia Drivers / ATI Drivers / DirectX 9.0c / Sys Requirements / Everest Folding@Home

01-01-2009, 01:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
israeliviper Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2 OS: win xp pro	Re: promlem while playing gta4 thanks alot! nice to hear a profetional answer.. ill check these things out.. can you maybe reccomned some application to free up the ram?

01-01-2009, 02:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
RockmasteR Moderator, Games Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lebanon Posts: 3,211 OS: Vista Ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: promlem while playing gta4 hello, I use a freeware called FreeRam XP PRo, it's the best solution to free up RAM you can download it from here : FreeRAMXP pro if the link didn't work just go to www.download.com and search for FreeRam XP pro __________________ CPUz GPUz Nvidia Drivers ATI Drivers System Information for Windows (SIW) Revo Uninstaller RivaTuner ATITOOL Directx 9.0C !!Please don't PM me for Tech Support!!